Similar to the opening flight of the 2025 WPT Prime Thailand Exhibition Championship Event, the 37,000 Baht flagship tournament was buzzing with action on the sixth floor of the Emsphere Mall on the bustling Sukhumvit Road. With Day 1a coming to a conclusion, the waiting line at the registration desk took a while to settle but brought with it an even bigger field of 663 entries once the registration had closed at the start of level ten.
Upon completion of level 15, only 154 players bagged up chips and a duo separated themselves from the rest of the pack. Jiajun Liu bagged up an incredible 742,000 in chips and the only one somewhat close was Chi Wei Lo who scored a memorable triple knockout with ace-king against three lower pairs to make it through with 604,000.
Top 10 Chip Counts Day 1b After Level 15
| Rank | Player | Country | Chip Count | Big Blinds |
|---|
| 1 | Jiajun Liu | China | 742,000 | 124 |
| 2 | Chi Wei Lo | Taiwan | 604,000 | 101 |
| 3 | Haoran Sun | China | 474,000 | 79 |
| 4 | Bo Ouyang | China | 428,000 | 71 |
| 5 | Jingwei Wang | China | 425,000 | 71 |
| 6 | Fendy | Indonesia | 412,000 | 69 |
| 7 | Shaoming Li | China | 409,000 | 68 |
| 8 | Qidong He | China | 383,000 | 64 |
| 9 | Jianwei Lin | China | 357,000 | 60 |
| 10 | Dan Wu | China | 355,000 | 59 |
Held in cooperation between PokerTalk Thailand and WPTGlobal, the first-ever government approved live poker event in the Kingdom of Thailand has now already reached nearly 1,200 entries and another two starting days are to follow to further boost that already impressive figure for the debut at UOB LIVE in the heart of Bangkok.
Among the notable big stacks returning at noon local time are Bo Ouyang (428,000), Shaoming Li (409,000), former EPT Barcelona Main Event finalist Jianwei Lin (357,000), Alex Wice (339,000), Philippe Clerc (308,000), and Vincent Chauve (217,000).
Similar to Day 1a, the action will resume with level 16 at blinds of 4,000-8,000 and a big blind ante of 8,000. As many 20-minute levels will be played to reach the top 12.5% of the field with 83 survivors as the target. However, players must bag up chips to secure a portion of the prize pool in form of travel funds.
When the cards go back in the air at noon local time for the conclusion of Day 1b, many of those who failed the previous day may already be waiting for their seat assignments as Day 1c is scheduled to kick off at the same time. The penultimate flight is expected to be busy once more and will be followed by Day 1d at 4 p.m. local time. Both of these heats will play to the money today and all Day 1 survivors then return on Monday, August 4, 2025, at 6 p.m. local time.
The PokerNews updates for today will focus on the conclusion of Day 1b first before switching to Day 1c, with final chip counts for the last flight to be provided later at night.
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Alex WiceBo OuyangChi Wei LoJiajun LiuJianwei LinPhilippe ClercShaoming LiVincent Chauve
