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, 6:56:03 AM

Nariman Yaghmai Earns With Aggression

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
Nariman Yaghmai

Kiyoung Kim opens 9000, Nariman Yaghmai makes it 25,500, Kim flats to see the flop J 9 6 . Yaghmai continues for 22,000, Kim gives it up.

PlayerChips
NY
Nariman YaghmaiIran (Islamic Republic of) [IRN]Iran (Islamic Republic of)
217,000(54 BB)
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
193,500(48 BB)
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, 4:34:24 PM

Nadav Cohen Among the Late Casualties

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

Nadav Cohen is all-in with 8 8 and dominated by the Q Q of Kiyoung Kim. There is a sweat until the A 9 7 T turn but the river is a blank to send Cohen to the rail. Also on the table is last year's runner-up Joshua Mccully with an average stack.

PlayerChips
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
140,000(56 BB)
JM
140,000(56 BB)
NC
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 1:50:32 PM

Dylan DeStefano Leads the Field at the Break with 383,000

Level 9: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

A scan of the field during the break turned up 12 players with at least 200K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
DD
Dylan DeStefanoUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
383,000(255 BB)
332,000(221 BB)
EA
Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
318,000(212 BB)
289,000(193 BB)
DN
261,000(174 BB)
AR
258,000(172 BB)
257,000(171 BB)
JP
Jerwin PascoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
257,000(171 BB)
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
237,500(158 BB)
224,500(150 BB)
215,000(143 BB)
DE
David ErquiagaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
212,000(141 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 1:43:05 PM

Adrian Garcia Steals It On The Turn

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

Big stacked Kiyoung Kim drives the betting to 2500 and gets called by Adrian Garcia and small blind Arun Sriram. At the flop 5 7 A , Kim continues for another 2500 and both opponents stick around for the turn T . Following two checks, cutoff Garcia bets 12,000 and it's enough to claim the pot.

PlayerChips
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
236,000(197 BB)
68,300(57 BB)
60,000(50 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 8:40:30 AM

Jerwin Pasco Joins the Bigger Stacks

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Several players over on table 43 have already increased their stack significantly including Wendy Freedman, Daniel Neilson, Timon Prill and Jerwin Pasco. The latter two are involved in a big pot of more than 50,000 to the 6 5 4 Q 9 river on which Pasco bets 17,000.


Kiyoung Kim sigh-folds and Prill also sends his cards into the muck. Kim mentions that he folded pocket kings, while Prill was chasing a flush and missed.

PlayerChips
JP
Jerwin PascoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
145,000(290 BB)
TP
Timon PrillAustralia [AUS]Australia
135,000(270 BB)
WF
Wendy FreedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
95,000(190 BB)
DN
85,000(170 BB)
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
18,000(36 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 7:24:33 AM

Dmitrii Tsvetkov's Ace-High Is Good

Level 3: 200 / 400 ante: 400

Three-way action to the flop K 6 4 , it is checked to Dmitrii Tsvetkov on hijack, he test-bets 1500 and only big blind Kiyoung Kim calls. From there, both opt to check the rest of the board 9 6 . Tsvetkov flips open A J and it's good to take the pot.

PlayerChips
DT
Dmitrii TsvetkovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
45,000(113 BB)
KK
Kiyoung KimKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
36,000(90 BB)