Place
25th
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, 12:46:36 PM

Yujian Sun Busts On A Set Over Set Cooler

Level 21: 15,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

After a four-bet battle preflop, Collin Ho and Yujian Sun face a flop Q T 5 and 350,000 already in the pot. Sun checks trying to trap Ho who bets 175,000, Sun shoves, Ho snap-calls and it's a huge cooler.


Ho has Q Q top set, Sun with T T set, the turn 7 and river J don't improve Sun to exit in 25th place.

PlayerChips
CH
Collin HoSingapore [SGP]Singapore
2,650,000(106 BB)
YS
busted
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 10:47:49 AM

Big Pot For Daniel Charlton To Cross Into 3M In Chips

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

Daniel Charlton opens 40,000 from cutoff, Toan Chan Truong calls from the button, then big blind Yujian Sun three-bets to 125,000. After a bit of tanking, both Charlton and Truong call.


More chips go flying at the flop 7 2 8 starting with Sun who tank-bets 150,000. This doesn't shake anyone and all three head to the turn 6 which they all check. The river card comes 5 . Sun checks, Charlton bets 275,000, Truong folds, Sun goes in the tank again then calls.


Charlton shows 9 8 straight, Sun mucks but shows one card 4 for the bottom straight.

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
3,360,000(168 BB)
YS
875,000(44 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 8:42:01 AM

Daniel Charlton Puts Pressure On His Opponents

Level 19: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000
Daniel Charlto

Catching the action on a board 3 3 2 with four players in and a pot of around 200,000 weighing down the middle. After the blinds check, Yujian Sun bets 75,000 from under the gun, down the orbit Daniel Charlton raises 150,000, blinds fold and Sun calls.


On the turn Q, Charlton sends out 325,000, and after two time banks run out, Sun surrenders his hand.

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,630,000(109 BB)
YS
1,400,000(93 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 8:15:16 AM

Artem Vezhenkov Leads the Field at the Break with 1,796,000

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

A scan of the field during the break turned up nine players with at least 1.3 million in chips, creating an unofficial leaderboard:

PlayerChips
AV
Artem VezhenkovRussian Federation [RUS]Russian Federation
1,796,000(120 BB)
YS
1,635,000(109 BB)
1,550,000(103 BB)
1,533,000(102 BB)
1,521,000(101 BB)
1,385,000(92 BB)
JP
John PerryAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,381,000(92 BB)
1,373,000(92 BB)
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1,321,000(88 BB)
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 7:39:25 AM

Thomas Boivin Eliminated in 52nd Place by Collin Ho ($10,200)

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

Yujian Sun opens to 32,000 and Thomas Boivin three-bets to 175,000 with fewer than that behind. Collin Ho then jams for 374,000 and Sun asks for a count but folds, Boivin calls all-in.


Ho is ahead with K K versus A K and there is no ace on the 7 6 3 5 3 runout to send Boivin out in 52nd place.

PlayerChips
YS
1,525,000(127 BB)
CH
Collin HoSingapore [SGP]Singapore
650,000(54 BB)
TB
busted
SMPSMP
2/22/2025, 5:01:01 AM

Yujian Sun Doubles Up Off Daniel Charlton

Level 17: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000
Yujian Sun

Catching the action on the river with a big pot in the middle, Yujian Sun is all in on a board 5 6 8 A 5 with A Q on hand and wins a double up off Daniel Charlton with A 9 .

PlayerChips
DC
Daniel CharltonUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
835,000(84 BB)
YS
800,000(80 BB)