HomeDay 3 is in the bag with the final 8 formed! It took 11.5 hours of play to get there. They return tomorrow at 12pm for the race to the crown. Three players from India made the cut with India’s Deepak Bothra amassing the biggest stack of the day amounting to 3.715M stack. Here are the chip counts and what they will be gunning for coming final day.
| Name | Flag | Chips |
| Deepak Bothra | India | 3,715,000 |
| Slade Fisher | New Zealand | 2,735,000 |
| Kevin Lim | Singapore | 2,680,000 |
| Chien Than | Vietnam | 1,720,000 |
| Dong Van Tan | Vietnam | 1,345,000 |
| Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 835,000 |
| Minho Cho | Korea | 830,000 |
| Zarvan Tumboli | India | 545,000 |
Chips in play: 14,400,000
Average stack: 1,800,000
Final day opening blinds: 25K – 50K – 50K (BB Ante)
Time remaining: 11:14
Remaining payouts
| 1st | 2,298,440,000 |
| 2nd | 1,532,270,000 |
| 3rd | 1,065,210,000 |
| 4th | 769,380,000 |
| 5th | 575,380,000 |
| 6th | 444,070,000 |
| 7th | 352,630,000 |
| 8th | 287,310,000 |
Mark Remnant has just been eliminated in 9th place to miss his chance at tomorrow’s final day. The hand opened with Slade Fisher raising to 110k, Remnant jammed his 445k stack, Fisher thought about it for a few seconds then called.
Fisher K♠ Q♦
Remnant A♦ 6♣
Despite Remnant slightly ahead, when the board ran 3♠ 4♣ 8♠ Q♥ 2♠, Fisher improved to a pair to eliminate Remnant. Remnant earned VN₫ 239,420,000 for his deep run.
Decorated APT champion Hue Dang was eliminated in 10th place. She was all in with 3♥ 3♠, Kevin Lim had A♠ K♥ for a flip. The board favored the big cards running Q♠ K♠ 9♥ 8♠ 5♦. Dang earned VN₫ 199,520,000 for her deep run.
It is down to the final 9 players. They compress to one table. One player to bust before we close up Day 3.
Ankit Wadhawan was just delivered a brutal defeat to exit in 11th place. From cutoff he raised to 400k and button player Deepak Bothra called. On the flop 8♣ 6♠ 8♥, it was all in. Wadhawan with J♠ J♦, Bothra called with A♥ 10♠. The turn 5♠ kept Wadhawan ahead but the river A♦ burned him out of the running. Wadhawan earned VN₫ 166,260,000 for his deep run. Bothra is massive chip leader with 3.7M.
From cutoff, Shardul Parthasarathi raised to 100k, sb Deepak Bothra and bb Chien Than called. At the flop K♠ 4♥ 2♣, action was checked to Shardul who c-bet 80k. Only Bothra continued with a call. On the turn A♣, Shardul fired 3000k and Bothra stuck with him with a check-call. The river 7♣, both players checked. Bothra opened Q♣ 9♣ flush, Shardul mucked. Bothra takes the lead to 2.7M, Shardul down to 835k.
From the button, Mark Remnant was all in with his short stack of 385K, small blind Hue Dang called, bb folded.
Remnant K♦ K♠
Dang A♠ 9♦
The board ran 6♥ 5♦ 5♥ 2♠ 8♦ for a double up to Remnant to 870k. Dang dropped to 630k.
Battle of the blinds, Zarvan Tumboli limped in, big blind Minho Cho raised to 130k, Tumboli called. On the flop A♠ 9♥ 2♣, Tumboli checked, Cho c-bet 100k, Tumboli raised to 250k, Cho jammed, quick fold from Tumboli. Cho up to 1.2M, Tumboli dropped to 880k.
Button player Kevin Lim raised 110k, sb Mark Remnant and bb Hue Dang called. At the flop J♣ 5♦ J♥, all three checked. On the turn K♠, Remnant checked- Dang bet 155k, Lim folded, Remnant called. The river 8♥, Remnant checked again., Dang announced all in for 300k, Remnant called. Dang turned over J♦ 9♥ trips and shipped it. Remnant hd K♦ Q♦. Dang chipped up to 1.3M, Remnant down to 360k.
From the button, Dong Van Tan raised to 100k, sb Kevin Lim and bb Mark Remnant called. On the flop 5♥ 2♥ 8♣, Tan c-bet 200k, Lim check-raised to 430k, no callers.
Another winning pot for Lim was against Slade Fisher who raised on the button 90k. Big blind Lim defended. The flop ran K♦ 6♣ 4♥, both checked. On the turn 8♦, Lim slid out 150k and won the pot. He now has 2.25M.
