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Tso Wei picked up a good amount of chips simply by shoving and finding no callers. In one hand, Manoj Pentakota raised to 35k, three-bet to 105k by Guan Tian Liang, then four-bet all in by Tso Wei for 403k. No callers.
Next shove, Oliver Helm raised to 35k, Zhou Jiu Ping three-bet to 100k, Tso Wei jammed his 567k. No callers.
Zhou Jiu Ping earned a hefty pot off Manoj Pentakota to drive his stack to a million. Pentakota opened for 35k, b Zhou called. At the flop 5♥ J♦ 3♠, Pentakota bet 23k, Zhou check-called. On the turn 9♠, Zhou checked again, Pentakota fired 82k, Zhou raised to 200k, Pentakota called. On the river 9♣, Zhou jumped out with a 300k bet, Pentakota folded.
David Erquiaga got involved in two hands that sent his stack dipping a bit then rising. The first pot saw a flop 7♦ 9♦ 8♠ with 110k brewed. Erquiaga bet 120k, Tso Wei jammed, Erquiaga folded.
Chan Wei Hong – 17th place
Several hands later, utg Chan Wei Hong was all in for 166k, Erquiaga called. Chan held K♣ Q♦, Erquiaga A♦ 10♦, the board ran A♥ 9♦ 8♣ 10♥ 2♠. Chan out in 17th place for VND 95,050,000
Low Zi Cheng – 18th place
Low Zi Cheng three-bet shoved and initial raiser Nguyen Nam Duong called to put Cheng at risk. Nguyen had K? K?, Cheng with A♠ 6♠, the board dropped a king at the flop to end Cheng in 18th place.
Preflop raise war led to Kannapong Thanarattrakul all in with A♥ 8♦ and Nguyen Nam Duong with Q♣ Q♠. The board ran 9♦ 9♣ 6♠ J♣ 8♥. Nguyen doubled up.
With the recent elimination, the players compressed down to the final two tables. 18 remain. They play until the final 8 players is established.
Total chips in play: 11,450,000
Average stack: 636,100
Estimated chip counts:
Zhou Jiu Ping – 735,000
David Erquiaga – 600,000
Tso Wei – 705,000
Manoj Pentakota – 1,600,000
Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh – 163,000
Guan Tian Liang – 1,060,000
Quang Nguyen – 1,180,000
Oliver Helm – 550,000
Chan Wei Hong – 156,000
Low Zi Cheng – 510,000
Terry Nguyen – 380,000
Lee Boon Han – 215,000
Tobias Napel 510,000
Kajornnut Prirungreung – 800,000
Zannik Boesche – 325,000
Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 410,000
Nguyen Thanh – 540,000
Nguyen Nam Duong – 600,000
David Tai Hsing Nsiung couldn’t get much going against the big stacks all around him and finally pushed his short stack on a turn board J♥ 2♥ 4♠ 6♠ while holding 8♦ 6♣. He was called by Guan Tian Liang with 9♣ 9♠. The river J♣ eliminated Tai.
Tough fall for Hwang Seong Il to Kajornnut Prirungreung. Action began with Kajornnut limping from the button, sb Hwang raised to 72k, Kajornnut shoved, Hwang risked it all.
Kajornnut K♥ 10♠
Hwang A♥ A♦
The board ran a crushing 10♥ 7♦ 2♦ 8♣ 10♦ for trips to Kajornnut and Hwang the boot.
Three big stacks stared down a flop 7♦ J♦ 4♠ and 90k pot, Quang Nguyen and Manoj Pentakota checked, Guan Tian Liang bet 35k, only Pentakota called. On the turn A♥, both players checked and the river came 8♦. Pentakota led for 103k, Guan called then mucked upon seeing 4♦ 5♦ flush. Pentakota won the pot.