Blind level
Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Entries
85/679
Total Chips
27,160,000
Average
319,529

D1C

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 4:16:21 PM

Marius Kudzmanas Leads the Field at the Break with 800,000

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up 15 players with at least 400K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
800,000(100 BB)
758,000(95 BB)
700,000(88 BB)
674,000(84 BB)
666,000(83 BB)
647,000(81 BB)
RM
640,000(80 BB)
630,000(79 BB)
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
570,000(71 BB)
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
516,000(65 BB)
504,000(63 BB)
502,000(63 BB)
KW
Kaifan WangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
501,000(63 BB)
YY
Yuan YuChina [CHN]China
429,000(54 BB)
409,000(51 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 3:49:47 PM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
PlayerChips
820,000(137 BB)
715,000(119 BB)
RM
625,000(104 BB)
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
500,000(83 BB)
490,000(82 BB)
390,000(65 BB)
CC
Chak ChanHong Kong [HKG]Hong Kong
315,000(53 BB)
195,000(33 BB)
VC
Victor ChongMalaysia [MYS]Malaysia
120,000(20 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 3:09:28 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
PlayerChips
670,000(112 BB)
600,000(100 BB)
RM
530,000(88 BB)
450,000(75 BB)
MC
330,000(55 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
330,000(55 BB)
300,000(50 BB)
JH
290,000(48 BB)
275,000(46 BB)
270,000(45 BB)
JH
Jhon HendriIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
250,000(42 BB)
245,000(41 BB)
185,000(31 BB)
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
160,000(27 BB)
TM
Tom MaguireAustralia [AUS]Australia
145,000(24 BB)
JS
140,000(23 BB)
70,000(12 BB)
CH
Christian HarderUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 2:49:43 PM

Alexander Puchalski Scores Another Knockout

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

A player is all in under the gun for about 35,000 with 7♦ 7♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against Alexander Puchalski's A♦ Q♠ .


The board comes K♥ 5♠ 2♠ 8♠ A♣ , and Puchalski turns a spade flush draw and pairs his ace on the river to win the pot and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

PlayerChips
500,000(100 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 2:38:35 PM

Alexander Puchalski Knocks Out a Player

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

Alexander Puchalski raises under the gun to 8,000, the player on the button reraises to19,500, and Puchalski calls.


The flop comes 7♥ 4♠ 2♦ , Puchalski checks, the button bets 15,000, and Puchalski calls.


The turn card is the K♦ , Puchalski checks, the button again bets 15,000, and Puchalski check-raises to 35,000. The button calls.


The river card is the 5♣ , and Puchalski moves all in. The player on the button thinks for a bit before he calls all in for about 90,000 with Q♥ Q♣ . But Puchalski turns over 7♠ 7♦ to win the pot with a flopped set of sevens and eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

PlayerChips
440,000(88 BB)