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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Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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:

PlayerChips
RB
Rui BouquetPortugal [PRT]Portugal
1,032,000(129 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
634,000(79 BB)
626,000(78 BB)
KT
Krisztian TorokUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
624,000(78 BB)
593,000(74 BB)
513,000(64 BB)
TB
503,000(63 BB)
YL
Yongjia LinAustralia [AUS]Australia
427,000(53 BB)
PD
404,000(51 BB)
MS
Michael SmithUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
403,000(50 BB)
CN
Cao Ngoc AnhViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
402,000(50 BB)
KB
397,000(50 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
CN
Cao Ngoc AnhViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
322,000(81 BB)
TV
Tom VerbruggenNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
190,000(48 BB)
155,000(39 BB)