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, 9:26:51 AM

Leo Soma Doubles Thru Simas Karaliunas

Level 5: 300 / 600 ante: 600
Leo Soma

With around 10,000 in the middle to the Q T 4 T 3 river, Leo Soma jams for the last 12,000 in the big blind. Simas Karaliunas tanks for more than two minutes and eventually calls with the A K , which is no good against Soma's J T for trips tens.

PlayerChips
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
34,000(57 BB)
SK
28,500(48 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/20/2025, 8:38:37 AM

Peter Da Wins Four-Bet Pot Off Simas Karaliunas

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500
Peter Da

Peter Da raises to 1,100 and Leo Soma three-bets to 3,500. Simas Karaliunas then four-bets to 8,500 and Da asks to see his stack size before he calls, Soma folds.


After all the preflop action, they check down the J 9 2 K 7 board and Karaliunas shows T T , Da wins the pot with the Q Q for the superior pocket pair.

PlayerChips
PD
Peter DaNorway [NOR]Norway
95,000(190 BB)
SK
46,500(93 BB)
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
26,500(53 BB)
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, 3:22:19 PM

Lots Of Shoving Going On

Level 10: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

With registration closed, the new level brings shoves around the room. One of the beneficiaries is Marc Joseph who calls the light 10,500 all in and proceeds to dominate with A Q over A 3


Florencio Campomanes also bites the dust. He sends in his last 7,000 and loses to Frank Lillis with A 6 staying ahead of K 7


Another all in was Remy Murcia who says he can feel it coming. And indeed it did. He is all in with A Q and improves on the board T K 7 J 6 to overcome Xianhua Fu's A K .


For Simas Karaliunas, he defends his big blind with a shove that pushes out small blind Jon Kyte who tries to steal with a 7000 raise.

PlayerChips
JK
Jon KyteNorway [NOR]Norway
128,000(64 BB)
MJ
Marc JosephSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
86,000(43 BB)
RM
85,000(43 BB)
62,000(31 BB)
SK
48,000(24 BB)
FL
25,000(13 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 12:23:09 PM

Simas Karaliunas's Overpair Gives Benny Glaser The Boot

Level 7: 500 / 1,000 ante: 1,000
Simas Karaliunas

From the button, Benny Glaser calls big blind Simas Karaliunas's three-bet of 4500 to take the bout to the flop 5 6 T . Karaliunas sends out a stack of orange chips that well cover Glaser who commits the rest of his chips.


At risk player Glaser has J J , Glaser is in trouble with K T , the turn 7 and river J finishes Glaser as Karaliunas ships it.

PlayerChips
SK
75,200(75 BB)
BG
Benny GlaserUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
busted
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 8:42:28 AM

Patrik Selin Drags In An Action Packed Preflop Pot

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

Kunal Patni tells the WPT reporter to stick around his table as it is action heavy and he was not kidding. After Yukako Hiroi wins a pot, the next hand opens with a raise of 1100 from Peteris Enders, beside him Simas Karaliunas three-bets 3500, several spots over on the small blind Aliaksei Chernak four-bets 9000, then big blind Patrik Selin five-bets all in. Everyone folds including Chernak who shows J J which is a good fold to Selin's A A .

PlayerChips
PS
81,000(162 BB)
57,400(115 BB)
45,000(90 BB)
SK
33,500(67 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/19/2025, 7:51:34 AM

Dinesh Alt Chips Up

Level 4: 300 / 500 ante: 500

In a three-bet pot to the K J 2 flop, Dinesh Alt checks and Simas Karaliunas bets 2,000 for the Swiss to call. Alt check-calls another 8,000 on the 9 turn and Karaliunas checks behind the 4 on the river.


"I win," Alt says as he rolls over the 5 4 and Karaliunas indeed mucks.

PlayerChips
DA
Dinesh AltSwitzerland [CHE]Switzerland
68,000(136 BB)
SK
58,000(116 BB)