Place
30th
Prize
$17,300
Blind level
Level 22: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
Entries
23/750
Total Chips
37,500,000
Average
1,630,435

D3

SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 11:11:38 AM

Toan Chan Truong Eliminated in 30th Place by Daniel Charlton ($17,300)

Level 20: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000
Toan Chan Truong

Short stack Toan Chan Truong is in the big blind and calls all-in when the current chip leader Daniel Charlton jams out of the small blind.

Truong is ahead with K Q versus T 5 and needs his hand to hold. However, the A 7 3 8 T board improves Charlton to a pair of tens on the river.

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,375,000(169 BB)
busted
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 11:00:05 AM

Collin Ho Leaves Toan Chan Truong Short

Level 20: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000
Collin Ho

On a heads-up turn of K J 4 Q, Collin Ho in the big blind bets 170,000. Toan Chan Truong calls in middle position and they head to the 6 on the river.

Ho uses one time bank and then very slowly grabs a bet of 225,000. Truong snap-calls but mucks versus K J to drop below ten big blinds.

PlayerChips
CH
Collin HoSingapore [SGP]Singapore
1,275,000(64 BB)
175,000(9 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 10:53:25 AM

Collin Ho Gets a Shove Thru

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

Picking up the action on the Q 8 6 A turn, Toan Chan Truong makes it 100,000 to go. His only opponent by then is Collin Ho, who uses one time bank before moving all-in for 335,000 total.


Truong folds without using any time bank and his stack from the peak not long ago is cut back into half, as he joins Ho in the middle of the pack.

PlayerChips
CH
Collin HoSingapore [SGP]Singapore
760,000(38 BB)
685,000(34 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 9:32:27 AM

Toan Chan Truong Shoves 40 Bigs

Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000
Toan Chan Truong

Everyone folds to the small blind Toan Chan Truong and he open shoves 609,000 which is 40 bigs. Big blind Somashekar Nahadeva uses a time bank then calls. When the cards are revealed, it's a flip with Truong showing A K and Nahadeva with J J .


The dealer fans the board 3 7 6 A 3 . With an ace on the turn, Nahadeva starts counting out the chips then pays the double up after the river.

PlayerChips
1,033,000(69 BB)
695,000(46 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 7:17:49 AM

Updated Counts Table 15

Level 18: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Shortly after the elimination of Guy Taylor, Yoon Kang raises to 24,000. Ryan Plant three-bets to 72,000 and everyone including Kang folds.

Daniel Charlton then raises the button to 25,000 and Kang comes along from the big blind. The flop comes A K 9 and Kang checks, Charlton bets 18,000 to win the pot.

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,375,000(115 BB)
NH
950,000(79 BB)
850,000(71 BB)
SH
840,000(70 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
585,000(49 BB)
RP
Ryan PlantUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
425,000(35 BB)
AR
Amin RiyazatiAustralia [AUS]Australia
345,000(29 BB)
GT
Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
busted
Blind level
Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Entries
72/750
Total Chips
37,500,000
Average
520,833

D2

Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 11:54:39 AM

Daniel Charlton Leads the Field at the Break with 1,421,000

Level 16: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000
Daniel Charlton

A scan of the field during the break turned up 14 players with at least 700K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,421,000(178 BB)
MG
1,223,000(153 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,028,000(129 BB)
JP
John PerryAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,026,000(128 BB)
1,024,000(128 BB)
AR
940,000(118 BB)
JH
Jhon HendriIndonesia [IDN]Indonesia
830,000(104 BB)
820,000(103 BB)
SH
815,000(102 BB)
AV
Artem VezhenkovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
803,000(100 BB)
800,000(100 BB)
790,000(99 BB)
756,000(95 BB)
728,000(91 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 10:19:07 AM

Michael Gathy Leads the Field at the Break with 1,171,000

Level 15: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

A scan of the field during the break turned up 18 players with at least 600K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
MG
1,171,000(195 BB)
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,035,500(173 BB)
951,000(159 BB)
868,000(145 BB)
AR
864,000(144 BB)
819,000(137 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
813,000(136 BB)
808,000(135 BB)
JP
John PerryAustralia [AUS]Australia
801,000(134 BB)
AV
Artem VezhenkovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
757,000(126 BB)
SH
734,000(122 BB)
DN
705,000(118 BB)
669,000(112 BB)
VL
Victor LiUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
659,000(110 BB)
654,000(109 BB)
642,000(107 BB)
LG
627,000(105 BB)
610,000(102 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 8:23:54 AM

Ivan Karatayeu Leads the Field at the Break with 915,000

Level 14: 2,500 / 5,000 ante: 5,000
Ivan Karatayeu

A scan of the field during the break turned up 16 players with at least 500K in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
915,000(183 BB)
784,000(157 BB)
AR
779,500(156 BB)
776,500(155 BB)
DN
745,500(149 BB)
TB
626,000(125 BB)
625,500(125 BB)
609,500(122 BB)
NH
594,000(119 BB)
JL
Juyeol LeeKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
593,000(119 BB)
560,000(112 BB)
SH
558,000(112 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
513,500(103 BB)
508,000(102 BB)
505,500(101 BB)
DD
Dylan DestefanoUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
500,500(100 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 6:39:46 AM

Adrien Berger Leads the Field at the Break with 755,500

Level 13: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000
PlayerChips
755,500(189 BB)
676,500(169 BB)
665,000(166 BB)
AR
647,500(162 BB)
603,000(151 BB)
JL
Juyeol LeeKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
602,500(151 BB)
DN
567,000(142 BB)
550,000(138 BB)
DD
Dylan DestefanoUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
542,000(136 BB)
474,000(119 BB)
TB
465,000(116 BB)
SC
Sungmin ChoUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
426,000(107 BB)
SH
425,500(106 BB)
423,000(106 BB)
422,000(106 BB)
408,000(102 BB)
NH
375,000(94 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
345,000(86 BB)
330,000(83 BB)
LG
320,000(80 BB)
AR
Amin RiyazatiAustralia [AUS]Australia
315,000(79 BB)
NZ
Neng ZhaoAustralia [AUS]Australia
305,000(76 BB)
295,000(74 BB)
AF
Adam FriedmanUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
290,000(73 BB)
PH
Paul HoferGermany [DEU]Germany
260,000(65 BB)
MR
Michael RuaneUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
255,000(64 BB)
GT
Guy TaylorUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
230,000(58 BB)
225,000(56 BB)
JP
John PerryAustralia [AUS]Australia
185,000(46 BB)
160,000(40 BB)
CC
150,000(38 BB)
125,000(31 BB)
Blaise de LeonBlaise de Leon
2/21/2025, 6:13:34 AM

Toan Chan Truong Rivers Quads To Deliver Double Knockout

Level 12: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000
Toan Chan Truong

On a board showing Q T K 3 and just over 70,000 in the pot, Toan Chan Truong shoves, Steve Buckner does the same, then Khurshid Zaynutdinov tanks hard but can't resist calling.


Khurshid Zaynutdinov: Q Q

Toan Chan Truong: T T

Steve Buckner: A K


Zaynutdinov is head with a higher set than Truong while Buckner has four outs for the straight. The river comes down a dramatic T for quads to Truong to ship it all and boot two in the process.

PlayerChips
630,000(210 BB)
SB
Steven BucknerUnited States of America [USA]United States of America
busted
busted