Place
16th
Prize
$2,976
Blind level
Level 26: 50,000 / 75,000 ante: 75,000
Entries
8/527
Total Chips
26,350,000
Average
3,293,750

D2

TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 1:29:23 PM

Mai Bien Flipped Into 16th Place - $2,976

Level 23: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Mai Bien - 16th Place - $2,976

From utg+2. Mai Bien opened with a towering 1,200,000 raise and nearly stole the blinds and ante until big blind Robert Sherwood pushed. Bien committed his remaining 300,000 and it was a flip.

PlayerHandChips
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
AK
BB
4,250,000(106 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
TT
MP
busted
Board:Q44AK

With the board going Sherwood's way, Bien was eliminated in 16th place.

TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 1:25:44 PM

Final 16 Players

Level 23: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
AA
Amir AbbasAustralia [AUS]Australia
2,600,000(65 BB)11
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2,920,000(73 BB)12
MS
1,655,000(41 BB)13
2,850,000(71 BB)14
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,230,000(31 BB)15
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,040,000(26 BB)16
PD
1,200,000(30 BB)17
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
2,100,000(53 BB)18
CO
Clarence OhSingapore [SGP]Singapore
900,000(23 BB)21
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
1,660,000(42 BB)22
TH
1,685,000(42 BB)23
2,030,000(51 BB)24
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
1,340,000(34 BB)25
1,680,000(42 BB)26
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
485,000(12 BB)27
TL
500,000(13 BB)28
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 1:05:55 PM

Three-Bet Does It For Bien

Level 23: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Mai Bien

Patrik Demus opens and finds a caller then big blind Mai Bien three-bets 435,000 which is enough to rake in the pot.

PlayerChips
PD
1,370,000(34 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
765,000(19 BB)
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 12:52:08 PM

Sherwood Takes Charge And Rivers It

Level 23: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Robert Sherwood

Robert Sherwood defends from the big blind and heads to the flop 7 J 6 with Mai Bien. Both players check to the turn Q where Sherwood leads out 70,000. Bien calls to take it to the river T . Again Sherwood takes the reins with a bet of 220,000, Bien punches back for 610,000, Sherwood tanks then finds the reason to call.


Bien flips open his pair that's far behind Sherwood's straight.

PlayerHandChips
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
98
BB
2,470,000(62 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
A7
HJ
620,000(16 BB)
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 11:27:59 AM

Final 26 - Chip Counts

Level 22: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
PlayerChips
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,090,000(103 BB)
2,525,000(84 BB)
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
1,900,000(63 BB)
AA
Amir AbbasAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,820,000(61 BB)
TL
1,640,000(55 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,620,000(54 BB)
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
1,500,000(50 BB)
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
1,375,000(46 BB)
TH
1,210,000(40 BB)
TM
1,065,000(36 BB)
PD
958,000(32 BB)
830,000(28 BB)
800,000(27 BB)
MS
745,000(25 BB)
730,000(24 BB)
705,000(24 BB)
635,000(21 BB)
RK
Robert KissUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
585,000(20 BB)
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
550,000(18 BB)
CO
Clarence OhSingapore [SGP]Singapore
390,000(13 BB)
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
370,000(12 BB)
KA
Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan [AZE]Azerbaijan
355,000(12 BB)
FR
335,000(11 BB)
PB
330,000(11 BB)
270,000(9 BB)
PlayerChipsTableSeat
AA
Amir AbbasAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,820,000(61 BB)11
RK
Robert KissUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
585,000(20 BB)13
270,000(9 BB)14
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
550,000(18 BB)16
PD
958,000(32 BB)17
KA
Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan [AZE]Azerbaijan
355,000(12 BB)18
635,000(21 BB)21
TL
1,640,000(55 BB)22
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
370,000(12 BB)23
2,525,000(84 BB)25
730,000(24 BB)26
MS
745,000(25 BB)27
TM
1,065,000(36 BB)28
800,000(27 BB)31
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,620,000(54 BB)32
CO
Clarence OhSingapore [SGP]Singapore
390,000(13 BB)33
TH
1,210,000(40 BB)34
705,000(24 BB)36
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,090,000(103 BB)37
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
1,900,000(63 BB)38
PB
330,000(11 BB)432
FR
335,000(11 BB)433
830,000(28 BB)434
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
1,500,000(50 BB)435
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
1,375,000(46 BB)437
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 8:27:57 AM

