World Poker Tour

Michael Smith

United States of America

Bounty

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, 5:08:14 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)

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon

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