Blind level
Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
59/471
Total Chips
18,840,000
Average
319,322

D1B

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
308,000(51 BB)
WW
Warrick WeeUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
228,000(38 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
KT
Krisztian TorokUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
380,000(76 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
365,000(73 BB)
LY
Lin YuChina [CHN]China
125,000(25 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
550,000(138 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
380,000(95 BB)
busted
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
340,000(85 BB)
KT
Krisztian TorokUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
150,000(38 BB)
150,000(38 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/15/2025, 1:25:32 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
PlayerChips
RB
Rui BouquetPortugal [PRT]Portugal
500,000(167 BB)
HT
Hun Tae ChoiKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
470,000(157 BB)
417,000(139 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
300,000(100 BB)
290,000(97 BB)
TL
250,000(83 BB)
TL
250,000(83 BB)
TV
Tom VerbruggenNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
245,000(82 BB)
AV
Andres VasquezUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
235,000(78 BB)
210,000(70 BB)
140,000(47 BB)
LY
Li YunTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
130,000(43 BB)
112,000(37 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
110,000(37 BB)
AR
Amin RiyazatiAustralia [AUS]Australia
100,000(33 BB)
90,000(30 BB)
TB
70,000(23 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
JK
Jon KyteNorway [NOR]Norway
165,000(138 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
71,400(60 BB)
JY
Jungsup YunKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
70,400(59 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/15/2025, 9:34:24 AM

Updated Counts and Casualties

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
PlayerChips
220,000(220 BB)
130,000(130 BB)
130,000(130 BB)
125,000(125 BB)
120,000(120 BB)
JK
Jon KyteNorway [NOR]Norway
115,000(115 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
90,000(90 BB)
75,000(75 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
65,000(65 BB)
KB
45,000(45 BB)
MD
Max DevesonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
42,000(42 BB)
RM
40,000(40 BB)
MJ
Marc JosephSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
38,000(38 BB)
30,000(30 BB)
busted
busted
WL
Wonho LeeKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.