Cambodia, NagaworldEVENT #28

2025.02.14 - 2025.02.18Add to Calendar

World Poker Tour

Blind level

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

Entries

59/471

Total Chips

18,840,000

Average

319,322

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SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:29:46 PM

Day 1B Ends with Naj Ajez Leading 59 Survivors

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

Day 1B Chipleader Naj Ajez

There were 471 entries on Day 1B of WPT Prime Cambodia, increasing the total field to 805 and surpassing the $750,000 guarantee with another flight to go tomorrow.

Action ended with 30:11 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished.

The Day 1B chipleader is Naj Ajez, who bagged a huge stack of 1,313,000 (131 big blinds), followed by Patrik Demus, who bagged 903,000 (90 big blinds). The full list of official chip counts for Day 1B will be released by the casino by tomorrow morning.

The final starting flight, Day 1C, begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, with registration open until 6:15 pm with unlimited re-entries.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:26:55 PM

Hand #1: Money Bubble Bursts! Manh Hung Nguyen Eliminated by Vu Tuan Khanh Truong

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

Vu Tuan Khanh Truong (standing in red) fist-bumps unfortunate bubble finisher Manh Hung Nguyen (standing in black) after the hand.

In Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Manh Hung Nguyen is all in from the button for about 113,000 with Q♠ Q♦ , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against the A♠ K♣ of Vu Tuan Khanh Truong in the hijack.

The board comes K♦ 8♥ 3♣ T♠ A♣ , and Truong pairs his king on the flop and his ace on the river to win the pot with two pair and eliminate Nguyen on the Money Bubble.

Player	Chips
TK Truong KhanhViet Nam	372,000(37 BB)
MH Manh HungViet Nam	busted

The remaining 59 players are now bagging and tagging their chips for Day 2, which begins on Monday at 11:30 pm.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:25:24 PM

Najeem Ajez Muscles With His Towers Of Chips

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

Najeem Ajez

Following a min-raise, Najeem Ajez three-bets 55,000, Chong Jing Lee four-bets 110,000, initial raiser folds, Ajez calls. At the flop 6♠ 8♣ T♠ , Ajez check-raises all in, Lee tanks with 241,000 remaining then folds giving up his 40,000 flop bet.

Player	Chips
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	1,300,000(130 BB)
CL Chong LeeSingapore	241,000(24 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:24:04 PM

James Rann Rivers It To Boot Tom Verbruggen

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

James Rann

From under the gun James Rann opens, to his immediate left, Tom Verbruggen three-bets 115,000 leaving himself 5000 behind. Action folds around back to Rann who pushes and Verbruggen reluctantly commits the rest of his chips.

James Rann: A♦ K♥ Tom Verbruggen: K♠ K♦

When the board runs T♥ 2♦ Q♣ 9♠ A♥ , the ace on the river ends Verbruggen's run just two spots to the money.

Player	Chips
JR James Rann	565,000(57 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:23:29 PM

Level 17 Begins (63 Day 1B Players Left)

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

Level 16 comes to an end, and Level 17 begins with increased blinds of 5,000-10,000 and a 10,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 63 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 471, the average chip stack is around299,000 (30 big blinds). Day 1C begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, and it will be the final starting flight.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 63/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:21:58 PM

Yongjia Lin Shoves the Flop with a Nine-High Straight Draw and Gets Pradeep Nudurumati to Fold a Ten-High Straight Draw

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

After a flop of Q♠ 8♦ 7♣ , Yongjia Lin checks, Pradeep Nudurumati bets about 25,000, and Lin check-raises all in for about 435,000.

Nudurumati uses several Time Chips to tank for a while before he folds and shows T♦ 9♦ for ten high with an open-ended straight draw.

Lin takes the pot, and shows 9♠ 6♠ for nine high with a lower open-ended straight draw. Even though he only had ten high, Nudurumati folded the best hand.

Player	Chips
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	530,000(66 BB)
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	85,000(11 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:19:34 PM

Patrik Demus Wins Flip To Chunk Trong Hieu Ngo

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

Patrik Demus

Patrik Demus looks down at Q♦ Q♣ from early position and raises to 16,000. Down the orbit Trong Hieu Ngo has A♥ K♦ and drives it up to 50,000. Demus punches back for116,000, Ngo shoves, Demus snap-calls.

With the board running low 3♣ 4♦ 7♠ 8♦ 2♥ Demus doubles up and sends Ngo down to just 2 bb.

Player	Chips
PD Patrik DemusHungary	948,000(119 BB)
TH Trong Hieu NgoViet Nam	20,000(3 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:18:46 PM

Nevan Chang Knocks Out A Player

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

Yu Chung Chang

Nevan Chang and a player enter a preflop battle of raises. Shorter stack three-bets70,000 leaving 4,000 behind, Chang shoves and the player commits his last chips. At the showdown, it's a flip with Chang holding A♥ K♥ against T♣ T♠ . The flop runs low until the turn and river are both aces.

Player	Chips
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	480,000(60 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:17:12 PM

Amit Kaushik Doubles Up Off Rui Bouquet

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

Amit Kaushik

Catching the action as the chips are being counted, a board showing 5♣ A♣ T♥ 9♠ 7♥ , and 235,000 roughly in the pot. Amit Kaushik's A♠ J♥ outkicks Rui Bouquet's A♦ 6♦ to double through.

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	660,000(83 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	615,000(77 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:14:29 PM

Najeem Ajez Catapults To A Million, Duy Anh Nguyen Falls

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

Biggest hand of the day has come down between Najeem Ajez and Duy Anh Nguyen. Hand opens with a raise of 16,000 from under the gun+1 Nguyen, to his immediate left, Ajez three-bet 52,000, the rest of the table fold and it's back at Nguyen who four-bets128,000. Ajez steps on the brakes and calls.

At the flop 5♥ Q♥ 6♣ , Nguyen leads out 80,000, again Ajez flats. The turn 5♦ sees Nguyen slow down and check, Ajez takes the reins with a 120,000 bet, Nguyen answers with a shove, and Ajez snap-calls.

Duy Anh Nguyen: T♥ T♠

Najeem Ajez: A♣ A♦

Nguyen is way behind and with the river 7♣ , Ajez ships it and rises to over a million.

Player	Chips
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	1,050,000(131 BB)
DA Duy Anh NguyenViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:12:58 PM

Nevan Chang Knocks Out a Player

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

A player is all in from the button for about 120,000 with 9♣ 8♥ , and needs to improve to stay alive against the A♣ K♥ of Nevan Chang in the small blind.

The board comes A♠ T♣ 6♥ 5♠ 9♦ , and the player on the button flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Chang wins the pot with a pair of aces to eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	395,000(49 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:11:32 PM

Pot For Yongjia Lin

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

Yongjia Lin and Yunsheng Sun face off for a pot of 50,000 with a board showing J♠ 6♣ 2♥ . Sun bets 13,000, Lin check-raises 58,000, Sun tanks then gives up his hand.

Player	Chips
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	445,000(56 BB)
SY Sun Yunsheng	260,000(33 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:08:14 PM

Rui Bouquet Leads the Field at the Break with 1,032,000

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

Chipleader Rui Bouquet

A scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least 400K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	1,032,000(129 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	634,000(79 BB)
SC Siarhei Chudapal	626,000(78 BB)
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	624,000(78 BB)
YS Yungkyu Song	593,000(74 BB)
DB Daniel Byshell	513,000(64 BB)
TB Thi Bao NguyenViet Nam	503,000(63 BB)
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	427,000(53 BB)
PD Patrik DemusHungary	404,000(51 BB)
MS Michael SmithUnited States of America	403,000(50 BB)
CN Cao Ngoc AnhViet Nam	402,000(50 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	397,000(50 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:07:48 PM

Level 16 Begins (70 Day 1B Players Left)

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

The players return from break to begin Level 16, with increased blinds of 4,000-8,000 and an 8,000 ante.

With 70 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 471, the average chip stack is around269,000 (34 big blinds). Day 1C begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, and it will be the final starting flight.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 70/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:05:10 PM

Shai Arbel Loses Two Showdowns

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

Shai Arbel

Shai Arbel was once sitting on 900K now he has dropped significantly after a couple of losing sessions that included two showdowns. On the first bout, he calls Daniel Skoglund's 112,000 shove. Arbel is ahead with A♦ K♥ against Skoglund's A♣ 5♠ . However, the board favors Skoglund with a five on the flop that holds throughout a board 2♥ 3♥ 5♥ 6♠ J♦ . Next showdown was against Somashekhar Sanampuri whose Ace-King dominated Arbel's Ace-Jack.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	358,000(60 BB)
SS Sanampuri SomasekharIndia	180,000(30 BB)
DS Daniel Solberg SkoglundNorway	130,000(22 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:03:14 PM

Warrick Wee Pressured By Adam Friedman

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

Warrick Wee sees his 13,000 raise challenged by small blind Adam Friedman who makes it 40,000 to continue. Wee tank-calls. Heavier action follows at the flop A♠ 5♥ 7♥ with Friedman betting 27,000, Wee raising 70,000, Friedman answering back with an all in of 191,500. Well covered. Wee tanks for nearly three minutes then finds the guts to risk it.

Friedman has A♥ Q♥ , Wee has A♦ Q♦ , Wee sweats the turn 9♠ and river K♠ and is relieved at no other hearts finding the board.

Player	Chips
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	308,000(51 BB)
WW Warrick WeeUnited States of America	228,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:01:19 PM

Shai Arbel Cracks Aces to Knock Out a Player and Reach 790,000

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

With the board showing T♥ 7♦ 3♠ 9♠ on the turn, a player gets it all in from middle position for about 250,000 with A♥ A♦ , but she needs to improve to stay alive against the T♣ 7♣ (two pair, tens and sevens) of Shai Arbel, who is under the gun.

The river card is the 5♦ , and Arbel wins the pot with his two pair to crack aces and eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	790,000(132 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:52:56 PM

Big Blind Special For Yannick Jobin

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

With 35,000 in the pot, and a flop showing 7♣ T♦ 7♠ , blinds check to Andres Vasquez who lays out 12,,000. Small blind Nabil Cardoso answers with a raise of 31,000, big blind Yannick Jobin three-bets all in for 73,000, Vasquez gets out of the way while Cardoso gives it a thought then calls.

Jobin has 7♦ 8♠ trips, Cardoso has 9♣ 8♣ . The turn and river A♠ 9♥ don't improve Cardoso past trips to pay the double up.

