Blind level
Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
42/334
Total Chips
13,360,000
Average
318,095

D1A

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 5:23:25 PM

Day 1A Ends with Raffaele Sorrentino Leading 42 Survivors

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Raffaelle Sorrentino

Day 1A came to an end with 42 players remaining, and the big stack belongs to Raffaele Sorrentino, who bagged 970,000 (97 big blinds).


Action ended with 7:55 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished.


Official chip counts for the 42 survivors will be released by the casino later tonight, and they will be returning on Monday at 11:30 pm for Day 2, where everyone will start play in the money.


There will be two more starting flights over the next two days, with Day 1B beginning tomorrow at 11:30 am, and Day 1C beginning on Sunday at 11:30 am.

Top 10 Chip Counts

PlayerChips
870,000(87 BB)
XL
766,000(77 BB)
619,000(62 BB)
594,000(59 BB)
576,000(58 BB)
576,000(58 BB)
526,000(53 BB)
BG
Brian GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
510,000(51 BB)
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
479,000(48 BB)
460,000(46 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 4:45:26 PM

Peteris Enders Eliminated by Abhishek Paul

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Abhishek Paul raises to 20,000 and then calls when Peteris Enders jams for83,000 total.


Enders flips with A J versus 6 6 and busts against quads on the T 9 6 6 9 runout.

PlayerChips
415,000(42 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 3:43:02 PM

Armon Van Wijk Eliminated by Abhishek Paul

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Armon Van Wijk is all in from the small blind for roughly 80,000 with A Q , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the A 5 of Abhishek Paul in the big blind.


The board comes K T 2 3 4 , and Paul rivers a five-high straight to win the pot and eliminate Van Wijk from Day 1A.

PlayerChips
350,000(58 BB)
AV
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 2:10:21 PM

Abhishek Paul Gets A Shove Through

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Three players face a flop 9 6 K with 25,000 in the pot. Big blind positioned Arun Sriram bets near half pot worth 12,000 which induces a fold while Abhishek Paul from the small blind check-calls. On the turn 4 , Paul checks again, Sriram makes it 29,000 to continue, Paul responds with a shove of 74,000, quick fold from Sriram.

PlayerChips
236,000(59 BB)
152,000(38 BB)