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, 5:40:05 PM

Hand #1: Money Bubble Bursts! Akash Malik Eliminated by Day 1A Bubble Finisher Jinlong Hu

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Money Bubble Bursts!

In Hand #1 of hand-for-hand play on the Money Bubble, Jinlong Hu raises from the hijack to 20,000, Akash Malik reraises from the small blind to 57,000, and Hu reraises to 105,000. Malik five-bets all in for 385,000, and Hu snap-calls, but has to wait until action finishes at all of the other tables before they can show their cards.

It's worth noting at this point that Jinlong Hu was the unfortunate player who was eliminated on the Money Bubble on Day 1A, when his pocket kings were cracked by K♣ 7♣ . Now Hu is in a position to score the knockout to burst the Money Bubble on Day 1D.


When action eventually finishes at the other tables, nobody is surprised to see Hu turn over A♥ A♦ , and Malik shows T♥ T♦ . Malik needs to improve to stay alive.


The board comes K♠ J♠ 2♥ 8♦ 4♠ , and the aces hold up for Hu to win the pot, burst the Day 1C Money Bubble, and eliminate Malik from the tournament.

PlayerChips
JH
878,000(88 BB)
busted

The remaining 85 players are now bagging and tagging their chips for Day 2, which begins tomorrow (Monday) at 11:30 am.

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 5:36:07 PM

Jinlong Hu Doubles Near the Bubble

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

With some 87 players remaining according to the clock, the action is on Mikiya Kudo and he moves all-in from the hijack. Jinlong Hu calls all-in for 224,000 in the cutoff and all other players behind fold.


"No bubble this time, I will double," Hu says and reveals the A♣ J♦ . Kudo only has A♥ 8♥ and the kicker plays on the T♠ 5♠ 3♣ K♠ T♥ board for Hu to double and confirm his prediction.

PlayerChips
JH
475,000(48 BB)
300,000(30 BB)