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

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Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 1:52:09 PM

Sungmin Cho Leads the Field at the Break with 316,500

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up 14 players with at least 200,000 in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
SC
Sungmin ChoUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
316,500(264 BB)
297,000(248 BB)
BG
Brian GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
269,000(224 BB)
264,500(220 BB)
259,000(216 BB)
AF
Alberto FloresUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
253,000(211 BB)
TB
241,000(201 BB)
225,900(188 BB)
220,500(184 BB)
JL
Juyeol LeeKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
219,000(183 BB)
VL
Victor LiUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
211,000(176 BB)
JS
210,500(175 BB)
208,500(174 BB)
LK
203,500(170 BB)
198,500(165 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 12:54:56 PM

Lars Kamphues Shows The Higher Pair

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

Big pot preflop amounting to 22,800 with two players left vying for it. Lars Kamphues bets 5400 on a flop J♠ 9♠ 6♦ , Nang Quang Nguyen check-calls. After they both check the turn 7♣ , Nguyen leads out a very light 2000 on the river A♠ . Kamphues calls.


Nguyen shows K♦ J♦ top pair on the flop, Kamphues has A♥ Q♥ top pair on the river to claim the pot.

PlayerChips
170,000(142 BB)
LK
60,000(50 BB)