Daniel Tang was down to 235k and pushed it in with Q♠ J♣. He was called by Vu Manh Phong with A♦ 10♥. The board ran 10♠ 6♦ 9♦ Q♥ 7♠ for a double up to Tang.
Early in this round Son Putin struggled with a short stack. Looks like he is back in decent shape now having reached average stack of around 900k. One of the hands helping him get there was against Quang Nguyen.
Action began with Quang raising to 45k and finding three callers down the orbit, Son, Daniel Tang, and Vu Manh Phong. At the flop 3♠ 7♦ Q♠, action folded to button Son whi bet 45k. Tang folded, Phong called, Quang raised to 150k, Son jammed, Phong folded, and after tanking, Quang surrendered his stake on the pot.
Catching the action on a turn board K♥ 8♦ 7♥ 6♦ and about 380k in the middle, Natalie Teh checked to Tran Thai Ha, he fired 145k. Back to Teh, she called. On the 2♦ river, Teh chekced again, Ha bet 250k, and Teh folded.
Not long after, Teh was eliminated in 28th place.
Action folded to the button Phua Tzai Wei and he moved all in. Small blind Nguyen Phu Danh joined in moving all in as well. The big blind folded.
Danh A♣ J♣
Phua 9♥ 6♠
The board ran A♠ J♠ 2♠ 5♦ K♥. Phua was eliminated.
Action folded to the small blind Vu Manh Phong, he raised to 50k and big blind Chi Chung Ho called. At the flop J♣ 8♦ 6♥, Phong led for 65k and Ho called. On the 7♥ turn, Phong checked, Ho bet 85k, Phong called. On the 4♥ river, Phong checked, Ho shoved, and Phong eventually folded.
Vivek Rughani was all in with A♠ K♦, Daniel Tang attempted to eliminate with A♣ Q♦. The board ran 9♣ 4♠ 2♥ Q♣ K♥ for a pair to both but Rughani with the higher spread. Rughani climbed to 750k, Tang dropped to 570k.
With 34 remaining, we are down to 4 tables with Teoh Ming Hong as the leader. Though we didn’t see how his stack ballooned to that size, we will get the lowdown later. For now, here are a couple of pots he was involved in.
On a board of A♥ A♠ K♣ 10♦ 7♥, Teoh bet 150k onto a big pot in the middle and Huu Dung Nguyen called. Teoh won with A♣ J♦ trips.
Several hands later, he called Quang Nguyen’s raise of 45k. At the flop A♣ 3♥ 7♣, Teoh checked, Quang bet 50k, and Teoh called. On the J♥ turn, both checked. On the 7♠ river, Teoh led for 135k, Quang raised to 400k, Teoh tank-folded.
There are 34 players remaining. Average stack is 732,350. Chips in play 24,857,400.
Teoh Ming Hong – 2.4M
Nikita Luther – 1.825M
Daniel Tang 1.425M
Mei San Ang – 1.1M
Nguyen Phu Danh – 1.075M
Minh Le – 1M
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – 960K
According to Mei she lost a portion of her chips to Tang who beat her set with a flush.
39th Tan Eu Shen – VND 52,690,000
40th Duy Ho – VND 52,690,000
41st Anthony Bui – VND 52,690,000
42nd – Li Rongshan – VND 52,690,000
43rd Luong Anh Tuan – VND 52,690,000
44th Simon Avutis – VND 52,690,000
45th Sajal Gopta – VND 52,690,000
46th Luon Ngoc Tuan – VND 45,030,000
47th Takao Shimizu – VND 45,030,000
48th Shyh Chyn Lim – VND 45,030,000
49th Hoang Long Do – VND 45,030,000
50th Tuyen Le – VND 45,030,000
51st Tuan Monaco – VND 45,030.000
52nd Nguyen Hanh Phong – VND 45,030,000