Player	Chips
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	217,000(36 BB)
YJ Yannick JobinSwitzerland	188,000(31 BB)
NC Nabil CardosoMorocco	130,000(22 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:51:48 PM

Yiannis Liperis Knocks Out a Player

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

Yiannis Liperis

A player is all in for about 50,000 with A♣ T♥ , and needs to improve to stay alive against the J♥ J♦ of Yiannis Liperis.

The board comes 9♥ 6♥ 5♣ 7♥ 7♠ , and the short stack turns a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Liperis wins the pot with his pocket jacks to eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
YL Yiannis LiperisCyprus	213,000(36 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:51:27 PM

Level 15 Begins (87 Day 1B Players Left)

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

Level 14 comes to an end, and Level 15 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-6,000 and a 6,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 87 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 471, the average chip stack is around216,500 (36 big blinds). Day 1C begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, and it will be the final starting flight.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 87/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:50:10 PM

Thomas Ward Knocks Out a Player

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

A player is short-stacked and all in from the hijack with J♣ 3♣ , and needs to improve to stay alive against the 6♥ 6♣ of Thomas Ward in the small blind.

The board comes K♠ 4♣ 2♦ Q♦ 9♦ , and the pocket sixes hold up for Ward to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
TW Thomas WardNew Zealand	115,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:45:46 PM

Nevan Chang Cleans Out A Player

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

Yu Chung Chang

Hand opens with a min-raise from under the gun, down the orbit Nevan Chang three-bets to send the action back to utg who four-bets 69,000, Chang five-bet shoves and utg snap-calls. It's a flip with Chang T♣ T♠ , utg A♥ K♠ , the board runs J♣ 5♣ J♠ 7♥ Q♥ . Chang ships it.

Player	Chips
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	333,000(67 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:42:25 PM

Truong Khanh Knocks Out A Player

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

From the button, a player open shoves 150,000 and doesn't get by big blind Truong Khanh who wakes up with J♦ J♠ . Button player has Ace-Queen for a flip. The window card is a queen to burn Khanh's jacks until the turn comes jack for a set and the scoop on a board Q♥ 2♣ 5♥ J♣ A♥ .

Player	Chips
TK Truong KhanhViet Nam	256,000(51 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:39:22 PM

Yu Lin Back from the Brink

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

Yu Lin is down to fumes and jams for three blinds. Everyone folds, including Vanluyen Tran in the big blind who mucks 7♦ 2♥ .

Lin then doubles through Adam Friedman for 22,000 with 9♦ 7♦ versus K♣ J♣ when he rivers a flush on the 8♠ 5♦ 2♠ J♦ 8♦ board.

He then also doubles through Krisztian Torok with A♦ 9♦ versus pocket fives when he flops the nut flush on the Q♦ 6♦ 2♦ 8♠ 4♠ runout for another double.

Player	Chips
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	380,000(76 BB)
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	365,000(73 BB)
LY Lin YuChina	125,000(25 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:37:39 PM

Michael Gordon Smith Bad Beats Hugue Girard's Aces

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

Bad way to go for Hugue Girard with A♣ A♥ on hand. Following a button raise of 10,000 by Michael Smith, big blind Girard three-bets 29,000, Smith four-bet shoves and Girard snap-calls. Smith shows J♥ J♣ . The board runs a nasty Q♣ 6♥ J♠ J♦ 4♠ to bad beat aces with quads jacks.

Player	Chips
MS Michael SmithUnited States of America	330,000(66 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:35:55 PM

Hugues Girard On the Comeback

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

Shai Arbel raises to 15,000 from the small blind and Hugues Girard calls from the big blind. Both invest 10,000 on the 6♥ 5♠ 3♣ flop and Arbel check-calls for 25,000 on the Q♦ turn.

Arbel checks the T♠ river and reluctantly folds when Girard bets 35,000.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	380,000(76 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	175,000(35 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:35:13 PM

Level 14 Begins (107 Day 1B Players Left)

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

Level 13 comes to an end, and Level 14 begins with increased blinds of 3,000-5,000 and a 5,000 ante. Play continues without a break.

With 107 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 471, the average chip stack is around176,000 (35 big blinds). Day 1C begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, and it will be the final starting flight.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 107/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:19:17 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

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

Shai Arbel

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	450,000(113 BB)
TB Thi Bao NguyenViet Nam	430,000(108 BB)
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	380,000(95 BB)
MH Micha HoedemakerNetherlands	300,000(75 BB)
YL Yongjia LinAustralia	275,000(69 BB)
HT Hun Tae ChoiSouth Korea	270,000(68 BB)
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	250,000(63 BB)
CW Chien WangNew Zealand	220,000(55 BB)
HC Hon Cheong LeeHong Kong	210,000(53 BB)
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	210,000(53 BB)
NC Nevan ChangTaiwan	200,000(50 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	195,000(49 BB)
AI Abhinav IyerIndia	175,000(44 BB)
JS Josip SimunicAustria	170,000(43 BB)
FR Fabian RolliFrance	130,000(33 BB)
FG Fabian GumzGermany	130,000(33 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	120,000(30 BB)
AA Anil AdianiIndia	120,000(30 BB)
KL Kolja LueckingUnited States of America	110,000(28 BB)
NQ Nang Quang NguyenViet Nam	90,000(23 BB)
NC Nabil CardosoMorocco	80,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:17:43 PM

Anil Adiani Knocks Out a Player

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

Anil Adiani raises from the hijack to 8,000, the player in the small blind moves all in for70,500, and Adiani tanks for a while before he calls with A♥ J♥ .

The small blind turns over A♣ Q♠ , and needs it to hold to stay alive.

The board comes J♣ 5♠ 5♥ T♥ A♠ , and Adiani pairs his jack on the flop, and goes on to win the pot with two pair, aces and jacks, to eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

Player	Chips
AA Anil AdianiIndia	160,000(40 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:14:29 PM

Cao Ngo Anh Banks With Cowboys

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

Ngoc Anh Cao

Action folds around to the button Cao Ngoc Anh, he raises 8000. Small blind James Rann assesses Anh stack then three-bets 28,000. Betting continues with big blind Tom Verbruggen also liking his cards and lays out a four-bet of 60,000. Action bounces back to Anh, he five-bet jams for 144,000 which gets a fold from Rann while Verbruggen calls.

Cao Ngoc Anh: K♦ K♠

Tom Verbruggen: 6♣ 6♦

The board runs 5♠ 7♣ 2♣ Q♥ 2♥ for a double up to Anh.

Player	Chips
CN Cao Ngoc AnhViet Nam	322,000(81 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	190,000(48 BB)
JR James Rann	155,000(39 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:13:17 PM

Thomas Ward Bags A Double

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

Thomas Ward opens then risks his last 760,000 after a player pushes all in. Ward has A♠ K♥ and outkicks A♣ Q♠ . The board further ensures his win as it runs 2♠ Q♥ 5♦ K♠ 6♦ .

Player	Chips
TW Thomas WardNew Zealand	150,000(38 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:10:56 PM

Double Knockout for Yunkyu Song

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

Yunkyu Song

Adam Friedman raises to 8,000 and Yunkyu Song then three-bets to 26,000 in the next seat. Julian Selinger jams for 95,000 in the next seat thereafter and Wailiang Tai calls all-in, Friedman folds and Song snap-calls.

Tai's Q♣ Q♠ are up against the T♥ T♦ of Selinger while Song has the best of it with A♥ A♣ .

Song nails the A♦ J♦ 3♦ flop but both opponents are alive, especially after the T♣ turn. However, the 9♣ river changes nothing and Song claims another two victims.

Player	Chips
YS Yungkyu Song	550,000(138 BB)
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	380,000(95 BB)
JS Julian SelingerGermany	busted
TW Tai WeiliangChina	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:09:32 PM

Duy Anh Nguyen Muscles From The Small Blind

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

Duy Anh Nguyen

The blinds call Shane Saito's under the gun raise of 8000 and head to the flop 8♥ 4♣ J♣ . Action is checked to Saito, he continues for 10,000 only to be check-raised by small blind Duy Anh Nguyen o 30,000. Big blind folds, Saito follows behind.

Player	Chips
DA Duy Anh NguyenViet Nam	365,000(91 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:00:24 PM

Adam Friedman Flips Out Javier Gomez

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

Adam Friedman

Krisztian Torok raises to 8,000 and Adam Friedman calls, as does Vanluyen Tran. Javier Gomez jams for 123,500 and Torok folds, Friedman jams and Tran reluctantly folds.

Gomez flops with A♥ Q♥ against the T♠ T♥ of Friedman, who hits top set on the T♦ 5♠ 4♥ flop. The 7♠ turn seals Gomez's fate and the 5♥ river only improves Friedman to tens full.

Player	Chips
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	340,000(85 BB)
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	150,000(38 BB)
VT Vanluyen Tran	150,000(38 BB)
JG Javier GomezSpain	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 3:58:34 PM

Ivan Karatayev Knocks Out A Player

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

Ivan Karatayev opens then calls a player's all in for around 11 big blinds. Karatayev's A♥ 3♥ is ahead of Q♣ T♦ and when the board 6♣ A♠ 2♣ 9♥ K♥ , the all in player packs up when the ace drops.

Player	Chips
IK Ivan KaratayeuBelarus	390,000(98 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 3:14:15 PM

Laury Vanlerberghe Doubles Up

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

On a board A♣ J♣ 8♠ K♥ 2♠ with 57,000 in the middle, Laury Vanlerberghe goes all in for 49,500. This sends Yu Lin deep in thought then makes the call after a couple of minutes. Vanlerberghe reveals A♥ Q♣ that outkicks Lin's A♠ 9♠ to bag a double.

Player	Chips
LY Lin YuChina	182,000(46 BB)
LV Laury VanlerbergheFrance	161,000(40 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:55:28 PM

Rui Bouquet Leads the Field at the Break with 639,500

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 300K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	639,500(160 BB)
TD Thi DangViet Nam	470,000(118 BB)
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	413,500(103 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	379,000(95 BB)
YS Yungkyu Song	376,000(94 BB)
IK Ivan KaratayeuBelarus	368,000(92 BB)
SC Siarhei Chudapal	365,000(91 BB)
HT Hun Tae ChoiSouth Korea	351,000(88 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:54:39 PM

Level 13 Begins (127 Day 1B Players Left)

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

The players return from break to begin Level 13, with increased blinds of 2,000-4,000 and a 4,000 ante.

