Blind level
Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Entries
21/141
Total Chips
4,230,000
Average
201,429

Flight B

SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 5:20:56 PM

Flight B Ends - 21 Survivors

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
PlayerChips
804,000(101 BB)
595,000(74 BB)
387,000(48 BB)
SJ
Seonghun JeongKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
336,000(42 BB)
328,000(41 BB)
RJ
263,000(33 BB)
DK
Dk Kim KunwooKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
230,000(29 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
206,000(26 BB)
LE
Lenart EcarmaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
157,000(20 BB)
135,000(17 BB)
120,000(15 BB)
105,000(13 BB)
PJ
Pee Jay ArateaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
100,000(13 BB)
ME
Marco EspelaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
90,000(11 BB)
73,000(9 BB)
RT
69,000(9 BB)
64,000(8 BB)
JJ
John Jay MagadanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
51,000(6 BB)
TS
49,000(6 BB)
40,000(5 BB)
28,000(4 BB)
SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 1:42:29 PM

Cruz Doubles With Big Slick

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Edwin Dela Cruz

Rancy Cyril Lee shoved from the button and Edwin Dela Cruz, who had 99,000 and was covered, made the call for his tournament life.

PlayerHandChips
9ā™ 6ā™£
635,000(79 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
Aā™£Kā™¦
210,000(26 BB)

The board ran out Jā™£ Aā™¦ 7ā™  6ā™„ Aā™  giving Cruz trip aces to double up through Lee.

SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 1:19:22 PM

Ganbold Hits a Miracle to Double

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000
Ganbold Battulga

A player in the hijack opened to 12,000, Edwin Dela Cruz called in the small blind and Battulga Ganbold defended from the big blind. The flop came 2ā™¦ Qā™„ 4ā™£ and action checked around to Ganbold who bet 17,000, leaving just 1,000 behind. Only Cruz called. Cruz then shoved the Qā™£ turn and Ganbold called off with his last chip.

PlayerHandChips
Qā™¦Jā™£
BB
78,000(13 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
Kā™„Qā™ 
SB
153,000(26 BB)

Ganbold seemed poised to bubble with trips and an inferior kicker but a miraculous Jā™  river gave him a full house to double up through Cruz on the stone bubble.

SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 12:01:33 PM

Cruz Flips His Way to a Double

Level 15: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Edwin Dela Cruz shoved for 63,000 from the hijack and Battulga Ganbold called from the small blind with a covering stack to put him at risk.

PlayerHandChips
8ā™¦8ā™ 
SB
46,000(12 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
Aā™£Tā™£
HJ
134,000(34 BB)
Board:Jā™¦3ā™ 9ā™„Tā™„2ā™„

Cruz got the best of the preflop flip when the runout gave him a pair of tens and he doubled up through Ganbold.

SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 11:45:55 AM

Top Stacks

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
PlayerChips
338,000(113 BB)
278,000(93 BB)
RT
270,500(90 BB)
270,000(90 BB)
IT
Ivan TabucalPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
195,000(65 BB)
195,000(65 BB)
193,000(64 BB)
JA
Janno AlvarezPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
175,000(58 BB)
DK
Dk Kim KunwooKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
174,500(58 BB)
SJ
Seonghun JeongKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
171,000(57 BB)
RJ
169,000(56 BB)
167,000(56 BB)
145,000(48 BB)
140,000(47 BB)
GR
Galvez RennielPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
137,000(46 BB)
PJ
Pee Jay ArateaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
124,000(41 BB)
EA
Edgar AsehanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
122,000(41 BB)
YC
117,000(39 BB)
110,000(37 BB)
109,000(36 BB)
JJ
John Jay MagadanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
100,000(33 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
72,000(24 BB)
ED
Emmanuel DerechoPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
69,000(23 BB)
LE
Lenart EcarmaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
66,000(22 BB)
63,000(21 BB)
TS
62,000(21 BB)
ME
Marco EspelaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
60,000(20 BB)
36,000(12 BB)
28,000(9 BB)
SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 6:54:01 AM

Top Stacks

Level 6: 300 / 600 ante: 600
PlayerChips
105,000(175 BB)
98,600(164 BB)
84,800(141 BB)
82,000(137 BB)
BY
Benhur YbarsabalPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
80,300(134 BB)
77,000(128 BB)
73,800(123 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
71,800(120 BB)
65,200(109 BB)
DK
Dk Kim KunwooKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
61,000(102 BB)
60,000(100 BB)
RT
Ryan TanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
58,200(97 BB)
HS
Hosin SeoKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
55,500(93 BB)
AD
Ashley de GuzmanPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
52,100(87 BB)
48,900(82 BB)
IT
Ivan TabucalPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
48,000(80 BB)
46,000(77 BB)
LS
Lee SuyaKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
44,500(74 BB)
ML
Marlon LaxamanaPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
39,200(65 BB)
SMPSMP
2/7/2025, 6:34:39 AM

Cruz Knocks Out Chung Hing With Top Pair

Level 5: 200 / 500 ante: 500
Chung Hing Albert

With three players seeing a board of Tā™£ 6ā™  2ā™„ 4ā™¦ and 9,700 in the middle Chung Hing Albert bet 5,000 from the big blind and Edwin Dela Cruz raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Issei Yamamoto folded from the hijack before Hing called.


On the 2ā™¦ river Hing moved all in for 11,200 and Cruz called. Hing had a pair with 7ā™£ 7ā™„ but Cruz had him beat with Qā™„ Tā™„ for top pair to win the hand.

With three players seeing a board of Tā™£ 6ā™  2ā™„ 4ā™¦ and 9,700 in the middle Chung Hing Albert bet 5,000 from the big blind and Edwin Dela Cruz raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Issei Yamamoto folded from the hijack before Hing called.


On the 2ā™¦ river Hing moved all in for 11,200 and Cruz called. Hing had a pocket pair but Cruz had him beat with top pair to win the hand.

PlayerHandChips
HJ
12,500(25 BB)
ED
Edwin Dela CruzPhilippines [PHL]Philippines
Qā™„Tā™„
UTG
71,800(144 BB)
7ā™„7ā™£
BB
busted