The lone Singaporean at the final 8 has been eliminated in 8th place. Several hands prior, Tong lost a flip against Minh Nguyen to cripple is stack down to 1.5BB. On his next showdown, it was a split pot. His last all in he faced big blind Benjamin Schoepfer. Tong had A♦ 4♣, Schoepfer 6♦ 4♠, the board ran 8♦ 5♣ 2♠ 7♣ 10♣ for a straight to Schoepfer. Tong earned VN₫ 152,680,000 for his deep run.