HomeWith the fall of James Chavanarojrit, the Main Event has reached the final 8! The players will bag up and rest up before returning for tomorrow’s last battle. We will have a recap shortly so best to read the live posts before we get that up for you.
Final 8 players by rank
Vincent Chauve 3,063,000
Sofia Lovgren 1,654,000
Choi Eng Loong 1,521,000
Ankit Wadhawan 1,302,000
Akshay Nasa 1,284,000
Nguyen Duc Bien 1,247,000
Cuong Nguyen 515,000
Jaesh Balachandran 319,000
Average stack: 1,362,500
Chips in play: 10,900,000
Final day opening blinds: 12k – 24k ante 24k counting down from 45 minutes
Remaining payouts
1st VND 1,818,450,000
2nd VND 1,212,310,000
3rd VND 842,780,000
4th VND 608,730,000
5th VND 455,230,000
6th VND 351,340,000
7th VND 279,000,000
8th VND 227,310,000
The final 8 race will stream live on APT Twitch and APT YouTube starting at 2pm on Tuesday, November 12.
After doubling up Jaesh Balachandran, James Chavanarojrit waited for hand he could push. It came from utg with 8♣ 8♠ however big blind Nguyen Duc Bien woke up with A♠ J♣ and called. When the board ran A♣ Q♦ 10♦ A♦ 9♥, it was the end for Chavanarojrit missing the final table by one spot. He earned VND 189,430,000 (~USD 8,100) for his deep run.
From utg, Jaesh Balachandran shoved (175k), down the round James Chavanarojrit did the same with 420k behind. No other callers.
Balachandran Q♥ J♠
Chavanarojrit J♣ J♦
The board ran A♣ K♥ 10♦ 5♣ 9♦ for a straight to Balachandran and a double up to 410k. Chavanarojrit dropped to 245k.
Button Ankit Wadhawan raised to 55k, bb Vincent Chauve defended. At the flop A♣ J♦ 8♥, Wadhawan c-bet 31k, Chauve check-called. On the turn Q♥, no bets landed, and the river came K♥. Chauve led for 100k, Wadhawan called. Chauve 8♦ 6♦ pair, Wadhawan won it with J♣ J♠ set.
9 players remaining
Average stack 1,211,111
Chips in play 10,900,000
Estimated chip counts
Seat 1: Nguyen Duc Bien 1.070M
Seat 2: James Chavanarojrit 480k
Seat 3: Ankit Wadhawan 1.25M
Seat 4: Akshay Nasa 1.140M
Seat 5: Vincent Chauve 3.1M
Seat 6: Sofia Lovgreen 1.83M
Seat 7: Cuong Nguyen 550k
Seat 8: Jaesh Balachandran 365k
Seat 9: Choi Eng Loong 1.26M
KMGM’s last hope was Kim Kyung Hun however his short stack struggle kept him at a push or fold with big stacks all around him. He finally got it all in with Q♥ Q♣ only to run into Akshay Nasa’s A♦ A♣. The board ran empty and he fell in 10th place. He earned VND 131,550,000 (~USD 5,600).
We are now at the unofficial final table of 9 players. One more needed before we bag up for the day.
Hard fall for big stacked Madhav Gupta who exited in 11th place. The hand that did it began with utg+1 Vincent Chauve raising to 45k, beside him Gupta three-bet to 115k, Chauve called. When the flop landed 10♥ 2♣ 8♠, Chauve check-raised a 90k bet to make it 210k. Gupta called. On the turn 3♠, Chauve led for 310k, Gupta jammed, snap-called by Chauve.
Gupta A♦ 10♦ top pair
Chauve 2♠ 2♥ set
Gupta was drawing dead. The river was 7♣. Gupta earned VND 131,550,000 (~USD 5,600) for his finish. Chauve increased to 3.1M.
It took some time before the next player bumped the rail and the casualty was Cao Tung Lam who attempted a bluff that failed. Hot running Choi Eng Loong opened to 50k from hijack, cutoff Lam and bb Sofia Lovgren called.
On the flop 4♥ J♥ K♥, Choi c-bet 67k, Lam called, Lovgren check-folded. On the turn 6♣, again a bet by Choi of 115k, smooth-called by Lam. The river 2♦, Choi opted to check, Lam went all in for 147k, Choi tank-called. It was a good call with Lam turning over a bluff A♥ 10♠. Choi shipped it with A♦ J♦ pair. Lam pocketed VND 131,550,000 (~USD 5,600). Choi up to 1.5m.
Choi Eng Loong took command of the table in three consecutive hands to increase to 1.13m. The first hand saw a full board 5♦ A♠ 9♥ 9♦ Q♥, a player bet 40k, Loong raised to 180k, got the call. Loong showed A♦ A♥ and his opponent mucked.
Next hand hijack James Chavanarojrit raised to 40k, cutoff Loong three-bet to 120k, Chavanarojrit folded. Following that hand, he won a pot against Sofia Lovgren who called his river bet. He showed two pair with A♣ 2♣ and Lovgren mucked.