Place
72nd
Prize
$7,400
Blind level
Level 22: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
Entries
23/750
Total Chips
37,500,000
Average
1,630,435

D3

SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 4:51:31 AM

Somashekar Nahadeva Doubles Thru Thomas Boivin

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

Thomas Boivin raises from under the gun to 20,000 and Somashekar Nahadeva calls in the small blind. Nahadeva check-calls for 25,000 on the 8 8 5 flop and another 85,000 on the J turn.


Nahadeva checks the K on the river and Boivin moves all-in to get snapped off. Nahadeva doubles for 166,000 with J J for jacks full, while Boivin takes a major hit holding the K Q.


In the meanwhile, Karan Sitlani is heading to the payout desk as first casualty on Day 3.

PlayerChips
600,000(60 BB)
TB
208,000(21 BB)
busted
Blind level
Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Entries
72/750
Total Chips
37,500,000
Average
520,833

D2

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 2:02:46 PM

Daniel Neilson Happy To Take It Down

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Daniel Neilson

On a board 5 J A 6 and 82,000 in the pot, Karan Sitlani bet 42,000, Daniel Neilson calls then they check the river 8 . Neilson shows 8 which is good as Sitlani mucks.

PlayerChips
DN
856,000(107 BB)
240,000(30 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 7:54:52 AM

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
PlayerChips
615,000(154 BB)
600,000(150 BB)
SH
550,000(138 BB)
495,000(124 BB)
NH
470,000(118 BB)
GT
Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
460,000(115 BB)
390,000(98 BB)
AR
Amin RiyazatiAustralia [AUS]Australia
390,000(98 BB)
JP
Jerwin PascoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
295,000(74 BB)
270,000(68 BB)
242,000(61 BB)
220,000(55 BB)
180,000(45 BB)
RK
175,000(44 BB)
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
145,000(36 BB)
130,000(33 BB)
125,000(31 BB)
110,000(28 BB)
YC
Yita ChoongAustralia [AUS]Australia
100,000(25 BB)
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 7:26:32 AM

Karan Sitlani Earns The Pot

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Karan Sitlani

Three players in a raised pot with 32,500 in the middle take the action to the flop 8 J T . Tianyuan Tang checks to aggressor Bo Su who continues for 7000. Karan Sitlani calls and Tang folds.


The turn J sees Su check, Sitlani bets 21,o00, Su gives it a thought then folds.

PlayerChips
248,000(62 BB)
BS
Bo SuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
153,000(38 BB)
107,000(27 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 5:45:29 AM

Karan Sitlani Sends Nikolai Guliaev To the Rail

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

Fabian Gumz raises to 6,000 and earns two callers including Karan Sitlani in the next seat. Nikolai Guliaev then jams for 60,500 in the small blind and Gumz folds, Sitlani calls and the only other player in the hand folds.


Guliaev is ahead with T T versus 8 8 but cannot hold on the J 9 8 J 4 board to bust right before their table breaks.

PlayerChips
280,000(93 BB)
FG
260,000(87 BB)
NG
Nikolai GuliaevRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
busted
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, 4:10:20 PM

Thi Hue Dang Eliminated

Level 11: 1,500 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

The cards of Thi Hue Dang are in the muck and she heads to the rail where Ngoc Anh Cao is waiting. Karan Sitlani rakes in the pot with his J J on a board of K 8 5 Q 4 .


"I had a straight," Alfie Adam says.

PlayerChips
155,000(62 BB)
TD
Thi DangViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 8:34:49 AM

Karan Sitlani Shoves the Turn in a Multi-Way Pot

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

With the board showing 8 6 6 K on the turn, Jacopo Eutizi bets 7,100 from the small blind. Alan Arbos Fernandez calls utg, and Karan Sitlani moves all in from the hijack for 26,000.


Eutizi quickly folds, and Fernandez tanks for a long time before he also folds. Sitlani takes the pot.

PlayerChips
123,000(246 BB)
47,000(94 BB)
37,000(74 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 7:37:19 AM

Andrew Swenson And Karan Sitlani Exchange Punches

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400
Andrew Swenson

Following a raise, button player Andrew Swenson three-bets 2000, small blind Karan Sitlani defends with a four-bet of 7000, this squeezes out initial raiser while Swenson flats to tame the action. At the flop J 4 7 , Sitlani resumes for 3100, Swenson makes it 12,000, Sitlani tank-calls.


On the turn 6 , action slows down with checks until the river 5 with Swenson going all in that pushes Sitlani out of the pot.

PlayerChips
AS
Andrew SwensonUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
73,500(184 BB)
26,200(66 BB)