Shiroma Boosted On A Flip

Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000
Sho Shiroma

Vietnamese pro Mai Bien has risen significantly since the start of day, rising to nearly 1.9M in chips. However , Sho Shiroma was able to cause a small dent on a flip with overcards.

PlayerHandChips
KJ
SB
714,000(48 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
TT
HJ
1,550,000(103 BB)
Board:J4828
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 8:00:46 AM

Big Stacks Around The Room

Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000
PlayerChips
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,950,000(130 BB)
1,390,000(93 BB)
1,380,000(92 BB)
TL
1,310,000(87 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
1,150,000(77 BB)
1,060,000(71 BB)
TM
883,000(59 BB)
SK
805,000(54 BB)
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
780,000(52 BB)
MS
712,000(47 BB)
TS
647,000(43 BB)
PD
636,000(42 BB)
556,000(37 BB)
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
550,000(37 BB)
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
545,000(36 BB)
DM
510,000(34 BB)
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 6:51:19 AM

Big Stacks Around The Room

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000
PlayerChips
TL
11,400,000(950 BB)
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,238,000(103 BB)
950,000(79 BB)
SK
781,000(65 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
758,000(63 BB)
JS
Jaemoon SeokKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
751,000(63 BB)
713,000(59 BB)
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
686,000(57 BB)
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
670,000(56 BB)
TM
635,000(53 BB)
630,000(53 BB)
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
580,000(48 BB)
JH
Jae Han (2)Korea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
560,000(47 BB)
TS
555,000(46 BB)
JL
Johan LeesAustralia [AUS]Australia
554,000(46 BB)
553,000(46 BB)
BM
Brian Matthew GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
524,000(44 BB)
PD
517,000(43 BB)
DM
514,000(43 BB)
512,000(43 BB)
RA
Ray AdamSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
480,000(40 BB)
AK
Andres KornArgentina [ARG]Argentina
455,000(38 BB)
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
420,000(35 BB)
400,000(33 BB)
TriciaTricia
2/9/2025, 5:24:16 AM

Mai Bien On Best End Of A Cooler

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Mai Bien

Catching the action with Mai Bien all in for 212,000 and Jaemoon Seok challenging with more behind. Bien flips open the nuts that holds down the streets to double up.

PlayerHandChips
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
AA
D
444,000(56 BB)
JS
Jaemoon SeokKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
AK
HJ
434,000(54 BB)
Board:2375T
SMPSMP
2/8/2025, 5:34:28 PM

