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That’s it! It took just over nine hours of Day 3 play to reach the Final 8 players. Congratulations to the finalists! We will have a recap shortly. For the third consecutive day, Dao Minh Phu is the chip leader. He has a massive 4,585,000 stack which is over a third of the chips in play.
Chip counts by rank
Dao Minh Phu – 4,585,000
Nguyen Vu Cuong – 1,725,000
Ankit Jajodia – 1,290,000
Tommy Nguyen – 1,170,000
Nguyen Quang Huy – 970,000
Dang Thanh Luong aka Victor EM – 950,000
Vamerdino Magsakay – 835,000
Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu aka Pickle Rick – 460,000
Nguyen Duy Thuc
Nguyen Duy Thuc will not be joining to tomorrow’s final 8 having been eliminated by Dao Minh Phu in 9th place. Nguyen was all in with K♣ Q♠, Phu had 2♦ 2♥, the board offered no help to Nguyen as it ran A♠ 6♠ 8♦ 4♣ A♣. Nguyen earned VND 206,910,000 for his run.
Vamerdino Magsakay defended his big blind by calling Ankit Jajodia’s 50k raise. On the flop J♠ 3♠ A♣, Magaskay check-called Jajodia’s 25k c-bet. On the turn 7♦, Magsakay checked again, Jajodia fired 100k, Magsakay shoved, snap called by Jajodia.
Magsakay J♣ 7♣ two pair
Jajodia A♥ K♣
The river 9♥ didn’t help Jajodia for a much needed double up to Magsakay. Magsakay doubled up to 835k, Jajodia dropped to 1.3M.
Nguyen Quang Huy was caught bluffing in back to back hands to bring his stack down to 925k. The first hand saw the board complete 5♥ 9♦ 5♠ 2♥ A♦, Huy bet, Phu called, Huy had X? 8♣ bluff, Phu won it with A♠ 6♣.
The next hand Nguyen Cuong Vu raised to 50k from mid position, big blind Huy defended. At the flop Q♣ 5♣ 2♥, Huy check-called 30k. On the turn 6♥ Huy switched up and led for 100k, Cuong Vu called. On the river K♦, Huy banged out a large 250k and still Cuong Vu called. Huy showed A♦ 8♠ ace high, Cuong Vu won it with Q♠ 10♠ pair.
Dao Minh Phu is already the overwhelming chip leader and he fattened up further in hand that sent Vamerdino Magsakay plunging to 10 BB. The hand opened with Magsakay raising to 60k, Phu three-bet to 150k, Magsakay called. On the flop and turn 10♦ K♥ 10♥ 8♦, both players checked. On the river Q♠, Magsakay banged out 230k, Phu raised to 430k, Magsakay tanked using up his last time bank. He called. Phu opened up crushing K♠ K♦ full house to ship it, Magsakay had A♣ J♥ straight. Phu zoomed to 4M, Magsakay down to 235k.
From utg+1 Nguyen Duy Thuc raised to 60k, to his immediate left Tommy Nguyen three-bet to 150k, Thuc called. On the flop J♥ K♠ K♣, Thuc checked to Tommy Nguyen who bet 100k, Thuc called. On the turn 10♥, Tommy Nguyen fired again, this time sending out 345k, Thuc folded leaving himself 500k. Tommy Nguyen up to 1.3M.
From utg+1 Dao Minh Phu raised to 60k, three spots over Tommy Nguyen shoved 810k, action folded back to Phu who thought for twenty seconds then folded while showing A♣ K♠.
Pickle Rick shoved his remaining 205k with A♦ A♥, Nguyen Duy Thuc called with K♦ J♣, the board was good to the rockets as it ran 10♣ 4♣ 3♠ A♠ K♥. Rick doubled up to 440k. Nguyen dropped to 840k.
From utg+1 Ankit Jajodia raised to 40k, cutoff Nguyen Cuong Vu and small blind Dao Minh Phu called. The flop and turn 8♣ 9♣ 3♠ 5♠ were checked, the river Q♣ Jajodia bet 40k, Cuong Vu called, Phu folded. Jajodia had Q♦ J♦, Cuong Vu showed Q♥ 10♥, Jajodia won it with his higher kicker. Jajodia rises to 1.8M.