With 127 players remaining from a Day 1B field of 471, the average chip stack is around148,500 (37 big blinds). Day 1C begins tomorrow at 11:30 am, and it will be the final starting flight.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 127/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:51:42 PM

More Chips For Rui Bouquet

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Ever since Rui Bouquet chunked Aditya Agarwal, he has been on a tear, winning pot after pot at his table. On his latest win, he cleans out Khoa Anh Ngo to rise to 620,000 in chips. During the hand, Bouquet calls a raise by a player from under the gun, Ngo three-bets 21,000 from the big blind which only Bouquet calls.

Both players proceed to check to the river A♥ A♣ 8♣ 6♦ 9♣ . Ngo checks once more Bouquet pushes his monster stack, Ngo tanks then commits it. Bouquet has A♠ T♠ trips and eliminates Ngo with K♣ K♦ .

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	620,000(207 BB)
KA Khoa Anh NgoViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:50:16 PM

Najeem Ajez Shoves For The Pot

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Najeem Ajez three-bets 21,000 and doesn't shake the initial raiser Mikael Andersson. At the flop 6♣ 5♦ 8♥ chips go flying starting with Ajez's continuation bet of 17,000. Andersson check-raises 45,000, Ajez goes all in which is enough to push out Andersson from the pot.

Player	Chips
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	378,000(126 BB)
MA Mikael AnderssonFinland	80,000(27 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:48:40 PM

Simas Karaliunas Sends Amin Riyazati To The Tank

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Simas Karaliunas

Simas Karaliunas and Amin Riyazati stare down a pot of 41,500 and a flop 6♦ 3♦ 4♠ . Following a check, Riyazati bets 9000, Karaliunas answers with a check-raise all in that more than covers Riyazati. After a few minutes of contemplation, Riyazati decides not to risk it.

Player	Chips
SK Simas KaraliunasLithuania	275,000(92 BB)
AR Amin RiyazatiAustralia	55,000(18 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:46:30 PM

Javier Gomez Earns a Double

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

While almost all other players are already in the next 15-minute break, Javier Gomez is still involved a hand which ultimately leads to his double. With the A♠ 4♥ , he turns a wheel on the board of T♠ 3♣ 2♥ 5♠ J♦ and doubles for 31,500 to reach forty blinds once again.

Player	Chips
JG Javier GomezSpain	123,000(41 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:43:33 PM

Kien Tat Heng Busts Mark Podvalnyi

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

In a preflop raising war, Mark Podvalnyi ultimately pushes all-in albeit very reluctantly while another Russian-speaking player next to him records the speech play and unfolding showdown, getting snapped off by Kien Tat Heng.

Mark Podvalnyi: K♠ K♦

Kien Tat Heng: A♦ A♥

The 9♥ 8♦ 6♠ 2♠ Q♥ board is not without sweat but the aces hold.

Player	Chips
KT Kien Tat HengSingapore	265,000(88 BB)
MP Mark Podvalnyi	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:41:44 PM

Shai Arbel Among Big Stacks; Kyle Bao Diep Also Rises

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Kyle Bao Diep

Almost all of the chips of Hugues Girard shifted to Shai Arbel.

Guy Taylor then vanishes from the table when he cannot call a river shove by Kyle Bao Diep on the T♥ 9♣ 3♠ J♣ 8♦ river, suspecting a bluff. "Oh no worries, if it's a bluff he will put it on his stories," the Brit jokes and busts the next hand.

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	400,000(133 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	185,000(62 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	38,000(13 BB)
GT Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:39:54 PM

Shankui Li Doubles Thru Sherif Derias

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

On a board of T♠ 4♦ 4♥ 2♠ 3♦ , Sherif Derias loses a massive pot and all but the last7,500 in chips when he clashes with Shankui Li. Derias' K♠ K♣ are good enough for kings and fours but Li has the goods with 4♣ 4♠ for flopped quads.

Player	Chips
SL Shankui LiChina	345,000(115 BB)
SD Sherif DeriasAustralia	7,500(3 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:25:32 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	500,000(167 BB)
HT Hun Tae ChoiSouth Korea	470,000(157 BB)
YS Yungkyu Song	417,000(139 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	300,000(100 BB)
AS Arun SriramIndia	290,000(97 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	250,000(83 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	250,000(83 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	245,000(82 BB)
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	235,000(78 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	210,000(70 BB)
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	140,000(47 BB)
LY Li YunTaiwan	130,000(43 BB)
CT Chao Ting ChengTaiwan	112,000(37 BB)
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	110,000(37 BB)
AR Amin RiyazatiAustralia	100,000(33 BB)
EW Eric WasylenkoCanada	90,000(30 BB)
TB Thomas BoivinBelgium	70,000(23 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:03:15 PM

Rui Bouquet Chunks Aditya Agarwal

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Rui Bouqet

From the button, Rui Bouquet has 3♦ 3♣ and raises it up to 5000. Big blind Aditya Agarwal defends with a three-bet of 20,000, Bouquet calls to see the flop land Q♠ 3♥ Q♥ . With his full house, Bouquet calls Agarwal's 15,000 continuation bet. On the turn 6♣ , Agarwal passes the betting, Bouquet bets a light 15,000, Agarwal takes the bait to head to the river 2♠ . Agarwal checks once more, Bouquet shoves 68,500, Agarwal tanks for a few minutes then hero-calls showing A♣ 9♦ only to lose nearly all of his stack.

Player	Chips
RB Rui BouquetPortugal	241,000(80 BB)
AA Aditya AgarwalIndia	2,000(1 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 1:01:02 PM

Sajjad Al Mamun Doubles Thru Ilan Hannich

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Sajjad Al Mamun is all-in for 52,000 with the A♠ 9♠ and up against Ilan Hannich, who has the A♦ K♥ . The dominating ace falls behind on a board of 6♥ 3♣ 2♣ 9♦ Q♥ and Al Mamun earns a fortunate double.

Player	Chips
SA Sajjad Al MamunBangladesh	100,000(33 BB)
IH Ilan HannichGermany	20,000(7 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:59:19 PM

Pradeep Nudurumati Recovers After Four-Way Bad Beat

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Pradeep Nudurumati,

Just after Pradeep Nudurumati wins the shove with J♦ J♥ over caller Simas Karaliunas's K♣ T♠ he shares with the WPT reporter how he lost his previous all in. In a four-way cooler, Nudurumati has Q♥ Q♠ and is up against A♣ J♠ , A♥ J♣ , and A♠ 2♦ . The board runs a doozy K♣ 6♠ 8♥ T♥ Q♦ , denying Nudurumati the triple elimination.

Player	Chips
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	71,500(24 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:57:25 PM

Level 12 Begins (151 Day 1b Players Remain)

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

The blinds increase by a small margin to 1,500-3,000 with a big blind ante of 3,000 and there are some 151 players still in contention. Nearly two thirds of them will leave empty-handed as only the top 59 finishers are set to advance to the money stages from Day 1b.

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 151/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:42:54 PM

Krisztian Torok Gets Paid In Full

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

On a flop T♣ 6♦ Q♦ , Yu Lin bets 6000 onto a pot of 12,500 and Krisztian Torok check calls to the turn 9♠ . Lin fires another 20,000 and again Torok check-calls. On the river J♠ , Torok moves it all in for 79,000, Lin agonizes then finally finds reason to call.

Torok opens up K♠ Q♣ top pair and wins the pot over Lin's J♣ T♦ .

Player	Chips
KT Krisztian TorokUnited States of America	226,500(91 BB)
LY Lin YuChina	109,000(44 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:40:15 PM

Andres Vasquez Scores a Knockout

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

Andres Vasquez

Andres Vasquez is involved in three-way action to the Q♠ T♦ 8♥ flop on which it checks to Amit Kaushik, who bets 3,500. A shorter stack check-raises to 15,000 and Vasquez clicks it back to 15,000. Kaushik folds, the short stack jams around 40,000 with queen-nine and Vasquez calls with king-jack.

The river is an ace and Vasquez improves to broadway.

Player	Chips
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	250,000(100 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	225,000(90 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:35:15 PM

Jia Yi Low Gets a Shove Through

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

Jia Yi Low

Plenty of chips are in the middle with David Larson having invested 28,000. Jia Yi Low then moves all-in for 72,500 and forces out one opponent, while Larson is deep in the tank. The clock is called on Larson, and everyone else is ready to move with the table breaking.

Thirty seconds run down and Larson elects to fold, his table neighbour says she folded pocket jacks.

Player	Chips
DL David LarsonUnited States of America	38,000(15 BB)
JY Jia Yi LowSingapore	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:33:15 PM

Vanluyen Tran Wins Big Three-Way Showdown

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

A short stack is all-in with the A♣ K♠ for 32,000 on the button and Vanluyen Tran gets it in holding the Q♦ Q♥ for 95,500. Muhammad Shamsudin looks both up holding the A♥ Q♠ but cannot get there on the T♣ 6♣ 2♥ 8♦ T♠ board, which gives the main and side pot to Tran.

Player	Chips
VT Vanluyen Tran	240,000(96 BB)
MS Muhammad ShamsudinSingapore	80,000(32 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:31:26 PM

Khurshid Zaynutdinov Busts One

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

Kristopher Rundquist folds when Khurshid Zaynutdinov jams over the top of a shorter stack and the latter shows 6♥ 5♥ . Zaynutdinov is ahead with A♦ Q♥ and makes trips on theAc A♥ 8♥ 6♠ 5♣ runout to reduce the field by one.

Player	Chips
KZ Khurshid Zaynutdinov	80,000(32 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:31:03 PM

Level 11 begins (207 Day 1b Players Remaining)

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

The blinds are now 1,500-2,500 with a big blind ante of 2,500 and there are 207 players out of 471 entries remaining. Day 1b will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 59 contenders, who will lock up a portion of the cash prize pool.

The $750,000 guarantee has already been surpassed with only two starting days, and a huge field is expected for tomorrow.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 207/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:23:48 PM

Hyunkyou Park Delivers A Double Knockout

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

Hyunkyou Park

Two players are all in with Hyunkyou Park calling to push out the initial raiser. Park has A♣ A♠ and dominates A♦ T♦ and K♣ J♣ . The board runs 5♥ 5♠ K♥ 9♦ 2♠ for a double elimination.

