HomeWith the fall of Kajornnut Prirungrueng in 9th place, the Final 8 was formed and Day 3 ended. Here are the finalists by chip count:
Oliver Helm – New Zealand – 3,120,000
Quang Nguyen – Vietnam – 2,990,000
Duong Nguyen – Vietnam – 1,285,000
Terry Nguyen – Vietnam – 1,245,000
Zhou Jin Ping – China – 1,210,000
Tobias Napel – Norway – 745,000
Duy Khanh – Vietnam – 540,000
Nguyen Thanh – Vietnam – 315,000
Final 8 info
Total chips in play: 11,450,000
Average stack: 1,431,250
Opening blinds: 20K-40K ante 40k (Level 27) counting down from 37:17
Congratulations to the finalists! We will have a brief recap for you soon along with a short bio on each of the finalists. For now, browse the live posts for the day’s action.
Eliminations 9th – 12th
9th Kajornnut Prirungrueng – Thailand – VND 197,100,000
10th Kannapong Thanarattrakul – Thailand – VND 164,250,000
11th Guan Tian Liang – China – VND 136,860,000
12th Manoj Pentakota – India – VND 136,860,000
Eliminations 13th to 15th – VND 114,060,000
13th Tso Wei – Hong Kong
14th David Erquiaga – Philippines
15th Zannik Boesche – Germany
Eliminations 16th to 18th – VND 96,050,000
16th Lee Boon Han – Malaysia
17th Chan Wei Hong – Malaysia
18th Low Zi Cheng – Singapore
Eliminations 19th to 22nd – VND 79,210,000
19th Tai Hsing Hsiung – Taiwan
20th Miao Jia – China
21st Hwang Seong Il – Korea
22nd Le Long Stephane – France
Eliminations 23rd to 27th – VND 66,010,000
23rd Kenta Hino – Japan
24th Soeren Kargo Toerwquiot – Denmark
25th Fan Chi Fu – Taiwan
26th Nguyen Duy Tung – Vietnam
27th HIsashi Ogi – Japan
Eliminations 28th to 36th – VND 55,010,000
28th Reynold Ng Yan Wen – Singapore
29th Duong Thanh Ha – Vietnam
30th Tai Chen Lye – Singapore
31st Marius Zalpys – Lithuania
32nd Yar Gin Wee – Singapore
33rd A Hoang – Vietnam
34th Soo Jo Kim – Korea
35th Aaron Sing Keung Li – Australia
36th David Wai Ho – USA
Eliminations 37th to 45th – VND 45,840,000
37th Rubin Labroo – India
38th Tzu Ting Su – Taiwan
39th Ryusuke Kasawaki – Japan
40th Cao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam
41st Timothy Goh – Singapore
42nd Nguyen Duc Hop – Vietnam
43rd Lok Gino – China
44th Lim Chor Heng – Singapore
45th Hong Jehun – Korea
46th Zhang Lei – China – VND 38,200,000
Kajornnut Prirungrueng – 9th place
Kajornnut Prirungrueng will not be joining to the Final 8 having just fallen to Terry Nguyen in 9th place. Nguyen raised to 85k from the button, sb Kajornnut shoved his 225k stack, Nguyen with the snap call.
Kajornnut A♠ 10♣
Nguyen A♥ A♦
The board ran low 7♦ 5♠ 8♣ 3♥ 4♠. Kajornnut earned VND 197,100,000 for his deep run.
Quang Nguyen raised to 80k from cutoff, button called, sb Oliver Helm three-bet to 330k, only Quang called. The flop landed 10♦ A♦ Q♠, Helm c-bet 250k, Quang called. On the 4♦ turn, both players checked. The river 9♠, Helm checked, Quang fired 625k, Helm folded.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul – 10th place
The last APT decorated champion remaining has fallen. Kannapong Thanarattrakul, winner of APT Tokyo Japan progressively lost his chips and decided to place his last 5 bbs in holding 10♠ J♠ on the big blind. This wasn’t good enough though. Oliver Helm had K♠ 8♣. The board ran 3♣ 9♠ 8♥ A♣ 6♣ to end his run in 10th place for VND 164,250,000.
Guan Tian Liang – 11th place
Guan Tian Liang just missed the unofficial final table. He was bumped out in 11th place by Oliver Helm. Helm raised to 55k preflop, Guan shoved from the small blind. Helm tank-called.
Helm 8♥ 8♦
Guan 7♥ 7♠
The board ran K♣ K♠ 2♣ K♥ 8♠ for a full house to Helm. Guan earned VND 136,860,000 for his deep run.
Lojack Zhou Jiu Ping raised to 56k, button Nam Duong three-bet to 130k, Zhou called. At the flop 3♣ Q♣ 7♦, both checked. On the turn 4♠, Zhou led for 100k, called by Nam Duong. The river 6♥ it was back to checking. Zhou had 9♣ 9♦, the pot went to Nam Duong with 10♥ 10♣.
Manoj Pentakota was once the overwhelming chip leader but couldn’t bring it to the final table. After his stack took a hit from Quang Nguyen, he continued to drop until he fell in 12th place to Terry Nguyen.
Manoj Pentakota – 12th place
It took to consecutive hands to eliminate Pentakota. The first was a raise by Nguyen to 55k, Pentakota shoved, Nguyen called with slightly less chips. Pentakota held Q♦ 9♦, Nguyen with 10♥ 10♣. The board ran 7♣ 7♠ 2♠ 10♦ 6♦ for a full house to Nguyen. He shipped a double up to 1.1M, Pentakota plummeted to 57k.
Pentakota was all in on the next hand and those chips too went to Nguyen. Pentakota earned VND 136,860,000 for his deep finish. Nguyen rose to 1.2M.
Terry Nguyen
Tso Wei – 13th place
Tso Wei entered the day as one of the chip leaders and performed strong throughout however his hunt for the title fell short in 13th place. His final hand saw Tso Wei all in preflop and Duy Khanh making the call. Tso Wei 10♥ A♥, Duy Khanh K♥ Q♦, the board dropped a king 3♥ K♣ 5♦ 9♥ 8♠. Tso Wei earned VND 114,060,000. Duy Khanh up to 700k.
David Erquiaga – 14th place
David Erquiaga, the lone player from the Philippines advancing to Day 3 has tumbled out in 14th place. Crippling him was Oliver Helm. The hand began with a 75k raise by Guan Tian Liang, sb Helm and bb Erquiaga called. On the flop Q♣ 5♥ 4♦, all checked. The turn 9♥, Helm checked, Erquiaga bet 100k, Guan folded, Helm raised to 325k, Erquiaga called. On the river 4♥, Helm shoved his 571k stack, Erquiaga called with slightly more chips
Helm 9♦ 9♠ set
Erquiaga A♦ Q♥ two pair
Helm doubled up to over 2M. Erquiaga plummeted to 29k. He busted on the next hand. Erquiaga earned VND 114,060,000 for his deep run.