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, 2:45:24 PM

Xiaosheng Zheng Takes From Kimsour Kong

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

A massive stack is in front of Kimsour Kong while Siarhei Chudapal was replaced by Xiaosheng Zheng. The latter calls Kong's raise to 11,000 and check-calls for 9,000 on the 9 3 2 flop. They check down the 7 8 river for Kong to show A 9 , which Zheng has beat with the 8 6 .


PlayerChips
KK
Kimsour KongCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
675,000(135 BB)
310,000(62 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 6:48:10 AM

Jehyeon Yang Leads the Field at the Break with 145,700

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

A scan of the field during the break turned up two players with at least 100K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:


1. Jehyeon Yang - 145,700 (291 bb)

2. Xiaosheng Zheng - 106,800 (214 bb)

3. Peteris Enders - 99,900 (200 bb)