Karl Marx Villanueva and Yoichi Uesugi take parts of Dang Van Hien


Dang Van Hien will not be seeing a second deep run alike his runner-up finish at the APT Southeast Asia Main Event. Hien was just eliminated by Yoichi Uesugi but not before getting chunked by Karl Marx Villanueva.

The hand against Villanueva began with a raise by Villanueva from the cutoff seat then Hien three-betting to a massive 25k. Villanueva answered with a  shove and Hien called.

Hien A J
Villanueva A 6

The board ran 7 6 A K 10 for a winning two pair to Villanueva.

Crippled down to around 5K, Hien managed to bring it up to around 15k but then fell to Uesugi. His final hand was A 6 against Uesugi’s 2 2. The board ran 2 8 J J 8 for a full house to Useugi.