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, 4:50:10 PM

Thomas Ward Knocks Out a Player

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

A player is short-stacked and all in from the hijack with J 3 , and needs to improve to stay alive against the 6 6 of Thomas Ward in the small blind.


The board comes K 4 2 Q 9 , and the pocket sixes hold up for Ward to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from Day 1B.

PlayerChips
TW
Thomas WardNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
115,000(23 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/15/2025, 4:13:17 PM

Thomas Ward Bags A Double

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Thomas Ward opens then risks his last 760,000 after a player pushes all in. Ward has A K and outkicks A Q . The board further ensures his win as it runs 2 Q 5 K 6 .

PlayerChips
TW
Thomas WardNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
150,000(38 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/15/2025, 6:15:03 AM

New Notables in the Field

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
Adam Friedman

Day 1b has grown to 156 entries with 147 players remaining and among the latest notables to enter the fray are Adam Friedman, Michael Sideridis, Mark Gruendemann, Tien Dung Pham, Somashekar Nahadeva, Thomas Ward (the one from the UK), as well as Adam Watkins.