HomeAfter a preflop raise war, Hoang Anh Tuan was all in with Q♠ Q♥ and faced big stacked Nguyen Quang Huy’s A♥ K♠. The window card quickly dropped an ace and held for a higher pair to Nguyen and the rail for Hoang. Nguyen climbed to 370k.
Terry Nguyen is no stranger to being short. At Day 2 he was down to just 6 BB and clawed back to advance to today’s race. With 17 BB in his arsenal, he three-bet shoved holding A♦ Q♠ and initial raiser Huynh Ngoc Cuong gave him a sweat with A♠ J♠. The board was good to Nguyen as it ran low for a double up to over 180K. As for Cuong, his stack was barely dented with 420k.
DC Nguyen was next to fall with K♥ Q♥ outdrawn by Yin Mingbao’s J♦ 4♦ turned trips on the river K♦ A♠ J♠ 5♥ J♣. Yin climbed from starting the day at 260k to now at 410k.
All in with short stacked Vu Duc Trung ahead A♣ Q♥ against challenger Thomas Ward with A♠ J♠, but when the board ran out 8♥ 6♠ 7♠ 10♠ 9♣, War improved to a crushing flush to ship it. Ward up to 280K.
The field is down to 54 players across six tables. Time banks now in play with each player given 5 chips worth 60 minutes each.
With over 200K in the pot and a board of 3♣ 10♣ 7♦ 5♥ K♠, Yuthana Boonorm had 45k out front that sent Nguyen Van Trung tanking. Nguyen eventually called and it was a good decision. Boonorm had A♦ K♣ top pair that was behind his A♠ A♣ overpair. Nguyen chipped up to 456k, Boonorm dropped to 125k.
Vu Minh Hai became the day’s first casualty, risking his short stack with Q♣ J♠ but ran smack into Khoi Nguyen’s A♣ A♥. Nguyen climbed to 150k.
We are down to 55 players. One bust needed for a table break.
Two short stack players shoved and earned double ups. At table 32, Pham Van Tien had pocket Queens and got fully by paid by Pham Tien Dung with pocket Nines. Hoang Anh Tuan opted to fold and show his A-K suited.
At table 23, action folded to Luu Danh Tuan who risked it with 9♦ 7♦, big blind Norbert Koh called with A♦ 5♦. The board favored Tuan as it partnered up both of his cards for a double up to 137,500.
Shuffle up and deal! Day 3 of the Main Event is underway with the final 56 players back for another stage to the money and Final 8 seat. With ITM at 48 places, that means 8 players will walk away empty handed. Stay tuned as we bring you all the action.
Good luck to all!
Main Event info
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
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 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 |