Two hands after her massive double up, Hue Dang moved all in with J♦ 6♣ and Truong Vu Tran Khanh called for his tournament life with Q♦ 10♦. When the board ran 7♠ 4♦ 10♠, Truong seemed to be headed for a double up but the turn 5♠ and river 3♠ completed a straight for Dang to claim the victory. Dang became the first woman to win an APT Vietnam Main Event title. Congratulations to the champion!
1st | Hue Dang | Vietnam | VN₫ 1,220,590,000 |
2nd | Truong Vu Tran Khanh | Vietnam | VN₫ 813,710,000 |
3rd | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | VN₫ 565,660,000 |
4th | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | VN₫ 408,590,000 |
5th | Minh A. Nguyen | Vietnam | VN₫ 305,570,000 |
6th | Benjamin Schoepfer | Thailand | VN₫ 233,840,000 |
7th | Jules Blondel | France | VN₫ 187,270,000 |
8th | Tan Tong | Singapore | VN₫ 152,680,000 |
After losing two pots, Hue Dang landed another massive double up that crippled Truong Vu Tran Khanh to just 8 BB. From the button, Dang raised to 250k, Truong called, and the flop came 10♥ 5♣ 6♦. Truong checked, Dang slid out 300k, Truong raised to 600k, Dang three-bet to 1.7M, and Truong jammed. Dang stood up and snap called while showing her 3♥ 4♦ straight, Truong was drawing dead with A♦ 10♦ top pair. The river was 7♣.
With this scoop, Dang was ahead 8.6M to Truong’s 800k.
Eight hands after the double up, Hue Dang scored another pot that take the lead. From the button, Dang limp-called a 310k bet by Truong to see a flop J♠ J♣ K♥. Truong c-bet 270k, Dang raised to 560k, Truong folded.
First hand of heads up saw the ladies boost the lady. After a preflop raise, the pot was at 375k, the flop 8♦ 2♦ 7♠. Dang checked, Truong moved all in, Dang called. Truong 7♥ 6♠, Dang Q♦ Q♣, the turn was 8♣ and river K♥. Dang doubled up to 4.2M, Truong dropped to 5.1M.
We are heads up for the first ever APT Vietnam Phu Quoc Main Event title! This is how they stand….
Truong Vu Tran Khanh – 7,305,000
Hue Dang – 2,105,000
Blinds have gone up to 50K – 100K
After a strong run at the final table, Cao Ngoc Anh has been eliminated in 3rd place. He went all in on the small blind with A♦ 3♠, big blind Truong Vu Tran Khanh tanked using up two time banks then called with 8♠ 8♣. The board ran 2♠7h} 10♠ K♦ 5♥ for the snowmen to hold and bring about heads up. Cao earned VN₫ 565,660,000 for his strong run.
Hue Dang has been holding up well against the big stacks and finally found a spot to double up. Small blind Truong Vu Tran Khanh limped in, big blind Dann shoved her 750k stack, Truong called.
Truong K♥ 6♥
Dang Q♥ 9♥
Though Dang was dominated, the board ran A♣ 8♦ 10♠ 9♣ 4♠ to grant her a pair and survive elimination.
The hand opened with button Truong raising to 210k, big blind Cao called. At the flop 10♣ 4♣ 6♦, Truong c-bet 380k, Cao check-called. On the turn K♦, same action with Truong sending out 725k, and Cao check-calling. On the river J♠, both checked it. Cao showed 8♥ 7♦ missed double belly, Truong shipped it with K♠ 3♠ pair.
Cao Ngoc Anh has been ruling the final table since the start of the day and it looked like he was running away with the title, however, Truong Vu Tran Khanh has put a stop to that. Truong scooped up another big pot off the leader to steal the top spot. The hand opened with button Ttruong raising to 155k, big blind Cao defended. At the flop K♥ 7♥ A♦, Cao check-called 310k. On the turn 4♥, both players checked and the river felted J♣. Cao led for 550k, Truong called. Cao had A♠ 2♥, Truong had A♣ J♦ two pair.
Truong 4,435,000
Cao 3,275,000
Hue Dang 1,700,000