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Ashish Munot raked in a double up against the table leader Pham Tien Dung. On a board that completed 5♣ 10♦ K♦ 8♣ 10♥ and nearly 200k in the pot before the shoves, Munot’s K♥ Q♠ queen kicker played to beat Pham’s K♠ J♥. Munot zoomed to 460k.
From mid position, Yuthana Boonorm min-raised and got called by Mr Tao on the button. At the flop 4♥ K♥ 3♥, Boonorm c-bet 30k, Tao called. Same action on the 5♠ turn with Boonorm laying out 11.5k. On the river 5♥, Boonorm bet 30k, this time no challenge by Tao who folded. Boonorm up to 285k, Tao slipped to 174k.
Players are at a break. 90 players remaining. Here’s a look at the big stacks.
Pham Tien Dung 544k
Tran Huy Hoang 460k
Vaibhav Sharma 350k
Huynh Ngoc Cuong 325k
DG Dragon 320k
Nguyen Quang Huy 300k
Pan Yue Feng 284k
Phachara Wongwichit 280k
Cao Anh Ngoc 280k
Last night’s No Limit Hold’em Single Day 1 champion Tran Huy Hoang earned himself a sweet double up on a failed bluff by a player on the small blind. On a flop 8-2-2, small blind check-shoved with 9-4 bluff, big blind Tran bet-called with J-8 top pair, the turn 6 and river 8 kept Tran ahead, to bank a huge double up to 325k. The bluffer plunged to 10k and was eliminated shortly after.
Catching the action on a complete board 4♥ 6♥ 5♦ 2♦ Q♣ and a big pot sitting in the middle, small blind Do Hoang Anh checked, big blind Ashish Munot announced all in, Anh tanked then eventually found the courage to call for his tournament life. Munot had 9♣ 7♣ bluff, Anh was relieved to ship it with 7♦ 7♠. Anh doubled up to 170k, Munot dropped to 93k.
Hijack player opened for 5k, cutoff Nang Quang Nguyen called, button player Chien Than three-bet to 21k, big blind Nguyen Than Hai four-bet to 50k, initial raiser and caller folded, leaving the decision to Chien Than. After a few minutes of indecision, the clock was called and Chien folded. Nguyen claimed the pot to bring his stack to 140k.
Heavy betting preflop action saw a raise by utg player to 5k, two spots over, mid position player jammed for 22.3k, Nguyen Quang Minh called, then back to initial raiser who joined the all in. The bigger stacked Nguyen called for a three-way showdown.
Nguyen Q♠ Q♣
Utg player A♠ K♥
mid position 7♣ 7♦
The board ran 5♦ 5♥ 5♠ 9♣ Q♥ for a dominating full house and a double knockout. Nguyen zoomed to 260k.
On a flop 2♠ 7♠ 4♣ and 11k in the middle, hijack player Norbert Koh bet 4k then faced a check-raise from small blind Ngoc Anh Cao to 11k. Koh called and the turn came 6♣. Ngoc checked, Koh fired 33k, Ngoc called. On the river 5♠, no bets landed. Ngoc opened Q♠ J♠ flush, Koh mucked. Ngoc climbed to 190k, Koh dipped to 223k.
Four way limped pot sees a flop land 2♦ A♠ 3♦. The blinds checked, mid position player Tuan Tung bet 4,500, then button player Ohashi Masaya shoved his 40.7k stack. Blinds folded to Tung who had enough to cover it but opted to fold. Masaya rises to 50.7K.