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, 1:54:36 PM

Martin Zheng Wei Ng Leads the Field at the Break with 447,000

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 300K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
MN
Martin NgSingapore [SGP]Singapore
447,000(112 BB)
KK
Kimsour KongCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
435,000(109 BB)
413,000(103 BB)
NZ
Neng ZhaoAustralia [AUS]Australia
361,000(90 BB)
XY
349,000(87 BB)
RF
Rudolf FourieSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
343,000(86 BB)
AH
Ali HassanSaint Kitts and Nevis [KNA]Saint Kitts and Nevis
342,000(86 BB)
KV
Kou VangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
333,000(83 BB)
313,000(78 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 12:28:59 PM

Paul Hoefer Fires Down The Streets

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Paul Hoefer kicks off the hand with a raise 0f 3500 and big blind Kou Vang defends to take it to the flop J A 2 . Hoefer continues for 13,500 and Vang calls. Hoefer fires again on the turn T for 45,000, this time Vang gives it up.

PlayerChips
KV
Kou VangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
184,000(61 BB)
116,000(39 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 7:41:05 AM

Kou Vang Doubles Thru Andres Vasquez

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Kou Vang defends out of the small blind and check-calls a bet of 2,500 on the 7 4 2 flop against Andres Vasquez. He checks again the T turn and Vasquez bets 5,300. Vang jams for 22,000 and the 2024 WPT Prime Gold Coast runner-up reluctantly calls with the covering stack.


Kou Vang: 6 5 Andres Vasquez: 8 8


Vasquez is ahead with the pair and blocks the straight outs of Vang, who still spikes exactly that with the 8 on the river.

PlayerChips
KV
Kou VangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
53,000(106 BB)
AV
Andres VasquezUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
4,500(9 BB)