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, 3:26:07 PM

More Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
PlayerChips
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
530,000(88 BB)
415,000(69 BB)
LK
270,000(45 BB)
MD
Max DevesonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
250,000(42 BB)
AM
Ashik MorarSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
240,000(40 BB)
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
230,000(38 BB)
OT
Oleg TitovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
230,000(38 BB)
LR
Luc RamosSwitzerland [CHE]Switzerland
195,000(33 BB)
JH
190,000(32 BB)
180,000(30 BB)
WF
Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
170,000(28 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 2:39:30 PM

Ilya Firstov Soars to Massive Stack

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

According to one of the players at the table - Dutchman Joris Michl - Ilya Firstov shoots to the top of the leaderboard for Day 1c after winning a gargantuan pot. Firstov flops top set with pocket tens and his opponent has A♠ 6♠ on T♠ 7♦ 4♥ the 5♣ turn opens more outs but the 9♣ river changes nothing anymore.

PlayerChips
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
700,000(140 BB)