Player	Chips
HP Hyunkyou ParkSouth Korea	90,000(45 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:22:03 PM

Qinglin Li Loses the Flip With Treys

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

Qinglin Li is all-in once again with 3♥ 3♦ this time and flops against Yita Choong, who has the A♣ T♣ . The 8♣ 7♥ 4♣ 8♥ 7♠ board counterfits the treys and Choong scores the knockout.

Player	Chips
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	125,000(63 BB)
LQ Li QinglinChina	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:15:43 PM

Rob Sherwood Departs Against Yunkyu Song

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

Rob Sherwood, runner-up of the 2024 WPT World Championship, is unable to spin up a late entry on Day 1b when he runs with A♣ J♥ into the K♥ K♦ of reigning WPT Player of the Year Yunkyu Song. Both players hit the ace-king high flop and that spells the end for Sherwood.

One table over, Thi Bao An Nguyen celebrates winning a big pot and grins "Ace high wins, I got pocket queens to fold". She soars near the top of the leaderboard with a big stack.

Player	Chips
TB Thi Bao NguyenViet Nam	320,000(160 BB)
CW Chien WangNew Zealand	110,000(55 BB)
YS Yungkyu Song	85,000(43 BB)
RS Rob SherwoodUnited Kingdom	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:09:45 PM

Tom Maguire Packs Up

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

Tom Maguire open shoves, Rohit Bagwani three-bets and successfully isolates. Maguire is behind A♣ 4♣ against Bagwani's A♠ K♣ . No help arrives for Maguire on a board Q♠ 8♣ 3♥ T♠ 8♣ to pack up and head out.

Player	Chips
RB Rohit BegwaniIndia	90,000(45 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:03:41 PM

Tero Laurila's Shove Sends Jiazhi Zhong Deep In The Tank

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

Jiazhi Zhong kicks off the hand with a min-raise that late position Tero Laurila and big blind call. At the flop 9♦ 7♠ A♥ , Zhang continues for 5000 that only Laurila calls. More chips are fueled in the turn 9♥ with a bet of 13,000 from Zhang raised to 39,000 by Laurila, Zhang calls to complete the board 5♦ . Zhang slows to a check, Laurila shoves61,500, Zhang only has 48,000 behind and goes deep in the tank.

After a few minutes, the clock is called. Zhang is given another two minutes. He then folds and shows A♠ K♠ . A♠ Laurila is dragging in the chips, he lets Zhang choose a card and opens T♥ . Zhang says "you had Ace-Ten hearts?"

Player	Chips
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	164,000(82 BB)
JZ Jiazhi Zhong	48,000(24 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 12:00:40 PM

Qinglin Li Doubles Thru Elena Litvinyuk

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

Qinglin Li is all-in with a very short stack and flips holding 3♠ 3♣ against the K♥ 9♥ of Elena Litvinyuk. On the J♠ J♥ 3♦ Q♥ 8♣ flop, Li flops a full house and dodges a straight flush.

Player	Chips
EL Elena LitvinyukRussia	45,000(23 BB)
LQ Li QinglinChina	30,000(15 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:57:39 AM

Nabil Cardoso Chips Up

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

Nabil Cardoso

Hunter Stevens raises to 4,000 and earns two callers out of the blinds including Nabil Cardoso and Michael Sideridis. On the T♠ 9♥ 8♦ flop, it checks to Sideridis who bets4,000. Stevens calls and Cardoso check-raises to 13,000 for Sideridis to call and Stevens to fold.

Cardoso bets big on the 8♠ turn and Sideridis tank-folds with fewer than ten blinds behind.

Player	Chips
HS Hunter StevensUnited States of America	145,000(73 BB)
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	145,000(73 BB)
NC Nabil CardosoMorocco	95,000(48 BB)
AI Abhinav IyerIndia	60,000(30 BB)
MS Michael SideridisAustralia	18,000(9 BB)
DM Dhaval MudgalIndia	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:55:46 AM

Tom Verbruggen Leads the Field at the Break with 320,500

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

Tom Verbruggen

A scan of the field during the break turned up seven players with at least 185K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	320,500(160 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	233,500(117 BB)
LY Lin YuChina	233,500(117 BB)
IK Ivan KaratayeuBelarus	228,500(114 BB)
AS Arun SriramIndia	202,500(101 BB)
MS Muhammad ShamsudinSingapore	199,500(100 BB)
SO Shiina OkamotoJapan	188,500(94 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	184,900(92 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:54:42 AM

Level 10 Begins; Registration Closes with ~471 Day 1B Entries

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

The players return from break to begin Level 10, with increased blinds of 1,000-2,000 and a 2,000 ante.

Registration is now closed, and the tournament clock shows an unofficial Day 1B field of 471 entries, which would make the prizepool worth more than $780,000 heading into the third and final starting flight tomorrow.

Action will continue tonight until the field is down to 59 players (12.5% of this flight), which will also be the Money Bubble.

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

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 234/471

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:47:01 AM

Tom Verbruggen Enters Four Consecutive Hands

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

At one of the outer tables, Tom Verbruggen is in command with a stack of around300K that he uses to test his tablemates. After winning a pot on an uncalled raise from under the gun +1, he min-raises again and this time Huu Dung Nguyen gives him action.

On the flop 7♣ 9♥ 6♥ , Verbruggen continues for 7000, Nguyen calls, then they both check the turn 4♣ . On the river 5♥ , Verbruggen value-bets 3500 and wins the pot after Nguyen opts to fold.

Next hand, cutoff Mateusz Stanielewicz and big blind Verbruggen call a raise then at the flop 6♥ T♥ 5♦ action is checked to Stananielewicz who lays out 6200. Verbruggen check-raises 16,000 to get one fold while Stanielewicz answers with a shove of54,600. Verbruggen tanks then folds.

The next hand sees everyone fold to the small blind Verbruggen, he limps and big blind Hugo Machado checks. They both check to the turn T♥ Q♥ 9♦ T♣ . Verbruggen checks again, Machado bets 6500, Verbruggen calls. On the river 8♠ , Verbruggen leads out for 3000, Machado snap-folds.

Player	Chips
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	318,500(199 BB)
MS Mateusz StanielewiczPoland	75,000(47 BB)
TB Thomas BoivinBelgium	62,000(39 BB)
HM Hugo MachadoPortugal	30,300(19 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:30:50 AM

Hongru Zhang vs Aladin Reskallah

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Hongru Zhang

Following a raise to 3,200 and a call, Hongru Zhang three-bets to 16,000 in the small blind. Only initial raiser Aladin Reskallah calls and they head to the A♥ 9♥ 3♦ flop. Zhang continues for 7,900 to earn a call and they check the 8♠ turn.

Zhang bets another 16,000 on the 6♣ river and Reskallah folds.

Player	Chips
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	178,000(111 BB)
HZ Hongru ZhangChina	170,000(106 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:28:50 AM

Joe Serock Eliminated by Kaifan Wang

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Joseph Serock

Joe Serock is all-in for fumes and called multiple ways. Kaifan Wang is the one to isolate on the A♥ K♠ 5♦ 9♥ turn with the A♠ T♣ and Serock is drawing dead already with the 8♦ 3♠ to make the 2♦ river a formality.

Serock leaves the seat and Rob Sherwood replaces him as late entrant.

Player	Chips
KW Kaifan WangUnited States of America	95,000(59 BB)
RS Rob SherwoodUnited Kingdom	40,000(25 BB)
JS Joseph SerockUnited States of America	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 11:00:20 AM

We Have Surpassed the $750,000 Guarantee!

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

With 334 entries yesterday for Day 1A, and another 443 today for Day 1B (so far), the total field size is up to 777. More importantly, that means the prizepool has surpassed the $750,000 guarantee.

There is still another 20 minutes or so of registration today, plus a third and final starting flight tomorrow at 11:30 am which should easily take it over a million.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:57:06 AM

Somasekhar Sanampuri Knocks Out a Player

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Sanampuri Somasekhar,

Somasekhar Sanampuri raises from the hijack to 3,200, Siarhei Chudapal calls from the cutoff, and the player in the small blind moves all in for 44,000. Sanampuri calls, and Chudapal folds.

The small blind turns over 5♦ 5♣ , and needs to improve to stay alive against Sanampuri's A♠ A♣ .

The board comes 8♦ 6♦ 4♥ 8♥ Q♦ , and the small blind flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Sanampuri wins the pot with his pocket aces to eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips
SC Siarhei Chudapal	519,931(325 BB)
SS Sanampuri SomasekharIndia	95,000(59 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:52:25 AM

Jianfeng Sun Eliminated by Daniel Byshell

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

With the final board showing 8♦ 7♠ 6♦ J♣ Q♣ and a little less than 20K in the pot, Jianfeng Sun moves all in under the gun for 27,400, and Daniel Byshell goes into the tank in the hijack.

Byshell tanks for a very long time before he calls, and Sun shows A♥ 9♠ for ace high. Byshell turns over 5♠ 5♦ to win the pot with an underpair and eliminate Sun.

Player	Chips
DB Daniel Byshell	135,000(84 BB)
JS Jianfeng SunChina	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:44:57 AM

Daiva Byrne Escapes From Elimination

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Daiva Byrne is all-in for the last 10,000 with A♠ 9♠ and Hui Wang has her dominated with the A♥ K♣ . The A♣ 9♣ 3♣ 4♥ J♠ runout improves Byrne to two pair despite a mighty sweat.

Player	Chips
WH Wang HuiChina	150,000(94 BB)
DB Daiva ByrneLithuania	22,000(14 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:36:16 AM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Player	Chips
LY Lin YuChina	220,000(138 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	210,000(131 BB)
MK Michael Kim FalconDenmark	150,000(94 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	110,000(69 BB)
CW Chien WangNew Zealand	95,000(59 BB)
FR Fabian RolliFrance	95,000(59 BB)
KB Koen BreedNetherlands	95,000(59 BB)
KL Kolja LueckingUnited States of America	80,000(50 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	75,000(47 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	75,000(47 BB)
JS Josip SimunicAustria	75,000(47 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	70,000(44 BB)
MJ Marc JosephSouth Africa	65,000(41 BB)
HC Hon Cheong LeeHong Kong	55,000(34 BB)
KH Konstantin HeldGermany	45,000(28 BB)
DK David KozmaHungary	17,000(11 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:34:10 AM

Yuki Nakada Doubles Thru Pau Sanroma

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

With the final board showing 7♥ 5♥ 2♥ 8♥ Q♦ on the river, Yuki Nakada checks from the big blind, Pau Sanroma moves all in from UTG+1 for 55,000, and Nakada thinks for a moment or two before he calls all in for 30,700.

