Place
12th
Prize
$16,987
Blind level
Level 30: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000
Entries
1/162
Total Chips
16,200,000
Average
16,200,000

Day 2

SMPSMP
2/23/2025, 1:45:34 PM

Australia’s Joshua McCully Out in 12th Place for US$16,987

Level 24: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000
Joshua McCully Out in 12th Place for US$16,987

In another battle of the blinds, Australia’s Josh McCully open shoves his remaining 360,000 from the sb and gets called in the bb by Ivan Lee of Hong Kong.


McCully turns over K 5 while Lee unveils A 3 .


The runout goes: T T 4 3 (not that Lee needed it) and 2 .


Lee surpasses the one million mark in the ouster of his familiar foe.

PlayerChips
1,110,000(22 BB)
JM
busted
SMPSMP
2/23/2025, 1:32:22 PM

Chiu Breaches Two Million Chip Mark

Level 23: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000
Charlie Chiu

Joshua McCully of Australia opens from the utg+1 position for 80,000 and gets called by the blinds.


The flop comes 2 3 9 as the blinds check. McCully CBets to 140,000as the sb folds but Taiwan’s Charlie Chiu call from the bb. It is heads-up to the turn where the 4 appears. Chiu unloads 180,000 and the Australian can’t call.


Chiu’s stack now rises to 2,250,000 while McCully’s shrinks to 560,000.

PlayerChips
CC
2,250,000(56 BB)
JM
560,000(14 BB)
SMPSMP
2/23/2025, 12:53:40 PM

Shylko Bombs River Versus McCully

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

Joshua McCully of Australia opens from the button for 85,000 and gets a bb defense from Belrus’ Aliaksandr Shylko.


The flop is Q 5 J as Shylko checks. McCully CBets for 65,000 as Shylko calls. The turn is the 7 and this time, both players opt to check. The river is the 2 and now Shylko bets 130,000. McCully folds.

PlayerChips
1,125,000(28 BB)
JM
900,000(23 BB)
SMPSMP
2/23/2025, 12:42:35 PM

England’s Jack Sinclair Out in 17th Place for US$11,965

Level 22: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000
Jack Sinclair Out in 17th Place for US$11,965

A surging Joshua McCully of Australia has built his stack to above the one million mark and has the action folded to him on the hijack and raises it up to 60,000. Once it gets to the button of Jack Sinclair, the Englishman 3-bet shoves his remaining 250,000 as McCully males the call.


Sinclair turns over K T while the Australian shows A J .


The runout goes: 3 9 9 8 7 as McCully’s ace-high is good enough to bust one of the best players remaining in the competition.

PlayerChips
JM
1,350,000(45 BB)
JS
Jack SinclairUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland [GBR]United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
busted
SMPSMP
2/23/2025, 10:01:40 AM

Boivin Bullies McCully Out of Pot

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

Josh McCully of Australia opens from the button for 25,000 and Belgium’s Thomas Boivin decides to defend his bb.


The flop is K 3 7 as Boivin checks. McCully CBets to 16,000 and promptly gets check-raised to 40,000 by the Belgian. McCully folds.

PlayerChips
TB
772,000(64 BB)
JM
306,000(26 BB)