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Korean comedian turned poker player Kim Hak Do just banked himself a huge pot while railing Tran Huy Tien in the process. On a full board 8? 3? 7? 10? K?, Tran had 3? 3?, Kim with 7? 7?. Kim at 390k.
From mid-position, Jimmie Javier raised to 5k, big blind Iy Wey Xie three-bet to 17.5k, Javier called. At the flop K♠ J♣ 3♦, Iy c-bet 10k, Javier shoved (46k), Iy tanked then made the call. Javier had A♥ A♠, Iy with K♦ 9♦, the turn 6♥ and river 10♦ completed the board. Javier shipped it and rose to 130k.
The prize pool and payouts are up! The event drew a total of 192 entries (140 uniques, 52 re-entries). At VND 38,500,000 each, the prize pool surpassed the guarantee for a healthier VND 6,518,400,000 (~USD 280,600). 20 players paid. The eventual winner is looking at shipping VND 1,655,320,00 (~USD 71,300).
Four way raised pot action to the flop A? Q? 5?, Yang Peng (King) c-bet 9k and only found one customer in Mark Gruendemann. On the turn 7♦ Yang shoved, Gruendemann called. The river (4x} completed the board; Gruendemann won with 5? 5? set for a double up to 190k.
Immediately after losing to Tanaka Masatoshi, Joseph Talamayan was involved in the next hand, this time against APT decorated champion Soo Jo Kim. The hand began with a 9k raise by Kim, Talamayan three-bet to 9k, sb Tanaka called, Kim four-bet to 28.5k, Talamayan called, Tanaka folded.
At the flop K♠ 4♥ 2♦ and turn Q♥ both checked. On the river 10♠, Kim led for 18.5k, Talamayan called. Kim won it with A♠ Q♠. Talamayan showed his J♥ J♣. Kim up to 240k, Talamayan dropped to 420k.
Tanaka Masatoshi stormed to 415k after shipping a massive pot. This was definitely the biggest pot of the day so far. The hand saw a 60k pot brewed preflop, the board was 7♣ 6♥ 9♣. Action began with sb Linh Tran who shoved his 73.5k stack, bb Tanaka shoved with 135.5k, chip leader Joseph Talamayan tanked then called.
Tran J♣ J♦ overpair
Tanaka Q♠ Q♥ higher overpair
Talamayan K♣ Q♣ draw
The turn Q♦ improved Tanaka to a set, and with the river 9♥, Tanaka shipped it with a full house. Tran was eliminated, Talamayan dropped to 475k.
Frank Lillis raised to 3500, sb Tran Son Thach called, bb Pham Bao three-bet to 17k, Lillis called, Tran folded. At the flop 4♣ Q♥ 10♦, Pham led for 25k, Lillis called. On the turn 5♣ and river K♣, no bets landed. Pham showed A♣ 6♥ but it was no good against Lillis’s 7♣ 7♠.
Our series Main Event champion picked up a big pot against Macaron Tran but not before sending the local pro tanking. On a full board 5♥ 8♣ 10♦ 4♥ J♣ and 145k pot, Zhou bet 22k, Tran tanked, time was called. Tran mucked.
Dao Ngoc Nam was all in with A♥ K♦ and Binh Minh challenged with J♠ J♦. The board came 4♠ 8♣ 3♠ 3♣ K♣ for a higher pair to Nam and a happy double up to 160k. Nam dropped to 180k.