HomeWith blinds up again, pots are much meatier that we may be seeing some drop outs soon. In a hand between Long Lam Kim and Nguyen Hoang Anh a big pot was already brewing in the center and at the turn board of 3♣ 9♦ 5♦ K♠, Nguyen checked to Long who bet 450k. Nguyen called. On the river 4♥, Nguyen checked again, Long bet 850k, and won the pot with Nguyen opting to fold.
Immediately after Flo Campomanes lost the previous hand, he was back in with all his chips in the middle. He was joined by Vu Minh Tri.
Campomanes 8♥ 8♣
Tri Q♥ Q♠
The board bricked 5♠ 6♥ K♥ 9♣ 10♥ and Campomanes paid the 1.130M double up. Tri climbed to over 2.3M and Campomanes dropped to 990k.
After a few uncalled raises and no flops, the first big pot of the Final 8 arrived and it was between Macaron Tan and Flo Campomanes. Tan raised to 260k, Campomanes three-bet to 600k, and Tan called. At the flop K♦ 4♠ 10♦, Tan checked, Campomanes continued with a 580k bet, Tan raised to 1.4M, and Campomanes with the quick fold.
Here are your Final 8 players of the Main Event! One of these players will be crowned the first APT champion of 2018 and win the VND 1,313,923,000 first prize. Good luck to all!
Long Lam Kim – Vietnam – 5,375,000
Le Hong Nghia – Vietnam – 2,160,000
Adrian Esslen – Germany – 6,530,000
Dmitrii Ilin – Russia – 3,485,000
Vu Minh Tri – Vietnam – 2,230,000
Macaron Tran – Vietnam – 5,100,000
Nguyen Hoang Anh – 5,650,000
Flo Campomanes – Philippines – 3,460,000
The final 8 has just been reached with Sebastien Noiret getting the boot in 9th place. Before he did, he doubled up through Dmitrii Illin with K-9 besting A-J with both of his cards pairing up. The next all in though would send him straight out.
Noiret 9♥ 9♠
Nguyen Hoang Anh 10♦ 10♣
The board came Q♦ K♣ 6♣ 9♦ J♣ for a set to Noiret but a straight to Hoang. Noiret earned VND 155,545,000,
Dong Anh Dung has had a good run at the Main Event, entering Day 3 second in chips and making top 5 coming into today. However his bid for the title fell short in 10th place. With Flo Campomanes all in from the utg+1 seat, action folded all the way to the sb player Dung who tanked for a long time. The clock was finally called and as the seconds winded down, he was all in as well having less chips than Campomanes.
Dung 7♦ 7♠
Campomanes A♥ K♥
The board treated Campomanes well as it ran A♦ Q♣ 8♦ 9♥ K♦. Dung earned VND 136,223,000.
Short stacks Vu Minh Tri and Sebastien Noiret faced off twice with the first one resulting in a split. The next one however had a decisive winner. Tri A♠ J♥ and Sebastien A♥ 9♥. The board ran 4♣ 5♣ 6♣ 7♠ 4♥. Noiret down to 260k.
We have reached the unofficial final table with ten players remaining. The latest casualty came minutes into the new round with Siyoung Lee booted out by Adrian Esslen.
Lee Q♠ 5♠
Esslen 10♥ 10♦
The board J♥ 3♦ 10♣ 7♥ A♥. Lee earned VND 136,223,000 for his 11th place finish.
Loic Muller has just been burned out of the tournament. Action started off with a 250k raise by Nguyen Hoang Anh, Muller three-bet to 500k, Hoang called. At the flop 5♣ 9♦ 7♠, Muller bet 500k, Hoang jammed, and Muller snap-called putting himself at risk.
Muller K♦ K♠ overpair
Hoang 7♦ 7♥ set
The turn 6♣ and river 3♦ failed to improve Muller and he bowed out in 12th place. He earned VND 118,833,000.