Blind level
Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Entries
133/403
Total Chips
20,150,000
Average
151,504

D1B

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 1:19:03 PM

Bigger Diamond Earns James Rann A Triple Up

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

From hijack, Donghyup Kim raises 2500, small blind James Rann goes all in for14,700, big blind Jennifer Cassell smooth-calls and Kim joins for a possible side pot. Both players take it easy and check to the river A 4 5 K 4 . Kim bets30,000 but no action as Cassell folds.


Rann flips open A Q and say he didn't realize he had a diamond. Kim has J J lower flush for a triple up to the short stack.


PlayerChips
JC
123,600(103 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
50,400(42 BB)
45,300(38 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 10:11:51 AM

Carlos Javier Hidalgo Rises to a Big Stack

Level 6: 400 / 800 ante: 800

Carlos Javier Hidalgo raises to 1,300 and Dongkyu Kim calls in the next seat. Arun Sriram then squeezes to 8,500 and Hidalgo tank-calls, Kim also comes along. Sriram bets the Q 7 3 flop for 6,500 to earn two calls and checks the 2 turn.


Hidalgo now bets 11,100 and Kim folds, as does Sriram, for the Spaniard to claim the healthy pot with a big smirk on the face.

PlayerChips
175,000(219 BB)
49,500(62 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
17,100(21 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 4:46:27 AM

Early Arrivals

Level 1: 100 / 200 ante: 200

Within the first two hands of the day, the field has doubled and among the early arrivals are Jungsup Yun, Xiaosheng Zheng, Dongkyu Kim, Robert Kiss, Peter Kiem, Travis Endersby, and Ankit Wadhawan.

Blind level
Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500
Entries
109/347
Total Chips
17,350,000
Average
159,174

D1A

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 1:30:47 PM

Donghyup Kim Doubles Thru Sungmin Cho With Quads

Level 8: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200
Donghyup Kim

Sungmin Cho raises to 2,400 and Donghyup Kim jams for the last 18,400 two seats over. All players behind fold and the table big stack calls.


Kim flips with 8 8 versus K Q and doubles in style by hitting quads on the A 8 7 8 Q board right before the players head on their next 15-minute break.

PlayerChips
SC
Sungmin ChoUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
320,000(267 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
39,000(33 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 7:58:48 AM

Azizjon Rakhimov Denied In Two Pots

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Azizion Rakhimov gets involved in two hands that ends with his stack getting drained. The first hand he opens from early position for 800 and finds one caller in Donghyup Kim from the small blind. They check to the turn 3 6 2 7 Where Kim leads out and Rakhimov quickly folds.


Next hand, sees a much larger pot of 15,200 before goin to the flop 2 7 4. Big blind Zapatera Gomez bets 4000, Rakhimov calls, then Gomez jams the turn J . Rakhimov folds.

PlayerChips
59,000(118 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
33,000(66 BB)
AR
24,000(48 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 7:53:21 AM

Donghyup Kim Takes From Javier Gomez

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
Donghyup Kim

On the 9 3 2 flop, Donghyup Kim and Javier Gomez invest 4,000 each and check the A turn. Kim bets the Q river for 5,000 and Gomez reluctantly calls but mucks versus A 4 .

PlayerChips
37,000(93 BB)
DK
Donghyup KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
33,000(83 BB)