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, 4:21:08 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, 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:

PlayerChips
KK
Kimsour KongCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
880,000(110 BB)
715,000(89 BB)
XL
689,000(86 BB)
NZ
Neng ZhaoAustralia [AUS]Australia
681,000(85 BB)
BG
Brian GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
625,000(78 BB)
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
490,000(61 BB)
JL
Johan LeesAustralia [AUS]Australia
466,000(58 BB)
463,000(58 BB)
PC
Pete ChenTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
462,000(58 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/14/2025, 5:55:48 AM

Yuhan Liu Takes Charge On The Turn

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

After a series of preflop raises, four players are in for 3,000 each to build a sizable pot heading into the flop 6 2 A . Graham Cowan jumps out with a 3700 bet that's called only by Yuhan Liu and Michael Bihari while Rudolf Fourie folds. The turn 9 sees Liu take charge for 9000 and finds no customers.

PlayerChips
YL
Yuhan LiuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
56,000(9 BB)
MB
45,000(8 BB)
RF
Rudolf FourieSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
32,900(5 BB)
GC
Graham CowanAustralia [AUS]Australia
27,300(5 BB)