Blind level
Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Entries
42/219
Total Chips
6,570,000
Average
156,429

Day 1C

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/23/2024, 2:22:25 PM

Overkill Quads Ensures Oliver Schulze The Reload And More

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Oliver Schulze

Oliver Schulze’s 4500 is followed by some heavy betting with William Lius shoving 27,000, button Jun Ogasahara calls, blinds fold and action bounces back to Schulze who four-bets all in for 113,000. Ogasahara can afford it and makes the call.

PlayerHandChips
JJ
UTG
257,000(103 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
AQ
HJ
busted
77
D
57,000(23 BB)
Board:K7JJ7

Not only is Jacks ahead but it goes on to ensure victory with quads to ship the entire load.

Blind level
Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Entries
29/171
Total Chips
5,130,000
Average
176,897

Day 1B

TriciaTricia
11/22/2024, 2:46:38 PM

Yannick Leonard Defends His Big Blind

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Yannick Leonard

Yannick Leonard defends his big blind to see a flop 8 J 2 . Facing a 6000 c-bet from William Lius, Leonard check-raises 19,000 and just like that, the pot is his.

TriciaTricia
11/22/2024, 1:44:12 PM

Meerwais Hussaini Wins Three Way Showdown

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
Meerwais Hussaini

Battle of preflop raises opens for 4500 from utg Tetsuya Tsujisaka, hijack William Liu three-bets 12,500, button Meerwais Hussaini four-bets all in for 63,000, Tsujisaka joins with the largest stack and Lius makes it a three-way with 104,500 shoved.

PlayerHandChips
KK
D
194,000(97 BB)
JJ
UTG
172,500(86 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
99
HJ
busted
Board:3KTQQ

Though not needed, Hussaini's kings improve to ensure the triple up while Lius falls to giving Tsujisaka the side pot.

TriciaTricia
11/22/2024, 11:00:17 AM

William Lius With Relentless Betting

Level 8: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
William Lius

Action folds to the small blind William Lius and raises it to 2000. Big blind Donghyup Kim won't give up his forced bet that easy and calls. On the flop and turn 6 2 A Q , Lius bets 3000 and 5000 and Kim continues to defend until the river J . Lius jams and this time Kim gives it up.

PlayerChips
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
106,000(106 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
34,000(34 BB)
Blind level
Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Entries
22/128
Total Chips
4,650,000
Average
211,364

Day 1A

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 2:09:23 PM

Zinan Xu Shoves Maintains Aggression

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
Zinan Xu

Cutoff Zinan Xu three-bets 11,000 and initial raiser William Lius calls for a flop 7 A A . No bets land and off to the turn 8 . Lius bets 20,000, Xu shoves 46,000, Lius can afford it but chooses otherwise and folds.

PlayerChips
ZX
93,000(47 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
61,000(31 BB)
Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 1:45:15 PM

Frank Lillis Seizes Control On The Turn

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Frank Lillis

William Lius three-bets 8000 and still doesn't shake initial raiser Frank Lillis and caller Mike Takayama. On the flop T 5 J , Lius c-bets 12,000, Lillis calls and Takayama leaves them to it. The turn Q Lius slows down and checks, Lillis is fired up and takes control for 15,500, Lius calls it to see the river 8 . Lillis barrels 35,000, and wins the pot without a showdown.

PlayerChips
FL
214,000(143 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
140,000(93 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
97,000(65 BB)
Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 1:32:19 PM

Louis Bilodeau Avoids Elimination

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
Louis Bilodeau

Another preflop battle ends in shoves. Frank Lillis raises to 3000, button William Lius calls, big blind Louis Bilodeau shoves 22,500, Lillis calls and Lius opts to stay out of it.

PlayerHandChips
44
BB
50,500(34 BB)
FL
QQ
UTG
172,000(115 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
127,000(85 BB)
Board:T749T

When the flop lands, Bilodeau spikes the lucky two outer that holds to the end to avoid the rail.

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 1:24:44 PM

Current Top Stacks

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500
PlayerChips
228,000(152 BB)
FL
198,000(132 BB)
195,500(130 BB)
AC
184,000(123 BB)
182,500(122 BB)
LQ
Li QiChina [CHN]China
177,500(118 BB)
JF
Jacson FengSingapore [SGP]Singapore
175,000(117 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
127,000(85 BB)
AV
127,000(85 BB)
125,000(83 BB)
117,000(78 BB)
KB
Koen BreedNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
110,000(73 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
108,900(73 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
105,000(70 BB)
HJ
104,500(70 BB)
Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 12:47:28 PM

William Luis One Up On Haisheng Qiu

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200
William Luis

Three-bet pot pumped by Haisheng Qiu with two callers check it to the turn J 3 J T . First to act Mike Takayama lays out 6000, Qiu and William Lius call. On the river Q , it is checked to the button Lius who value-bets 15,000, Takayama folds, Qiu calls and shows 9 9 . Lius has him beat with K T .

PlayerChips
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
144,000(120 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
12,100(10 BB)
busted
Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 12:43:07 PM

William Lius Lands Aces In A Good Spot

Level 9: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200
William Lius

Frank Lillis opens 2400, Haisheng Qui three-bets 7200, William Lius jams 42,500 enough to induce a fold from Lillis while Qiu isn't going anywhere. When the cards are flipped open, Lius dominates with rockets with no change throughout the board.

PlayerHandChips
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
AA
SB
89,800(75 BB)
AK
D
10,500(9 BB)
FL
174,000(145 BB)
Board:47K8T
Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto
11/21/2024, 11:33:15 AM

Chip Count

Level 7: 400 / 800 ante: 800
PlayerChips
AB
121,000(151 BB)
HJ
108,500(136 BB)
106,900(134 BB)
AC
98,000(123 BB)
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
88,300(110 BB)
DB
Dmitrii BelikovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
84,400(106 BB)
NS
Nicola SpicherSwitzerland [CHE]Switzerland
83,400(104 BB)
VL
Vladimir LitasovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
79,800(100 BB)
76,000(95 BB)
74,600(93 BB)
LG
73,700(92 BB)
HN
Hieu NgoViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
66,700(83 BB)
WL
William LiusIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
63,000(79 BB)
60,600(76 BB)
FL
Ferdinand LuPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
56,000(70 BB)
10,600(13 BB)