THB 37,000 Championship Day 1b | 2025 WPT Prime Thailand Exhibition

08-03-2025 13:21 UTC+7

Huang Sends the Chips and Time Banks Flying

Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Ming Huang pushed all-in for 72,000 in the cutoff and was snapped off by Chengcai Pan in the big blind, who flipped over his A♥A♦. Huang grabbed his time bank cards and smacked them down towards the middle of the table while already walking away from the table, having exposed the Q♥7♠.

The Q♠8♥5♣8♣A♣ board gave Pan aces full for the knockout in style.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chengcai Pan	575,000 358,000	358,000
Ming Huang	Busted

Tags: Chengcai Pan Ming Huang

08-03-2025 13:24 UTC+7

Late Casualties on Day 1b

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 19 : Blinds 8,000/16,000, 16,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Steven Dimattei	Busted
Chih-Chung Chen	Busted
Nay Ye Linn	Busted
David Chidraoui	Busted
Chia-Chi Kuo	Busted
Alex Wice	Busted
Long Qian	Busted
Majid Gheibi	Busted
Ausavaterakul Ausavapat	Busted
Yiheng Luo	Busted
Tuan Anh Dao	Busted
Fendy	Busted

Level: 20

Blinds: 10,000/20,000

Ante: 20,000

08-03-2025 13:34 UTC+7

Bayda Out Before the Money

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Linh Nguyen moved all-in from under the gun for 69,000 and Taras Bayda was in the big blind with very few chips behind.

"Sixty nine was my table number yesterday," he said and then called all-in without looking at his cards three spots away from the money.

Taras Bayda: 5♦4♥ All in
Linh Nguyen: A♥10♥

The board ran out 9♣6♥4♣J♥3♥ and Nguyen rivered the flush to score the knockout.

Player	Chips	Progress
Linh Nguyen	110,000 110,000	110,000
Taras Bayda	Busted

Tags: Linh Nguyen Taras Bayda

08-03-2025 13:38 UTC+7

Big Double for Liu on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

On the stone bubble, Haoran Sun applied pressure with his large stack and clashed against Taiwan's Che-Lun Liu when the latter was all-in from the button for more than 200,000 on the K♣9♣6♥3♥ turn.

Che-Lun Liu: 9♥9♦ All in
Haoran Sun: K♠Q♥

The 6♠ river was already meaningless as Liu's set had locked up the big double.

Player	Chips	Progress
Che-Lun Liu	750,000 523,000	523,000
Haoran Sun	625,000 250,000	250,000

Tags: Che-Lun Liu Haoran Sun

08-03-2025 13:40 UTC+7

The Money Bubble Has Been Reached

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Ilias Aliev was eliminated and several other tables were still going on when the floor announced that the action was to be stopped for the money bubble.

Jong Hyun Song earned a double during that time against Zhjiyi Feng when he held up with 9♣9♠ versus A♠J♣ on a board of Q♦Q♣10♠2♦6♠ for his last 85,000.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jong Hyun Song	185,000 15,000	15,000
Zhiyi Feng	135,000 124,000	124,000
Ilias Aliev	Busted

08-03-2025 13:45 UTC+7

Naing Doubles on the Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

David Chidraoui was literally and figuratively sweating when he had only 12,000 left and folded while Khant Naing was all-in from under the gun for fewer than eight blinds, looked up by Jugal Java in the big blind.

Khant Naing: K♥Q♥ All in
Jugal Java: A♣3♣

The board ran out Q♠9♠4♦6♥10♣ and Naing doubled on the bubble, having come into the day with a very short stack.

Player	Chips	Progress
Jugal Java	638,000 338,000	338,000
Khant Naing	383,000 337,000	337,000
David Chidraoui	12,000 12,000	12,000

Tags: David Chidraoui Jugal Java Khant Naing

08-03-2025 13:52 UTC+7

Sun Eliminates Song on the Day 1b Bubble

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

Jong Hyun Song Eliminated on the Day 1b Bubble

The cards were flipped over already and then turned back when Jong Hyun Song had jammed the A♠K♣8♥8♦ turn and was snapped off by Haoran Sun, as not all other tables had completed their hands.

In the meanwhile, Guillem Segarra already said that Song was drawing dead since he and another player had folded an ace after seeing the showdown cards. When it was then time to proceed, the following cards were exposed.

Jong Hyun Song: A♣J♥ All in
Haoran Sun: 9♠8♠

The turned trips of Sun locked up the elimination prior to the 10♣ river to let the Day 1b bubble burst. David Chidraoui then lost his marbles two tables over after he had locked up the min-cash with a fraction of a big blind.

Player	Chips	Progress
Haoran Sun	869,000 244,000	244,000
Che-Lun Liu	860,000 110,000	110,000
Jong Hyun Song	Busted

Tags: David Chidraoui Guillem Segarra Haoran Sun Jong Hyun Song

08-03-2025 14:05 UTC+7

Assorted Day 1b Pictures

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Christian Zetzsche

08-03-2025 14:37 UTC+7

Chip Counts and Recap to Follow

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Christian Zetzsche

Level 20 : Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante

With 83 players left and all having bagged their chips, Day 1b has concluded and the survivors will return the next day at 6 p.m. local time to continue their journey to become the next WPT Prime Exhibition Championship winner. All chip counts and a recap of the action will be published later today once the bubble has burst for Day 1c.