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Live updates World Poker Championship - Hanoi 2022 : Main Event Day 2

The final table gameplay will be livestreamed on Grand Loyal Poker Club’s official Facebook page with a 30 minute delay. Stay tuned as the remaining 8 players battle for the coveted VN₫ 3,226,200,000 (~US$ 136,069) top prize!

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Full Payouts 9th - 128th

- ante 75,000

Following a hefty turn bet of 320K on the turn of board 9♠ 2♣ 6♦ 5♠ 2♣ , Jason Lau bet another 880K, pushing Abhinav Iyer to use all his time banks before making the call. Jason Lau reveals full house 9♦ 9♥ .

- ante 75,000

Korea’s aggressive Kim Beab Su finally railed in 12th after massive swings and failing to come back one last time. All-in with A♠ 9♠ , Hao Seo shoved right after with A♣ K♠ . The board ran low showing no Nine to pair Kim, leaving him to fight another day.

- ante 60,000

Sitting with a short stack, Eum Sang Dug K♠ K♣ ran smack right into Deepak Bothra’s A♥ A♣ for his elimination in 13th place.

- ante 60,000

A massive pot saw Kartik Ved with an open from the button and Korea’s Kim Beab Su answering with a three-bet to 320 on the big blind. Ved makes the call and the two head on to a flop of 5♥ J♦ 5♠ . Kim fires a 320K bet, called by Ved. Turn came a Q♦ and Kim check-called a bet of 425K. The river drew a blank 3♠ and Kim check-called Ved’s 1.6M jam. Ved took down the humongous pot showing trip fives and Kim with only Ace-high.

Ved A♥ 5♣ Kim A♦ K♣

- ante 60,000

Two short stacks pined together to survive, Jason Lau with Q♥ Q♦ and Pham Minh Tuan with A♠ K♠ . The board ran 6♥ J♣ 5♥ 3♦ J♥ , costing Pham his tournament life.

- ante 60,000

With Kartik Ved opening to 120, both players defended the blinds to make it a three-way pot on the flop J♠ 5♣ 8♦ . Nguyen Vu Huy on the small blind, open shoved 1.3M with Abhinav Iyer on the big blind reshoving his entire stack. Nguyen showed 7♥ 9♥ for a straight draw and Iyer with J♦ 5♦ for two pair. The turn 6♥ gave Nguyen a straight, not until the river 5♥ completed the board for Iyer with a boat.

- ante 60,000

India’s Deepak Bothra is on a roll, forcing another elimination this time by David Rodwell’s A♠ J♠ . Ahead once again with A♥ K♣ , Bothra scooped up Rodwell’s stack after the board ran blank.

- ante 60,000

All-in also with a short stack, Nguyen Duc Minh’s 6♠ 6♣ was no good against Deepak Bothra’s T♦ T♣ . The board showed no six and Nguyen headed for the rails in 17th.

- ante 60,000

Left with seven big blinds following his cracked Aces, Dang Van Hien shoved with A♦ 6♥ and was called behind by Kartik Ved with A♥ K♠ . The board ran J♣ 2♦ J♠ 7♠ T♣ , eliminating Dang in 18th.

19th - Ta Van Mung 20th - Lee Seok Young

- ante 50,000

Opened by Hao Seo to 120K, Abhinav Iyer called behind and Ta Van Mung from the blinds three-bet to 365K. Both players made the call and saw a flop of 6♣ T♠ 7♠ . Ta continued with a 500K bet and Hao moved all-in for 890K total. Iyer folded and Ta put out the 360K more. Hao revealed 6♠ 6♥ and Ta with A♦ A♥ . No ace came on the turn or river, leaving Ta crippled down to 3BB.

- ante 50,000

KMGM’s Lee Seok Young ran deep once again but failed to get a double with his short stack at the late stage. Getting it in with A♠ 3♥ against Deepak Bothra’s 9♦ 9♠ , the 9♥ 6♠ 6♥ flop instantly left Lee drawing to 1% and exiting in 20th place.

