Raffaelle SorrentinoDay 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.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 870,000(87 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 766,000(77 BB) |
| 619,000(62 BB) | |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 594,000(59 BB) |
VO Vishal Ojha | 576,000(58 BB) |
| 576,000(58 BB) | |
AS | 526,000(53 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 510,000(51 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 479,000(48 BB) |
AP Abhishek Paul | 460,000(46 BB) |
A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 450K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
KK Kimsour Kong | 880,000(110 BB) |
RS Raffaele Sorrentino | 715,000(89 BB) |
XL Xiao Liu | 689,000(86 BB) |
NZ Neng Zhao | 681,000(85 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 625,000(78 BB) |
YL Yuhan Liu | 490,000(61 BB) |
JL Johan Lees | 466,000(58 BB) |
RG Rajesh Goyal | 463,000(58 BB) |
PC Pete Chen | 462,000(58 BB) |
Brian Green raises from under the gun and Alex Tchong three-bets to 32,000, then picks up a call by Green only. On the 9♥ 8♣ 3♣ flop, Green checks and Tchong continues for 20,000. The check-raise to 50,000 follows and Tchong folds.
Green rakes in the pot and currently competes against Kimsour Kong for the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
BG Brian Green | 750,000(125 BB) |
KK Kimsour Kong | 715,000(119 BB) |
AT Alex Tchong | 185,000(31 BB) |
Leo Soma raises to 8,000 and Nikolai Guliaev calls from two seats over, all other players fold. On the Q♥ T♣ 2♥ flop, Soma checks and Guliaev wins the pot with a bet of 12,000.
The same table also features Brian Green and Jun Li, the latter of which reached the final table in the 2024 WPT Prime Taiwan Main Event.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
LJ Li Jun | 310,000(78 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 300,000(75 BB) |
| 200,000(50 BB) | |
LS Leo Soma | 180,000(45 BB) |
After Xianling Chen's 2200 raise is called, Brian Green takes charge at the flop A♥ T♥ 7♦ with a 4000 bet. This loses one player while Chen wants to see the turn 5 . Green continues with a larger 9000 bet, Chen gives it a thought then opts to fold.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
XC Xianling Chen | 65,000(65 BB) |
BG Brian Green | 60,200(60 BB) |