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, 4:39:22 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, 4:19:17 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Shai Arbel
PlayerChips
SA
450,000(113 BB)
TB
430,000(108 BB)
KT
Krisztian TorokUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
380,000(95 BB)
MH
Micha HoedemakerNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
300,000(75 BB)
YL
Yongjia LinAustralia [AUS]Australia
275,000(69 BB)
HT
Hun Tae ChoiKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
270,000(68 BB)
YC
Yita ChoongAustralia [AUS]Australia
250,000(63 BB)
CW
Chien WangNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
220,000(55 BB)
HC
210,000(53 BB)
210,000(53 BB)
NC
200,000(50 BB)
KB
195,000(49 BB)
175,000(44 BB)
JS
170,000(43 BB)
FR
130,000(33 BB)
FG
130,000(33 BB)
120,000(30 BB)
120,000(30 BB)
KL
Kolja LueckingUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
110,000(28 BB)
90,000(23 BB)
NC
80,000(20 BB)
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, 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♦ .

PlayerChips
KT
Krisztian TorokUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
226,500(91 BB)
LY
Lin YuChina [CHN]China
109,000(44 BB)