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

Player	Chips	Progress
Ciaran Farrell	888,000 328,000	328,000

Haoran Sun	869,000
Che-Lun Liu	860,000
Philippe Clerc	810,000 502,000	502,000
Jianwei Lin	788,000 431,000	431,000
Sebastian Mornhinweg	787,000 37,000	37,000
Chi Wei Lo	734,000 130,000	130,000
Chengcai Pan	667,000 92,000	92,000
Feng Xu	667,000 8,000	8,000
Jugal Java	638,000
Dan Wu	603,000 128,000	128,000
Sergei Solovev	592,000 456,000	456,000
Itzhak Ben Shushan	584,000 234,000	234,000
Chi Thanh Duong	572,000 172,000	172,000
Paing Htet Kyaw	559,000 311,000	311,000
Nicholai Tan	526,000 468,000	468,000
Lu Jin	516,000 84,000	84,000
Jiajun Liu	512,000 230,000	230,000
Viachaslau Baranouski	490,000 148,000	148,000
Kai Cui	471,000 350,000	350,000
Yuxin Niu	469,000 6,000	6,000
Zhihong Li	462,000 366,000	366,000
Thi My Phuong Nguyen	460,000 90,000	90,000
Manabu Sato	442,000 48,000	48,000
Katsumoto Sakaguchi	434,000 257,000	257,000

Player

Chips

Progress

Ciaran Farrell

888,000

328,000

Haoran Sun

869,000

Che-Lun Liu

860,000

Philippe Clerc

810,000

502,000

Jianwei Lin

788,000

431,000

Sebastian Mornhinweg

787,000

37,000

Chi Wei Lo

734,000

130,000

Chengcai Pan

667,000

92,000

Feng Xu

667,000

8,000

Jugal Java

638,000

Dan Wu

603,000

128,000

Sergei Solovev

592,000

456,000

Itzhak Ben Shushan

584,000

234,000

Chi Thanh Duong

572,000

172,000

Paing Htet Kyaw

559,000

311,000

Nicholai Tan

526,000

468,000

Lu Jin

516,000

84,000

Jiajun Liu

512,000

230,000

Viachaslau Baranouski

490,000

148,000

Kai Cui

471,000

350,000

Yuxin Niu

469,000

6,000

Zhihong Li

462,000

366,000

Thi My Phuong Nguyen

460,000

90,000

Manabu Sato

442,000

48,000

Katsumoto Sakaguchi

434,000

257,000

The second of four starting days for the inaugural WPT Prime Thailand Exhibition Championship Event attracted an even bigger field of 663 entries at UOB LIVE yesterday and 154 players returned to their seats on the sixth floor of the Emsphere Mall to try and secure their spot in the money for the 37,000 Thai Baht buy-in equivalent. It had brought the total for the first-ever legal live poker tournament on Thai soil to four figures already and made sure that the prize pool guarantee was surpassed with another two starting days to follow.

At noon local time, the action recommenced and it wouldn't take long for the eliminations to pile up in the flagship tournament hosted in cooperation between PokerTalk Thailand and WPTGlobal. Nearly half of the field had to leave empty-handed with the top 83 finishers set to advance and secure the precious Thai flag for their The Hendon Mob profile.

When the dust had settled, it was a close-knit race for the Day 1b chip lead and the UK's Ciaran Farrell snatched the lead from China's Haoran Sun at the very end with 888,000 in chips. Sun followed in second place with 869,000 while Che-Lun Liu accumulated 860,000, which was good enough for third place.

Top 10 Chip Counts After Day 1b

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count	Big Blinds
1	Ciaran Farrell	United Kingdom	888,000	44
2	Haoran Sun	China	869,000	43
3	Che-Lun Liu	Taiwan	860,000	43
4	Philippe Clerc	Switzerland	810,000	41
5	Jianwei Lin	China	788,000	39
6	Sebastian Mornhinweg	Germany	787,000	39
7	Chi Wei Lo	Taiwan	734,000	37
8	Chengcai Pan	China	667,000	33
9	Feng Xu	China	667,000	33
10	Jugal Java	India	638,000	32

In the final stages of the second flight, Liu and Sun clashed in a large pot when the former flopped a set of nines against the top pair of Sun to scoop one of the largest pots of Day 1b. However, Sun bounced back at the very end by bursting the money bubble when he turned trips eights and had Jong Hyun Song from South Korea drawing dead because two players had folded the other aces already.

Other notables with big stacks from Day 1b include Philippe Clerc (810,000), former EPT Barcelona Main Event finalist Jianwei Lin (788,000), Jugal Java (638,000), Jiajun Liu (512,000), Shaoming Li (343,000), Raiden Kan (291,000), Clement Cure (265,000) and Pierre Mothes (265,000).

Not as fortunate were the likes of Mikael Andersson, Michael Falcon, Neng Zhao, Jonty O'Brien, and Jaryd Jardien as they all bowed out without securing one of the travel fund prizes just yet. All of them have another two flights to make up for their shortcoming thus far with Day 1c and 1d taking place throughout the Sunday evening.

Tags: Che-Lun Liu Ciaran Farrell Clement Cure Haoran Sun Jaryd Jardien Jiajun Liu Jianwei Lin Jong Hyun Song Jonty O'Brien Jugal Java Michael Falcon Mikael Andersson Neng Zhao Philippe Clerc Pierre Mothes Raiden Kan Shaoming Li