Sanroma shows 4♦ 4♣ for a pair of fours, but Nakada turns over J♥ 6♠ to win the pot with a jack-high flush and double up in chips.

Player	Chips
YN Yuki NakadaJapan	84,000(53 BB)
PS Pau SanromaSpain	24,300(15 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:29:04 AM

Level 9 Begins (422 Day 1B Entries)

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Level 8 comes to an end, and Level 9 begins with increased blinds of 800-1,600 and a1,600 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 422 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 756. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 422/422

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:17:49 AM

Aggression Wins It For Jon Kyte

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Jon Kyte

Two hands after the split pot, Jon Kyte is back in action with a three-bet of 8000 from late position. Big blind Jungsup Yun defends and initial raiser from under the gun Adam Friedman calls. At the flop T♠ K♦ T♣ , Kyte continues for 7000, both opponents check-call then they check the turn 3♦ . After two checks on the river 7♠ , Kyte shoves with a stack well covering both players, Yun folds, Friedman gives it some thought then folds as well.

Player	Chips
JK Jon KyteNorway	165,000(138 BB)
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	71,400(60 BB)
JY Jungsup YunSouth Korea	70,400(59 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:16:49 AM

Martin Sedlak vs Pannasa Prempluem

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Martin Sedlak

Pannasa Prempluem bets the T♠ 9♠ 3♣ A♦ turn for 2,600 and Martin Sedlak check-calls. Sedlak leads the T♥ river for the minimum and earns a call to win the pot with A♣ 5♠ in the big blind.

Player	Chips
PP Pannasa PrempluemThailand	145,000(121 BB)
MS Martin SedlakGermany	77,000(64 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:15:49 AM

Elena Litviniuk Knocks Out a Player

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

After a flop of T♣ 6♣ 3♠ , the big blind gets his short stack all in with 6♥ 5♥ for a pair of sixes, but needs to improve to stay alive against the Q♠ Q♦ of Elena Litviniuk in the hijack.

The turn card is the K♥ , the river card is the J♥ , and the pocket queens hold up for Litviniuk to win the pot and eliminate her opponent.

Player	Chips
EL Elena LitvinyukRussia	95,000(79 BB)

Elena Litvinyuk

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:14:24 AM

Tien Dung Pham Falls To Pannasa Prempluem

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Tien Dung Pham has already qualified to Day 2 but with a very short stack which he intends to improve on at Day 1B. However, he will have to re-enter as he falls to Pannasa Prempluem. Down to 9500, Pham raises all in with K♦ T♥ and is behind caller Prempluem's A♦ 5♣ throughout the board 7♦ A♥ Q♦ T♣ A♣ .

Player	Chips
PP Pannasa PrempluemThailand	153,000(128 BB)
TD Tien Dung PhamViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:13:25 AM

Nang Quang Nguyen Hits the Rail

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Nang Quang Nguyen

Nang Quang Nguyen is all-in with a severe short stack and called by three opponents. Chong Jing Lee bets the A♦ 3♥ 2♠ flop and isolates successfully.

"Not a good flop for me," Nguyen says and shows his T♠ 8♠ . Lee is well out in front with the A♣ 6♣ and the 3♣ 9♣ runout knocks out Nguyen.

Player	Chips
CL Chong LeeSingapore	145,000(121 BB)
NQ Nang Quang NguyenViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:13:24 AM

Good Call By Jon Kyte With King-High To Split

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Jon Kyte isn't too happy at the turnout of this hand however, he isn't complaining either having split the pot with Jungsup Yun. The hand opens with a 2500 raise from Yun at early position, Kyte three-bets 8000 from the button, Yun calls. They check it to the river 7♦ 3♥ 6♣ 7♥ 3♦ . Yun test Kyte with a bet of K♥ T♠ , Kyte tanks then finds reason to call with K♣ Q♠ king high. It's the right call with Yun showing K♥ T♠ to split it.

Player	Chips
JK Jon KyteNorway	130,000(108 BB)
JY Jungsup YunSouth Korea	94,000(78 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:12:31 AM

Pradeep Nurudumati Goes Runner-Runner Against Andres Vasquez

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Pradeep Nurudumati is in deep trouble when he gets it in with K♣ T♥ on the T♠ 8♥ 5♠ flop, as Andreas Vasquez has 5♦ 5♣ for bottom set. The T♦ turn and K♥ river provide a miracle escape for the player from India.

Player	Chips
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	85,000(71 BB)
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	22,000(18 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:11:31 AM

Daisuke Ogita, Armon Van Wijk Take Down Pots

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Daisuke Ogita, Armon Van Wijk, and Apoorva Goel are in a hand that builds a pot of8800 preflop. More is pumped in on a board 8♠ 7♣ K♣ with Ogita initiating for 2500. Only Goel calls to the turn 2♥ . Ogita continues for 9500 and that's enough to win it.

Immediately following the hand, Ogita limps in from under the gun+1 then calls Armon Van Wijk's raise of 4000 at cutoff. On the flop and turn Q♠ A♦ T♦ 8♦ , Van Wijk sends out 3000 and 8500, Ogita folds to the turn bet.

Player	Chips
DO Daisuke OgitaJapan	75,700(63 BB)
AV Armon Van WijkAustralia	57,600(48 BB)
AG Apoorva GoelIndia	37,300(31 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:09:37 AM

Quads vs. Top Full House: Hui Wang Doubles Thru Zhiqiang Meng

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Wang Hui

Betting action for this hand provided by a few players at the table.

A player raises, Hui Wang calls from the cutoff, and Zhiqiang Meng reraises from the small blind. The next player folds, and Wang calls.

The flop comes J♣ 6♥ 3♦ , Meng bets, and Wang calls.

The turn card pairs the board with the 6♦ , Meng checks, Wang bets, and Meng calls.

The river card is the Q♠ , Meng bets 15,000, Wang moves all in, and Meng quickly calls with Q♥ Q♣ for the top full house, queens full of sixes.

But Wang turns over 6♠ 6♣ to win the pot with quad sixes and double up in chips.

Player	Chips
WH Wang HuiChina	160,000(133 BB)
ZM Zhiqiang Meng	8,000(7 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:07:31 AM

Yita Choong Back With a Double

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Yita Choong

Yita Choong gets his shorter stack in after the A♣ Q♦ 9♠ flop and tables A♥ T♥ , which has not so much to fear anymore. His table neighbour flips over the K♣ K♥ and the 8♥ 8♣ runout awards a double to the Aussie.

Player	Chips
YC Yita ChoongAustralia	57,500(48 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:05:30 AM

Zhiqiang Meng's Overpair Earns Pot

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Catching the action on a board 3♠ 5♦ 3♦ 8♥ 6♠ and 32,500 in the middle, Zhiqiang Meng sends in 15,000 and for a brief moment, Hassaan Siddiq tanks. He makes the call then mucks to 9♣ 9♦ saying he had pocket Sevens.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:05:08 AM

Level 8 Begins (397 Day 1B Entries)

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Level 7 comes to an end, and Level 8 begins with increased blinds of 600-1,200 and a1,200 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 397 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 731. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 397/397

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 10:02:31 AM

Aurimas Stanevicius Eliminated by Ziad Zebib

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

"I cover?" Ziad Zebib asks the dealer and the chips are pushed to him as he sends Aurimas Stanevicius to the rail.

On a board of J♦ 5♣ 2♦ 8♦ 2♣ , the T♥ 9♥ of Stanevicius turn an open-ender but miss versus A♦ J♥ .

Player	Chips
ZZ Ziad ZebibUnited States of America	135,000(135 BB)
AS Aurimas StaneviciusLithuania	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:59:16 AM

Sarkiss Osalian's Small Pair Holds

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Sarkiss Osalian enjoys a double up with 4♥ 4♣ surviving the runout agaist Faisal Sarkar's T♠ 8♠ . He is all in the flop that holds to the end 5♠ 7♦ 6♣ K♥ J♥ .

Player	Chips
FS Faisal Sarkar	122,000(122 BB)
SO Sarkiss OsalianAustralia	21,900(22 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:57:10 AM

Hunter Stevens Has The Flush

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Hunter Stevens

Heavy preflop betting opens with a raise of 2000 from under the gun+1 Hunter Stevens, to his immediate left, Jaemoon Seok three-bets 6000, after players fold around back to Stevens he four-bets 12,000, and Seok puts the brakes with a call.

At the flop 5♥ 6♥ 6♣ , both players opt to slow down and and check to the turn 8♥ . Stevens resumes for 12,700, Seok flats, the river comes 9♣ . Again Stevens fires for a slightly larger 18,000, Seok tank-calls then mucks to A♥ 4♥ flush. When asked if he had jacks, Seok said he had kings.

Player	Chips
HS Hunter StevensUnited States of America	64,000(64 BB)
JS Jaemoon SeokSouth Korea	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:51:52 AM

Luc Ramos Among the Next to Fall

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Luc Ramos

It is unclear when exactly the chips go into the middle but it was certainly post flop when Luc Ramos has the best of it preflop with K♦ K♣ only to end up second-best to the A♥ T♥ of Nabil Cardoso. On a board of T♣ T♠ 6♦ 5♥ 3♦ , Cardoso flops trips and takes it all off Ramos.

Player	Chips
NC Nabil CardosoMorocco	85,000(85 BB)
LR Luc RamosSwitzerland	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:49:48 AM

Donghyup Kim Calls a River Bluff to Knock Out a Player

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

With the final board showing 9♥ 3♥ 3♣ 2♠ 5♦ on the river and about 60K already in the pot, the player in the big blind moves all in for 14,200.

Donghyup Kim tanks for a while in the hijack before he calls, and the big blind says, "You win" as he shows T♠ 8♣ for a ten-high bluff.

Kim turns over 6♥ 6♣ to win the pot and eliminate his opponent.

Player	Chips
DK Donghyup KimSouth Korea	110,000(110 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:46:35 AM

Konstantin Held Out After Tussle With Digvijay Lamba

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Konstantin Held

With 23,500 in the middle to the T♣ 4♥ 3♣ 9♦ turn, Digvijay Lamba checks and calls a bet of 9,000 by Konstantin Held. He checks the 5♠ river and Held bets 20,000 with one T-500 chip behind. Lamba calls with Q♦ T♦ and Held reveals a bluff with a missed gutter, holding the Q♥ 8♥ .

