HomeWe still have a huge field of 160 players. Top five leaders are:
Kajornnut Prirunoreung 230,000
Chan Kian Bing 210,000
Brandon Yates 190,000
Guan Tian Liang 185,000
Quang Nguyen 180,000
Total chips in play: 11,450,000
Average stack at 160 players: 71,500
Three-way action preflop saw utg Choi Yun Lam (Kevin) raise to 2300, mp Guan Tian Liang three-bet to 6500, Long Lam called, and back to Kevin who called. On the flop 8♦ 9♦ 2♥, check by Kevin, 65k c-bet by Guan, Lam all in for less (29.3k), fold from Kevin for a heads up showdown.
Guan 10♥ 10♣
Long J♣ J♠
With the turn 6♠ and river A♦, Long shipped a double up.
Yang Cong Hui raised to 2k, Ngeow Chung Fai (Tony) three-bet to 6300, Yang called. On the flop 10♥ 3♥ K♥, Yang checked to the aggressor Tony who fired a 5k c-bet. Yang answered with a raise to 10k, tony shoved around 30k. Yang folded. Tony showed A♠ while claiming the pot.
Reynold Ng raised t o2400, Nguyen Nam Duong three-bet to 720, bb Tran Huy Hoang four-bet to 17.2k, no callers.
Utg Brandon Yates raised to 2400, mp Jeong Bong Kil and bb called. On the flop 7♦ Q♦ 2♠, bb checked, Yates c-bet 3600, Jeong called, bb folded. On the turn 7♥, Yates fired another 6800, Jeong bumped it up to 35k, Yates tanked then surrendered his hand.
The prize pool is up! With Day 2 late registration adding another 56 entries, the combined total came to 458 entries. With buy-in at VND 22,000,000 each, the prize pool well exceeded the guarantee to a heftier VND 8,885,200,000 (~USD 380,000). Out of that pot, 46 players will see a payout with the eventual winner shipping VND 1,892,170,000 (~USD 81,000).
Lee Boon Han
One of the Day 1C chip leaders, Anh Duy, fell hard early and taking all his chips was Lee Boon Han. The hand saw utg Anh Duy raise to 2100, called by one player, three-bet to 5k by button Lee, back to Anh Duy with four-bet to 13k, caller folded, and Lee called.
At the flop 4♣ 6♠ 7♥, Anh Duy fired 20k, Lee shoved his big stack, Anh Duy called with less. Lee K♥ K♣, Anh Duy K♠ A♠, the turn J♦ and river 4♦ were misses for Anh Duy to send him packing. Lee up to 210k.
Christopher Mateo raised to 2400 preflop, sb Pham Nguyen Duy Khanh three-bet to 8400, Mateo called. At the flop A♣ 2♠ 8♦, Pham c-bet 6k, Mateo raised to 13.5k, Pham called. On the turn 6♥, check by Pham, Mateo bet 21.3k, Pham folded. Mateo over 60k.
Chan Kian Bing entered the day as one of the leaders and may be the frontrunner at the moment. We caught him win a pot against Lukas Rutkauskas to climb to 260k. On a flop 4♠ 8♠ 2♥ and 5k pot, Lukas bet 2200, Chan called. On the 2♦ turn, Lukas check-folded to a 7k bet.