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, 5:29:07 PM

Carlos Javier Hidalgo Busts Georgios Skarparis

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

On the button, Georgios Skarparis moves all-in for 150,000 and table chip leader Carlos Javier Hidalgo calls in the small blind.


Skarparis' K Q need to improve versus A 4 . However, there is no help on the J 8 3 5 J board and Skarparis leaves empty-handed.

PlayerChips
1,400,000(140 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 1:58:04 PM

Carlos Javier Hidalgo Leads the Field at the Break with 476,500

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Carlos Javier Hidalgo

A scan of the field during the break turned up 13 players with at least 250K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
476,500(119 BB)
405,000(101 BB)
RM
402,000(101 BB)
396,000(99 BB)
HP
Hyunkyou ParkKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
389,000(97 BB)
JH
366,000(92 BB)
335,000(84 BB)
313,500(78 BB)
MJ
Marc JosephSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
290,000(73 BB)
SE
Shalom ElhararUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
280,000(70 BB)
DI
Dmitrii IppolitovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
273,000(68 BB)
DK
261,500(65 BB)
252,500(63 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 12:19:15 PM

Updated Counts in the Field

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000
PlayerChips
205,000(103 BB)
CH
Christian HarderUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
190,000(95 BB)
180,000(90 BB)
175,000(88 BB)
170,000(85 BB)
150,000(75 BB)
140,000(70 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
120,000(60 BB)
JK
Jon KyteNorway [NOR]Norway
120,000(60 BB)
JH
Jhon HendriIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
95,000(48 BB)
90,000(45 BB)
DE
David ErquiagaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
80,000(40 BB)
75,000(38 BB)
JM
Joris MichlNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
75,000(38 BB)
LK
65,000(33 BB)
VC
Victor ChongMalaysia [MYS]Malaysia
60,000(30 BB)
52,000(26 BB)
FD
busted
TB
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 12:00:53 PM

Georgios Skarparis With Consecutive Bets

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

Georgios Skarparis and Xianling Chen battle on the flop 3 J 8 with 20,000 in the middle. Skarparis bets 8500 and Chen check-calls. Another 16,500 fired by Skarparis on the turn 4 and this time Chen opts to fight another hand.

PlayerChips
172,000(86 BB)
76,000(38 BB)