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, 4:32:12 PM

Khorshad Sagor Bad Beats Kimsour Kong

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

Khorshad Sagor raises to 16,000 and Kimsour Kong makes it 37,000 to go. Sagor then four-bet jams for 218,000 and Kong calls with the chip lead at his disposal.


Khorshad Sagor: A 9

Kimsour Kong: A K


The Q 3 2 9 J board provides the sucker punch double and stop the hot run of Kong for now.

PlayerChips
KK
Kimsour KongCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
660,000(83 BB)
450,000(56 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 4:21:08 PM

Khorshad Sagor Stay in With a Double

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

Khorshad Sagor flips with Q Q against the A K of Yuhan Liu with the latter sitting on more than half a million in chips. It is Sagor who comes out on top of the J 7 3 T 8 board to dent Liu's tower.

PlayerChips
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
500,000(63 BB)
200,000(25 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:

PlayerChips
290,500(145 BB)
RF
Rudolf FourieSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
248,000(124 BB)
238,500(119 BB)
MN
Martin NgSingapore [SGP]Singapore
204,000(102 BB)
FG
198,000(99 BB)
195,500(98 BB)
KA
Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan [AZE]Azerbaijan
195,000(98 BB)
AH
Ali HassanSaint Kitts and Nevis [KNA]Saint Kitts and Nevis
189,500(95 BB)
189,500(95 BB)
TK
Thomas KissUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
189,000(95 BB)