Chipleader Rui BouquetA scan of the field during the break turned up 11 players with at least 400K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RB Rui Bouquet | 1,032,000(129 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 634,000(79 BB) |
| 626,000(78 BB) | |
KT Krisztian Torok | 624,000(78 BB) |
| 593,000(74 BB) | |
| 513,000(64 BB) | |
TB Thi Bao Nguyen | 503,000(63 BB) |
YL Yongjia Lin | 427,000(53 BB) |
PD Patrik Demus | 404,000(51 BB) |
MS Michael Smith | 403,000(50 BB) |
CN Cao Ngoc Anh | 402,000(50 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 397,000(50 BB) |
Yunkyu SongAdam Friedman raises to 8,000 and Yunkyu Song then three-bets to 26,000 in the next seat. Julian Selinger jams for 95,000 in the next seat thereafter and Wailiang Tai calls all-in, Friedman folds and Song snap-calls.
Tai's Q♣ Q♠ are up against the T♥ T♦ of Selinger while Song has the best of it with A♥ A♣ .
Song nails the A♦ J♦ 3♦ flop but both opponents are alive, especially after the T♣ turn. However, the 9♣ river changes nothing and Song claims another two victims.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 550,000(138 BB) | |
AF Adam Friedman | 380,000(95 BB) |
JS Julian Selinger | busted |
TW Tai Weiliang | busted |
A scan of the field during the break turned up eight players with at least 300K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RB Rui Bouquet | 639,500(160 BB) |
TD Thi Dang | 470,000(118 BB) |
SA Shai Arbel | 413,500(103 BB) |
NA Najeem Ajez | 379,000(95 BB) |
| 376,000(94 BB) | |
IK Ivan Karatayeu | 368,000(92 BB) |
| 365,000(91 BB) | |
HT Hun Tae Choi | 351,000(88 BB) |
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
RB Rui Bouquet | 500,000(167 BB) |
HT Hun Tae Choi | 470,000(157 BB) |
| 417,000(139 BB) | |
NA Najeem Ajez | 300,000(100 BB) |
AS Arun Sriram | 290,000(97 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 250,000(83 BB) |
TL Tero Laurila | 250,000(83 BB) |
TV Tom Verbruggen | 245,000(82 BB) |
AV Andres Vasquez | 235,000(78 BB) |
AK Amit Kaushik | 210,000(70 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 140,000(47 BB) |
LY Li Yun | 130,000(43 BB) |
CT Chao Ting Cheng | 112,000(37 BB) |
AF Adam Friedman | 110,000(37 BB) |
AR Amin Riyazati | 100,000(33 BB) |
EW Eric Wasylenko | 90,000(30 BB) |
TB Thomas Boivin | 70,000(23 BB) |
Rob Sherwood, runner-up of the 2024 WPT World Championship, is unable to spin up a late entry on Day 1b when he runs with A♣ J♥ into the K♥ K♦ of reigning WPT Player of the Year Yunkyu Song. Both players hit the ace-king high flop and that spells the end for Sherwood.
One table over, Thi Bao An Nguyen celebrates winning a big pot and grins "Ace high wins, I got pocket queens to fold". She soars near the top of the leaderboard with a big stack.
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
TB Thi Bao Nguyen | 320,000(160 BB) |
CW Chien Wang | 110,000(55 BB) |
| 85,000(43 BB) | |
RS Rob Sherwood | busted |