
Place
56th
Prize
$4,200
Blind level
Level 27: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000
Entries
13/1,484
Total Chips
59,360,000
Average
4,566,154
D2
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/17/2025, 6:49:37 AM
Patrik Demus Leads the Field at the Break with 2,343,000
Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up 19 players with at least 825K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PD Patrik Demus | 2,343,000(156 BB) |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,835,000(122 BB) |
CH Carlos Hidalgo | 1,617,000(108 BB) |
1,519,000(101 BB) | |
KW Kaifan Wang | 1,480,000(99 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 1,263,000(84 BB) |
HK Hayato Kitajima | 1,195,000(80 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 1,136,000(76 BB) |
AA Alfie Adam | 1,022,000(68 BB) |
1,019,000(68 BB) | |
TM Tom Maguire | 982,000(65 BB) |
MO Micheal O'neill | 967,000(64 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 965,000(64 BB) |
VS Vyacheslan Shin | 956,000(64 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 932,000(62 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 917,000(61 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 862,000(57 BB) |
TB Thi Bao Nguyen | 832,000(55 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 825,000(55 BB) |
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/17/2025, 6:29:25 AM
Updated Counts in the Field
Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,300,000(108 BB) |
HK Hayato Kitajima | 1,295,000(108 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 1,025,000(85 BB) |
RB Rui Bouquet | 950,000(79 BB) |
TB Thi Bao Nguyen | 875,000(73 BB) |
AV Andres Vasquez Fajardo | 850,000(71 BB) |
CT Calvin Tan | 850,000(71 BB) |
EB Eduard Burd | 775,000(65 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 750,000(63 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 750,000(63 BB) |
745,000(62 BB) | |
RM Remy Murcia | 700,000(58 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 550,000(46 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 475,000(40 BB) |
AP Alexander Puchalski | 475,000(40 BB) |
SA Shai Arbel | 450,000(38 BB) |
ST Satoshi Tanaka | 400,000(33 BB) |
GA Gicovanu Alexandru | 325,000(27 BB) |
MH Micha Hoedemaker | 240,000(20 BB) |
VC Victor Chong | 230,000(19 BB) |
BJ Bastien Joly | 180,000(15 BB) |
MZ Monika Zukowicz | 90,000(8 BB) |
GS Guillem Segarra | 60,000(5 BB) |
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/17/2025, 6:06:14 AM
Abhishek Paul Chips Up
Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Three players left with a pot of 200,000 by the turn T♠K♣ 9♠Q♥ , Abhishek Paul bets100,000 which is enough to push out Adam Friedman and Jinlong Hu.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AF Adam Friedman | 597,000(50 BB) |
AP Abhishek Paul | 502,000(42 BB) |
JH Jinlong Hu | 445,000(37 BB) |
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/17/2025, 5:05:33 AM
Early Busts And Early Rises
Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
The field has dropped significantly with 20 players biting the dust within the first 20 minutes. Among the casualties is Leo Soma who falls to Patrik Demus. In turn, Demus now has over 1.1M. Another bust is Kishore Nandipati with Harsh Bubna collecting to rise to 400,000. Three-peat WSOP Dealers Choice Championship winner Adam Friedman also sends Daniel Skoglund packing to rise to 500,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PD Patrik Demus | 1,200,000(120 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 500,000(50 BB) |
HB Harsh Bubna | 400,000(40 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | busted |
KN Kishore Nandipati | busted |
DS Daniel Solberg Skoglund | busted |