21st - Lee Seung Hwan 22nd - Nguyen Van Tu 23rd - Nguyen Trong Nghia 24th - Nguyen Van Quong Tuan

- ante 50,000

Lee firstly open-shoved his 800K stack and Deepak Bothra called behind with 630K. The two tabled their cards and ran the board 5♥ 6♥ 7♣ T♥ J♣ . Lee busted shortly after losing the race.

Bothra A♦ K♣ Lee A♣ Q♠

- ante 50,000

Defending his big blind against Dang Van Hien’s open, Abhinav Iyer called Dang’s flop, turn bet and river shove for his tournament life on a board of 6♥ 6♦ 8♦ 5♠ 2♦ .

Iyer 5♣ 8♣ Dang A♠ 3♥

- ante 40,000

Both players found their stacks all in the middle, Ha Manh Tuong again as the underdog with Q♥ Q♠ and Nguyen Van Tu’s A♥ A♣ . The board 9♠ Q♣ 6♥ 7♠ J♦ however, ran in his favor and thus eliminating his opponent in 22nd place.

- ante 40,000

After firing a four-bet from the button against Dang Van Hien on the small blind, Kim Choong Sub A♠ K♠ was left with no choice but to call Dang’s five bet all-in with half his stack already in the middle. Dang showed K♣ K♥ which was immediately crushed on a board of A♣ 6♣ 8♣ 2♠ 5♥ when the runout missed a fourth club.

25th - Ankit Wadhawan 26th - Jung Ju Young 27th - Kim Jang Soo 28th - Bier Romain 29th - Nguyen Dung Ha 30th - Kunal Patni 31st - Shardul Parasarathi 32nd - Tian Huy Tien

- ante 30,000

The action saw Ankit Wadhawan with a raise followed by two all-ins, Jung Ju Young K♣ J♣ and Dang Van Hien 9♥ 9♠ . Wadhawan A♣ A♥ made the final call and the three tabled the cards, revealing a board of 7♠ 8♦ 9♦ Q♥ Q♠ . Dang’s full house Nines over Queens scooped up the pot as the two headed for the exit.

- ante 30,000

27 players left led by India’s Kartik Ved with nearly 3M in chips.

- ante 30,000

On a board of A♣ 4♦ T♥ 8♥ , Ha Manh Tuong was in deep trouble as all the chips went in against Le Cong Vuong with a better Ace. Lucky for him, the river 5♣ saved him from a bust and awarded him the massive pot. Ha now sits with 1.9M in chips following the rivered three-outer.

Ha A♦ 5♦ Le A♠ Q♥

33rd - Nguyen Van Nam 34th - Lim Shyn Chyn 35th - Hwang Mi Ran 36th - Ng Manh Hung 37th - Quyen Anh 38th - Lee Chang Hwan 39th - Choi Seung Hoon 40th - Jun Su Wan

- ante 25,000

Jamming his 10BB stack from the big blind against Nguyen Manh Hung’s button raise, Kunal Patni got lucky as the board K♠ 5♥ 4♥ 3♥ Q♣ gave him a pair for a full double. Nguyen exited shortly after the bad beat.

Patni A♠ 5♣ Nguyen A♦ 9♣

41st - Nguyen Van Trung 42nd - Nguyen Thanh Tung 43rd - Dinh Gia Long 44th - Ha Ngoc Thao 45th - Tuan Tung 46th - Donkey Killer 47th - Myn Byeong Mun 48th - Pham Tio Tuan

- ante 25,000

After Ta Van Mung moved all-in for 200K on a flop of 2♠ 5♣ 9♠ , Day chip leader Le Cong Vuong made the call with Shyh Chyn Lim folding behind. Ta revealed 3♥ 3♠ against Le’s combo draw 7♠ 8♠ . The J♣ 5♦ runout however, faded Le’s countless outs to double up his opponent.

