HomeAnd that’s a wrap! After 8 hours of play, Main Event Day 2 has ended. We went from 250 players plus some last minute entrants down to 77 at the end of the day. Among the top leaders is Vietnam’s Van Ngoc Binh who shook up his table all day. The day’s entering chip leader Mai Te also fared well bagging up in the top 10.
We will have a recap for you shortly once we have the official results. For now you can read up on some of the thrilling hands we caught right here in our updates. We will be back tomorrow at 1pm as they race to the money and a seat to the Final 8. Congratulations to all the qualifiers!
Shipeng Fei raised to 10k and big blind Mai Te defended. At the flop 6♥ 5♥ 8♠, Te checked, Fei bet 10k, Te raised to 29k, Fei called. On the turn 4♣, Te led for 39k and Fei called. The river 2♥ saw Te send out 50.5k, Fei shoved, and after tanking, Te folded. Fei scooped up the pot and rose to 400k. Te dropped to 470k.
Huu Dung Nguyen raised to 10k then called Wei Wenqi’s 27k re-raise. The flop J♦ 4♥ 5♠ both players checked. On the 3♦ turn, Wenqi checked, Huu bet 25k, Wenqi called. The river 9♠, Wenqi checked again, Huu sent out 51k, and this time no call from Wenqi. Huu now up to 440k.
Unfortunately we only caught the hand at the river betting with Van Ngoc Binh pushing all in on a board 4♠ 8♥ 4♣ 3♥ 3♣. He had 352.5k with just over 100k in the pot. His opponent Chul Ho Bae had more chips but couldn’t understand the shove. He tried to get a read asking Binh “why push so big? I have a big pair. Okay, big pair folds.” And Chul folded without showing. Binh shipped it and now has around 470k.
Le Ngoc Khanh raised to 7500, Michael Grisaffi shoved with 73k, Le Ngoc tank-called with A♦ J♥. Grisaffi held A♥ K♣. The board ran out Q♠ 8♠ 9♦ A♠ 4♠, and with no spades for either, it was a double up for Grisaffi. Le Ngoc down to 20k.
Mai Te turned up with aces again and this time he didn’t get as much as previous but still a sizable amount from Dhaval Mudgal. He kicked off the hand with a 7500 raise and Mudgal on the button called. At the flop 9♣ 8♠ 3♦, Te c-bet 7500 and was called. On the K♠ turn, action was the same with an 18k bet called by Mudgal. On the 8♥ river, Te fired once more sending out 30.5k and Mudgal paid it again. Te showed A♣ A♦ and Mudgal mucked.
Lin Man
After a player raised to 6k, sb Huu Dung Nguyen three-bet to 22k. bb Lin Man called and back to the initial raiser who folded. On the flop 9♥ 3♥ 4♦, Huu led for 16k and Lin Man called. On the 8♦ turn, both checked and the river landed 4♥. Huu checked, Lin fired 22k, Huu shoved well covering Lin. Lin tanked then opted to fold while showing 10♣ 10♥ overpair. Huu returned the gesture by showing one card A♥.
Mai Te is back up as the leader. Prior to this hand he dropped down around 350k but is now on the leader’s track once again. He has over 600k after railing a player that tried to push him out of the pot.
The hand saw a mid-position player raise to 3600, Te three-bet to 12k, sb player four-bet to 30k, mp folded, Te five-bet to 126k, and sb shoved with 260k total. It was no brainer snap call by the leader Te who opened A♣ A♥. The aggressive sb had J♣ 10♠. The board offered no assistance to the sb player and he was out.
Huu Dung Nguyen claimed another pot to send his stack to 340k. This time it was against Vu Minh Tri. We caught the action on the turn J♠ 5♣ 4♥ 10♦, Tri bet 7k, Huu raised to 27k, Tri called. The river A♣ no bets and Huu won with A♠ K♦ top pair. Tri held Q♦ 9♠ that missed.