THB 37,000 Championship | 2025 WPT Prime Thailand Exhibition

08-05-2025 19:58 UTC+7

Nielsen Double Leaves Ashkenazi on Fumes

Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

After the blinds gad gone up, Amit Ashkenazi raised to 2,500,000 and it folded to Allen Nielsen, who pushed all-in from the small blind for 3,300,000 for Ashkenazi to call.

Allen Nielsen: K♥J♠
Amit Ashkenazi: 10♦9♦

The K♠9♠2♦A♠8♣ board reduced the stack of Ashkenazi to forty percent of a big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Allen Nielsen	8,600,000 3,700,000	3,700,000
Amit Ashkenazi	400,000 3,300,000	3,300,000

Tags: Allen Nielsen Amit Ashkenazi

08-05-2025 20:02 UTC+7

Amit Ashkenazi Eliminated in 8th Place (1,458,000 THB)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Down to the last 400,000, Amit Ashkenazi moved all-in from under the gun and Hong Cai raised to 2,000,000 to force out all opponents up to Alex Lee in the small blind. He jammed for 6,200,000 and Cai called after using one time bank extension.

Amit Ashkenazi: 10♥6♥ All in
Alex Lee: Q♠Q♣ All in
Hong Cai: A♠9♦

There was no miracle escape for Ashkenazi on a board of 9♠4♥2♥5♣K♣ despite the gutshot and flush draw, and he bowed out in 8th place for 1,458,000 THB. Lee doubled through Cai and nearly closed the gap to his opponent.

Player	Chips	Progress
Hong Cai	16,000,000 5,900,000	5,900,000
Alex Lee	14,800,000 6,600,000	6,600,000
Amit Ashkenazi	Busted

Tags: Alex Lee Amit Ashkenazi Hong Cai

08-05-2025 20:05 UTC+7

Zukernik Doesn't Clash With Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Philipp Zukernik opened to 2,000,000 with the A♠Q♣ and Alex Lee three-bet to 4,800,000 on the button with the K♠K♥. It folded back to Zukernik and he used one time bank extension before he laid down the ace-queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Alex Lee	19,000,000 4,200,000	4,200,000
Philipp Zukernik	14,000,000 100,000	100,000

Tags: Alex Lee Philipp Zukernik

08-05-2025 20:11 UTC+7

Konishi Doubles Through Nielsen

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Allen Nielsen pushed all-in for fewer than nine blinds from an early position and Atsunobu Konishi called all-in for 3,000,000 in the small blind.

Atsunobu Konishi: A♥Q♥ All in
Allen Nielsen: A♣9♠

The Q♣4♥3♦A♦5♠ board brought no upset and Nielsen dropped below Konishi on the leaderboard.

Player	Chips	Progress
Atsunobu Konishi	8,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Allen Nielsen	5,600,000 3,000,000	3,000,000

Tags: Allen Nielsen Atsunobu Konishi

08-05-2025 20:13 UTC+7

Sun Takes From Cai

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

Hong Cai opened to 2,000,000 with the Q♦Q♣ and was called by Haoran Sun in the big blind with the A♥J♠. The A♠10♦5♣ flop was checked and Sun then bet the 3♣ turn for 2,000,000 to claim the pot.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoran Sun	23,000,000 3,000,000	3,000,000
Hong Cai	11,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000

Tags: Haoran Sun Hong Cai

08-05-2025 20:16 UTC+7

Allen Nielsen Eliminated in 7th Place (1,879,000 THB)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 37 : Blinds 500,000/1,000,000, 1,000,000 ante

The action folded to Allen Nielsen in the small blind and he pushed all-in for 3,600,000 and he was instantly called by Haoran Sun in the big blind.

Allen Nielsen: Q♥J♥ All in
Haoran Sun: K♠K♣

The A♦J♠2♣8♠A♣ board delivered no help to Nielsen and he bowed out in seventh place for 1,879,000 THB, while Sun further extended his lead.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoran Sun	28,000,000 5,000,000	5,000,000
Allen Nielsen	Busted

Tags: Allen Nielsen Haoran Sun

Level: 38

Blinds: 600,000/1,200,000

Ante: 1,200,000

08-05-2025 20:24 UTC+7

Atsunobu Konishi Eliminated in 6th Place (2,442,000 THB)

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 38 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

From under the gun, Philipp Zukernik pushed all-in for 11,000,000 and the action folded to Atsunobu Konishi in the big blind, who was covered and asked for an exact count. Once that was taken care of, Konishi used four time bank extensions and then sigh-called for his last 9,800,000.

Atsunobu Konishi: A♥9♥ All in
Philipp Zukernik: 10♠10♦

The 7♣4♦2♦ flop changed nothing while the Q♦ turn took away one out for the Japanese player. He didn't get there with the 3♣ river and Konishi had to settle for sixth place with 2,442,000 THB in travel funds.

Player	Chips	Progress
Philipp Zukernik	23,000,000 9,000,000	9,000,000
Atsunobu Konishi	Busted

Tags: Atsunobu Konishi Philipp Zukernik

08-05-2025 20:26 UTC+7

Sun Jams Into Lee

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 38 : Blinds 600,000/1,200,000, 1,200,000 ante

Haoran Sun raised to 2,500,000 from under the gun with the Q♣10♣ and Duhan Lee called in the cutoff with the A♦J♥. The 8♠7♦5♠ flop saw Sun bet 2,000,000 and Lee call.

Sun then jammed the K♥ turn with the covering stack and Lee had to lay it down.