
D2
Updated Counts in the Field
Before their table breaks, Marc Joseph tangles with Sho Homma and they create a pot of nearly 150,000 to the 5♣ 4♥ 2♣ 8♥ 9♥ river. Homma checks and Joseph bets 100,000 with only a few chips behind. The snap fold follows and they head different ways soon after.
Several other updated counts can be found below.
Player | Chips |
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AV Artem Vezhenkov | 985,000(197 BB) |
AA Aditya Agarwal | 725,000(145 BB) |
SH Sho Homma | 530,000(106 BB) |
KP Kunal Patni | 515,000(103 BB) |
JP John Perry | 440,000(88 BB) |
AS | 395,000(79 BB) |
AG Apoorva Goel | 340,000(68 BB) |
HG Hugues Girard | 338,000(68 BB) |
TV Tom Verbruggen | 330,000(66 BB) |
MJ Marc Joseph | 280,000(56 BB) |
MF Mario Fata | 280,000(56 BB) |
YH Yukako Hiroi | 271,000(54 BB) |
RB Renat Bohdanov | 240,000(48 BB) |
JP Jerwin Pasco | 240,000(48 BB) |
TT Tam Truong | 230,000(46 BB) |
AS Aliaksandr Shylko | 205,000(41 BB) |
DF Dylan Foster | 175,000(35 BB) |
EA Edgar Antezana | 140,000(28 BB) |
AK Ari Kumpumaki | 120,000(24 BB) |
JS Josip Simunic | 100,000(20 BB) |
PD Peter Da | 80,000(16 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | busted |
Peter Da Doubles Thru Eduard Burd

Peter Da is all in from the small blind for 9,000 with 7♠ 5♠ , and needs to improve to stay alive against the A♠ 9♣ of Eduard Burd in middle position.
The board comes J♥ 4♥ 2♣ 3♠ A♥ , and Da rivers a five-high straight to win the pot and double up in chips.
Player | Chips |
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EB Eduard Burd | 43,000(9 BB) |
PD Peter Da | 28,000(6 BB) |
Peter Da Happy To Survive Against The Chip Leader
After the chip leader Ivan Karatayeu opens from cutoff for 10,000, Peter Da on the big blind three-bets 25,000 and is ready to send it all in. Anticipating the moment, Karatayeu pushes his and Da bangs down the call for his tournament life.
Peter Da: A♦ T♣
Ivan Karatayeu: A♣ 7♣
With the board running 9♣ 7♦ T♥ J♠ 6♥ , Da happily rakes in the boost.
Player | Chips |
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IK Ivan Karatayeu | 1,000,000(200 BB) |
PD Peter Da | 130,000(26 BB) |
D1B
Ivan Karatayeu Muscles His Big Stack

Big pot of 48,000 by the turn 4♦ 8♣ K♣ T♠ sees a near pot by by small blind Ivan Karatayeu of 45,000 to send Peter Da deep in thought. When Da calls, he tanks again on the river 3♦ after Karatayeu pushes. Da eventually let's go of his hand.
Player | Chips |
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IK Ivan Karatayeu | 397,000(265 BB) |
PD Peter Da | 80,000(53 BB) |
Jerwin Pasco Leads the Field at the Break with 178,800
A scan of the field during the break turned up six players with at least 150K in chips, plus one more knocking on the door to create an unofficial leaderboard:
Player | Chips |
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JP Jerwin Pasco | 178,800(298 BB) |
TP Timon Prill | 177,700(296 BB) |
DA Dinesh Alt | 171,900(287 BB) |
NY Nariman Yaghmai | 166,800(278 BB) |
DE David Erquiaga | 166,600(278 BB) |
PD Peter Da | 158,900(265 BB) |
XZ Xiaosheng Zheng | 147,100(245 BB) |
Peter Da Wins Four-Bet Pot Off Simas Karaliunas

Peter Da raises to 1,100 and Leo Soma three-bets to 3,500. Simas Karaliunas then four-bets to 8,500 and Da asks to see his stack size before he calls, Soma folds.
After all the preflop action, they check down the J♥ 9♠ 2♥ K♣ 7♣ board and Karaliunas shows T♥ T♦ , Da wins the pot with the Q♣ Q♦ for the superior pocket pair.
Player | Chips |
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PD Peter Da | 95,000(190 BB) |
SK Simas Karaliunas | 46,500(93 BB) |
LS Leo Soma | 26,500(53 BB) |