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Taeil Ahn

South Korea

Place

28th

Prize

$870

Prize (PHP)

₱51,000

Blind level

Level 31: 80,000 / 160,000 ante: 160,000

Entries

1/705

Total Chips

21,150,000

Average

21,150,000

Day 2 - Final

SMPSMP

2/9/2025, 8:52:16 AM

Ahn Eliminated by Benitez

Level 23: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Taeil Ahn

Taeil Ahn shoved from the hijack for 285,000 and Shawn Philip Benitez called from the big blind with a covering stack to put him at risk.

Player	Hand	Chips
TA Taeil AhnSouth Korea	J♠T♠	busted
SP Shawn Philip BenitezPhilippines	A♣Q♠	1,580,000(63 BB)

Neither player connected with the 4♥ 7♥ 9♣ 4♣ 4♦ runout. Benitez' ace-kicker to the trips on the board was good at showdown and he won the pot while Ahn was eliminated and exited the tournament area.

SMPSMP

2/9/2025, 8:14:30 AM

Current Top Stacks

Level 22: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Player	Chips
RC Rancy Cyril LeePhilippines	2,305,000(115 BB)
KO Ko OkuboJapan	1,685,000(84 BB)
EF Emanuel FlorendoPhilippines	1,425,000(71 BB)
SP Shawn Philip BenitezPhilippines	1,240,000(62 BB)
KG Kiril Gelev (alex)Canada	1,200,000(60 BB)
JA Janno AlvarezPhilippines	1,050,000(53 BB)
RT Ryan TanPhilippines	1,030,000(52 BB)
MB Maurillo BulauitanPhilippines	995,000(50 BB)
LP Lemmor PatulotPhilippines	980,000(49 BB)
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	745,000(37 BB)
IJ Ingeun JhoSouth Korea	700,000(35 BB)
RJ Rick Jason AmbataPhilippines	643,000(32 BB)
DB Dmitrii BelikovRussia	640,000(32 BB)
RS Ryuki ShiraseJapan	560,000(28 BB)
MG Michael Gabby ConcepcionPhilippines	525,000(26 BB)
JM Jc MarianoPhilippines	500,000(25 BB)
NN Nakayama NobuakiJapan	480,000(24 BB)
BS Billy SorianoPhilippines	426,000(21 BB)
KW Kim WhanSouth Korea	355,000(18 BB)
DK Dk Kim KunwooSouth Korea	350,000(18 BB)
TA Taeil AhnSouth Korea	330,000(17 BB)
KS Kei ShinagawaJapan	320,000(16 BB)
ZY Zhifan Ye (2)China	320,000(16 BB)
RY Ryutaro YamamotoJapan	315,000(16 BB)
JG Jonald GarciaPhilippines	300,000(15 BB)
JP Jean Paul BerdejoPeru	265,000(13 BB)
LE Lenart EcarmaPhilippines	255,000(13 BB)
EA Ejiri AkihideJapan	245,000(12 BB)
SK Siddharth KariaIndia	239,000(12 BB)
CP Christopher PasionPhilippines	202,000(10 BB)
DY Darren YuPhilippines	139,000(7 BB)
IL Icao LibertyPhilippines	110,000(6 BB)

SMPSMP

2/9/2025, 6:38:55 AM

Ahn Eliminates Barnay

Level 20: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Taeil Ahn

Taeil Ahn opened to 25,000 from under the gun and received calls from a player in the small blind and Patrick Barnay in the big blind. The flop came 8♦ 9♥ 4♠ . The small blind checked, Barnay shoved for 80,000, Ahn used one time bank before calling with a covering stack and the small blind folded.

Player	Hand	Chips
TA Taeil AhnSouth Korea	A♦7♦	397,000(33 BB)
PB Patrick BarnayFrance	9♠3♠	busted

Barnay was in great shape to double with top pair against Barney who had ace-high and only backdoor draws. The rest of the board ran out 8♠ A♥ giving Ahn two pair, aces and eights to eliminate Barnay and take the pot.