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.