Kopyl Waldemar A♠ Q♠ all in for 152k, Pyeong Gyu Jin called with A♣ 10♥. The board stayed dry to keep Waldemar ahead for a double up. Waldemar at 330k.
Eliminations 46th – 53rd – VND 45,810,000
46th Gauthier De Broux
47th
48th Zhang Wen Duo
49th Dhaval Mudgal
50th Lim Yo Hwan
51st Tomomitsu Ono
52nd Eugene Co
53rd Soo Jo Kim
Eliminations 54th – 58th – VND 38,175,000
54th Nguyen Trung Tin
55th Trinh Anh Dung
56th Masaki Nakamura
57th Cyrille Rousset
58th Meherzad Viraf
Action table #5, Huu Dung Nguyen raised to 25k, Alan King Lun Lau all in, Chul Ho Bae all in with less chips, back to initial raiser Huu with a fold.
Lau A♦ K♥
Bae 8♥ 8♠
The board ran 10♣ J♠ 8♣ J♦ J♥ for a full house and a double up to Bae. He sits with around 350k.
Kim Hak Do raised to 22k and found two callers to join him to the flop, Mai Te and Lin Yusheng. The board spread 5♣ 7♣ Q♣, Kim c-bet 65k and won it with no callers.
Utg Duy Ho raised, big blind Shi Pengfei shoved his massive stack, and a call for Duy putting his tournament life at risk. Duy Q-Q, Shi A-K. The board bricked for a huge double up to Duy. Duy also won another pot by three-bet shoving a player. No call was made and he now has around 875k.
Mark Gruendemann raised to 25k, Xiao Yin He three-bet to 80k, called by Gruendemann. At the flop K♣ A♥ Q♣, Gruendemann led for 80k, called by Xiao Yin. On the 5♣ turn, check-check. The river 4♠ felted and Gruendemann went back to betting. He sent out 230k. This tanked Xiao Yin who eventually folded.
UTG Abhinav Iyer raised to 23k, called by mid position Phan Dinh Nam. The flop 2♠ 9♦ 9♣ saw Iyer c-bet 20k, Phan raised to 65k, called by Iyer. On the 8♣ turn, Iyer checked, Phan banged out 91k, smooth-called by Iyer. The river 3♣ was the same with a check by Iyer, 250k from Phan, and still the call. Phan showed A♦ 10♦ blank, and Iyer scooped it up with Q♦ Q♠ two pair.
Utg Mark Gruendemann raised to 24k and found one caller in the button Alex Lee LIn Hwaa. At the flop 8♣ J♣ 8♦, no bets. On the 7♠ turn, Gruendemann led for 35k and Lee called. The river 3♦ Gruendemann fired 100k and Lee called. Gruendemann with A♦ 10♠ ace high but was behind Lee’s K♦ J♦ higher two pair. Lee up to 620k, Gruendemann slipped to 600k.
Abhinav Iyer is one of the biggest stacks out there. Here are a couple of hands we witnessed. Iyer raised to 18k, called by Dang Dinh Hoang. At the flop A♦ A♠ 8♥, no bets. On the Q♦ turn, Iyer led for 20k and Hoang called. Then the river 8♣, Iyer slid out a bigger bet of 125k, Hoang called. Iyer showed 8♦ 8♠ full house and Hoang mucked.
Next hand, cutoff Do Hung Son shoved his short 135k and Iyer called from the big blind. Son 2♠ 3♣, Iyer A♦ Q♦, the board K♠ 10♣ K♣ 3♦ 8♦ for a pair to Son and a double up. Iyer has 770k.