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
Patrik Demus

A scan of the field during the break turned up 19 players with at least 825K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
PD
2,343,000(156 BB)
MC
1,835,000(122 BB)
1,617,000(108 BB)
1,519,000(101 BB)
KW
Kaifan WangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
1,480,000(99 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
1,263,000(84 BB)
1,195,000(80 BB)
1,136,000(76 BB)
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,022,000(68 BB)
1,019,000(68 BB)
TM
Tom MaguireAustralia [AUS]Australia
982,000(65 BB)
967,000(64 BB)
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
965,000(64 BB)
VS
Vyacheslan ShinUzbekistan [UZB]Uzbekistan
956,000(64 BB)
RM
932,000(62 BB)
917,000(61 BB)
862,000(57 BB)
TB
832,000(55 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
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
PlayerChips
MC
1,300,000(108 BB)
1,295,000(108 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
1,025,000(85 BB)
RB
Rui BouquetPortugal [PRT]Portugal
950,000(79 BB)
TB
875,000(73 BB)
850,000(71 BB)
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
850,000(71 BB)
EB
775,000(65 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
750,000(63 BB)
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
750,000(63 BB)
745,000(62 BB)
RM
700,000(58 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
550,000(46 BB)
BG
Brian GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
475,000(40 BB)
475,000(40 BB)
SA
450,000(38 BB)
400,000(33 BB)
325,000(27 BB)
MH
Micha HoedemakerNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
240,000(20 BB)
VC
Victor ChongMalaysia [MYS]Malaysia
230,000(19 BB)
BJ
180,000(15 BB)
90,000(8 BB)
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
Abhishek Paul

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.

PlayerChips
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
597,000(50 BB)
502,000(42 BB)
JH
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.

PlayerChips
PD
1,200,000(120 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
500,000(50 BB)
400,000(40 BB)
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
busted
KN
Kishore NandipatiUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
busted
busted