Le Anh Minh busted out in 15th place for a pay jump to VN₫ 109,930,000 (~US$ 4,730). With his short stack, he jammed with A♥ 3♥, chip leader Dang Duy Thanh had better A♠ 10♥, the board ran 2♦ 4♠ 8♥ 6♠ A♠.
Tran Nam Trung saw his stack swing wildly all day until he faced Robert Kiss who drained him down to 1 BB. Tran was all in with pocket Tens that ran into Kiss’s pocket Aces. No hits on the board for a double up to Kiss to 666k and Tran down to 21K. Two hands later, Tran busted in 16th place for VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940).
Three players built a pot of 150k, the flop came 8♣ 4♦ 3♥, small blind Jiang Yongbo checked, big blind Norbert Koh bet 161k leaving himself 30k behind, cutoff Son Hoang folded, back to Yongbo who put Koh all in. Koh reluctantly tossed in the rest of his chips.
Koh 8♥ 6♠ top pair
Yongbo 10♥ 10♣ overpair
The turn A♦ and river 10♠ further improved Yongbo to send Koh out in 17th place. Koh earned VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940) for his deep run.
17 players remaining. Dang Duy Thanh leads with 1.3M, Dinh Tien Thanh at his heels with 1.15M, Ankit Jajodia and Rijad Hasani both sitting on around 1.1M.
The once upon four hours past, David Erquiaga was chip leader but with players draining his stack, he was at risk during the all in against Dinh Van Tien. Erquiaga had J♦ J♣, Dinh with 10♦ 10♥, the princes held for a scoop to 305k. Dinh dropped to 240k.
All in preflop with Dang Duy Thanh at risk holding J♣ J♠ dominated by Tran Nam Trung’s K♥ K♦. However, the spread was on Dang’s side as it felted 2♥ 8♣ 5♣ J♦ A♣ for winning set and a double up to 1.3M. Tran dropped to 500k.
Blinds versus blinds, Dinh Tien Thanh with A♠ J♣, Katsuhito Kawai at risk with K♥ 8♣, no happiness on the board for Kawai as it ran Q♦ 10♣ A♥ 5♣ 7♠ to exit in 18th place for VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940).
Teddy Pham had it all out front with A♠ K♥ to battle with but Ankit Jajodia had A♥ A♦ that dominated Pham throughout. Pham busted in 19th place for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285). Jajodia zoomed to over 1M.
The field is down to 18 players across two tables. Rijad Hasani and Dinh Tien Thanh lead with around 1.2M followed by Jajodia.
Dinh Van Tien was all in on a flop 2♥ A♠ 3♥ and was at risk of exiting against Robert Kiss’s A♦ K♠. The turn 9♠ was no help but the river 9♥ was one of the outs he needed to land the flush and stay in the running. He climbed to 520k, Kiss dropped to 375k.