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Madhav Gupta- 15th place
Big stacked Eunho Kwon raised to 40k, short stacked Madhav Gupta re-raised to 120k (leaving 100k behind), Kwon called. At the flop A-9-2, Gupta all in and Kwon called. Gupat with pocket jacks, Kwon with A-10, no help on the turn and river arrived for Gupta. He packed up in 15th place. Kwon climbed to 2M.
Nam Nguyen pushed his short stack holding A♣ 4♦ and Lim Yohwan aka Boxer defended his big blind with K♠ 8♠. The board ran dry, 7♣ 10♣ 3♦ 10♥ J♥. Double up for Nam.
Catching the action on a very intense moment with 450k in the middle and a full board J♠ Q♣ 9♥ 4♠ K♠. Stephen Schumacher was all in for 725k and had Ajitpal Singh covered. Singh tanked, the clock was called, he timed out, dead hand. Schumacher shipped it and climbed to 1.175M.
Kunal Patni – 16th place
Kunal Patni all in with A♥ J♥, Linh Tran had him with A♣ Q♣, the board spread an immediate flush 5♣ 10♣ 6♣ and Patni was drawing dead. It completed to 5♦ 2♥.
Battle of the blinds, Chi Chung Ho shoved with J-8 and Madhav Gupta called with 5-5. the board ran clean for Gupta until the river 5 came down for a double up to Ho to 225k. Gupta down to 105k.
Quang Nguyen – 17th place
Quang Nguyen nurtured a short stack all day and was able to bump it up to fighting contention however, it all came crashing down for him. The APT Vietnam Main Event 2018 runner-up Quang fell in 17th place.
Unfortunately we only caught the action on a full board Q♥ Q♦ 2♦ 7♦ 10♦ with around 300k+ in the middle. Sb Quang checked, big blind Le Ngoc Khanh bet 125k, Quang tanked (only 275k behind), then called. Le Ngoc showed K♦ 6♥ flush and Quang mucked.
With 145k left, he moved all in shortly after. Madhav Gupta raised to 35k, Quang all in, Ryusyuke Kasawaki all in for 350k, Gupta got out of the way.
Quang 3♥ 3♠
Kasawaki 9♦ 9♥
The board ran 7♦ 5♣ Q♠ 10♦ 10♣.
Romit Advani – 18th place
Romit Advani all in against the big stacked Slaven Popov. Advani A♣ 6♣, Popov A♦ K♣, the board 4♠ 9♠ 9♦ Q♦ 10♠. Advani falls in 18th place.
Eliminations 19th – 21st – VND 84,423,000
19th Atuan La – Vietnam
20th He Hao – China
21st Huynh Vinh Quang – USA
Short stacked Atuan La all in with K♥ Q♥ and a quick call from big stacked Eunho Kwon with A♣ J♥. The board ran A♦ Q♣ 4♣ 7♣ 3♣ for the nut flush to Kwon and the exit in 19th place for Atuan.