HomeDay 3 of the Main Event is a wrap! We will have a recap for you shortly. Here are the chip counts and the remaining payouts. Congratulations to the Final 8 for making it this far!
Top – Left to Right
Minh A. Nguyen – Vietnam – 560,000
Cao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – 2,285,000 (chip leader)
Nguyen Quang Huy – Vietnam – 1,110,000
Benjamin Schoepfer – Thailand – 875,000
Bottom – Left to Right
Truong Vu Tran Khanh – Vietnam – 2,155,000
Jules Blondel – France – 500,000
Tan Trong – Singapore – 630,000
Hue Dang – Vietnam – 1,295,000
Chips in play: 9,410,000
Average stack: 1,176,250
Final Day opening blinds: 15K – 30K (Level 26)
Game time: 1230pm on Sunday, April 17
Remaining payouts
1st VN₫ 1,220,590,000
2nd VN₫ 813,710,000
3rd VN₫ 565,660,000
4th VN₫ 408,590,000
5th VN₫ 305,570,000
6th VN₫ 233,840,0000
7th VN₫ 187270,000
8th VN₫ 152,680,000
From utg, Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 75k, utg+1 Mitja Kun moved all in, action folded around the table, Cao called. Kun had A♦ K♠, Cao K♦ K♣, the board ran 5♣ K♥ 10♦ 9♥ 4♣ to end Kun’s run in 9th place. He earned VN₫ 127,160,000 for his finish.
Truong Vu Tran Khanh
Truong Vu Tran Khanh just delivered the hand of the hour! From cutoff, he raised to 75k, button player Jules Blondel three-bet to 185k, action back to Truong who called. At the flop A♣ A♠ 10♦, Truong checked, Blondel c-bet 110k (25% of the pot), Truong called. On the turn 8♣, both players slowed to a check. The river dropped 6♣, Truong checked once more, Blondel fired 300k, Truong called. Blondel was first to show, he opened K♥ J♥ king high bluff, Truong turned over K♠ Q♠ and was thrilled to see his kicker played. What a call! Truong racked up to 2.5M, Blondel slipped to 500k.
Final table! 9 players remaining, one more bust out before we wrap up Day 3.
Back to back hands sent Yik Ray Chiu out of the running in 10th place. The first hand opened with Benjamin Schoepfer shove 445k from the button, sb Chiu joined with a larger 665k. Chiu dominated with A♣ Q♣ to Schoepfer’s A♠ 2♣, but when the board came down 2♥ 8♠ 9♦ 10♥ A♥, Schoepfer improved to two pair to double up to 950k.
Down to 220k, Chiu put it all out front with Q♥ 10♠, bb Truong Vu Tran Khanh called with A♦ K♣, the board ran A♠ 3♣ 9♦ 3♥ J♠.
We have reached the final 9 players. Only one bust out needed before we end Day 3.
Table 1
Cao Ngoc Anh – 1,225,000
Jules Blondel – 1,100,000
Minh A. Nguyen – 720,000
Mitja Kun – 610,000
Tan Tong – 780,000
Table 2
Nguyen Quang Huy – 925,000
Benjamin Schoepfer – 650,000
Yik Ray Chiu – 725,000
Hue Dang – 1,270,000
Truong Vu Tran Khanh – 1,315,000
Huynh Cuong
Mitja Kun went all in with Q♦ Q♥, Cao Ngoc Anh called with J♥ J♠, no bad beats landed for a double up to Kun. He now has over 600K, Cao dipped to 755k.
A little bit more chips were drained out of chip leader Truong Vu Tran Khanh. From button he raised and bb Yik Ray Chiu defended. At the flop J♥ 2♥ 6♣, Chiu check-called a 93K c-bet. On the turn A♥, both players checked it. The river 2♠, Chiu led for 220k and got a fold from Truong. Chiu is up to 600k. Truong dropped to 1.4M.