HomeBattle of the blinds, Slaven Popov raised to 40k, big blind He Hao three-bet to 110k, Popov four-bet to 245k, Hao jammed, called by Popov.
Hao A♠ 3♣
Popov A♦ A♥
The board ran 8♦ Q♣ 2♥ 8♠ 6♠. Hao fell in 20th place. Popov climbed to 1.86M.
Dragon Chinh
Dragon Chinh raised to 35k, Nguyen Chi Thinh called, Quang Nguyen three-bet to 125k, action folded around back to Dragon, he called while Thinh folded. At the flop Q♥ Q♠, Dragon led for 60k and Quang flat called. On the turn J♠ and river K♣ no bets and Dragon claimed the pot with his A♦ K♠. Quang mucked.
20 players remaining
Average stack: 569,200
Chips in play: 11,384,000
On a raised pot preflop, Gu Huidong and Slaven Popov stared down a flop 7♣ 6♦ 5♠. Utg Huidong slid out a bet that cutoff Popov called. On the 10♥ turn, no bets. The river A♠, Huidong checked then folded to Popov’s 151k bet.
Stephen Schumacher
Utg Le Ngoc Khanh raised to 26k, button Stephen Schumacher called, big blind Ajitpal Singh called. The flop 2♠ 10♥ A♥, Singh checked, Khanh c-bet 33k, Schumacher called, Singh folded. On the turn 5♦, Khanh fired 100k, and Schumacher called. The river 5♥ saw Khanh check, Schumacher slid out 360k, Khanh tanked then folded. Schumacher showed his 10♦ 8♦ two pair. Schumacher into 900k.
Mid position He Hao raised to 26k, cutoff Linh Tran re-raised to 70k, action folded around back to Hao he called. At the flop 10♠ 4♦ 3♥, Hao check-called Tran’s 50k bet. On the turn 3♣, Tran fired 110k, Hao folded. Tran rises to 700k, Hao down to 590k.
Quang Nguyen doubled up during the bubble round and landed another double up just moments ago to bring his stack to 302k. Kunal Patni raised to 28k, Quang shoved with 137k, Patni called.
Quang A♠ A♥
Patni 7♣ 7♥
The board rain A♦ Q♦ Q♠ 5♣ 3♥ for a sweet full house.
Eliminations 23rd – 25th – VND 71,186,000
23rd Tung Nguyen – Vietnam
24th Eugene Co – Philippines
25th Kwok Ting Shum – Hong Kong
Over an hour of hand for hand and we finally reached the money round! Two tables had players all in and called. At table 2, Quang Nguyen was all in with A♠ 10♣ and Nam Nguyen looked to eliminate him with 8♥ 8♠. The board ran K♥ 4♠ 9♣ 3♣ 10♦ for a river save and a double up.
Andres Korn
Andres Korn was not so fortunate. He had it all in with 10♥ 10♠ and was looking good against Eunho Kwon’s 6♠ 6♦. The board was not so gracious to him though as it ran K♠ 6♣ A♣ 5♣ 5♦ for a set to Kwon. Korn bubbled but he was bubble protected which means he didn’t exit completely empty-handed. As consolation, he receives his buy-in back in the form of APT tournament credits.