HomeNguyen Hai Phong picked up a sizable pot against Terry Nguyen. Phong opened for 40k, Terry Nguyen three-bet to 120k, Phong called. At the flop 6♥ J♦ 3♥, button Phong bet 80k, small blind Terry Nguyen opted to check-fold his stake on the big pot.
Action has slowed with small pots being claimed. One of the biggest was a double up to short stacked Nguyen Quang Huy. He raised to 45k, Nguyen Nam Duong three-bet to 100k which was more that Huy’s stack. He called to put his tournament life at risk.
Nguyen Quang Huy 6♦ 6♣
Nguyen Nam Duong A♦ 10♦
The board ran clean 9♦ Q♥ 2♣ 7♦ 8♣ for the pair to hold. Huy jumped to 184k, Duong dropped to 180k.
Action opened with cutoff player Luu Danh Tuan raising to 40k, chip leader Ngoc Anh Cao three-bet to 130k from the big blind, Tuan gave it a thought then called. At the flop 3♦ 8♣ K♣, Cao c-bet 100k, Tuan reluctantly folded leaving himself 417k. Cao chipped up to 1.56M.
Nguyen Hai Phong
On a board 10♣ J♣ 8♦ 4♣, and 200k in the pot, utg player Pham Tien Dung bet 66k and hijack player Nguyen Hai Phong tank-called. On the river K♠, Pham checked, Nguyen bet 110k, Pham tried to get a read by asking Nguyen how much he had behind but Nguyen kept himself frozen. Pham eventually called. Nguyen had A♣ 9♣ nut flush to drag in a big pot, Pham showed his K♣ K♥ set on the river. Pham dropped to 950k, Nguyen climbed to 717k.
And the rich get richer… Action folds to the small blind Giao Linh who shoves his stack of well over 200K, big blind Ngoc Anh Cao looks down at his hole cards and makes the call.
Cao J♣ J♦
Linh A♣ Q♠
The board runs low to end Linh’s run in 21st place. He earned VN₫ 80,770,000 (~US$ 3,484) for his 21st place finish. Cao has reclaimed the chip lead with 1.46M.
All in preflop with Huu Dung Nguyen A♠ Q♦ dominated by Feng Yu’s A♣ K♣. With the board running A♥ 4♦ 3♠ 2♦ 9♦, it was the end of the line for Nguyen in 22nd place. He earned VN₫ 80,770,000 (~US$ 3,484) for his deep run. Yu chipped up to 422k.
Players are on a break. 22 remain across three tables. They are now looking at a pay jump with the next cash at VN₫ 80,770,000 (~US$ 3,484). Here’s an update on the biggest stacks.
Kenny – 1,2530,000
Ngoc Anh Cao – 1,155,000
Ashish Munot – 1,140,000
Pham Tien Dung – 1,060,000
Phachara Wongwichit – 1,002,000
Chips in play: 11,775,000
Average stack: 535,227
Eliminations 23rd to 48th – payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 23rd | Kajornnut Prirungrueng | Thailand | 67,300,000 |
| 24th | Teddy Pham | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 25th | Tran Huy Phong aka Nam Phong | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 26th | Tran Ha Hung | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 27th | Nguyen Van Xuan | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 28th | Le Duc Anh aka Choai | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 29th | Nguyen Huu Manh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 30th | Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 31st | Sam Nguyen | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 32nd | Nguyen Tien Son | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 33rd | Nguyen Quang Minh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 34th | Do Hoang Anh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 35th | Yuthana Boonorm | Thailand | 56,090,000 |
| 36th | Phan Trong Linh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 37th | Anuphad Khong Dechudomkul | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 38th | Takuya Sato | Japan | 46,740,000 |
| 39th | Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | 46,740,000 |
| 40th | Nguyen Quang Minh aka Mr Ngo | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 41st | Vu Quang Hai | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 42nd | Ankit Jajodia | India | 46,740,000 |
| 43rd | Nguyen Van Chien | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 44th | Metasit Pratipsangkorn | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 45th | Tharit Nanthana | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 46th | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 38,950,000 |
| 47th | Nguyen Van Kien | Vietnam | 38,950,000 |
| 48th | Ito Akira | Japan | 38,950,000 |
Kenny
Vietnamese player Le Van Dien “Kenny” ended the hopes of two players, Tran Huy Phong and Teddy Pham. He now joins Ashish Munot and Phachara Wongwichit with over 1M in chips.
Kenny Q♣ Q♦
Teddy Pham A♥ K♥
Tran Huy Phong J♥ J♦
The board ran 7♣ A♣ Q♥ A♠ 6♦ for a crushing full house and huge pile that sent his stack to 1.3M.
Teddy Pham busted 24th and Tran Huy Phong 25th, both players earned VN₫ 67,300,000 (~US$ 2,903).
Ashish Munot
Heavy bets preflop led to the crash of Tran Ha Hung in 26th place. From utg, Ashish Munot raised to 25k, mid position Phachara Wongwichit three-bet to 70k, cutoff Tran Ha Hung four-bet to 210k, back to Munot who tank-jammed. Wongwichit quickly folded but the opposite for Tran who snap-called.
Munot A♠ A♥
Tran K♦ K♥
The board stayed clean 3♥ 5♦ 6♣ Q♠ 4♣ for Munot to ship it and surge to 1.145M. He is running second in command to Wongwichit with 1.28M. Tran packed up and earned VN₫ 67,300,000 (~US$ 2,903) for his deep run.