- ante 20,000

The hand began with Nguyen Thanh Tung opening to 50K, called by Shardul Parthasarathi behind and Nguyen Quang Minh on the big blind. The flop came Q♠ 4♦ A♥ and Thanh Tung continued for 70K, called only by Shardul. Thanh Tung fired another 135K on the turn 5♦ and checked the river 9♣ after Shardul made the call. Shardul moved all-in for Thanh Tung’s remaining 170K with the latter unable to escape the spot.

Shardul A♦ A♠ Thanh Tung A♣ K♦

- ante 20,000

An all-in preflop situation, unfortunate Tuan Tung A♠ K♥ rammed right into Lee Seung Hwan’s K♠ K♦ to bust shortly after the board drew 6♦ 7♣ 3♦ T♠ 4♦ .

44 players left in the running for the VN₫ 3.2B top prize.

- ante 20,000

A massive pot brewed in Table 3 after Pyeong Mun four-bet squeeze all-in with K♦ Q♥ . Huy Nguyen as the original raiser made the call for 460K and showed premium Q♦ Q♣ . The board 9♠ 3♣ 9♦ 6♥ T♦ was of no scare, giving Huy the huge boost for 1.5M in chips.

49th - Ng Khac Ngo 50th - Anton Widjaya 51st - Hoang Soon Ri 52nd - Lee Kyeong Jin 53rd - Nguyen Dinh Anh Cuong 54th - Chu Hoang Ju 55th - Sapra Sumit 56th - Nguyen Hoang Bob

- ante 15,000

In a three-bet pot against Shardul Parthasarathi, Lee Chang Hwan fired two barrels on turn and river after both players checked the flop. The board Q♥ 8♦ 5♣ 7♠ 4♠ ran a one-card straight causing Lee to bluff with K♦ J♦ . The latter was caught after Shardul called two streets with A♥ 8♥ .

- ante 15,000

Four players saw a flop of K♣ J♦ 5♥ with Abhinav Iyer as the original raiser. The action checked round and peeled the turn 4♥ . Truong Vu Tuan Khanh then led out a 55K bet, called by both Iyer and Kartik Ved. The river drew a blank 2♣ and Truong check-called Iyer’s 200K bet. Iyer revealed two pair K♠ J♣ , pushing Truong to throw his cards in the muck.

- ante 15,000

Beginning with an open to 30K from the button, Kartik Ved pushed all-in for 420K more. Ankit Wadhawan A♥ Q♥ made the call and found himself dominating Ved’s A♦ J♣ . The runout however, proved to be painful for Wadhawan, revealing 9♣ J♦ Q♦ 2♦ 7♦ for a flush for Ved.

57th - Dang Duy Thanh 58th - Pham Bao 59th - Pham Quang Van 60th - Choi Tin Ho 61st - Nguyen Thien Manh 62nd - Mundada Siddarth 63rd - Kim Jae Jung 64th - Wi Dae Han

- ante 15,000

The action began with Eric Wasylenko opening to 30K, followed shortly by Pham Quang Van with a three-bet to 100K. Wasylenko J♦ J♣ answered back with a four-bet all-in for Pham’s 200K behind. Pham snap-called with A♥ A♠ , only to see Wasylenko spike the two-outer right on the flop. Wasylenko captures the pot and soars to 1.3M in chips.

- ante 12,000

Korea’s Pyeong Mun on the big blind defended T♠ 8♠ vs an under the gun open to see a flop of 7♦ J♥ 4♥ . The turn 9♦ saw all the chips in the middle and was up against 7♥ 7♠ . The river didn’t pair the board and Pyeong captured the humongous pot.

- ante 12,000

A blind vs blind battle, India’s Kartik Ved A♥ K♦ got a full double after Hong Soon Ki A♣ Q♥ moved all-in on his raise. Ved’s better Ace held to score the nearly 500K pot.

