HomeDay 2 is a wrap! 24 players bagged up. Chip counts below. Philippine player Vamerdino Magsakay closed with the chip lead. With 20 places paid, the money wasn’t reached. Players return tomorrow for Day 3. They play down to the final 8 players. See you back here tomorrow! Standby for the day’s recap.
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 15 | Ashish Munot | India | 328,000 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Binh Minh | Vietnam | 401,000 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 416,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 24 | Dave Erquiaga (DB) | Philippines | 197,000 | 1 | 5 |
| 9 | Yong Hyun Yoo (SB) | Korea | 410,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | Tanaka Masatoshi (BB) | Japan | 523,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 1 | Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | 718,000 | 1 | 8 |
| 20 | Richard Marquez | Philippines | 247,000 | 1 | 9 |
| 4 | Lim Chor Heng (SB) | Singapore | 545,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | Hieu Ngo (BB) | Vietnam | 366,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | 699,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 16 | Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 314,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Tran Huy Hoang | Vietnam | 385,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Joseph Talamayan | Philippines | 627,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 17 | Sumit Sapra | India | 305,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 12 | Ta Duy Quoc Chinh (DB) | Vietnam | 399,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 7 | Tuy Nguyen | Vietnam | 466,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 6 | Oliver Helm (DB) | New Zealand | 507,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 21 | Je Hun Hong (SB) | Korea | 245,000 | 3 | 3 |
| 10 | Kim Hak Do (BB) | Korea | 403,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 23 | Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 207,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 18 | Chen Da Jza | China | 302,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 19 | Bobby Zhuo Xinghua | Singapore | 281,000 | 3 | 8 |
| 22 | Laksh Pal Singh | India | 243,000 | 3 | 9 |
| Day 1A = 60 / Day 1B = 101 / Day 2 = 31 | |||||
| Total Entries 192 / 75,300 Taken out of Play Due to 2X Qualifiers | |||||
| 9,524,700 Chips in Play / 396,862 Average Chip Stack | |||||
Binh Minh
Three-way action at the flop J♥ 2♦ 4♥, two players checked, Binh Minh bet 20k, called only by Mark Gruendemann. On the turn A♥, both checked. On the river 2♥, Gruendemann checked 30k, Binh raised to 156k, Gruendemann tanked then called. Binh opened A♣ 2♣ full house and doubled up to 390k. Gruendemann showed Q♣ 9♥ flush. He dropped to 30k.
A few hands after, Binh railed Gruendemann with pocket aces over pocket queens.
All in preflop Yu Jui Yeh with A♠ 8♦, Ashish Munot 10♣ 10♠, the board bricked. Munot shipped it and clmbed to 343k.
Tung Nguyen
With 110k in the pot, the board showed A♠ K♦ 6♦ 7♣ 5♥. Bb positioned Tung Nguyen was all in for 190k total, mid position Soo Jo Kim had a 47k bet out front. Kim tanked, used one of his time banks, then called. Nguyen opened 3♦ 4♦ straight on the river, Kim had 6♣ 6♠. Nguyen doubled up to 480k, Kim plummeted to 9k.
Battle of the blinds and a turn board 9♥ 4♥ K♣ 8♥, sb Yong Hyun Yoo bet 54k, bb Chen Dajza called. On the river 4♠, Yong checked, Chen bet 50k, Yong called. Chen opened 10♥ 2♥ flush.
Utg Nguyen Trung Hieu raised to 15k, button Cao Ngoc Anh called, bb Ta Duy Quoc Chinh three-bet to 45k, Nguyen folded, Cao Ngoc called. The flop ran 9♥ 5♣ 3♣, Chinh bet 40k, Cao Ngoc called. On the A♥ turn and 2♥ river, no bets landed. Chinh opened K♠ K♥ and took the pot. Cao Ngoc mucked.
Nguyen Nam Duong
One goes up and one goes way down…. Nguyen Nam Duong raised from cutoff, button Iy Wey Xie three-bet, Nam Duong four-bet, Iy jammed, Nam Duong called.
Nam Duong A♠ J♥
Iy A♥ K♠
The board ran 8♦ J♣ 9♣ 6♠ 4♦ for a lucky pair to Nam Duong. He avoided the rail, doubled up to 400k, while Iy plummeted to 7500. Iy busted on the next hand.
Sumit Sapra is on the move. He claimed a couple of good pots to bring his stack to 600k. The first one saw a raised pot worth 130k preflop. The cards landed 6♠ J♣ 2♥, big blind Iy Wey Xie bet 40k, Sapra called. On the turn Q♠, Iy fired 70k, Sapra shoved, Iy folded.
Next winning hand, Sapra railed Pham Quoc Anh. It was all in preflop. Pham A♥ J♦, Sapra A♣ J♠, though the hands were similar, the suits made a difference. The board felted 3h} Q♣ 3♣ 6♣ 7♣ for a winning flush to Sapra.
Kevin Choi Yun Lam three-bet shoved, initial raiser Ta Duy Quoc Chinh called.
Kevin A♠ Q♣
Chinh K♠ Q♠
The board ran 5♣ 6♦ 7♠ 2♠ 10♠ for a flush to Chinh. Kevin railed. Chinh up to 470k.
