From hijack Minh A. Nguyen raised to 35k, small blind Tan Tong and big blind Cao Ngoc Anh called. At the flop 6c} 4♣ 2♠, Cao bet 46k, Nguyen called, Tong folded. The turn 3♣ saw no bets for a free look at the river 7♥. Cao led out a tower of yellows amounting to 100k, Nguyen flat called. Cao showed J♠ 6♠, Nguyen won it with Q♠ Q♥. Nguyen up to 840k, Cao dropped to 675k.
On a raised pot preflop to 88k, the flop ran J♥ 2♥ 7♠. Big blind Jules Blondel bet 80k, small blind Cao check-raised to 200k, Blondel jammed for 640k total, Cao tank-called.
Blondel J♣ 7♦ two pair
Cao 3♥ 6♥ flush draw
The turn was K♦ and river 4♣ for a massive double up to Blondel to 1.36M. Cao plunged to 783K. Blondel moved up to second rank.
Second ranked chip leader Hue Dang is back up top after shipping all of Pham Dat’s stack. The hand was pocket Queens dominating pocket Jacks. Dang climbed to 1.7M. Pham earned VN₫ 61,320,000 for his finish.
16 players remaining
Cao Ngoc Anh – 1.312M
Hue Dang – 1.21M
Trieu Hai Nam – 840K
Yik Ray Chiu raised to 24k, Vu The called, Pham Minh Tuan shoved his short stack, Chiu folded, Vu called. Pham 9♥ 9♣, Vu Q♦ Q♥, no help on the board for Pham to exit in 17th place for VN₫ 61,320,000.
Cao Ngoc Anh took a chunk out of Yuji Yamashita’s stack to bring the Japanese player down to 96k. Yamashita sent it all out front with A♥ Q♦ to defend, Huynh Cuong called with K♥ J♦. The board ran well for Huynh J♥ 9♠ 5♦ 3♦ 7♣ to claim the pot and boot Yamashita in 18th place. Yamashita earned VN₫ 61,320,000 for his finish.
After paying Huynh Cuong a double up, Do Viet Phuong found a spot to shove and was challenged by Truong Vu Tran Khanh. Phuong had A♥ 2♦, Truong with K♣ Q♥, the board came 5♥ J♦ K♠ J♠ 4♦. Truong shipped it and Phuong departed in 19th place for VN₫ 50,090,000.
Short stacked Nam Nguyen all in with A♠ 5♦, chip leader Cao Ngoc Anh had J♣ J♦, no ace turned up to send Nam packing in 20th place. He earned VN₫ 50,090,000 for his finish.
Huynh Cuong was down below 200k and got it in the middle with A♥ 6♠, he was up against Do Viet Phuong with a better A♣ K♦. Luckily for Huynh, the board ran Q♦ 6♣ Q♥ 6♦ 9♣ to avoid the rail and doubl up to 380k. Phuong dropped to 81k.