HomeButton player Kopyl Waldemar raised to 26k and big blind Mark Gruendemann defended. At the flop 8♠ 9♠ K♦, Gruendemann led for 35k, Waldemar called. On the 10♦ turn, Gruendemann checked, Waldemar bet 85k, and this time Gruendemann called. The river 8♥ was the same as previous. Gruendemaann check-called a 165k bet by Waldemar. Waldemar showed K♣ 10♠ two pair and Gruendemann mucked. Waldemar up to 700k, Gruendemann dropped to 350k.
Mai Te raised to 25k from cutoff and went head-to-head against the button player Loc Nguyen. At the flop K♦ 8♠ 5♠, Te c-bet 30k, called by Loc. The turn betting was the same with the 10♣ card inducing a 75k bet that Loc called. The river J♠, Te moved all in and Loc snap-called with 200k.
Te Q♥ 6♥ bluff, Loc J♣ 8♣ two pair. Te down to 450k, Loc up to 720k.
Mid position player Sim Kok Wai raised to 25k then faced an aggressive Duy Ho who shoved his big stack. Wai went ahead and risked his tournament life with 240k total.
Wai A♦ 8♦
Duy 6♥ 6♣
The board spread 2♥ 3♥ A♣ K♦ 5♣ for a higher pair spiked by Wai. He doubled up to 500k. Duy slipped to 600k.
Lim Koon Ting Daniel limped from the button then called the bb Kopyl Waldemar’s 47k raise. At the flop Q♥ 2♥ 3♠, Waldemar bet 50k, Daniel raised to 160k, Waldemar jammed, and Daniel called for his tournament life.
Daniel A♥ 6♥ draw
Waldemar A♠ K♥
The turn J♣ was no help to Daniel but the river 10♥ was money for the nut flush and a double up. Daniel up to 820k, Waldemar dropped to 350k.
Eliminations 37th – 45th – VND 54,972,000
37th Phan Dinh Nam
38th Bruno Felder
39th Do Hung Son
40th Michael Grisaffi
41st
42nd Pham Duy Khanh
43rd Lee Jae Su
44th Sung Liang
45ht Eda Vedantham
Kopyl Waldemar
Action folded around the elliptic to sb Kopyl Waldemar. He raised to 30k. Big blind Abhinav Iyer called. At the flop 3♣ 7♦ J♦, Waldemar three-bet 25k, called. On the 10♣ turn, Waldemar slid out a tower of greens worth 100k, and Iyear called. The river 9♥ Waldemar jammed with around 240k and Iyer called once more. Waldemar held Q♦ 8♦ for a straight and doubled up to 750k. Iyer had 8♠ 10♦ lower straight. He dropped to around 1.1M.
Huu Tuan Nguyen rises to 1.3M after sending off Yu Zigao to the cashier. It was all in preflop for Yu with K♣ K♦. Tuan had A♣ 5♣. The board favored Tuan running 6♣ 4♦ 7♣ 2♥ 3♣ for the nut flush.
Abhinav Iyer
For some time, Huu Tuan Nguyen was the only player into seven digits. He now has company in Abhinav Iyer. Iyer railed Phan Dinh Nam to send him there and now with the elimination of Dang Dinh Hoang he sits with 1.45M. Iyer opened with a 20k raise, Hoang all in for 87k, Iyer with the easy call.
Iyer K♥ 6♥
Hoang A♣ J♠
The board favored Iyer as it ran K♦ 7♦ 5♦ 5♥ 5♣ for a full house.
Phan Dinh Nam (center)
Phan Dinh Nam’s bid for the title fell short today and sending him out was Abhinav Iyer. Action began with Erik Billgren raising to 23k, Iyer called, Phan jammed his 200k stack, Billgren folded, and a snap-call from Iyer.
Phan 8♣ 8♦
Iyer A♣ A♥
The board 4♣ 9♣ 3♥ 5♠ 10♦.