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, 5:57:20 PM

Day 1C Ends with Carlos Javier Hidalgo Leading 85 Survivors

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Carlos Javier Hidalgo

There were 679 entries on Day 1C, the final starting flight of WPT Prime Cambodia, creating a total field of 1,484 entries and a prizepool worth $1,439,480.


Action ended with 17:57 remaining in Level 17, with blinds at 5,000-10,000 with a10,000 ante. Day 2 will roll the blinds back to the earliest point where a starting flight finished, which was 30:11 remaining in Level 17 on Day 1B.


There were 85 survivors from this flight, and the chipleader is Carlos Javier Hidalgo, who bagged about 1.4 million. The full list of Day 1C official chip counts will be released by the casino later tonight, along with the seat draw for Day 2.

Top 15 Chip Counts

PlayerChips
1,413,000(141 BB)
MC
1,116,000(112 BB)
KW
Kaifan WangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
943,000(94 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
927,000(93 BB)
JH
878,000(88 BB)
878,000(88 BB)
878,000(88 BB)
EB
844,000(84 BB)
637,000(64 BB)
WL
Wonho LeeKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
628,000(63 BB)
RM
595,000(60 BB)
554,000(55 BB)
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
543,000(54 BB)
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
536,000(54 BB)
527,000(53 BB)

Top 10 Payouts

PlacePayout (USD)
1$223,680
2$150,000
3$111,200
4$82,700
5$63,000
6$48,000
7$37,500
8$29,200
9$22,900
10$22,900

First-place amount includes the winner's $10,400 entry into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

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, 2:56:38 PM

Calvin Tan Catapults On Huge Double Up

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

Calvin Tan defends the big blind with Q♣ 5♠ on hand and goes to the flop 5♣ J♣ 2♠ with under the gun raiser Karan Sitlani with A♣ J♠ . Sitlani continues for 9500 and Tan check-calls his small pair. The turn Q♥ , Tan lands two pair and checks, Sitlani fires 27,000, Tan sends it back with a raise of 65,000, Sitlani calls. On the river T♣ , Tan goes all in for 96,000, Sitlani tanks. After several minutes, the clock is called, and on the last second, Sitlani makes the call. Tan ships it as Sitlani plunges to 2,000 in chips.

PlayerChips
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
273,000(55 BB)
2,000(0 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 11:08:16 AM

Akash Malik Doubles Thru Calvin Seet Pin Tan

Level 9: 800 / 1,600 ante: 1,600

Akash Malik is all in from the cutoff for 49,400 with J♦ J♣ , and needs it to hold to stay alive against the 8♠ 8♥ of Calvin Seet Pin Tan (UTG).


The board comes A♠ 5♠ 4♣ 5♦ 7♥ , and the pocket jacks hold up for Malik to win the pot and double up in chips.

PlayerChips
122,000(76 BB)
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
92,000(58 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 10:18:10 AM

Elena Litviniuk Doubles Up

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

All in on the flop, Elena Litviniuk proceeds to land a double with 2♠ 2♦ finding a third party on a board J♠ 4♦ 2♣ K♣ 7♥ against Calvin Tan's A♣ 8♣ missed draw.

PlayerChips
CT
Calvin TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
69,000(58 BB)
EL
Elena LitvinyukRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
36,200(30 BB)