HomeThree-way limped pot the flop came 3♠ K♦ 4♣. Bb Madhav Gupta bet 27k, utg Akshay Nasa called, sb check-folded. The turn 2♥ another 65k by Gupta, Nasa called. The river A♣, 85k from Gupta, Nasa called once more and claimed the pot wit h K♥ 4♥ two pair. Nasa up to 620k, Gupta dipped to 1.3M.
Button Choi Eng Loong raised to 38k and bb Nguyen Duc Bien defended. At the flop 4♣ 7♠ 10♥, Nguyen check-called a 38k bet. On the 9♥ turn, no bets landed. The river J♣, Nguyen bet 83k, Loong raised t o250k, Nguyen called. Loong had A♦ 2♠ ace high, Nguyen won it with 7♥ 8♥ straight. Loong dropped to 568k, Nguyen up to 1.29M.
Kim Kyung Hun is the sole remaining KMGM player and despite his short stack, he is hanging in there. Prior to this level, Kim doubled up through Madhav Gupta with [as} Q♥ overcoming J♥ J♦ when an ace showed up on the turn.
In this new level, Kim shoved his 215k stack and Jaesh Balachandran called. Kim A♠ Q♥ again, Balachandran 7♥ 7♠, a queen showed up on the flop and the pair held. Kim up to 470k.
12 players remaining
Average stack 908,333
Chips in player 10,900,000
Vincent Chauve 1.6M
Sofia Lovgren 1.5M
Nguyen Duc Bien 1M
Madhav Gupta 1.35M
Ankit Wadhawan 1.26M
Choi Eng Loong 855k
Cuong Nguyen 750k
Akshay Nasa 610k
Jaesh Balachandran 600k
Lam 500k
James Chavanarojrit 400k
Kim Kyung Hun 222k
Leaving in 13th place was Pham Duy Hung. He raised preflop, Vincent Chauve called, sb Ankit Wadhawan three-bet to 110k, Pham shoved, Chauve folded and Wadhawan made the call to put Pham at risk.
Pham J♦ J♥
Wadhawan A♦ K♠
The board ran 6♦ K♦ 9♥ A♣ Q♥. Out went Pham and earned VND 109,620,000 (~USD 4,700). Wadhawan up to 1.3M. 12 players remaining.
Dhaval Mudgal woke up with K♠ K♥ and jammed but two spot over, chip leader Sofia Lovgren had A♦[ah} and snap-called. The board ran 3♣ 2♠ 10♣ A♣ A♠ to further drive the win with quads. Mudgal earned VND 109,620,000 (~USD 4,700) for his finish.
Lovgren up to 1.6m.
Thien Phu was short stacked since the final three tables and three-bet all in. Initial raiser Vincent Chauve called. Phu A♣ 7♥, Chauve A♦ 8♥. The flop brought a bit of hope but no cigar as it completed 5♣ 4♥ 6♠ 10♦ J♦. Phu earned VND 109,620,000 (~USD 4,700) for his finish.
Hwang Seong Il has been struggling with a very short stack. He managed to triple up once but only chipped up to around 50k. He finally got it all in on the small blind with A♦ 7♦ but big blind Pham Duy Hung woke up with A♣ J♦. With no help on the board, it was 16th place for Hwang and winnings worth VND 91,350,000 (~USD 3,900).
U+1 Kenji Kurashina raised to 30k, hijack Thien Phu called, sb Ankit Wadhawan jammed. Back to Kurashina who risked it, Phu folded while showing pocket tens.
Kurashina Q♣ Q♠
Wadhawan A♠ 10♦
The board ran 8♦ 8♣ 4♦ K♥ A♦. Kurashina out in 17th place and earned VND 91,350,000 (~USD 3,900).