HomeHwang Seong Il – 200,000
Chan Kian Bing – 210,000
Guan Tian Liang – 190,000
Quang Nguyen – 230,000
Lee Boon Han – 200,000
Makana Silva – 210,000
Hisashi Ogi – 220,000
Kajornnut Prirunoreung – 240,000
We’ve got several APT champions putting up a strong fight out there. Here are their current chip counts:
Harry Duong 85k
SJ Kim 65k
Linh Tran 80k
Hisashi Ogi 225k
Kannapong Thanarattrakul 20k
Huu Dung Nguyen 30k
Christopher Mateo 39k
Cao Ngoc Anh 100k
Mp Soo Jo Kim raised to 2600, found one caller in cutoff Nguyen Nam Duong, sb Ryusuke Kasawaki three-bet to 7600, Kim and Nguyen called. When the flop came 10♠ J♠ A♣, Kasawaki checked, Kim shoved (37k), Nguyen folded, Kasawaki tanked then surrendered his K♣ K♥.
Nguyen Huu Duc raised to 2600, sb Xu Lei and bb called. On the flop 4♥ 4♦ 8♣, blinds checked it to Nguyen, he c-bet 3500. Xu Lei raised to 8k, bb folded, then back to Nguyen who called. The turn A♣ saw more bets. Xu Lei checked, Nguyen bet 8500, Xu Lei raised to 21.5k, Nguyen shoved (68k), Xu Lei tank-folded. Nguyen showed his Q♣ 9♣ draw. He climbed to 120k.
Quang Nguyen shipped a big pot that sent his stack to 250k. We only caught the action on the river with the board 4♣ 10♣ 4♦ 5♥ 3♠ and a pot of 40k in the middle. It was heads up; his opponent bet 12k, Quang raised to 45k, got called. Quang showed 6♣ 7♣ for a straight.
Michael Fullmer was very happy to see the turnout of this hand as he shipped a deserving pot. It began with a limp by mp Nguyen Dang Long, sb Fullmer raised to 4500, bb Brandon Yates and Nguyen called. On the flop 2♠ A♦ 8♠, Fullmer c-bet 6500, Yates called, Nguyen dropped out. The turn 7♥ was checked by both and the river came 6♣. Fullmer checked, Yates bet 11.4k, Fullmer tanked for about 30 seconds then called. Yates turned over K♠ 10♠ bluff, Fullmer won it with 5♣ 5♠. Fullmer at 75k.
Action folded to cutoff Rubin Labroo, he raised to 2600. Sb Guan Tian Liang and bb Gulnara Heaver called. At the flop K♥ 3♥ 10♦, action was checked to Labroo, he c-bet 5200. Only Guan called. On the turn 2♦, check again by Guan, Labroo sent out 25.5k, and this time Guan opted to fold.
Three-way raised pot saw a flop land 2♦ A♥ 10♣. All checked. On the turn 4♣, sb Quang Nguyen led 3500, mp folded, db Reynold Ng called. The 10♠ river saw no bets, Quang showed 3♦ 3♣, Ng had better Q♣ Q♦. Ng up to 160k.
Nguyen Dang Long has just risen to one of the biggest stacks after knocking out Daniel Smith. The hand saw a mid position player raise to 3k, Nguyen called, bb Smith three-bet to 11.5k, initial raiser folded, Nguyen called. On the flop K♠ 10♦ Q♠, Smith c-bet 10.5k, Nguyen jammed his 120k stack that well covered Smith who called.
Nguyen A♥ J♥
Smith K♣ 7♣
The next two were turn 4♦ and river 2♣. Smith out. Nguyen up to 190k.