HomeBreak time again with another two levels completed. The field is down to 14 players. Once the Final 8 is reached, the game will break for the night.
Estimated chip counts per table / seat:
Table 31
1 – Nguyen Hai Phong 1,090,000
2 – Shardul Parthasarathi – 455,000
3 – Ashish Munot – 1,555,0000
4 – Norbert Koh – 360,000
5 – Feng Yu – 433,000
6 – Terry Nguyen – 961,000
7 – Ngoc Anh Cao – 1,625,000
Table 32
1 – Kenny – 855,000
2 – Phachara Wongwichit – 800,000
3 – Tung Red – 830,000
4 – Nguyen Van Trung – 785,000
5 – Pham Tien Dung – 940,000
6 – Luu Danh Tuan – 260,000
7 – Pham Van Tien – 620,000
Chips in play: 11,775,000
Average stack: 841,071
End of the road for Nguyen Nam Duong who went all in on flop 5♥ J♠ K♥ and got called by big stacked Ashish Munot. Nguyen had A♥ 7♥ flush draw, Munot with K♠ Q♥, the turn 4♠ and river 9♦ were not the outs Nguyen needed to settle for a 15th place cash. He laddered up to VN₫ 116,300,000 (~US$ 5,016).
Nguyen Van Trung was all in for his tournament life with 9♣ 9♠, Luu Danh Tuan called with A♥ K♠, the board offered no help to the drawing player for a double up to Nguyen to just under 800k. Tuan lunged to 240k.
On a flop 7♦ 7♥ 6♥, Frank Tielens was all in with 10♠ 6♠, Ngoc Anh Cao called with Q♣ J♥, the turn 4♣ was safe but the river Q♠ was his end. Tielens earned VN₫ 96,920,000 (~US$ 4,180) for his finish.
Pham Van Tien was all in with 4♦ 4♣ and Shardul Parthasarathi put the heat on with overcards A♦ J♣. When the board felted 8♠ 10♥ 10♠ 2♦ 7♦, Pham celebrated his double up to over 800K. Parthasarathi dropped to 590k.
Three-way action to the flop with short stacked Frank Tielens all in. At the flop Q♣ K♣ 2♠, Ashish Munot bet 50k for a side pot, Terry Nguyen called. On the turn 5♠, another bet by Munot of 130k, Nguyen check-called. On the river J♦, Nguyen switched up and fired a 150k, Munot quickly called. Nguyen had A♠ 10♠ straight, Munot with Q♠ Q♦ set, side pot went to Nguyen. For the main pot, it was split with Tielens also holding an A-10 straight. Terry Nguyen chipped up to 820k, Munot dropped to 1.3M. Tielens short with under just over 100k.
Nguyen Quang Huy pushed his remaining stack preflop with 7♥ 7♣ to go to battle with, Nguyen Hai Phong challenged with A♠ 10♥. The board was kinder to the big stack as it ran A♦ K♦ K♠ 8♦ 9♣ to end Huy’s run in 17th place. He earned VN₫ 96,9230,000 (~US$ 4,180).
After a preflop war, Tran Huy Hoang was all in with K♥ J♥, Ashish Munot had him in chips and in hole cards of A♠ A♥, the board came 6♠ 10♥ 9♣ A♦ 7♥. Tran was eliminated in 18th place for a pay jump to VN₫ 96,920,000 (~US$ 4,180).
The new level has brought significant action with players seeing more chips in the pot. Tran Hai Ha got involved in two pots that sent him out of the running in 19th place. On the first hand, Nguyen Quang Huy raised to 60k from utg, Nguyen Van Trung jammed his 190k stack, Tran joined the shove, and initial raiser Nguyen Quang Huy opted to fold.
Nguyen Van Trung A♣ K♥
Tran Hai Ha Q♦ Q♣
The board ran 5♠ K♠ 5♦ A♠ 4♣ for both of Trung’s cards to pair up awarding him a double up. Tran dropped to 64k which he pushed on the next hand with A♠ 2♥. Terry Nguyen sent him packing in 19th place with A♥ J♥. Tran earned VN₫ 80l,770,000 (~US$ 3,484) for his deep run.