HomeUtg Kensuke Koizumi raised to 50k, next to him Kang Feng Lien and bb Laksh Pal Singh called. At the flop A♥ 6♠ 3♣, Koizumi c-bet 70k, called by both. On the turn 6♦ no bets. The river 9♥, Lien bet 330k, both opponents check-folded.
Vincent Chauve shoved from the button and sb Go Mori called. Chauve A♥ K♠, Mori A♣ J♦, the board 8♥ 5♠ 8♠ Q♠ J♠ for a winning flush to Chauve. He doubled up to 652k. Mori dropped to 710k.
Kang Feng Lien picked up another pot at the table but lost some of it right after to Tan Nguyen. The first hand, her raised to 45k from utg and went to see the flop 8♣ 6♥ 2♣ with the blinds Laksh Pal Singh and Kensuke Koizumi. No bets fired, the turn came 10♣. Koizumi bet 55k, Lien called, Singh folded. On the river 6♦ no bets. Koizumi showed A♦ 3♣, Lien won it with J♠ 10♠ pair.
Following that hand, Tan Nguyen shoved with 185k, snap-called by Lien Nguyen with A♣ 8♥, Lien A♠ K♦, the board ran A♥ 8♠ 9♥ 4♠ 10♣ for a double up to Nguyen. Nguyen up to 410k, Lien dipped to 958k.
First hand of the new level and quickly a double up awarded to Kang Feng Lien, on a raised pot preflop, the cards ran 6♠ 9♣ K♠. Kang Feng Lien all in with K♥ 10♥, Singh with A♦ K♦, the turn 10♦ improved Lien and with the river 2♠, he doubled up to 1.060M, Singh dropped to 950k.
Tien Quyet Pham is slowly rising here. He is now up to 566k after winning a pot against Jerome Bradpiece. Catching the action on the turn board 6♣ 9♣ 9♠ 2♦, hijack Bradpiece bet 77k, Pham called. The river 2♣ saw no bets, Bradpiece showed A♦ Q♦, Pham won it with 4♠ 4♥ higher two pair.
Fu Bang Huang ended Kim Michael Enriquez in the same fashion as he did to Dao Minh Phu on the bubble. Action folded to sb Huang, he raised but before the count was made, Enriquez moved all in. Huang called.
Huang Q♣ 5♠
Enriquez A♣ K♥
The board ran J♠ 4♦ 9♥ K♣ 10♣ for a winning straight on the river to Huang. Enriquez packed up in 13th place. He earned VND 95,050,000 (~USD 4,000).
Just after doubling up, Ray Chiu entered the next hand and crashed out of the running. Catching the action on the turn 8♥ Q♦ A♦ K♣, Chiu all in with A♣ Q♥ two pair, snap-called by Kensuke Koizumi with J♦ 10♥ straight. The river 10♠ was not the out Chiu need to stay alive, he took 14th place. He earned VND 95,050,000 (~USD 4,000) for his finish. Koizumi up to 1.610M and is currently the chip leader.
Hijack Fu Bang Huang raised to 35k, cutoff Ray Chiu shoved (232k), both had a piece of the board Q♠ 3♦ 5♥ 10♦ 4♦ with Chiu ahead for a double up. Chiu up to 504k.
Tien Quyet Pham picked up another stack boost to bring his stack to 372k. Action opened with Go Mori raising to 36k, bb Pham called. No bets on the flop A♥ 10♠ 4♣ and the turn came 7♦. Pham moved all in, Mori tank-called. Pham A♣ 9♣ top pair, Mori 10♥ 8♠ second pair, the river J♥ secured the win for Pham.