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, 5:25:24 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.

PlayerChips
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,300,000(130 BB)
CL
Chong LeeSingapore [SGP]Singapore
241,000(24 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,050,000(131 BB)
DA
busted
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, 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:

PlayerChips
RB
Rui BouquetPortugal [PRT]Portugal
639,500(160 BB)
TD
Thi DangViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
470,000(118 BB)
SA
413,500(103 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
379,000(95 BB)
376,000(94 BB)
368,000(92 BB)
365,000(91 BB)
HT
Hun Tae ChoiKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
351,000(88 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
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.

PlayerChips
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
378,000(126 BB)
80,000(27 BB)
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, 10:36:16 AM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600
PlayerChips
LY
Lin YuChina [CHN]China
220,000(138 BB)
210,000(131 BB)
150,000(94 BB)
NA
Najeem AjezAustralia [AUS]Australia
110,000(69 BB)
CW
Chien WangNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
95,000(59 BB)
FR
95,000(59 BB)
KB
Koen BreedNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
95,000(59 BB)
KL
Kolja LueckingUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
80,000(50 BB)
75,000(47 BB)
KB
75,000(47 BB)
JS
75,000(47 BB)
TL
70,000(44 BB)
MJ
Marc JosephSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
65,000(41 BB)
HC
55,000(34 BB)
45,000(28 BB)
DK
17,000(11 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