HomeSo close to the bubble round and big stacks found themselves facing off. Vaibhav Sharma had Q♦ Q♥, Pham Tien Dung K♣ K♦, no dramatic bad beat on the board for a massive double up to Pham to 585k. Sharma plunged to 60K, just 10 BB.
Ashish Munot put short stacked Thien Ha all in on a flop 2♦ 4♦ Q♦. Thien called with Q♠ J♠ top pair ahead of Munot’s 4♦ K♥. However with the turn 8♦, Munot got the flush for the win. Munot rises to 470k.
The field is down to 50 players .
Sam Nguyen picked up two near back to back double ups to boost his stack to 368k. His first win was off Khoi Nguyen with A♣ 10♣ spiking the ace on the river to beat J♠ J♥. Khoi dropped to 55k.
Following that hand, Sam Nguyen was all in again and got called by Thomas Ward. When the cards turned over, it was a cooler. Nguyen with A♥ A♦, Ward K♣ K♦, the board ran 3♠ 6♦ 10♣ Q♠ 8♥. Ward dropped to 190k.
On a board of 2♥ 10♥ 3♣ K♠ and a pot of around 83K, mid position Thomas Ward bet 48k, button player Nguyen Van Chien tank-raised to 128k which was enough to get Ward to fold. Nguyen chipped up to 285k. Ward dropped to 300k.
End of the line for Pham Huy Hoang who once again could not get past Takuya Sato. At the start of the day, Pham doubled up Sato and has been fighting to claw back up. He succeeded with two double ups but the third was his end. Pham’s 10♣ 10♠ was outdrawn by Sato’s A♥ Q♠ when the river dropped an ace 4♣ K♠ 5♦ 8♣ A♦. Sato up to 148k.
First break of the day agenda, remove the 500 chip. The field is down to 52 players. Money just four spots away. Here’s a look at the numbers and payouts once again.
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 949)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000 (~US$ 215,685)
Entries: 471
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159)
ITM: 48 places
| 1st | 1,929,250,000 |
| 2nd | 1,286,190,000 |
| 3rd | 894,140,000 |
| 4th | 645,820,000 |
| 5th | 482,970,000 |
| 6th | 372,750,000 |
| 7th | 296,000,000 |
| 8th | 241,160,000 |
| 9th | 200,970,000 |
| 10th | 167,470,000 |
| 11th-12th | 139,560,000 |
| 13th-15th | 116,300,000 |
| 16th-18th | 96,920,000 |
| 19th-22nd | 80,770,000 |
| 23rd-27th | 67,300,000 |
| 28th36th | 56,090,000 |
| 37th-45th | 46,740,000 |
| 46th-48th | 38,950,000 |
The day’s entering second in chips, Phachara Wongwichit bet 70k on board A♥ 8♣ 4♣ 2♦ 10♠ and a pot of 64.5K in the middle. Pham Van Tien used up one time bank then called at the last second. Wongwichit turned over A♠ 4♥ two pair to ship a good pot and rise to 715K. Pham dropped to 210k.
Shardul Parthasarathi entered the day with under 10 BB and needed to double up. He found the opportunity with A♦ K♦. Norbert Koh challenged with A♠ Q♠. No hits on the board for either player to bump up Parthasarathi’s stack to 155k.
During the first few hands of Day 3, Pham Huy Hoang paid a double up to Takuya Sato with K-10 dominated throughout by A-K. This sent his stack plummeting to just 2 BB which he was able to double up and more shortly after. Just before the first break, Pham was all in again with A♣ Q♠, Ashish Munot called with A♠ 3♣, the board ran 10♠ 5♣ Q♣ 2♣ 8♣ for the nut flush. He is now up to 74k.