Day 2 Qualifiers - 113 Players

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
PlayerChipsTableSeat
AA
Amir AbbasAustralia [AUS]Australia
241,000(30 BB)11
90,000(11 BB)12
94,000(12 BB)13
DK
269,000(34 BB)14
120,000(15 BB)15
WY
239,000(30 BB)16
SG
Soo Ghee LimSingapore [SGP]Singapore
48,000(6 BB)17
DM
David MurphyUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
616,000(77 BB)18
KA
Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan [AZE]Azerbaijan
312,000(39 BB)19
KE
Kevin EwaldUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
49,000(6 BB)21
YT
Yves ThalmannSwitzerland [CHE]Switzerland
151,000(19 BB)22
DK
359,000(45 BB)24
390,000(49 BB)25
164,000(21 BB)26
KI
226,000(28 BB)27
VT
248,000(31 BB)28
DV
Duong Vu (3)Viet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
145,000(18 BB)29
130,000(16 BB)31
XY
110,000(14 BB)32
SK
388,000(49 BB)33
TH
220,000(28 BB)34
84,000(11 BB)35
530,000(66 BB)36
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
339,000(42 BB)38
FR
253,000(32 BB)39
JT
Jian Tan (2)Singapore [SGP]Singapore
348,000(44 BB)41
94,000(12 BB)42
105,000(13 BB)43
137,000(17 BB)44
51,000(6 BB)45
PB
323,000(40 BB)46
CO
Chung OhUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
89,000(11 BB)47
JL
Joseph LaneUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
76,000(10 BB)48
MS
397,000(50 BB)49
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
315,000(39 BB)81
318,000(40 BB)82
296,000(37 BB)83
249,000(31 BB)84
85,000(11 BB)85
406,000(51 BB)86
179,000(22 BB)87
JS
Jaemoon SeokKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
703,000(88 BB)88
JL
Johan LeesAustralia [AUS]Australia
288,000(36 BB)89
TV
Tom VerbruggenNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
135,000(17 BB)91
129,000(16 BB)92
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
345,000(43 BB)93
520,000(65 BB)94
300,000(38 BB)95
TM
520,000(65 BB)96
256,000(32 BB)97
358,000(45 BB)98
144,000(18 BB)99
97,000(12 BB)101
TH
223,000(28 BB)102
131,000(16 BB)103
350,000(44 BB)104
PD
249,000(31 BB)105
MD
58,000(7 BB)106
QT
304,000(38 BB)107
PS
64,000(8 BB)108
BM
Brian Matthew GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
133,000(17 BB)109
354,000(44 BB)131
DC
David CopelandUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
399,000(50 BB)132
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
258,000(32 BB)133
176,000(22 BB)134
LP
25,000(3 BB)135
RK
Robert KissUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
287,000(36 BB)137
ND
Nemiroysky DmitryRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
269,000(34 BB)138
117,000(15 BB)139
MK
Maxim KuznetsovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
147,000(18 BB)141
TL
930,000(116 BB)142
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
214,000(27 BB)143
327,000(41 BB)144
166,000(21 BB)145
137,000(17 BB)146
237,000(30 BB)147
467,000(58 BB)148
77,000(10 BB)149
RA
Ray AdamSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
141,500(18 BB)151
175,000(22 BB)152
105,000(13 BB)153
145,000(18 BB)154
92,000(12 BB)155
153,000(19 BB)156
118,000(15 BB)157
335,000(42 BB)158
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
163,000(20 BB)159
166,000(21 BB)161
280,000(35 BB)162
322,000(40 BB)163
88,000(11 BB)164
74,000(9 BB)166
DK
David KoyCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
337,000(42 BB)167
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
215,000(27 BB)168
MD
Max DevesonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
229,000(29 BB)169
AK
Andres KornArgentina [ARG]Argentina
301,000(38 BB)432
184,000(23 BB)433
116,000(15 BB)434
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
112,000(14 BB)435
TS
241,000(30 BB)436
KW
Kaifan WangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
92,000(12 BB)437
146,000(18 BB)438
152,000(19 BB)439
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
605,000(76 BB)801
PK
Peter KiemUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
45,000(6 BB)802
JH
Jae Han (2)Korea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
353,000(44 BB)804
VF
258,000(32 BB)805
RH
Ronald HaverkampNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
224,000(28 BB)806
210,000(26 BB)806
AL
Alexander LeybovichUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
117,000(15 BB)807
494,000(62 BB)808
229,000(29 BB)809

