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, 5:58:22 AM

Yukako Hiroi Rivers Quads for a Double Knockout

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

Several players on table 25 groan when a three-way all-in unfolds in dramatic fashion. Rahul Melwani is all-in with a short stack and A 7 to end up at risk against the K K of Marcus Tan and Yukako Hiroi, who has both covered and reveals 6 6 .


Hiroi flops best on 6 5 3 while Melwani has a gutshot. Tan then turns the superior set on K only to get hit by a one outer on the 6 river.

PlayerChips
310,000(103 BB)
busted
MT
Marcus TanSingapore [SGP]Singapore
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, 4:50:08 PM

Rahul Melwani Knocks Out a Player

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

With the board showing A 8 3 5 on the turn, the player in the big blind gets it all in for about 45,000 with A T for a pair of aces, but he needs to catch a ten on the river to stay alive against the A Q (pair of aces, queen kicker) of Rahul Melwani, who is UTG+1.


The river card is the 2, and Melwani wins the pot with his queen kicker to eliminate his opponent from the tournament.

PlayerChips
145,000(58 BB)