Cambodia, NagaworldEVENT #28

2025.02.14 - 2025.02.18Add to Calendar

World Poker Tour

George Tomescu

Romania

Bounty

Blind level

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

85/679

Total Chips

27,160,000

Average

319,529

D1C

SMPSMP

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

Player	Chips
CH Carlos HidalgoMexico	1,413,000(141 BB)
MC Manuel CarvalhoPortugal	1,116,000(112 BB)
KW Kaifan WangUnited States of America	943,000(94 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	927,000(93 BB)
JH Jinlong HuChina	878,000(88 BB)
GT George TomescuRomania	878,000(88 BB)
MK Marius Kudzmanas	878,000(88 BB)
EB Eduard BurdIsrael	844,000(84 BB)
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	637,000(64 BB)
WL Wonho LeeSouth Korea	628,000(63 BB)
RM Remy MurciaFrance	595,000(60 BB)
AS Audric Sartoris	554,000(55 BB)
CT Calvin TanSingapore	543,000(54 BB)
IF Ilya FirstovKazakhstan	536,000(54 BB)
DO Daisuke OgitaJapan	527,000(53 BB)

Top 10 Payouts

Place	Payout (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.

SMPSMP

2/16/2025, 5:21:13 PM

George Tomescu Runs Hot Near the Bubble

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Near the money bubble, George Tomescu first doubles to a very healthy stack and then looks up the preflop shove by Joshua Figuerres for 150,000 preflop with K♠ T♠ . Figuerres has A♠ 9♣ and the K♥ 9♠ 4♠ 7♥ 2♠ gives Tomescu a flush.

He then knocks out another short stack when T♣ 9♣ outflop A♦ Q♣ thanks to trips on the T♠ T♦ 4♥ 5♣ 6♦ runout.

Player	Chips
GT George TomescuRomania	860,000(86 BB)
JF Joshua FiguerresPhilippines	busted

SMPSMP

2/16/2025, 3:09:28 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Player	Chips
CH Carlos HidalgoMexico	670,000(112 BB)
AP Alexander PuchalskiCanada	600,000(100 BB)
RM Remy MurciaFrance	530,000(88 BB)
TS Tobias SchwechtGermany	450,000(75 BB)
MC Manuel CarvalhoPortugal	330,000(55 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	330,000(55 BB)
VL Vadzim LipaukaBelarus	300,000(50 BB)
JH Jeffrey HaasCanada	290,000(48 BB)
ST Satoshi TanakaJapan	275,000(46 BB)
SO Shiina OkamotoJapan	270,000(45 BB)
JH Jhon HendriIndonesia	250,000(42 BB)
AI Abhinav IyerIndia	245,000(41 BB)
GT George TomescuRomania	185,000(31 BB)
AA Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom	160,000(27 BB)
TM Tom MaguireAustralia	145,000(24 BB)
JS Joseph SandaevAustralia	140,000(23 BB)
KP Kunal PatniIndia	70,000(12 BB)
CH Christian HarderUnited States of America	busted

SMPSMP

2/16/2025, 12:19:15 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Player	Chips
GS Guillem SegarraSpain	205,000(103 BB)
CH Christian HarderUnited States of America	190,000(95 BB)
GT George TomescuRomania	180,000(90 BB)
GS Georgios SkarparisCyprus	175,000(88 BB)
MK Marius Kudzmanas	170,000(85 BB)
KP Kunal PatniIndia	150,000(75 BB)
MK Michael Kim FalconDenmark	140,000(70 BB)
MT Mike TakayamaPhilippines	120,000(60 BB)
JK Jon KyteNorway	120,000(60 BB)
JH Jhon HendriIndonesia	95,000(48 BB)
GA Gicovanu AlexandruRomania	90,000(45 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	80,000(40 BB)
SO Shiina OkamotoJapan	75,000(38 BB)
JM Joris MichlNetherlands	75,000(38 BB)
LK Lars KamphuesGermany	65,000(33 BB)
VC Victor ChongMalaysia	60,000(30 BB)
OB Oscar Blanco CarrascoSpain	52,000(26 BB)
FD Fritz DouhanSweden	busted
TB Thomas BoivinBelgium	busted