Day 2
Erik Rozhynskyi Is Forced To Vacate His Seat

Erik Rozhynskyi slides his last 85,000 in the middle, gets called by Donghyup Kim on the button and the table watches the next race unfold.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
DK Donghyup Kim | A♣T♠ | 1,400,000(117 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | K♠9♦ | busted |
With the blinds going up to 6,000/12,000 we have some changes among the leaders :
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Adrien Berger | 1,190,000(99 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 1,143,000(95 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 1,040,000(87 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 750,000(63 BB) |
ZX Zinan Xu | 720,000(60 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | 700,000(58 BB) |
HA Huseyin Akgul | 700,000(58 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 620,000(52 BB) |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 586,000(49 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 573,000(48 BB) |
QL Qi Li | 526,000(44 BB) |
428,000(36 BB) | |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 425,300(35 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 410,000(34 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 360,000(30 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 340,000(28 BB) |
300,000(25 BB) | |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 274,000(23 BB) |
267,000(22 BB) | |
JC John Clyde Tan | 262,000(22 BB) |
NC Nevan Chang | 215,000(18 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 202,000(17 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 200,000(17 BB) |
NT Ngoc Thai Huynh | 196,000(16 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 178,000(15 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 140,000(12 BB) |
99,000(8 BB) | |
HJ Hu Jinlong | 98,000(8 BB) |
NW Naoki Watanabe | 92,000(8 BB) |
JT Jean Testa | 90,000(8 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 82,000(7 BB) |
Adrien Berger Climbs

On a 71,000 four-way turn 8♣ A♠ 3♠ 4♠ that gets checked around to the river J♠ , we see Adrien Berger starting the action from the button, making it 55,000 which is enough to take it down.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CM Christopher Mateo | 961,000(96 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 575,000(58 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 190,000(19 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 168,000(17 BB) |
Yadi Yao Four-bets Pre To Take It Down

Erik Rozhynskyi reraises 45,000 from +1 against Yadi Yao's 17,000 utg open and has to let it go after Yadi Yao adds some more for a total of 127,000.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
YY Yadi Yao | 290,000(36 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 272,000(34 BB) |
ITM And Payouts
With the remaining 71 players all guaranteed at least $2,700 the top stacks are :
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Agharazi Babayev | 905,000(113 BB) |
SM Sven Mcdermott | 840,000(105 BB) |
HN Hieu Ngo | 730,000(91 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 645,000(81 BB) |
CM Christopher Mateo | 585,000(73 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 570,000(71 BB) |
DK Donghyup Kim | 553,000(69 BB) |
DK Dongkyu Kim | 540,000(68 BB) |
HA Huseyin Akgul | 470,000(59 BB) |
353,000(44 BB) | |
335,000(42 BB) | |
AC Abraham Ceesvin | 332,000(42 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 310,000(39 BB) |
The Bubble Doesn't Want To Burst

