Place
15th
Prize
$9,486
Blind level
Level 28: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000
Entries
6/643
Total Chips
19,290,000
Average
3,215,000

Day 3

SMPSMP
5/12/2025, 9:34:33 AM

Ivan Karatayeu Eliminated In 15th Place

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Ivan Karatayeu Eliminated In 15th Place

Following a raise from Le Ngoc Minh, cutoff player Ivan Karatayeu raises a huge 520,000 leaving himself 40,000 behind. Minh calls for a flop to come 4 9 4 .


Minh quickly puts Karatayeu all in the Belarusian makes the call for his tournament life.


At showdown, Karatayeu has A Q , Minh is ahead with 7 7 . The turn 4 and river J changes nothing for Karatayeu to exit in 16th place.

PlayerChips
NM
Ngoc Minh LeViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
3,100,000(78 BB)
busted
SMPSMP
5/12/2025, 8:59:56 AM

Chip Counts

Level 25: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Table 43 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
SL
1,400,000(35 BB)431
1,465,000(37 BB)432
TM
1,435,000(36 BB)433
2,050,000(51 BB)434
HH
Hai Ha TranViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
2,100,000(53 BB)436
EA
Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
2,000,000(50 BB)437
945,000(24 BB)438

Table 2 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
380,000(10 BB)21
600,000(15 BB)22
595,000(15 BB)23
BS
Bo SuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
1,250,000(31 BB)24
475,000(12 BB)25
990,000(25 BB)26
750,000(19 BB)27
NM
Ngoc Minh LeViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
2,495,000(62 BB)28
TriciaTricia
5/12/2025, 8:47:33 AM

Ivan Karatayeu Doubles Through

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

A preflop betting war kicked off with a min-raise from Bo Su that smal blind Ivan Karatayeu three-bet to 235,000 leaving himself just 25,000 behind. Action back to Bo who jammed forcing Karatayeu to commit the rest.

PlayerHandChips
AT
SB
580,000(19 BB)
BS
Bo SuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
QJ
UTG
1,840,000(61 BB)

Karatayeu is ahead with the ace but needs to dodge Bo's live cards. With the board running 9 8 K A K , Karatayeu survives and doubles through.

TriciaTricia
5/12/2025, 7:59:58 AM

Yao Liu Scores Big For His Set

Level 24: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
Yao Liu

Small blind Yao Liu has 5 5 on hand and raises 80,000, big blind Ivan Karatayeu calls. When the board runs 5 7 9 3 , Liu lands his set and bets the flop and turn, Karatayeu calls both to build a 300,000 pot by the river A .


Liu fires again for 600,000, Karatayeu pays to see then mucks sending a big pot to Liu.

PlayerChips
2,200,000(73 BB)
380,000(13 BB)
SMPSMP
5/11/2025, 1:41:41 PM

Table 4 Chip Counts

PlayerChipsTableSeat
565,00041
1,425,00042
585,00043
BS
Bo SuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
745,00044
365,00045
360,00046
355,00047
NM
Ngoc Minh LeViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,825,00048
SMPSMP
5/11/2025, 1:33:28 PM

Final 24 Chip Counts

PlayerChips
NM
Ngoc Minh LeViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,825,000
1,425,000
EA
Edgar AntezanaSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
1,310,000
SL
1,270,000
HH
Hai Ha TranViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,265,000
1,140,000
1,115,000
MT
Mike TakayamaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
1,000,000
960,000
870,000
840,000
BS
Bo SuTaiwan [TWN]Taiwan
745,000
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
690,000
650,000
585,000
565,000
HG
540,000
TM
500,000
455,000
365,000
360,000
355,000
325,000
NH
115,000