First player to the money was Ito Akira in 48th place and was followed by NguyenVan Kien aka Keni with Giao Linh sending him packing. Keni pushed with J♥ 10♠ that was dominated throughout by Linh’s J♣ Q♥.
Next to the money was Thomas Ward in 46th place. It happened in back to back losses. The first hand his A♠ K♠ ran into Nguyen Hai Manh’s A♣ A♥. This sent his stack down to 45k which he pushed on the next hand with Q♦ J♦ that busted to Tran Huy Hoang’s A♦ 10♣ on a board K♥ A♥ 5♦ 6♠ Q♣.
All three players earned VN₫ 38,950,000 (~US$ 1,680)
46th | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 38,950,000 |
47th | Nguyen Van Kien | Vietnam | 38,950,000 |
48th | Ito Akira | Japan | 38,950,000 |