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, 5:21:58 PM

Yongjia Lin Shoves the Flop with a Nine-High Straight Draw and Gets Pradeep Nudurumati to Fold a Ten-High Straight Draw

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

After a flop of Q 8 7 , Yongjia Lin checks, Pradeep Nudurumati bets about 25,000, and Lin check-raises all in for about 435,000.

Nudurumati uses several Time Chips to tank for a while before he folds and shows T 9 for ten high with an open-ended straight draw.


Lin takes the pot, and shows 9 6 for nine high with a lower open-ended straight draw. Even though he only had ten high, Nudurumati folded the best hand.


PlayerChips
YL
Yongjia LinAustralia [AUS]Australia
530,000(66 BB)
85,000(11 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, 12:59:19 PM

Pradeep Nudurumati Recovers After Four-Way Bad Beat

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Pradeep Nudurumati,

Just after Pradeep Nudurumati wins the shove with J J over caller Simas Karaliunas's K T he shares with the WPT reporter how he lost his previous all in. In a four-way cooler, Nudurumati has Q Q and is up against A J , A J , and A 2 . The board runs a doozy K 6 8 T Q , denying Nudurumati the triple elimination.

PlayerChips
71,500(24 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/15/2025, 10:12:31 AM

Pradeep Nurudumati Goes Runner-Runner Against Andres Vasquez

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Pradeep Nurudumati is in deep trouble when he gets it in with K T on the T 8 5 flop, as Andreas Vasquez has 5 5 for bottom set. The T turn and K river provide a miracle escape for the player from India.

PlayerChips
85,000(71 BB)
AV
Andres VasquezUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
22,000(18 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, 8:32:09 AM

Pradeep Nurudumati

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600
Pradeep Nudurumati

Heads-up to the J 4 4 flop, Pradeep Nudurumati bets 2,200 and Wendy Freedman calls. Nurudumati makes it 4,000 to go on the Q turn to pick up another call and jams the A river for 12,400.


Freedman eventually calls with J T but Nudurumati takes the double with A 3 for rivered aces and treys.

PlayerChips
43,000(72 BB)
WF
Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
20,300(34 BB)