The single chip vanishes in the very next hand.

Player	Chips
DL Digvijay LambaIndia	85,000(85 BB)
KH Konstantin HeldGermany	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:34:24 AM

Updated Counts and Casualties

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Player	Chips
HG Hugues GirardFrance	220,000(220 BB)
MS Muhammad ShamsudinSingapore	130,000(130 BB)
SC Siarhei Chudapal	130,000(130 BB)
MK Michael Kim FalconDenmark	125,000(125 BB)
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	120,000(120 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	115,000(115 BB)
NA Najeem AjezAustralia	90,000(90 BB)
AK Amit KaushikIndia	75,000(75 BB)
AF Adam FriedmanUnited States of America	65,000(65 BB)
KB Kyle Bao DiepViet Nam	45,000(45 BB)
MD Max DevesonUnited Kingdom	42,000(42 BB)
RM Remy MurciaFrance	40,000(40 BB)
MJ Marc JosephSouth Africa	38,000(38 BB)
YL Yiannis LiperisCyprus	30,000(30 BB)
AA Arjun AgrawalIndia	busted
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	busted
WL Wonho LeeSouth Korea	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:31:49 AM

Andres Vasquez Picks Up A Pot

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

Andres Vasquez,

Andres Vasquez defends the button by calling Valeriy Fokin's 2500 raise. At the flop T♥ K♣ 8♣ , Fokin checks to Vasquez who lays out a 9500 overbet that's good to take the pot.

Player	Chips
VF Valeriy FokinRussia	156,000(156 BB)
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	48,600(49 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:10:39 AM

Aditya Sushant Eliminated by Kien Tat Heng

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

The hero not long ago, Aditya Sushant is suddenly on a nub coming back from the break. He calls a raise to 2,500 by Yu Lin and Kien Tat Heng then jams behind for 24,200. Lin folds but Sushant calls all-in for the last 8,200 with the J♦ 9♦ .

Heng is ahead with A♠ Q♥ and it remains that way on the A♣ 9♣ 5♥ K♦ 6♦ runout.

Player	Chips
LY Lin YuChina	145,000(145 BB)
KT Kien Tat HengSingapore	38,000(38 BB)
AS Aditya SushantIndia	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:09:34 AM

Van Tien Dinh Leads the Field at the Break with 214,700

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 130K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
VT Van Tien DinhViet Nam	214,700(215 BB)
LY Lin YuChina	160,800(161 BB)
RB Rohit BegwaniIndia	143,400(143 BB)
PP Pannasa PrempluemThailand	137,800(138 BB)
SR Shmuel Rechor	135,500(136 BB)
MK Michael Kim FalconDenmark	129,000(129 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:06:09 AM

Level 7 Begins (347 Day 1B Entries)

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

The players return from break to begin Level 7, with increased blinds of 500-1,000 and a 1,000 ante.

The tournament clock shows 347 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 681. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 347/347

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 9:03:15 AM

Back To Back Wins For Oleksandr Pylypenko Against Nishant Kumar

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Oleksandr Pylypenko and Nishant Kumar battle to defend their blinds. The first hand opens with a raise from late position, small blind Kumar re-raises 6100, big blind Pylypenko four-bets 16,000 which is enough to push out one player as Kumar calls. At the flop 7♥ 9♥ 7♣ , Pylypenko quickly shoves, Kumar folds.

Next hand, Kumar raises 1600 from the button, Pylypenko and the big blind call. At the flop 2♦ A♠ 7♥ , Kumar continues for 2000 and only Pylypenko joins to the turn 4♥ which they both check. On the river J♦ , Pylypenko jumps out with a 35000 bet, Kumar folds again.

Player	Chips
OP Oleksandr PyliavskyiGermany	65,700(82 BB)
NK Nishant KumarIndia	60,300(75 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:55:28 AM

Laury Vanlerberghe Knocks Out a Player in a Four-Way Pot

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

A player moves all in under the gun for 6,600, Laury Vanlerberghe calls from the button, Vanluyen Tran calls from the small blind, and Muhammad Shamin Shamsudin calls from the big blind.

There is 27,200 in the main pot, and any further betting will create a side pot.

The flop comes A♣ A♥ 3♥ , and it checks to Vanlerberghe, who bets 6,000. Both blinds fold.

The all-in player shows T♠ 9♦ for ten high, and he needs to improve to stay alive against Vanlerberghe's 6♥ 6♣ .

The turn card is the K♦ , the river card is the A♦ , and Vanlerberghe wins the pot with a full house, aces full of sixes, to eliminate the short stack.

Player	Chips
LV Laury VanlerbergheFrance	76,000(95 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:52:56 AM

Updated Counts and Casualties

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Player	Chips
JS Julian SelingerGermany	115,000(144 BB)
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	105,000(131 BB)
MH Micha HoedemakerNetherlands	100,000(125 BB)
SC Siarhei Chudapal	90,000(113 BB)
GS Guillem SegarraSpain	70,000(88 BB)
JZ Joshua ZimmermanHong Kong	60,000(75 BB)
HG Hugues GirardFrance	55,000(69 BB)
LV Laury VanlerbergheFrance	55,000(69 BB)
EL Elena LitvinyukRussia	50,000(63 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	40,000(50 BB)
WF Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America	busted
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	busted
TH Trong Hieu NgoViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:52:55 AM

Hugues Girard Wins Two In A Row

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Following a raise by under the gun player Daniel Skoglund that's called by one player, cutoff Hugues Girard three-bets 7000 and just like, he wins the pot. Girard isn't done yet as he enters the next hand, raising 2000. Big blind Skoglund defends then fast-folds as Girard pulls chips on the flop 2♠ 8♠ J♥ .

Player	Chips
HG Hugues GirardFrance	66,000(83 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:50:09 AM

Fritz Mattias Douhan Knocks Out a Player

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

A player is all in from UTG+1 for 13,200 with 9♦ 9♣ , and needs his hand to hold to stay alive against the K♣ J♣ of Fritz Mattias Douhan on the button.

The board comes 9♠ 7♣ 6♣ 2♠ A♣ , and the short stack flops a set of nines, only to see Douhan river a club flush to win the pot and eliminate the short stack.

Player	Chips
FD Fritz DouhanSweden	80,000(100 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:46:25 AM

Nishant Kumar Double Leaves Konstantin Held Short

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Konstantin Held can only shake his hand and tosses his cards right into the muck after flashing them when he doubles Nishant Kumar. The board and Kumar's cards are still exposed with A♥ T♠ good enough for the top two pair on the T♦ 5♣ 3♣ A♦ 6♥ board.

Player	Chips
NK Nishant KumarIndia	85,000(106 BB)
KH Konstantin HeldGermany	6,000(8 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:37:18 AM

Aditya Sushant Doubles Thru Arjun Agarwal

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

With some 28,000 in the middle to the J♥ T♣ 4♠ 2♥ turn, Aditya Sushant is all-in for34,300 with the J♣ J♦ for flopped top set. Arjun Agarwal in the big blind looks him up with the 5♠ 3♦ for a turned open-ender and the 3♠ river brings no upset.

Player	Chips
AS Aditya SushantIndia	97,500(122 BB)
AA Arjun AgrawalIndia	36,500(46 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:34:43 AM

Level 6 Begins (287 Day 1B Entries)

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Level 5 comes to an end, and Level 6 begins with increased blinds of 400-800 and an 800 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 287 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 621. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 287/287

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:32:09 AM

Pradeep Nurudumati

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Pradeep Nudurumati

Heads-up to the J♥ 4♥ 4♠ flop, Pradeep Nudurumati bets 2,200 and Wendy Freedman calls. Nurudumati makes it 4,000 to go on the Q♦ turn to pick up another call and jams the A♣ river for 12,400.

Freedman eventually calls with J♦ T♠ but Nudurumati takes the double with A♠ 3♣ for rivered aces and treys.

Player	Chips
PN Pradeep NudurumatiIndia	43,000(72 BB)
WF Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America	20,300(34 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:28:16 AM

Vadzim Lipauka Calls Down To A Split

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Newcomer to WPT Cambodia, Vadzim Lipauka opens from under the gun for 1300 then calls Zin Myo Thant's 3500 three-bet from the small blind. When the board runs Q♥ K♠ A♥ 6♣ 9♣ , Thant barrels down the streets for 4500, 12,000, and 17,000. Thant calls throughout then both players show A♣ Q♦ and A♠ Q♣ for a split pot.

Player	Chips
ZM Zin Myo Thant	65,000(108 BB)
VL Vadzim LipaukaBelarus	45,000(75 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:03:00 AM

Jingyi Wang Eliminated by Sajjad Al Mamun

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Jingyi Wang is short-stacked and all in with A♦ 9♦ , and he needs it to hold to stay alive against Sajjad Al Mamun's K♣ J♣ .

The board comes K♥ 9♣ 6♦ 4♠ 6♠ , and Al Mamun out-flops Wang to win the pot with two pair, kings and sixes, eliminating Wang.

Player	Chips
SA Sajjad Al MamunBangladesh	100,000(167 BB)
JW Jingyi WangChina	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 8:00:53 AM

Shai Arbel Fires And Fires

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Shai Arbel three-bets 6,000 from the big blind and initial raiser from the button Tom Verbruggen tosses it in. At the flop A♣ A♠ 4♠ , Arbel fires 3500, then a larger 8000 on the turn 8♣ . Verbruggen calls both but folds to Arbel's shove on the river 7♦ .

Player	Chips
SA Shai ArbelIsrael	58,000(97 BB)
TV Tom VerbruggenNetherlands	22,000(37 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:57:48 AM

Somashekar Nahadeva Eliminated by Laury Vanlerberghe

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Somashekar Nahadeva,

Yu Lin raises from middle position to 1,200, and Somashekar Nahadeva moves all in from the cutoff for 3,200. Laury Vanlerberghe raises from the button to 5,200, and Lin calls.

There is 11,100 in the main pot, and another 4,000 in the side pot. Any further betting goes into the side pot.

The flop comes A♠ A♣ 2♥ , Lin checks, Vanlerberghe bets 3,000, and Lin calls.

The turn card is the 4♦ , Lin checks, Vanlerberghe bets 5,000, and Lin calls.