Day 2 Qualifiers

PlayerChips
TL
930,000(116 BB)
JS
Jaemoon SeokKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
703,000(88 BB)
DM
David MurphyUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
616,000(77 BB)
RA
Robert Andrew SherwoodUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
605,000(76 BB)
530,000(66 BB)
TM
520,000(65 BB)
520,000(65 BB)
494,000(62 BB)
467,000(58 BB)
406,000(51 BB)
DC
David CopelandUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
399,000(50 BB)
MS
397,000(50 BB)
390,000(49 BB)
SK
388,000(49 BB)
DK
359,000(45 BB)
358,000(45 BB)
354,000(44 BB)
JH
Jae Han (2)Korea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
353,000(44 BB)
350,000(44 BB)
JT
Jian Tan (2)Singapore [SGP]Singapore
348,000(44 BB)
SP
Shane PearceAustralia [AUS]Australia
345,000(43 BB)
HS
Hassan SeyFinland [FIN]Finland
339,000(42 BB)
DK
David KoyCambodia [KHM]Cambodia
337,000(42 BB)
335,000(42 BB)
327,000(41 BB)
PB
323,000(40 BB)
322,000(40 BB)
318,000(40 BB)
MB
Mai BienViet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
315,000(39 BB)
KA
Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan [AZE]Azerbaijan
312,000(39 BB)
QT
304,000(38 BB)
AK
Andres KornArgentina [ARG]Argentina
301,000(38 BB)
300,000(38 BB)
296,000(37 BB)
JL
Johan LeesAustralia [AUS]Australia
288,000(36 BB)
RK
Robert KissUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
287,000(36 BB)
280,000(35 BB)
ND
Nemiroysky DmitryRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
269,000(34 BB)
DK
269,000(34 BB)
IF
Ilya FirstovKazakhstan [KAZ]Kazakhstan
258,000(32 BB)
VF
258,000(32 BB)
256,000(32 BB)
FR
253,000(32 BB)
PD
249,000(31 BB)
249,000(31 BB)
VT
248,000(31 BB)
TS
241,000(30 BB)
AA
Amir AbbasAustralia [AUS]Australia
241,000(30 BB)
WY
239,000(30 BB)
237,000(30 BB)
229,000(29 BB)
MD
Max DevesonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
229,000(29 BB)
KI
226,000(28 BB)
RH
Ronald HaverkampNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
224,000(28 BB)
TH
223,000(28 BB)
TH
220,000(28 BB)
AA
Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
215,000(27 BB)
LZ
Lei ZhangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
214,000(27 BB)
210,000(26 BB)
184,000(23 BB)
179,000(22 BB)
176,000(22 BB)
175,000(22 BB)
166,000(21 BB)
166,000(21 BB)
164,000(21 BB)
LS
Leo SomaFrance [FRA]France
163,000(20 BB)
153,000(19 BB)
152,000(19 BB)
YT
Yves ThalmannSwitzerland [CHE]Switzerland
151,000(19 BB)
MK
Maxim KuznetsovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
147,000(18 BB)
146,000(18 BB)
DV
Duong Vu (3)Viet Nam [VNM]Viet Nam
145,000(18 BB)
145,000(18 BB)
144,000(18 BB)
RA
Ray AdamSouth Africa [ZAF]South Africa
141,500(18 BB)
137,000(17 BB)
137,000(17 BB)
TV
Tom VerbruggenNetherlands [NLD]Netherlands
135,000(17 BB)
BM
Brian Matthew GreenUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
133,000(17 BB)
131,000(16 BB)
130,000(16 BB)
129,000(16 BB)
120,000(15 BB)
118,000(15 BB)
117,000(15 BB)
AL
Alexander LeybovichUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
117,000(15 BB)
116,000(15 BB)
RS
Roman ScherbakovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
114,000(14 BB)
AH
Ali HassanIreland [IRL]Ireland
112,000(14 BB)
XY
110,000(14 BB)
105,000(13 BB)
105,000(13 BB)
97,000(12 BB)
94,000(12 BB)
94,000(12 BB)
92,000(12 BB)
KW
Kaifan WangUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
92,000(12 BB)
90,000(11 BB)
CO
Chung OhUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
89,000(11 BB)
88,000(11 BB)
85,000(11 BB)
84,000(11 BB)
77,000(10 BB)
JL
Joseph LaneUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
76,000(10 BB)
74,000(9 BB)
PS
64,000(8 BB)
MD
58,000(7 BB)
51,000(6 BB)
KE
Kevin EwaldUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
49,000(6 BB)
SG
Soo Ghee LimSingapore [SGP]Singapore
48,000(6 BB)
PK
Peter KiemUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
45,000(6 BB)
LP
25,000(3 BB)