HomeOn a raised pot preflop, the dealer spread 7♦ 5♦ 7♣ and Van Ngoc Binh checked. Kopyl Waldemar bet 5800, Binh called. The 10♦ turn saw Binh switch up and send out 15k, Waldemar called. The river 7♥ saw both slow to check and Waldemar won with A♥ K♥ over A♣ 3♠. Waldemar at 230k.
On a flop 6♦ A♠ 2♦, Lim Yohwan check-called an 8k bet by Nguyen Duc Quan Tung. On the 7♠ turn, Yohwan checked again, Tung fired 13k, Yohwan shoved his 90k out fron, and won the hand with no challenge from Tung. Yohwan at 130k.
On the hunt for the big stacks… top five below:
Mai Te 556k
Zheng Xiaosheng 432k
Pham Dinh Nam 375k
Sherwin Basti 335k
Huu Dung Nguyen 323k
Zheng Xiaosheng
Zheng Xiaosheng has been running very well since Day 1c. He may not have been the chip leader but he was right there in the upper ranks. Entering today, he was 11th overall with 123,200 in chips. At this time, he has taken over the lead with a dominating 430k. We were glad to have been there to catch the hand.
From utg, Zheng raised to 4k and was called by two players. At the flop 9♥ 7♠ 6♣, no bets. On the A♠ turn, big blind bet 5500, Zheng raised to 13k, Pham Thanh Tung three-bet to 33k, bb folded, Zheng four-bet to 78.8k, and Tung tank-called. On the river 7♣, Zheng bet 100k and Tung tanked. The clock was asked for and Tung called. Zheng showed his A♦ A♣ full house. Tung mucked.
One of Vietnam’s top players, Dang Van Hien, has been eliminated from the running. His executioner was Lee Jae Su who kicked off the action with a 3500 raise. Dang moved all in with 39k remaining. Having him well covered, Lee called.
Lee J♣ J♥
Dang A♠ Q♠
Despite a fifty-fifty chance, the board refuse to spit it out for Dang as it ran 7♥ 4♥ K♥ 5♠ 8♦. Lee now up to 210k.
One player opened for 3600, Lew Xin How called, Lim Yo Hwan three-bet to 13k, Tai Hoang four-bet to 32.5k, no callers.
Van Ngoc Binh
Not long after railing Jul Tran, Van Ngoc Binh claimed another pot, this time up against Cyrille Rousset. Rousset raised to 2500 preflop, Binh three-bet to 10k, Rousset called. On the 10♣ Q♥ 2♦ flop, Rousset checked, Binh bet 15k, Rousset folded. Binh kindly showed his K♦ K♥.
Julien Tran has been sitting in fairly loaded table with a couple of big stacks dominating. Unfortunately for him, he met his end in this new level against one of them, Van Ngoc Binh. Action preflop began with Yu Dang raising to 2500, Quang Nguyen called, Binh three-bet 10k, Tran all in for 40k, everyone folded except Binh.
Binh K-K
Tran A-K
The board threw blanks to send Tran out. Binh rose to 280k.
SJ Kim
Battle of the blinds. APT decorated champion SJ Kim and Wei Wenqi stared down a flop A♠ K♥ 9♥ and a pot that saw a couple of raises preflop to beef it up. Kim checked, Wenqi bet 5k, Kim called. On the 9s} turn, both checked. On the A♦ river, Kim sent out 15k and Wenqi called. Kim opened A♣ 4♣ two pair and won it with Wenqi mucking.