The river card is the 7♣ , both check. All three players show their cards:

Laury Vanlerberghe: 6♠ 6♦ (two pair, aces and sixes)

Yu Lin: 5♠ 5♥ (two pair, aces and fives)

Somashekar Nahadeva: Q♠ T♦ (pair of aces)

Vanlerberghe wins the entire pot with his pocket sixes to eliminate Nahadeva.

Player	Chips
LV Laury VanlerbergheFrance	73,000(122 BB)
LY Lin YuChina	21,000(35 BB)
SN Somashekar NahadevaIndia	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:55:15 AM

Julian Selinger Doubles Thru Dongkyu Kim

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

On a flop of J♦ T♣ 8♣ , Julian Selinger is all-in for 32,100 with the J♥ 8♠ and up against the J♣ 4♣ of Dongkyu Kim. The flush draw never comes on the 6♥ 9♦ runout for Selinger to double.

Player	Chips
JS Julian SelingerGermany	68,000(113 BB)
DK Dongkyu KimSouth Korea	33,000(55 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:53:20 AM

Mats Ullereng Pushes For The Pot

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Mats Ullereng has all of his remaining chips out front amounting to 18,700 on a board that shows J♠ 8♠ 5♦ 7♥ 3♣ with 29,300 in the pot. His opponent Zijing Zhan can easily afford it however he goes deep in the tank then opts to fold. Ullereng asks Zhan to pick one of his cards and flips open K♠ .

Player	Chips
ZZ Zijing ZhanChina	83,000(138 BB)
MU Mats UllerengNorway	48,000(80 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:51:30 AM

Ziad Zebib Gains With Big Slick

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

After a preflop battle between Ziad Zebib and Somashekhar Sanampuri, they head to the flop J♠ 6♠ 8♦ with 12,600 already in the pot. Zebib continues for 3600, Sanampuri check-calls, then both step on the brakes, checking the turn and river T♥ K♦ .

Sanampuri has 7♥ 7♣ , Zebib has better A♣ K♣ to win the pot.

Player	Chips
ZZ Ziad ZebibUnited States of America	66,000(83 BB)
SS Sanampuri SomasekharIndia	20,200(25 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:50:11 AM

Chi Ling Tsang Has The Ace

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

A board shows 7♥ A♣ Q♣ 3♥ with 11,800 in the middle, Chi Ling Tsang is all in for his last 10,200. Michael Kim Falcon tanks then calls. Tsang has top pair A♦ 5♠ A♦ 5♠ , Falcon with K♥ 7♠ . With the river 6♠ , Tsang doubles through.

Player	Chips
MK Michael Kim FalconDenmark	49,500(83 BB)
CL Chi Ling TsangCanada	32,200(54 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:48:35 AM

Donghyuk Kim Chips Up vs Guan Leong Yap

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Heads-up to the Q♣ 9♠ 5♦ Q♦ turn, Donghyuk Kim check-raises from 2,000 to 6,100. Guan Leong Yap reraises to 15,000 and Kim calls. They end up checking the 2♦ river and Kim wins the pot with the Q♣ 9♣ .

Yap drops to only 13,500 and busts soon after.

Player	Chips
KD Kim DonghyukSouth Korea	45,000(75 BB)
GL Guan Leong YapSingapore	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:45:44 AM

Eric Wasylenko Moves Up; Loses Some

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Eric Wasylenko and Dhaval Mudgal tangle in a larger pot in which the A♣ K♣ of Wasylenko wins despite missing the Q♥ 7♦ 3♠ 8♦ 9♣ runout.

One hand later, Michael Smith raises the button and Wasylenko three-bets to 5,200. Oscar Blanco Carrasco four-bets from the big blind and both fold.

Player	Chips
OC Oscar CarrascoChile	55,000(92 BB)
EW Eric WasylenkoCanada	47,000(78 BB)
DM Dhaval MudgalIndia	32,000(53 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:38:49 AM

Level 5 Begins (236 Day 1B Entries)

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

Level 4 comes to an end, and Level 5 begins with increased blinds of 300-600 and a600 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 236 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 570. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 237/237

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:36:24 AM

Hunter Stevens Knocks Out a Player

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Hunter Stevens

After a flop of 7♣ 5♣ 4♥ , the player in the small blind gets it all in against two other players -- Hunter Stevens (UTG+1) and Tien Dung Pham (button). Any further betting will create a side pot.

The turn card pairs the board with the 7♦ , and both players check. The river card double-pairs the board with the 4♦ , Stevens bets 8,000, and Pham folds.

The small blind shows 8♦ 4♠ for a full house, fours full of sevens, but Stevens turns over 7♥ 6♥ to win the pot with a larger full house, sevens full of fours. The player in the small blind is eliminated.

Player	Chips
HS Hunter StevensUnited States of America	64,000(128 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:33:05 AM

Down And Up For Mark Gruendemann

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Mark Gruendemann enters back to back hands with the first one costing him some chips then gaining it back and more on the following hand. Up against Luc Ramos, Gruendemann defends his big blind by calling the 1100 raise then they both check to the turn 2♣ J♣ 9♦ 4♣ . Gruendemann check-calls Ramos's 1500 bet then opts to fold on the river 6♦ after Ramos bets 1200.

The next hand, newcomer to the table Keisuke Tajiri opens 1200, Gruendemann makes it 5300, Tajiri calls. Gruendemann continues at the flop Q♥ J♥ 6♦ for 7000, Tajiri calls again. On the turn Q♣ , Gruendemann slows to a check then calls Tajiri's 5000 bet but on the river, Gruendemann jams which earns a quick fold from Tajiri.

Player	Chips
MG Mark GruendemannIreland	50,800(102 BB)
LR Luc RamosSwitzerland	42,900(86 BB)
KT Keisuke TajiriJapan	21,700(43 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:29:20 AM

Hungry Luc Ramos Doubles Thru Abhinav Iyer

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Luc Ramos

With 8,500 in the middle to the K♦ J♠ T♦ flop, Luc Ramos check-raises from 3,000 to 6,600 against Abhinav Iyer and the latter calls. Ramos bets the Q♣ turn for 8,800 and Iyer comes along to then see Ramos check the K♣ river.

Iyer moves all-in with the covering stack and Ramos is in the tank.

"I didn't eat so much today, I am hungry," Ramos says but doesn't appear to try and get any information with this statement. Half a minute later, Ramos calls and his A♦ J♦ is good, as Iyer only has J♥ T♥ .

"I didn't have breakfast," Ramos adds after all is over.

Player	Chips
LR Luc RamosSwitzerland	85,700(171 BB)
AI Abhinav IyerIndia	61,000(122 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:27:25 AM

Zsolt Cserhati vs. Erik Rozhynskyi

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Zsolt Cserhati raises under the gun to 1,200, Erik Rozhynskyi reraises from middle position to 3,000, and Cserhati calls.

The flop comes J♣ 6♠ 3♠ , Cserhati checks, Rozhynskyi bets 1,800, and Cserhati calls.

The turn card pairs the board with the J♥ , Cserhati checks, Rozhynskyi bets 4,000, and Cserhati calls.

The river card double-pairs the board with the 3♥ , and both players check. Cserhati shows Q♦ Q♣ to win the pot with two pair, queens and jacks, and Rozhynskyi mucks.

Player	Chips
ZC Zsolt CserhatiHungary	64,000(128 BB)
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	10,000(20 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:19:29 AM

Rindra Norodom Dominates And Boots Andre Torikov

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Rindra Norodom looks down at K♣ K♦ and gives it a larger than usual 1700 raise, button player Andrei Torikov also has a pair J♥ J♣ and drives it to 7000. Action back to Norodom, he wastes no time counting and shoves, Torikov tanks for a short bit then calls for his tournament life. When the hole cards are revealed, Torikov needs help however it doesn't come on the board 6♦ 8♣ Q♦ 5♠ Q♣ to get the boot.

Player	Chips
RN Rindra Norodom	74,300(149 BB)
AT Andrei Torikov	busted

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:14:42 AM

Guan Leong Yap jams Into Shalom Elharar

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

With the turn showing 7♥ 5♣ 2♠ 7♦ , Shalom Elharar bets 3,500 and Guan Leong Yap calls in the next seat. Elharar then bets the 6♦ river for 20,000 and Yap tanks for more than a minute, then jams for more than 34,000.

Elharar sighs and folds, suspecting either aces or a seven.

Player	Chips
GL Guan Leong YapSingapore	67,000(134 BB)
SE Shalom ElhararUnited States of America	13,000(26 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 7:12:38 AM

Yakiv Syzghanov Wins Showdown Pot

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Three ways to the A♦ 4♠ 3♥ flop, the action checks to Yoke Woon who bets 1,600. Yakiv Syzghanov and Nang Quang Nguyen both call. They check the 8♠ turn and 4♣ river for Syzghanov to win the pot with the A♥ 9♣ .

Player	Chips
YS Yakiv SyzghanovUkraine	49,000(98 BB)
YW Yoke WoonMalaysia	38,000(76 BB)
NQ Nang Quang NguyenViet Nam	35,000(70 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:54:13 AM

Georgios Skarparis Leads the Field at the Break with 125,900

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Georgios Skarparis

A scan of the field during the break turned up five players with at least 95K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

Player	Chips
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	125,900(252 BB)
PP Pannasa PrempluemThailand	120,800(242 BB)
QQ Quan QiuChina	106,500(213 BB)
AA Arjun AgrawalIndia	103,400(207 BB)
YN Yuki NakadaJapan	96,800(194 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:53:43 AM

Level 4 Begins (180 Day 1B Entries)

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

The players return from break to begin Level 4, with increased blinds of 300-500 and a 500 ante.

The tournament clock shows 180 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 514. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 180/180

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:51:25 AM

Ankit Ahuja Out and Back In

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

The cards of Ankit Ahuja are already in the muck when Muhammad Shamsudin collects the pot with Q♥ Q♦ , good enough for an overpair to the 9♥ 2♦ 2♥ 7♣ 5♦ board. Shamsudin then also wins the next pot when he three-bets to 3,800 preflop and bets the A♥ Q♠ 4♥ flop for 2,600 to force a fold.

Ahuja re-enters almost immediately.

Player	Chips
MS Muhammad ShamsudinSingapore	90,000(225 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:49:17 AM

Andrei Torikov Jams the Turn

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Andrei Torikov bets the 9♦ 8♦ 3♥ flop and then jams the 4♥ turn for 16,200. No call follows by his table neighbour Jingyi Wang quickly folded.

