Blind level
Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Entries
20/142
Total Chips
4,260,000
Average
213,000

Day 1A

Sandro SimonSandro Simon
7/5/2025, 5:59:16 AM

Guillaume Dufour Out For Now

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

With a 1,400 open and two flats in front, big blind Guillaume Dufour wagers his last 14,000 and Wei Zheng successfully isolates from under the gun.

PlayerHandChips
AK
UTG
45,400(76 BB)
GD
Guillaume DufourUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
K9
BB
busted
Board:766Q5
Sandro SimonSandro Simon
7/5/2025, 5:17:06 AM

Top Stacks Going Into Level 4

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
PlayerChips
ZW
100,900(252 BB)
LH
73,400(184 BB)
HJ
52,300(131 BB)
JX
Jing XuChina [CHN]China
47,600(119 BB)
GD
Guillaume DufourUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
43,500(109 BB)
43,300(108 BB)
JO
Jonty ObrienAustralia [AUS]Australia
42,400(106 BB)
ZY
42,300(106 BB)
40,600(102 BB)
XW
39,100(98 BB)
38,300(96 BB)
HY
37,500(94 BB)
SL
36,100(90 BB)
Sandro SimonSandro Simon
7/5/2025, 3:41:38 AM

New Players

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200
PlayerChipsTableSeat
ZK
Zdenek KovarikCzech Republic [CZE]Czech Republic
28,200(141 BB)151
30,000(150 BB)152
RD
30,000(150 BB)153
YG
30,000(150 BB)154
LW
30,000(150 BB)155
GD
Guillaume DufourUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
61,700(309 BB)156
XC
30,000(150 BB)157
YL
Ye LiChina [CHN]China
30,000(150 BB)161
YT
30,000(150 BB)162
30,000(150 BB)163
30,000(150 BB)165
30,000(150 BB)166
JO
Jonty ObrienAustralia [AUS]Australia
30,000(150 BB)167
Sandro SimonSandro Simon
7/5/2025, 3:31:46 AM

Guillaume Dufour Stays On The Gas

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200
Guillaume Dufour

Button Guillaume Dufour opens 600, Zdenek Kovarik flats, big blind Jonty Obrien pumps it to 2,300 and calls after Dufour four-bets to 7,000 and Kovarik folds. The 5 3 2 flop has Dufour jam 24,200 and Obrien finds a call after some time in the tank.

PlayerHandChips
GD
Guillaume DufourUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
QQ
D
61,700(309 BB)
ZK
Zdenek KovarikCzech Republic [CZE]Czech Republic
SB
28,200(141 BB)
JO
Jonty ObrienAustralia [AUS]Australia
A3
BB
busted

The 8 and 9 leave the Frenchman ahead and Obrien has to go back to the registration desk.

Sandro SimonSandro Simon
7/5/2025, 3:31:00 AM

Triple Barrel For Guillaume Dufour

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200
Guillaume Dufour

A limped blind battle with a J Q 6 flop sees small blind Guillaume Dufour triple barrel 500, 1,200 and 5,000 to the 8 turn and 8 river with the last bet being enough to make Zdenek Kovarik fold.

PlayerChips
GD
Guillaume DufourUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
31,500(158 BB)
ZK
Zdenek KovarikCzech Republic [CZE]Czech Republic
28,800(144 BB)