65th - Frederic Bolliat 66th - Tuong Mong Hoang 67th - Lee Jong Wook 68th - Nguyen Van Tan 69th - Nguyen Nhat Khah 70th - Nguyen Tuan Huy 71st - Kim Da Hye 72nd - Dinh Duc Linh

- ante 12,000

Folded to the button, Ha Manh Tuong pushed his 15BB stack all-in and was called by Shardul Parthasarathi on the big blind. Shardul was ahead with 4♦ 4♠ but the lucky Ha A♦ 4♣ was spared as the board ran J♦ J♠ Q♠ T♦ T♣ , giving him another chance at the trophy.

- ante 12,000

An all-in preflop situation, Korea’s Lee Jong Wook three-bet jam 3♦ 3♠ , called by Kunal Patni with A♦ K♠ . The board instantly gave Patni top pair and a further improved two-pair to send his opponent out in 67th place.

73rd - Dinh Duc Linh 74th - Dinh Duc Anh 75th - Doan Hoang Vu 76th - Tan Dinh Quy 77th - Nguyen Van Chien 78th - Nguyen Quy Hieu 79th - Nguyen Long 80th - Choi Sung Dong

- ante 10,000

Facing a 100K river bet from aggressive Lee Chang Hwan on a board of T♠ 2♦ A♠ 2♠ 2♥ , Ta Van Mung found the call with K♦ K♥ and claimed the pot after Lee showed Q♥ J♦ .

- ante 10,000

Action began on India’s Abhinav Iyer with an open followed by two short stacks moving all-in behind. Hao Seo with Q♦ Q♣ crushed Chester Tan’s J♠ J♣ . The board revealed no Jack with Hao’s stack receiving a boost to 300K.

81st - Won Ho Jin 82nd - Nguyen Khac Luat 83rd - Trent Fechter 84th - Nguyen Van Hoang 85th - Vy The Tuan 86th - Park Cheong Gil 87th - Noh Doo Sub 88th - Le Vui Hung 89th - Jung Ji Sung

- ante 10,000

Following another open from Dang Quyen Anh, Nguyen Van Chien 9♦ 9♠ moved all-in for 220K in total. Unfortunately for Nguyen, Jun Su Wan on the blinds woke up with A♠ A♣ and made the call. The board spared no nine and Nguyen Van Chien drops down to 5BB.

- ante 8,000

Facing a 15BB all-in, Lee Seung Hwan called from the small blind with A♣ K♠ up against 4♥ 4♣ . The board ran T♥ K♣ 6♦ A♦ Q♦ for the win. Lee boosts to 600K.

- ante 8,000

On a board of A♣ K♦ 3♣ 2♠ 8♦ , Dang Quyen Anh bet all three streets with Nguyen Van Chien tank-folding the river. Dang takes down the 160K in the middle and chips up to 300K.

90th - David Erquiaga 91st - Dong Anh Dung 92nd - Sood Gaurav 93rd - Song Jin Su 94th - Park Jae Hyung 95th - Nguyen Duc Duy 96th - Jang Cheol Eon 97th - Bae Won Il 98th - Curtis Lim Siew Tian 99th - Nguyen Thi Quy Mai 100th - Michael Kim Falcon 101st - Cho Sun Il 102nd - Ng Huai Manh 103rd - Mitsui Yota 104th - Dao Minh Phu

- ante 8,000

Facing a three-bet, Song Jin Su shoved with T♦ T♥ , called by Eum Sang Dug with A♠ K♣ . The flop instantly revealed two Aces, leaving Song drawing thin and exiting shortly.

- ante 8,000

With the preflop action already drawing 250K in the middle, all the rest of the chips went in on the turn as the board ran 2♥ 5♥ 8♦ T♣ . Kim Beab Su as the aggressor, snap called Nguyen Duc Duy’s all-in and showed 5♦ 5♠ for a set. The river Q♣ sealed Kim’s win with Nguyen’s J♦ J♣ thrown in the muck.

