HomeCutoff Van Ngoc Binh shoved his 197k with A♠ 7♠ and Alan King Lun Lau called with 9♠ 9♣. The board ran well for Binh A♥ 2♥ J♣ 6♦ 3♣ for a double up to 420k. Lau down to 290k.
Huu Tuan Nguyen continues to rake it in with over 1 million stacked up. He entered today running second-in-chips and without a doubt he is our overwhelming chip leader at the moment. The hand that sent him into seven digits was in a sick hand against Nguyen Duc Bien.
Tuan raised to 20k and Bien defended on the big blind. At the flop 2♣ 9♣ 5♥, Bien led for 20k and Tuan flatted. On the turn 8♦ both checked it. The river 9♥, Bien jammed and Tuan tank-called.
Bien opened a stone cold K♦ 3♦ bluff and Tuan with the sick call holding 2♦ 3♣ two pair. Tuan at 1.1M.
Now that the bubble has popped, the race to the final 8 begins. Everyone is guaranteed money but not guaranteed one of those coveted spots. Currently sporting the biggest stacks are:
Huu Tuan Nguyen 920,000
Mark Gruendemann 701,000
Abhinav Iyer 680,000
Mai Te 660,000
uu Dung Nguyen 600,000
Short-stacked Kjell Ove Dyb put his short stack on the line with J♠ J♦. Huu Dung Nguyen called with A♠ 9♣. The board ran 5♠ 5♥ 8♠ A♦ 3♣ and with a higher pair spiked by Huu, that ended the bubble round. Kjell busted and the remaining 58 players are now all in the money.
We almost saw the bubble burst in this exciting hand. Van Ngoc Binh raised to 20k, button Dao Ngoc Nam all in with his short 44k, back to Binh with the easy call.
Binh K♠ J♦
Nam Q♠ Q♣
When the flop felted A♦ 2♠ Q♦, each got a piece but Nam still had the better with a set. The turn 10♦ switched it up with Binh now ahead with a straight. Only ten outs in the deck for Nam to avoid the rail and with the 10♥ river, he landed it for a full house. Nam doubled up and we are still on the bubble round.
One spot before the bubble, Ho Dac Minh Hanh ran into a cooler against Lee Jae Su with aces against kings. She didn’t improve on the board and it is now bubble time!
59 remaining…. money at 58.
Three way limped pot, the flop ran Q♦ 10♥ 3♦. Jae Wook Shin bet 4k, one player folded, Alan King Lun Lau raised to 42k, Shin three-bet to 92k, Lau all in, Shin folds. Shin down to 520k, Lau up to 360k.
Jun Zhou raised to 11.5k from utg and found one caller in Huu Dung Nguyen. At the flop 7♠ 8♠ 9♣, Zhou checked, Huu bet 13k, Zhou called. On the 2♥ turn, no bets came. Then on the river 4♠, Zhou checked, Huu fired 75k, Zhou tanked then folded. Huu showed his K♣ Q♣ bluff.
Mark Gruendemann
Mark Gruendemann scored a big one and has jumped into the leader’s seat. With action folding to the blinds, sb Jeonggyu Cho raised to 12k, bb Gruendemann three-bet to 33k, Cho called. On the flop Q♣ 10♦ A♠, Cho jammed his massive stack of around 240k, and Gruendemann with the SNAP call. We emphasize SNAP coz it was that fast.
Cho 7♠ 5♠ flush draw
Gruendemann 10♥ 10♠ set
The turn 8♦ and river 7♣ completed the board and after the count, it was the end for Cho. Gruendemann at 660k.