HomeFrom utg, chip leader Nguyen Van Sang raised to 50k and big blind Son Hoang defended. At the flop 4♥ 4♠ A♦, Hoang check-called 30k. The turn 6♠ saw no bets to bring the river 4♣. Hoang led for 50k, Nguyen called, Hoang had A♥ 10♥ full house and won the pot with Nguyen mucking. Hoang climbed to 1.5M, Nguyen dropped to 1.68M.
From cutoff, Jiang Yongbo raised to 50k, small blind Rijad Hasani three-bet to 150k, Yongbo four-bet jammed, and snap-called by Hasani.
Hasani Q♣ J♣
Yongbo A♠ A♥
The board ran 9♠ 7♣ 2♠ 3♠ 6♠ for a winning flush to Yongbo. He doubled up to 760k, Hasani dropped to 720k.
Dinh Duc Linh survived another showdown, this time with K♣ 9♣ outdrawing David Erquiaga’s 8♦ 8♣ on a running board 5♠ K♦ Q♦ J♥ K♥ for a full house. Dinh doubled up to over 1.1M, Erquiaga dropped to 576k.
Sumit Sapra moved all in with 10♠ 10♥ and down the orbit Nguyen Van Sang had him with Q♣ Q♠. With the board running Q♦ 10♣ 3♥ 5♦ 9♣, both hit the set. Nguyen had the better spread to ship it and eliminate Sapra in 12th place. Sapra earned the next pay jump to VN₫ 131,91,000 (~US$ 5,676). Nguyen chipped up to 1.990M.
Dinh Van Tien has been sitting on a short stack for some time with some luck to keep him alive. However, the luck ran out with A♥ Q♥ outdrawn by Robert Kiss’s K♥ 9♣ king on the board. Dinh earned VN₫ 109,930,000 (~US$ 4,730) for his deep run.
On a flop J♥ 2♠ 8♠ and 125k in the middle, big blind Son Hoang bet 60k, button players Nguyen Hoang Huy jammed for a massive 301k, Hoang tank-called. Nguyen had A♠ 9♠ flush draw, Hoang with J♣ 10♠, the turn 5♥ and river 9♣ kept the top pair ahead to eliminated Nguyen in 14th place. Nguyen earned VN₫ 109,930,000 (~US$ 4,730) for his deep run. Hoang chipped up to 910k.
India’s Sumit Sapra was all in with A♥ 7♥, fellow countryman Ankit Jajodia put him in the hot seat with 8♣ 8♥. The board ran blanks until the river ace to give Sapra renewed life and a double up to 300K.
David Erquiaga risked his stack with 2♥ 2♠ to battle with, Robert Kiss hoped to send him packing with A♠ K♥, the flip saw a board run J♦ 10♠ 2♦ 7♥ 5♦ for a victorious set of twos and a double up for Erquiaga. He chipped up to over 1.2M. Kiss dropped to 375k.
Earlier in the day, Dinh Van Tien doubled up through Robert Kiss when his flush hunt was successful on the river to reach the final two tables. Once again, the river was good to him. He was all in with his very short 6 BB holding Q♦ J♠, chip leader Dang Duy Thanh had him dominated with A♣ Q♠. When the board ran 6♣ 2♣ 8♠ 9♦, Dinh got up to leave but the 10♠ landed and he celebrated the straight for a double up to 290k.