Cards in the air for Main Event Day 3! Play down to Final 8


And they’re off! Cards are flying here at Day 3 of the Main Event! The final 47 players are back in their seats, each one gunning for a piece of the VN₫ 5,499,900,000 (~US$ 240,160) prize pool and a spot at the Final Table of 8. The money starts at 38 places. The event drew 378 entries at buy in of VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 721). Here’s a look at the payouts.

Entering with the mightiest stack is Vietnam’s Hue Dang, one of only two ladies that made it through. Super High Roller champion Florencio Campomanes is running a strong second rank, and rounding out the top three is Yuji Yamahsita just 1.5 blinds behind Campomanes. The race is on! Good luck to all! 

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Chip counts = 47 players 

Hue Dang Vietnam 648,000 2 6
Florencio Campomanes IV (DB) Philippines 425,000 4 3
Yuji Yamashita (SB) Japan 417,500 4 4
Ngoc Anh Cao (DB) Vietnam 414,000 6 9
Huynh Ngoc Cuong Vietnam 398,500 1 9
Yik ‘Ray’ Chiu Hong Kong 329,000 4 8
Tripong Vu Tuan Khanh Vietnam 309,000 3 1
Minami Keita Japan 285,500 3 9
Jules Blondel France 282,000 3 3
Cuy Thai Thinh Vietnam 276,000 2 1
Terence Kwang (DB) Canada 262,000 1 2
Hoai Anh Tran Vietnam 238,500 6 6
Pham Dat Vietnam 232,000 5 9
Sylvain Fossard (SB) Indonesia 229,500 2 8
Nguyen Nam Duong Vietnam 226,500 6 4
Nguyen Gia Lam (BB) Vietnam 220,000 3 6
Ngo Minh Tien Vietnam 211,000 4 2
Pham Duy Tien (SB) Vietnam 205,500 3 5
Nguyen Quy Bang (BB) Vietnam 202,500 5 7
Trieu Hai Nam Vietnam 201,000 3 7
Minh A. Nguyen (SB) Vietnam 199,500 6 2
Huy Pham Vietnam 196,000 5 8
The Vu (DB) Vietnam 192,500 5 4
Joseph Talamayan (DB) Philippines 190,500 3 4
Tan Tong Singapore 186,000 6 7
Mitja Kun Slovenia 184,500 4 6
Tom Pham Canada 170,000 5 3
Thibaot Gaston Blondel France 168,000 6 8
Benjamin Schoepfer (SB) Thailand 146,000 1 3
Li Wenxuan Singapore 136,000 2 5
Hung Dinh (SB) Vietnam 135,000 5 6
Nam Nguyen Vietnam 125,000 4 7
Vu Duc Thanh (BB) Vietnam 123,500 6 3
Jason Lee Yew Fei Malaysia 114,000 3 8
Nguyen Tan Phat Vietnam 112,000 1 5
Tan Keng Yong Singapore 111,000 5 2
Sunwoo Hoon (BB) Korea 107,500 1 4
Lester Tan E. Liang Malaysia 106,500 5 1
Alexander Ugay (Woo) Russia 105,000 6 5
Pham Bao Vietnam 93,000 1 7
Pham Minh Tuan (BB) Vietnam 89,500 4 5
Lim Young Kwon Korea 88,000 2 3
Phan Phuc Duc Vietnam 81,500 1 6
Shi Huiqi Corine (BB) Singapore 78,500 2 9
Do Viet Phuong (DB) Vietnam 68,000 2 7
Nguyen Quang Huy Vietnam 65,000 1 8
Thomas Lind Malta 32,000 2 4

Chips in play: 9,404,700
Average stack: 200,000
Day 3: Saturday, April 16 @12pm
Day 3 opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 – bb ante 5000 (Level 18)
Blinds increases: every 60 minutes
Day 3 bagging time: Final 8 players