HomeDay 2 wrapped up early with only 7 rounds played. We will have a recap for you shortly but without a doubt, Nguyen Tuan Anh is the chip leader with a stack well over a million. You can read back on our updates for some of the thrilling action throughout the day.
Congratulations to all of the day’s survivors!
Short stacked Yohwan Lim had it all in with K♦ Q♦ but couldn’t get past Tran San Thach who held A♣ J♠ on a board that ran A♦ 6♣ K♠ 9♥ 6♦.
Nguyen Tuan Anh and Paul Hong are among the biggest stacks in the field with Nguyen clearly the chip leader at 960k. Both of these players went head-to-head in a couple of hands but none as big as this one.
Action kicked off with Nguyen raising to 22k, Wei Chong Yin called from the button, then Paul Hong three-bet to 90k from the small blind. Nguyen called while Yin opted to fold. At the flop J♦ 7♠ J♣, Hong c-bet 60k and Nguyen called. On the Q♦ turn, Hong sent another 115k in front and Nguyen answered with a raise to 300k. This sent Hong tanking for quite some time until the clock was called. He folded. Nguyen showed A♥ K♠ bluff. Yin commented that he folded the winning hand, A-J.
Nguyen climbed to 1.3M and Hong dropped to 450k.
It was a classic race with Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu all in holding J♣ J♥ and Cao Ngoc Anh with A♦ K♠. The cards fell 3♣ A♥ 10♠ 4♠ A♠ for trips to Cao and the bust to Chiu.
Choong Kian Weng
We haven’t reported much action on Choong Kian Weng. He has been sitting with a short stack for a majority of the rounds but has stepped it up in the final round of the day. One of the hands we caught saw a raised pot brewed preflop and a flop landing 8♣ 7♦ 5♣. Small blind Choong bet 35k, and big blind called. On the 7♠ river, Choong fired 80k and won the pot.
Kit Kwan Kwok chipped up after railing a player with his pocket kings dominating pocket eights throughout.
Nguyen Tuan Anh
Nguyen Tuan Anh has built quite the stack since the bubble burst and claimed a few more pots to drive his stack close to a million. One of the hands he raised to 16k and Paul Hong defended on the big blind. At the flop J♦ A♣ 9♣, Hong checked, Nguyen c-bet 22k and Hong called. On the 5♥ turn, Hong checked again, Nguyen bet 50k, and won the pot with Hong folding. Nguyen now sitting with around 960k.
Takeo Hanayama avoided the rail in a hand against John Paredes. Hanayama had Q♥ 10♥ and Paredes with K♥ K♠. The board ran 8♣ 10♣ 7♠ Q♦ A♣ for a winning two pair and a double up with his very short stack.
On a turn board 5♣ 9♣ 7♠ 6♠, Paul Hong bet 80k, Oeystein Nordii moved all in, and was called by Hong. Oeystein had J♣ J♦ over pair while Hong had Q♦ 8♦ straight. The river K♦ closed the hand and Oeystein was eliminated. Hong now up to 880k.
As he was shipping it in, Hong was heard saying, “playing like a fish, running good”.