
Day 1A
Sean Sztyler Calls Down Sergei Korzhenko
Sean Sztyler sent out a 6,600 three bet on the button against Sergei Korzhenko's late position open, and was joined by both the small blind and Korzhenko onto flop 8♥ T♣ T♥ .
Action checked round to turn 5♣ , where Korzhenko shot out a bet of 5,500. Sztyler looked him up and called a final 33,000 on river 4♦ , leaving his opponent to muck without delay. Sztyler nonetheless, showed Q♦ Q♠ as he raked in the boost.
Player | Chips |
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SS Sean Sztyler | 130,000(108 BB) |
SK Sergei Korzhenko | 43,000(36 BB) |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Chips |
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BO Byungchan Oh | 175,100(175 BB) |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 132,100(132 BB) |
DJ Dong Jae Lee | 128,100(128 BB) |
SA Seitaro Aso | 105,800(106 BB) |
94,900(95 BB) | |
JC John Constiniano | 91,800(92 BB) |
SC Sangwoo Chun | 83,400(83 BB) |
RF Roland Ferrer | 69,300(69 BB) |
DL Dongwook Lee | 64,800(65 BB) |
JH Jiaqi He | 61,100(61 BB) |
BJ Benjamin Jacobs | 58,900(59 BB) |
SK Sergei Korzhenko | 58,300(58 BB) |
PZ Paul Zehetleitner | 55,100(55 BB) |
Sergei Korzhenko Puts Michael De Leon to the Test

With action folded to the blinds, Sergei Korzhenko bumped it up to 2,500, called behind by Michael De Leon.
Korzhenko led both streets - 2,000 and 8,000, on board K♥ 8♦ 2♠ 3♣ and left De Leon in quick surrender by the second bet.
Player | Chips |
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SK Sergei Korzhenko | 54,200(68 BB) |
MD Michael De Leon | 32,500(41 BB) |
Ace Flop Kills Action for Sergei Korzhenko

Dongwook Lee defended his utg open and called a 4,200 three bet from Sergei Korzhenko on the hijack.
On flop A♦ 5♥ 9♣ , Lee check called another 2,300 and arrived at showdown shortly after Korzhenko checked back both turn 6♦ and river J♦ . Lee showed a mere pair of sixes 7♣ 6♣ , utterly no good against Korzhenko's premium K♠ K♣ .
Player | Chips |
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SK Sergei Korzhenko | 60,100(100 BB) |
DL Dongwook Lee | 37,700(63 BB) |