Erik Rozhynskyi jams A♠ Q♥ in +2 and finds Mike Takayama calling thin with A♠ 4♠ from the button. The dealer has no help in store for Mike Takayama on T♣ 2♣ 7♠ 7♦ 7♣ and we get to see another bubble hand.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 310,000(39 BB) |
MT Mike Takayama | 200,000(25 BB) |
Three-Way Flop
Adrien Berger Opens 10,000 from HJ, CO Kim Kunwoo and BB Erik Rozhynskyi call. Checked to him, Kunwoo bets 8,000 on J♣ J♦ 7♦ and folds to Rozhynskyi's 22,000 raise.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 242,000(48 BB) |
AB Adrien Berger | 240,000(48 BB) |
KK Kim Kunwoo | 70,000(14 BB) |
Day 1C
End Of Day 1C - 42 Survivors
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CL Curtis Lim Siew Jian | 377,000(94 BB) |
AR Aladin Reskallah | 355,000(89 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 338,000(85 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 290,000(73 BB) |
LS Lee Sunghak | 277,000(69 BB) |
ZZ Ziad Zebib | 261,000(65 BB) |
KK Khamid Khudayberganov | 252,000(63 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 232,000(58 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 229,000(57 BB) |
224,000(56 BB) | |
AB Adams Bellanger | 210,000(53 BB) |
AR Azizjon Rakhimov | 197,000(49 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 196,000(49 BB) |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 191,000(48 BB) |
WK Wooseok Kim | 188,000(47 BB) |
KA Khoa Anh Ngo | 187,000(47 BB) |
166,000(42 BB) | |
FG Francis Garson | 148,000(37 BB) |
JC John Clyde Tan | 148,000(37 BB) |
RN Rindra Norodom | 145,000(36 BB) |
BV Bernard Vu | 143,000(36 BB) |
SS Somasekhar Sanampuri | 141,000(35 BB) |
140,000(35 BB) | |
JK John Kelly (13) | 138,000(35 BB) |
LW Luke Wozniak | 135,000(34 BB) |
LB Louis Bilodeau | 125,000(31 BB) |
HK Hyun Kyu Bae | 116,000(29 BB) |
PP Panitan Poopadsri | 115,000(29 BB) |
JF Joshua Figuerres | 100,000(25 BB) |
KK Kim Kunwoo | 95,000(24 BB) |
JB Jun Beum Chun | 93,000(23 BB) |
JM Jun Mitani | 89,000(22 BB) |
SC Sha Chengchun | 73,000(18 BB) |
TY Takashi Yagura | 70,000(18 BB) |
63,000(16 BB) | |
KO Kentaro Oe | 57,000(14 BB) |
SR Supanat Rojsukthavorn | 54,000(14 BB) |
KT Kien Tat Heng | 52,000(13 BB) |
SM Sakamoto Masaya | 51,000(13 BB) |
NT Nohad Teliani | 49,000(12 BB) |
SC Siarhei Chupadal | 26,000(7 BB) |
EB Eric Bennici | 17,000(4 BB) |
Nicola Spicher Pays To See Erik Rozhynskyi’s Trips

Last hand of the day and again it is Erik Rozhynskyi seen in the hand up against Nicola Spicher. Defending from the big blind Rozhynskyi check-raises from 7000 to 19,000 on the flop 5♥ A♥ 5♠ . Spicher calls and they both slow down on the turn 7♥ . When the river 2♥ completes the board, Rozhynskyi sends out 12,000, Spicher wants to see his hand. Rozhynskyi has it showing 4♠ 5♣ trips.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 285,500(71 BB) |
NS Nicola Spicher | 198,000(50 BB) |
Erik RoZhynskyi On The Grind

More chips for Erik Rozhynskyi who kicks off the hand with an 8000 raise then fires down the streets 3♣ 8♣ T♥ A♠ Q♦ for 16,500, 27,000 and 33,000. Big blind challenger Agharazi Babayev folds to the river bet.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Agharazi Babayev | 213,000(53 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 193,000(48 BB) |
Erik Rozhynskyi Puts The Brakes On Bilodeau

Louis Bilodeau takes charge with a 9000 bet but doesn’t get by big blind Erik Rozhynskyi who defends to go post flop 2♥ 3♦ 3♥ . The action is passed to Bilodeau who continues for 17,000, Rozhynskyi challenges with a check-raise of 27,000, Bilodeau flats to bring the turn 5♦ . Rozhynkskyi takes the reins and shoves and it’s enough to stop Bilodeau in his tracks.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LB Louis Bilodeau | 146,000(37 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 143,000(36 BB) |
Erik Rozhynskyi Ships Fan’s Stack

Erik Rozhynskyi open shoves 53,000 and Leroy Fan calls for 52,000 which is just one yellow chip disadvantage. At showdown, Rozhynskyi has the higher pair which holds to send Fan to the exit.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 9♥9♠ HJ | 113,000(28 BB) |
LF Leroy Fan | 6♠6♣ SB | busted |
Alston Wang And Erik Rozhynskyi Play It Safe

Alston Wang is tested by Erik Rozhynskyi with a three-bet of 16,000, Wang calls then both players proceed to check it all the way down 6♦ 8♥ 3♣ K♠ J♥ . Wang has 7♦ 7♣ and takes it down.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
150,000(50 BB) | |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 63,000(21 BB) |
It Takes A Shove To Win It