Player	Chips
AT Andrei Torikov	26,000(65 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:29:58 AM

Patrick Selin Doubles Thru Jongbea Jang

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

With the board showing 9♣ 2♠ 2♦ K♥ on the turn, Jongbea Jang bets 5,100 from under the gun, Patrick Selin moves all in for 14,100, and Jang goes into the tank.

Eventually, Jang calls with J♠ J♦ for two pair, jacks and deuces, but Selin turns over A♦ K♠ for a higher two pair, kings and deuces. Selin needs to avoid a jack on the river to stay alive.

The river card is the A♣ , and Selin wins the pot with two pair, aces and kings, to double up in chips.

Player	Chips
PS Patrick Selin	39,000(98 BB)
JJ Jongbea Jang	23,500(59 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:27:55 AM

Aliaksei Chernak Wins With Second Barrel

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Aliaksei Chernak bets the multi-way flop of J♦ 8♥ 2♠ to earn two callers and then bets again the 5♥ turn for 7,000. David Larson gets out of the way and Jiaofeng Duan comes to the same conclusion. Chernak is among the early bigger stacks in the field on a recently opened table.

Player	Chips
AC Aliaksei ChernakBelarus	64,500(161 BB)
AA Ankit AhujaIndia	39,000(98 BB)
DL David LarsonUnited States of America	38,000(95 BB)
DB Daiva ByrneLithuania	35,000(88 BB)
JD Jiaofeng Duan	35,000(88 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:15:03 AM

New Notables in the Field

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Adam Friedman

Day 1b has grown to 156 entries with 147 players remaining and among the latest notables to enter the fray are Adam Friedman, Michael Sideridis, Mark Gruendemann, Tien Dung Pham, Somashekar Nahadeva, Thomas Ward (the one from the UK), as well as Adam Watkins.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:14:59 AM

Georgios Skarparis Knocks Out a Player

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Georgios Skarparis

With the board showing Q♠ T♥ 5♥ J♥ on the turn, the big blind checks, and Lin Aung San bets 8,000 from under the gun. Georgios Skarparis calls from the hijack, and the big blind check-raises to 22,000, leaving himself only about 1,000 behind.

San tanks for a while before he folds, and Skarparis quickly raises to put the big blind all in. The big blind calls all in for about 23,000 with K♦ J♦ for a pair of jacks with an open-ended straight draw, but Skarparis turns over A♥ 8♥ for an ace-high straight, and the big blind is drawing dead.

San's cards haven't hit the muck yet, and even though he folded he flips them over to show he had A♠ A♣ .

The meaningless river card is the 6♥ , and Skarparis wins the pot with his flush to eliminate the player in the big blind.

Player	Chips
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	80,000(200 BB)
LA Lin Aung San	32,000(80 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:11:12 AM

Aladin Reskallah With an Early Shove

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Aladin Reskallah

Aladin Reskallah fires three barrels on a board of Q♥ 9♣ 8♠ 4♣ A♠ and the final bet is worth around 25,000, just shy of the pot. His shove brings an eventual tank but the Frenchman never receives a call as the field is now up to three digits.

Player	Chips
AR Aladin ReskallahFrance	54,000(135 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:08:22 AM

Level 3 Begins (119 Day 1B Entries)

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Level 2 comes to an end, and Level 3 begins with increased blinds of 200-400 and a400 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 119 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 453. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 119/119

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:04:20 AM

Pannasa Prempluem Chips Up Against Fabrice Giz

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Pannasa Prempluem

Pannasa Prempluem raises to 700 and calls a three-bet to 2,100 by Fabrice Giz in the next seat. On the A♣ A♦ 5♥ flop, Prempluem check-calls for 1,800 and does so again for 4,500 on the A♥ turn. They check the 5♦ river and Prempluem wins the pot with the K♠ K♥ .

Player	Chips
PP Pannasa PrempluemThailand	47,000(157 BB)
FG Fabrice GizFrance	30,000(100 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 6:00:14 AM

Tero Laurila Scores the First Knockout of the Day

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Tero Laurila

With the board showing Q♣ J♥ 2♥ 3♣ on the turn, Tero Laurila (middle position) and the player in the big blind put in 5,500 each.

The river card is the K♥ , the big blind moves all in for about 20,000, and Laurila snap-calls. The big blind shows 2♦ 2♣ for a set of deuces, but Laurila turns over A♥ 8♥ to win the pot with an ace-high flush in hearts, making the player in the big blind the first elimination of the day.

Player	Chips
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	86,000(287 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:59:12 AM

Josip Simunic vs Ashwani Dewan

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

On a heads-up flop of T♥ 9♦ 8♥ , Josip Simunic check-calls for 1,200 when Ashwani Dewan bets and then leads the T♠ turn for 1,800, Dewan calls. Simunic bets the 7♣ river for 2,000 and wins the pot uncontested.

The next big blind is moved to balance the growing field and that is Dewan, much to the delight of all players at the table as he had been tearing it up.

Player	Chips
AD Ashwani Dewan	100,000(333 BB)
JS Josip SimunicAustria	44,000(147 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:35:13 AM

Erik Rozhynskyi vs. Yamen Ghanem

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Yamen Ghanem raises UTG+1 to 500, Erik Rozhynskyi reraises from the hijack to 1,700, and Ghanem calls.

The flop comes A♦ 3♠ 3♣ , Ghanem checks, Rozhynskyi bets 1,200, and Ghanem calls.

The turn card is the 8♠ , Ghanem checks, Rozhynskyi bets 5,500, and Ghanem folds. Rozhynskyi takes the pot.

Player	Chips
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	45,000(150 BB)
YG Yamen GhanemIsrael	37,000(123 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:24:04 AM

Ashwani Dewan Leads Early On

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Ashwani Dewan had already chipped up a ton and then raises it up against Smhuel Rechor, who jokingly declares "I am not folding". Rechor also calls the 5,000 bet by Dewan on the A♣ 7♥ 5♣ 8♠ J♠ and gets shown T♥ 9♠ for the nuts.

"You just can't miss," another player jokes.

Player	Chips
AD Ashwani Dewan	90,000(300 BB)
SR Shmuel Rechor	24,200(81 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:18:58 AM

Level 2 Begins (72 Day 1B Entries)

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Level 1 comes to an end, and Level 2 begins with increased blinds of 200-300 and a300 ante. Play continues without a break.

The tournament clock shows 72 entries so far here on Day 1B, increasing the total field size to 406. Registration remains open with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level10, around 6:15 pm.

The field will play as many 40-minute levels as it takes to reach the final 12.5% of this flight, which will also be the Money Bubble.

Level 2: 200 / 300 ante: 300

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 74/74

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:10:58 AM

Kil Soo Kim Raises the Turn

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Robert Nemeskeri-Kiss busted late yesterday not far from reaching Day 2 and is back in action in the opening stages of Day 1b. He raises to 600 and earns two callers including Kil Soo Kim in the next seat. On the 8♦ 8♠ 3♦ flop, Nemeskeri-Kiss continues for 900 when checked to but folds once Kim raises small to 2,100.

Player	Chips
RK Robert KissUnited States of America	42,000(210 BB)
KK Kil KimSouth Korea	38,000(190 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:05:53 AM

Early Pot for Wendy Freedman

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

The Day 1b field is up to 52 entries and slowly takes over the back side of the tournament area, which also has three tables running in the Seniors Championship.

Wendy Freedman chips up early on to boost her stack without showdown when she fires a bet of 4,500 on the 6♦ 3♣ 2♥ 9♦ turn, forcing a fold of her sole opponent.

Player	Chips
WF Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America	42,000(210 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 5:03:04 AM

Hyunil Hong Jams Up His Stack

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

On a board of 8♦ 4♣ 2♦ Q♣ 3♠ , some 39,000 are in the middle and Hyunil Hong pushes all-in for around 21,100. Amir Minagar is his only opponent by then and he opts to fold, getting shown A♥ A♣ .

Player	Chips
HH Hyunil HongSouth Korea	60,000(300 BB)
AM Amir MinagarAustralia	20,500(103 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:52:44 AM

Tero Laurila Loses a Chunk to Anzhela Vasylenko

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Tero Laurila

Tero Laurila defends out of the blinds in the first hand after sitting down and Anzhela Vasylenko bets the 8♦ 8♣ 7♦ 9♣ turn for 1,200, which only Laurila calls. On the 3♦ river, Laurila calls another 2,800 and then says "I have a smaller one" when he gets shown J♣ T♦ for the jack-high straight.

Player	Chips
AV Anzhela VasylenkoUkraine	45,000(225 BB)
TL Tero LaurilaFinland	35,000(175 BB)

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:50:12 AM

Early Notables in the Field

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Marc Joseph

So far, 36 players are registered and among them are the likes of Marc Joseph, Dinesh Alt, Anzhela Vasylenko, Wendy Freedman, and 2024 Irish Open champion Tero Laurila.

SMPSMP

2/15/2025, 4:38:19 AM

Shuffle Up and Deal for Day 1b

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

The cards are officially in the air for the second starting day of the 2025 WPT Prime Cambodia Championship Event, which is well on the way to breeze past the $750,000 guarantee. In the first flight, 334 entries emerged and a similar figure can be expected today with many players joining throughout the next six and a half hours.

Blinds are 100-200 with a big blind ante of 200. Let's get things started! So far, there are some 20 players registered but that number will increase significantly.

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 20/20

TriciaTricia

2/14/2025, 7:51:11 PM

Up Next: WPT Prime Day 1B

The World Poker Tour continues its 19-day run at the world-class NagaWorld in Phnom Penh, Cambodia with its flagship tournament, WPT Prime, under the spotlight. Kicking off yesterday, the opening flight attracted 334 entries. Day 1B is expected to draw an even larger crowd as indicated by the influx of players flying in. For players to have a chance at the $750,000 guaranteed prize pool, buy in is $1,100 with nine levels of registration available. If you miss that window, there is one last flight taking place tomorrow, February 16.

Today's flight will play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field. At Day 1A, 42 players advanced led by Raffaele Sorrentino with 870,000 (87 bb). Other notables in the top 10 were Vishal Ojha, Abhishek Paul, Xiaosheng Zheng, and Yuhan Liu. Also powering through was WPT champion Pete Chen. With many fallen players, expect them to return today including defending champion Konstantin Held.

Cards start flying at 11:30am local time. The WPT live team is onsite to bring you updates on the action.

Live reporting begins February 15, 2025 at 11:30am local time.