- ante 8,000

In a three-way pot led by Hong Soon Ki, the flop 7♠ 6♠ 7♣ saw Hong continue for 20K, a raise to 55K behind, and a shove for 220K from Choi Sun Il on the small blind. Hong made the call and instantly revealed his flop boat 6♦ 6♣ . Choi was drawing dead to a flush with A♠ 5♠ , ending his run completely.

VN₫ 33,000,000

105th - Balachandran Surajoosh 106th - Jasven Saigal 107th - Jeffry Kurniawan 108th - Nguyen Minh Tuan 109th - Dang Ninh Nam 110th - Lam Kim Long 111th - Ng Trung Thieu 112th - Ng Duy Vu 113th - Ng Duc Hoa 114th - Yau Jian Yong 115th - Aladin Reskallah 116th - Ng Quy Hien 117th - Ng Hoai Sang

Down to 12 tables, 103 players still in the running.

118th - Ha Van Manh 119th - Cheon Yang Woo 120th 121st - Le Vay Quy 122nd - Park Subur 123rd - Phua Si Yang 124th - Ng Phuong Ngoc 125th - Feng Zhao 126th - Lee Xiang Wei 127th - Lee Woo Young 128th - Dinh Tien Thanh

- ante 6,000

With a strong open, Nguyen Vu Huy was up against two opponents Hasagi and Doan Hoang Vu on the big blind. The flop showed 7♥ 5♦ T♠ and Nguyen fired a bet of 25K. Doan made the call and led 35K on turn 9♣ . The river Q♦ completed the board and Doan pulled another 100K, only to muck quickly after being called.

- ante 6,000

Action began on Shardul Parthasarathi with a raise from the hijack, Cheon Yang Woo three-bet from the button and Shardul moved all-in. Cheon snap-called to show A♥ A♦ and Shardul revealed A♠ Q♠ . The board 3♥ 7♦ K♥ T♠ J♦ however, drew a straight for Shardul eliminating Cheon in disgust.

- ante 6,000

The Kick Off champion’s dreams of a second trophy ran right smack into Ankit Wadhawan’s Q♥ Q♠ . An open from Wadhawan and a call from David Rodwell, Nguyen Phuong Ngoc moved all-in on the button with A♣ J♥ . The board ran 4♥ 7♥ 4♦ 6♦ J♠ , ending Nguyen’s hopes of a double up.

- ante 6,000

Beginning with an open from the button, Lee Woo Young moved all-in from the small blind followed by another push from Dao Minh Phu on the big blind. Lee showed A♠ J♥ for a flip against Dao’s 6♦ 6♣ . The board ran 3♦ 6♠ T♦ T♣ 8♥ , eliminating Lee in 128th.

- ante 6,000

Cards are in the air! Good luck players!

- ante 150,000

The final action of the day saw Abhinav Iyer move all-in on the turn 9♥ 3♦ T♥ 2♥ , called by Nguyen Quang Minh with a Queen-high flush to end his opponent’s chances of the Main Event trophy.

Nguyen Q♥ 3♥ Iyer A♠ T♣

- ante 150,000

Running his remaining 15BB with J♠ J♦ vs Kartik Ved’s Q♦ Q♠ , Ha Manh Tuong clinched the win as the board T♠ Q♠ 8♦ K♣ 9♣ ran a one-card straight to his Jack. One more player to bust before the final 8 is set with Ved still in the lead.

- ante 100,000

Great run for Day 2 chip leader Le Cong Vuong after making it all the way to 10th place before falling into the hands of Abhinav Iyer. Another all-in preflop situation, Le was slightly ahead with K♦ 9♦ against Iyer’s J♥ T♥ . A ten on the turn however, gave Iyer a pair to dust his King-high for good.

- ante 100,000

KMGM’s Kim Choong Sub couldn’t hold it any longer and ran his 8♦ 8♣ right into the chip leader Kartik Ved’s better pocket pair T♦ T♠ . The board drew Q♣ 7♦ T♣ 6♥ 5♣ to seal Ved’s win.