Huu Tuan Nguyen sent his remaining 177k stack (11 bbs) with A♦ K♦ to battle with. Big stacked Francis Garson joined, sending all his chips to successfully isolate. Garson had K♥ K♠. The board ran low with no improvement for Nguyen. He finished 13th for VND 104,380,000 (!US$ 4,500) payday. Garson into a million with 1.030M.
Lin Chen Kun shoved with A♥ K♦ and faced Rayhaan Adam with a made hand J♦ J♥. However, when the board ran out 2♠ 8♥ Q♥ 9♦ K♠, Lin rivered a higher pair to double up to 420k.
What a takedown by Rayhaan Adam! With 104k in the pot and a flop 6♥ 8♦ 10♦, Kim Dongkyu bet 40k, button Rayhaan Adam raised to 95k, Kim jammed his 340k stack, after assessing the count, Rayhaan called.
Kim K♥ K♠ overpair
Adam J♦ 8♥ second pair
The turn 9♦ gave Adam more outs, and on the river 8♣, he landed one for trips. Kim was eliminated in 14th place. He earned VND 104,380,000 (~US$ 4,500). Adam amassed 1.34M.
The last APT decorated champion has fallen. Vietnam pro Harry Duong was booted by Yuwen Pan. Duong all in with A♦ 7♣, Pan had A♣ A♥, no help arrived on the board. Pan scooped it to rise to 1.67M, Duong earned VND 104,380,000 (~US$ 4,500).
Big pot just awarded to Prince Shek in a hand against Lin Chen Kun. Getting the info from Shek, he said he opened from hijack and Lin defended on the big blind. At the flop J♠ 9♦ 8♦, Lin led out, Shek flat-called. On the turn A♣, Lin led again, Shek raised to 130k, Lin shoved, Shek called.
Lin A♠ 4♠ top pair
Shek 8♠ 8♥ set
Lin was drawing dead. The river K♠ was of no consequence. Shek zoomed to 1.710M, Lin dropped to 230k.
15 remaining
Chips in play: 9,113,700
Average stack: 607,580
Chip counts by table
Table 1
Francis Garson 836k
Qian Xubo 440k
Hwang Sang Yeon 601k
Brandon Mifsud 827k
Yuwen Pan 1.161M
Sumit Sapra 620k
Harry Duong 188k
Huu Tuan Nguyen 203k
Table 2
Tuan 704k
Rayhaan Adam 873k
Lin Chen Kun 880k
Terry Siow Kim Foh 425k
Xiao Yucheng 405k
Prince Shek 644k
Kim Dongkyu 410k
Terry Siow sent it all in (196k) holding A♣ K♠ and found one caller in Kim Dongkyu with A♥ Q♠. Tuan thought of calling but tank-folded. When the board ran A♦ J♠ 9♦ A♠ 5♣, it was a double up for Siow. Tuan unhappy saying he had A-J.
Action folded to the button Francis Garson, he raised to 25k, bb Brandon Mifsud three-bet to 63k, Garson called. When the board ran out 2♥ 10♣ 8♦ 8♣ 9♥, both players opted to check it. Mifsud said he had king high but didn’t show, Garson took the pot with A♣ Q♠.
Pham Trung Kien hung in there against the big stacks. He stole small pots several times by shoving without getting called. However this time, he was challenged. On a flop Q♣ 2♣ 4♣, he was all in with 6♥ 6♠, Rayhaan Adam with Q♠ 10♣, the turn A♣ granted the flush and with the 7♣ river, it was 16th place for Pham. He earned VND 86,980,000 (!US$ 3,700).