World Poker Tour

Nikolai Guliaev

Russian Federation

Bounty

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, 4:16:01 PM

Jehyeon Yang Doubles Thru Nikolai Guliaev

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Jehyeon Yang was an early chip leader and now gets it in for 86,000 preflop with Q♦ Q♠ . Nikolai Guliaev has one overcard with the K♦ Q♥ but cannot get there on the 8♣ 6♥ 2♠ A♠ J♥ .

Player	Chips
NG Nikolai Guliaev	230,000(29 BB)
JY Jehyeon Yang	180,000(23 BB)

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon

2/14/2025, 2:01:01 PM

Nikolai Guliaev Chips Up on Big Stack Table

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

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 JunUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	310,000(78 BB)
BG Brian GreenUnited States of America	300,000(75 BB)
NG Nikolai Guliaev	200,000(50 BB)
LS Leo SomaFrance	180,000(45 BB)

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon

2/14/2025, 11:28:36 AM

Jehyeon Yang Leads the Field at the Break with 290,500

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 190K in chips, plus three more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
JY Jehyeon Yang	290,500(145 BB)
RF Rudolf FourieSouth Africa	248,000(124 BB)
ST Sertac TurkerTurkey	238,500(119 BB)
MN Martin NgSingapore	204,000(102 BB)
FG Fabrice GizFrance	198,000(99 BB)
NG Nikolai Guliaev	195,500(98 BB)
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan	195,000(98 BB)
AH Ali HassanSaint Kitts and Nevis	189,500(95 BB)
SK Sagor Khorshad Alam	189,500(95 BB)
TK Thomas KissUnited States of America	189,000(95 BB)