HomeDay 3 is in the books! The Final 8 established! Here are the finalists by chip count:
Quang Phung – Vietnam – 1,980,000
Kit Kwan Kwok – Hong Kong – 1,665,000
Son Putin – Vietnam – 1,465,000
Paul Hong – New Zealand – 1,305,000
Cao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – 1,335,000
Wei Cheng Yin – Taiwan – 1,295,000
Nguyen Tuan Anh – Vietnam – 840,000
Thong Trinh – Vietnam 765,000
We will have a final 8 review coming up shortly. You can read up on some of the big action that took place here in Day 3 right here in our updates.
Congratulations to the Final 8 players!
Nguyen Van Canh pushed his remaining 545k stack and Quang Phung made the call. Nguyen had A♦ Q♦ and Phung with 10♦ 10♠. The board drew blanks, 3♣ 2♦ 6♣ 8♥ 9♣, the pocket pair held, and Nguyen ended the day in 9th place, missing the official final table by one spot.
Minh Le
Minh Le staged quite a fantastic run today, even claiming the chip lead at one time. His hunt for the title ended though in 10th place falling to Kit Kwan Kwok. Le pushed with K♣ 9♣, got called by Kit with A♥ Q♥, the board ran 5♥ 9♠ 4♠ 10♥ A♠ for a higher pair to Kit.
Action folded all the way to the blinds. Paul Hong raised to 85k, Wei Cheng Yin shoved around 400k, Hong called. Yin had K♣ Q♦ and Hong with 6♦ 6♥. The board ran K♠ 2♣ 5♦ 9♣ A♠ for a higher pair to Yin and a double up.
Nguyen Van Canh has raised three times preflop and every time, a player three-bets. He hasn’t called yet but once showed his A-Q. He has lost around 250k combined.
John Paredes
John Paredes hung in there despite coming in below average. He scored a few double ups but still couldn’t bring it up to par. He took his last stand, falling in 11th place.
Action heated up with a raise by Paul Hong, three-bet by Son Putin, shove by short stacked Paredes, another shove by Hong to isolate, and a fold from Putin giving up over 200k in chips.
Paredes K♠ 9♠
Hong 8♦ 8♠
The board ran 6♠ 7♥ 10♦ Q♠ 7♣. We are down to the unofficial final table of ten players.
Wei Cheng Yin
Quang Phung raised to 80k, called by Nguyen Van Canh, three-bet all in by Wei Cheng Yin, then back to Phung who four-bet to 420k. Canh folded to bring about a showdown.
Ying Q♣ Q♦
Phung J♠ 10♠
The board ran clear of any bad beats for a double up to Yin.
Paul Hong and Son Putin have been charging at each other, from our count at least four times and none of them reached a flop. On one hand, Hong raised to 60k, Putin three-bet to 215k, and Hong folded.
Next one, Putin raised to 65k, Hong three-bet to 170k, Putin four-bet a tower of chips, and Hong quickly folded. Entering the new level, another raise by Hong, shove by Putin, and Hong folded. The last hand saw Hong shove with Putin on the small blind.
Tran Uy Thanh hasn’t been active at the felt, frozen with his short stack to just shove or fold. He managed to double up with J-J over Cao Ngoc Anh’s 10-10 but hands later, Cao took it all back. Tran’s was all in with A♦ 6♥ and Cao had him dominated with A♠ K♣. The board offered no help and Tran busted in 12th place.