
D1C
Day 1C Ends with Carlos Javier Hidalgo Leading 85 Survivors

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 |
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CH Carlos Hidalgo | 1,413,000(141 BB) |
MC Manuel Carvalho | 1,116,000(112 BB) |
KW Kaifan Wang | 943,000(94 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 927,000(93 BB) |
JH Jinlong Hu | 878,000(88 BB) |
GT George Tomescu | 878,000(88 BB) |
878,000(88 BB) | |
EB Eduard Burd | 844,000(84 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 637,000(64 BB) |
WL Wonho Lee | 628,000(63 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 595,000(60 BB) |
554,000(55 BB) | |
CT Calvin Tan | 543,000(54 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | 536,000(54 BB) |
DO Daisuke Ogita | 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.
Marius Kudzmanas Leads the Field at the Break with 800,000
A scan of the field during the break turned up 15 players with at least 400K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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800,000(100 BB) | |
CH Carlos Hidalgo | 758,000(95 BB) |
TS Tobias Schwecht | 700,000(88 BB) |
MK Mikiya Kudo | 674,000(84 BB) |
AP Alexander Puchalski | 666,000(83 BB) |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 647,000(81 BB) |
RM Remy Murcia | 640,000(80 BB) |
VL Vadzim Lipauka | 630,000(79 BB) |
IF Ilya Firstov | 570,000(71 BB) |
CT Calvin Tan | 516,000(65 BB) |
SS Sumit Sapra | 504,000(63 BB) |
DO Daisuke Ogita | 502,000(63 BB) |
KW Kaifan Wang | 501,000(63 BB) |
YY Yuan Yu | 429,000(54 BB) |
JS Jianfeng Sun | 409,000(51 BB) |
More Assorted Counts in the Field
Player | Chips |
---|---|
IF Ilya Firstov | 530,000(88 BB) |
415,000(69 BB) | |
LK Lars Kamphues | 270,000(45 BB) |
MD Max Deveson | 250,000(42 BB) |
AM Ashik Morar | 240,000(40 BB) |
AA Alfie Adam | 230,000(38 BB) |
OT Oleg Titov | 230,000(38 BB) |
LR Luc Ramos | 195,000(33 BB) |
JH Jinlong Hu | 190,000(32 BB) |
GA Gicovanu Alexandru | 180,000(30 BB) |
WF Wendy Freedman | 170,000(28 BB) |
Ilya Firstov Soars to Massive Stack

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.
Player | Chips |
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IF Ilya Firstov | 700,000(140 BB) |