Cambodia, NagaworldEVENT #28

2025.02.14 - 2025.02.18Add to Calendar

World Poker Tour

Xiao Liu

China

Bounty

Blind level

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

Entries

42/334

Total Chips

13,360,000

Average

318,095

D1A

SMPSMP

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

Player	Chips
RS Raffaele SorrentinoItaly	870,000(87 BB)
XL Xiao LiuChina	766,000(77 BB)
SK Sagor Khorshad Alam	619,000(62 BB)
XZ Xiaosheng ZhengChina	594,000(59 BB)
VO Vishal OjhaIndia	576,000(58 BB)
KK Kimsour Kong	576,000(58 BB)
AS Aleksandar StojadinovicMalta	526,000(53 BB)
BG Brian GreenUnited States of America	510,000(51 BB)
YL Yuhan LiuTaiwan	479,000(48 BB)
AP Abhishek PaulIndia	460,000(46 BB)

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 4:24:03 PM

Ali Hassan Battles Back To Health

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

After losing a chunk to Xiao Liu, Ali Hassan has ramped up the aggression to win a couple of pots to return to good health. On a board of T♣ 5♣ 6♥ 8♥ K♦ and around90,000 in the pot, Liu test-bets 54,000, Hassan makes the call and ships it with 7♣ 7♠ .

Player	Chips
XL Xiao LiuChina	830,000(83 BB)
AH Ali HassanSaint Kitts and Nevis	375,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 4:19:08 PM

Xiao Liu's Earns A Big Pot

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

On a board showing K♦ 8♣ T♠ K♠ 3♦ and a hefty 112,000 in the pot, Ali Hassan tanks to Xiao Liu's 120,000 bet. Hassan eventually finds reason to call then mucks to 8♠ 8♦ set.

Player	Chips
XL Xiao LiuChina	890,000(111 BB)
AH Ali HassanSaint Kitts and Nevis	76,000(10 BB)

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 4:10:52 PM

Kimsour Kong Leads the Field at the Break with 880,000

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

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 KongCambodia	880,000(110 BB)
RS Raffaele SorrentinoItaly	715,000(89 BB)
XL Xiao LiuChina	689,000(86 BB)
NZ Neng ZhaoAustralia	681,000(85 BB)
BG Brian GreenUnited States of America	625,000(78 BB)
YL Yuhan LiuTaiwan	490,000(61 BB)
JL Johan LeesAustralia	466,000(58 BB)
RG Rajesh GoyalIndia	463,000(58 BB)
PC Pete ChenTaiwan	462,000(58 BB)

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 4:07:53 PM

Xiao Liu Chips Up With Top Set

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

Xiao Liu opens 14,000 from under the gun, button player Victor Fryda and big blind Peter Kiem give him some action. At the flop T♥ J♠ 2♠ , Liu continues for 12,000 and both players call for the pack staying solid to the turn A♦ . Liu barrels again for30,000 and this time only Fryda makes the call. On the river 7♠ , Liu slows down and checks, Fryda test the waters for 44,000. Liu tank-calls. Fryda has A♥ J♣ top two pair, Liu wins the pot with T♠ T♦ set.

Player	Chips
XL Xiao LiuChina	630,000(105 BB)
VF Victor FrydaFrance	102,000(17 BB)

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 2:04:59 PM

Alexander Charron Eliminated by Xiao Liu

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

Alexander Charron moves all in from the button for 14,000, Xiao Liu reraises from the small blind to 32,000, and the big blind folds.

Charron turns over T♥ T♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Liu's A♥ 8♠ .

The board comes A♠ A♦ K♣ Q♦ 5♦ , and Liu flops trip aces to win the pot and eliminate Charron from Day 1A.

Player	Chips
XL Xiao LiuChina	260,000(65 BB)
AC Alexander CharronUnited States of America	busted

SMPSMP

2/14/2025, 12:29:48 PM

Xiao Liu Cracks Kings to Chip Up

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Xiao Liu three-bets to 16,000 and then calls a four-bet shove for 69,500 with the A♠ K♥ . His opponent has K♣ K♦ and Liu hits perfect on the A♣ Q♠ 6♠ 3♠ T♠ runout.

Player	Chips
XL Xiao LiuChina	225,000(90 BB)