HomeLe Cong Vuong raised to 9k from cutoff and found two callers to the flop 6♥ 6♣ 10♣. Action was checked to Vuong who c-bet 15k, Francis Garson folded, then small blind Victor Lam check-raised to 40k. Vuong chuckled while tossing his cards in the muck. Vuong down to 85k, Lam up to 145k.
Blinds are about to go up. The screens still say 81 players remaining. Here are the current race leaders:
Quach Chi Cong – 690k
Zarvan Tumboli – 515k
Ankit Wadhawan – 450k
Francis Garson – 430k
Shardul Parthasarathi – 420k
Chien Than – 400k
From utg+1 Dang Van Hien raised to 6500, cutoff Minho Cho called, the flop ran 10♦ 9♦ A♥. Hien checked, Cho bet 8k, Hien called. On the turn 8♦, same action with Hien check-calling 14k. The river 5♥ saw both check it. Hien opened A♠ 8♠ two pair, Cho had better A♦ 10♠ to take it down. Ho up to 380k, Hien dropped to 150k.
The day’s entering second chip leader Chien Than has kept his stack intact. He recently got involved in back to back pots and still sit with above average of around 420k. The first hand saw cutoff Zarvan Tumboli raise, button Than three-bet to 13k, sb Rubin Labroo four-bet to 25k, bb called, Tumboli folded, Than five-bet jammed, and that was it. No callers to take it down.
Next hand, Vamerdino Magsakay raised to 6.5k, Than, sb Nguyen Nam Duong, and bb Kim Yanh Tae called. At the flop 2♣ 5♥ Q♠, Than bet 14k, only Kim check-called, the rest folded. On the turn A♦ no bets landed. The river Q♥, Kim fired 35k, Than tank-called, Kim had 5♣ 5♦ full house, Than showed his 6♦ 6♥. Kim climbed to 300k.
Akshay Nasa, Hieu Ngo
Raised pot preflop to 47.5k, the cards ran Q♥ 7♠ 6♥, Akshay Nasa checked, Hieu Ngo bet 16k, Nasa replied with a raise to 40k, Ngo called. On the turn 10♣, more bets landed with Nasa tossing in 10k, Ngo raising to 35k, Nasa jammed, snap-called by Ngo.
Ngo K♦ K♠
Nasa K♥ 10♥
The river 3♠ wasn’t what Nasa needed to pay the double up. Nasa dropped to 120k, Ngu up to 280k.
From utg, Minh Nguyen raised to 5k, three players called to see the flop A♣ A♥ 7♥. Action was checked to hijack player Lim Shyh Chyn who slid out 8k, only initial raiser Nguyen continued. No bets landed on the turn 9♣. On the river 4♦, Nguyen bet 40k, Chyn called, Nguyen quickly mucked. Chyn shipped it without having to show. He chipped up to 250k.
Nguyen Quang Minh aka Royal Flush was all in for 79.5k with 4♦ 4♥, big stacked Alok Birewar dominated with 8♣ 8♠. When the board ran 4♠ 5♣ 7♠ Q♥ 3♥, Nguyen spiked a lucky two-outer to survive the race and double up to 165k. Birewar dropped to 233.
A decorated champion has fallen with Park Yu “Sparrow” Cheung shoving his 50k short stack holding 6♦ 6♣. However, Norbert Koh had much better J♠ J♥. The board only improved Koh as it ran J♦ 2♦ 2♣ A♦ 8♦.
Three players limped in, from the big blind decorated champion Hue Dang shoved 61k, no callers to take it down. She climbed to 72.5k.