Nonstop betting by Erik Rozhynskyi that he starts preflop for 7000. Big blind Agharazi Babayev takes the challenge. The dealer fans the flop K♥ 3♠ Q♥ , Rozhynskyi continues for 6500 and the challenge continues with Babayev calling. On the turn A♠ , another 27,500 bet from Rozhynskyi is called by Babayev but on the river 5♠ , Rozhynskyi’s shove ends the battle uncontested.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AB Agharazi Babayev | 239,000(80 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 164,500(55 BB) |
Louis Bilodeau Dominates For A Full Reload

Louis Bilodeau three-bets 13,000 then calls for all of his chips (75,500) on Erik Rozhynskyi’s push. With the higher pocket, no bad beat comes to bank the maximum.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
LB Louis Bilodeau | K♥K♦ CO | 157,000(63 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | J♣J♥ HJ | 127,000(51 BB) |
Erik Rozhynskyi Crushes With Rockets

Erik Rozhynskyi looks down at the nuts hole cards and opens, Phuong Ngoc Nguyen also has a good pair and shoves 75,500. Rozhynskyi snap calls and goes on to ship it.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | A♦A♥ | 233,000(93 BB) |
PN Phuong Ngoc Nguyen | T♣T♠ | busted |
No Steal For Will Kwok
Erik Rozhynskyi takes charge for 2500 and heads to the board with big blind defender Will Kwok. Both players check down T♥ 7♠ 7♥ 9♣ , then on the river 6♥ , Kwok test bets 2500, gets raised to 8500, no call for Rozhynskyi to deny the steal.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
WK Will Kwok | 84,000(70 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 50,500(42 BB) |
Top Stacks At The New Level
Player | Chips |
---|---|
KF Kosei Fujiwara | 89,400(179 BB) |
JX Jijun Xu | 84,000(168 BB) |
YY Yu Yan | 77,500(155 BB) |
LK Luke Keay | 77,200(154 BB) |
AV Artem Vezhenkov | 73,200(146 BB) |
KK Khamid Khudayberganov | 70,000(140 BB) |
SS Somasekhar Sanampuri | 67,500(135 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 65,200(130 BB) |
YX Yinfei Xiao | 57,000(114 BB) |
CL Curtis Lim Siew Jian | 55,700(111 BB) |
AG Asish Ghosh | 53,500(107 BB) |
OS Oliver Schulze | 52,400(105 BB) |
YY Yadi Yao | 52,000(104 BB) |
SR Supanat Rojsukthavorn | 51,700(103 BB) |
WK Woojin Kim | 51,300(103 BB) |
BM Bien Mai | 46,200(92 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 43,300(87 BB) |
GC George Cuc | 40,500(81 BB) |
EB Eric Bennici | 39,000(78 BB) |
KK Kim Kunwoo | 38,000(76 BB) |
QQ Quan Qiu | 37,200(74 BB) |
Scheld with quads on river

Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine raises from UTG 500 and gets a defense from Germany’s Thomas Scheld.
The flop is 9♥ 5♣ 9♣ as Scheld checks. Rozhynskyi bets 200 and gets called. The turn is the T♠ and now both players check. The river is the 9♦ as Scheld now bets 1,300. Rozhynskyi calls.
Scheld shows A♥ 9♠ for quads on the river. Rozhynskyi mucks.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TS Thomas Scheld | 37,700(189 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 36,000(180 BB) |
Day 1B
Current Big Stacks
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HA Huseyin Akgul | 133,000(266 BB) |
HI Homma Itsuki | 101,000(202 BB) |
MF Michael Falcon | 100,000(200 BB) |
JT Jean Testa | 85,000(170 BB) |
NW Naoki Watanabe | 76,000(152 BB) |
AV Anzhela Vasylenko | 73,000(146 BB) |
AB Agharazi Babayev | 67,000(134 BB) |
KB Kyle Bao Diep | 67,000(134 BB) |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 61,000(122 BB) |
FG Francis Garson | 55,200(110 BB) |
KF Katsunori Fujii | 54,000(108 BB) |
AG Asish Ghosh | 52,000(104 BB) |
MP Manwoo Park | 47,000(94 BB) |
AB Andrei Budykin | 45,000(90 BB) |
DF Daijiro Fukuoka | 43,000(86 BB) |