HomeAnd they’re off! Cards are flying here at Day 3 of the Main Event! The final 47 players are back in their seats, each one gunning for a piece of the VN₫ 5,499,900,000 (~US$ 240,160) prize pool and a spot at the Final Table of 8. The money starts at 38 places. The event drew 378 entries at buy in of VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 721). Here’s a look at the payouts.
Entering with the mightiest stack is Vietnam’s Hue Dang, one of only two ladies that made it through. Super High Roller champion Florencio Campomanes is running a strong second rank, and rounding out the top three is Yuji Yamahsita just 1.5 blinds behind Campomanes. The race is on! Good luck to all!
| Hue Dang | Vietnam | 648,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Florencio Campomanes IV (DB) | Philippines | 425,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Yuji Yamashita (SB) | Japan | 417,500 | 4 | 4 |
| Ngoc Anh Cao (DB) | Vietnam | 414,000 | 6 | 9 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 398,500 | 1 | 9 |
| Yik ‘Ray’ Chiu | Hong Kong | 329,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Tripong Vu Tuan Khanh | Vietnam | 309,000 | 3 | 1 |
| Minami Keita | Japan | 285,500 | 3 | 9 |
| Jules Blondel | France | 282,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Cuy Thai Thinh | Vietnam | 276,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Terence Kwang (DB) | Canada | 262,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Hoai Anh Tran | Vietnam | 238,500 | 6 | 6 |
| Pham Dat | Vietnam | 232,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Sylvain Fossard (SB) | Indonesia | 229,500 | 2 | 8 |
| Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 226,500 | 6 | 4 |
| Nguyen Gia Lam (BB) | Vietnam | 220,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | Vietnam | 211,000 | 4 | 2 |
| Pham Duy Tien (SB) | Vietnam | 205,500 | 3 | 5 |
| Nguyen Quy Bang (BB) | Vietnam | 202,500 | 5 | 7 |
| Trieu Hai Nam | Vietnam | 201,000 | 3 | 7 |
| Minh A. Nguyen (SB) | Vietnam | 199,500 | 6 | 2 |
| Huy Pham | Vietnam | 196,000 | 5 | 8 |
| The Vu (DB) | Vietnam | 192,500 | 5 | 4 |
| Joseph Talamayan (DB) | Philippines | 190,500 | 3 | 4 |
| Tan Tong | Singapore | 186,000 | 6 | 7 |
| Mitja Kun | Slovenia | 184,500 | 4 | 6 |
| Tom Pham | Canada | 170,000 | 5 | 3 |
| Thibaot Gaston Blondel | France | 168,000 | 6 | 8 |
| Benjamin Schoepfer (SB) | Thailand | 146,000 | 1 | 3 |
| Li Wenxuan | Singapore | 136,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Hung Dinh (SB) | Vietnam | 135,000 | 5 | 6 |
| Nam Nguyen | Vietnam | 125,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Vu Duc Thanh (BB) | Vietnam | 123,500 | 6 | 3 |
| Jason Lee Yew Fei | Malaysia | 114,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Nguyen Tan Phat | Vietnam | 112,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Tan Keng Yong | Singapore | 111,000 | 5 | 2 |
| Sunwoo Hoon (BB) | Korea | 107,500 | 1 | 4 |
| Lester Tan E. Liang | Malaysia | 106,500 | 5 | 1 |
| Alexander Ugay (Woo) | Russia | 105,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Pham Bao | Vietnam | 93,000 | 1 | 7 |
| Pham Minh Tuan (BB) | Vietnam | 89,500 | 4 | 5 |
| Lim Young Kwon | Korea | 88,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Phan Phuc Duc | Vietnam | 81,500 | 1 | 6 |
| Shi Huiqi Corine (BB) | Singapore | 78,500 | 2 | 9 |
| Do Viet Phuong (DB) | Vietnam | 68,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 65,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Thomas Lind | Malta | 32,000 | 2 | 4 |
Chips in play: 9,404,700
Average stack: 200,000
Day 3 opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 – bb ante 5000 (Level 18)
Blinds increases: every 60 minutes
Day 3 bagging time: Final 8 players