Nguyen Thanh Nha went head to head against Cao Ngoc Anh twice. On the first encounter, he doubled up with his 3♣ 7♣ spiking a full house on the river 7♠ 3♠ 8♠ 9♦ 7♦ to defeat Cao’s 2♠ 4♠ flush.
On the next meet up however, it was sayonara for Nha. He had Q♦ Q♥ and Cao with A♣ K♦. The board ran 4♥ A♠ 6♠ 4♣ J♥ for a higher pair to Cao. Nha finished in 22nd place, a pretty good run having also cashed at the Main Event with his 11th place finish.