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, 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, 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, 1:16:02 PM

Daniel Charlton On A Rush

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Daniel Charlton

Three in a row and with successful pairs in succession for Daniel Charlton. First hand opens with a raise of 6500 from big stacked Sumit Sapra, Charlton shoves 53,000 on the small blind and wins the pot. He then shows 3♠ 3♦ .


Now sitting on the button, he pushes again on top of Sapra's 6000 raise and collects the pot with Sapra folding. Charlton shows one point higher 4♣ 4♠ .


On the third consecutive hand, action folds to Charlton at cutoff, he raises 7000, button Yukako Hiroi shoves, Charlton calls and covers. When he opens 5♥ 5♣ everyone is stunned, Hiroi has A♦ 6♠ for a flip. The board doesn't help out the drawing Hiroi as it lands K♣ 8♣ 8♥ 9♦ 5♦ .

PlayerChips
304,000(101 BB)
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
111,500(37 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/16/2025, 7:47:49 AM

Sumit Sapra Knocks Out a Player

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600

A player is all in under the gun for 3,400 with T♦ 6♦ , and needs to improve to stay alive against the Q♥ Q♣ of Sumit Sapra in late position.


The board comes 9♥ 8♥ 2♣ A♣ 9♣ , and the UTG player flops a gutshot straight draw, but improves no further. Sapra wins the pot with his pocket queens to eliminate his opponent.

PlayerChips
62,000(103 BB)