APT High Roller (80,000,000 VND)

Yita Choong shoved all-in for 355,000 from under the gun with K♣ T♥ Nguyen Duy Thuc called with K♥ Q♥ for a showdown.

The flop came 7♣ K♠ 9♣ with both players hitting their top pair. The 8♣ on the turn gave Choong 12 live outs. The river 5♣ improved Choong to a flush and damaged Thuc again.

Sean Ooi raised to 100,000 from the hi-jack with A♦ K♣ and Nguyen Duy Thuc three-bet from the cut-off to 250,000 with Q♥ Q♣

Ooi then shoved all-in for 525,000 and Thuc called.

The flop came 4♥ 2♠ 7♦ to keep Thuc in the lead. The river K♥ made Ooi overtake and the river A♣ added another dagger to Thuc.

Ooi made a crucial double up while Thuc's stack went from chip leader to critical condition in a few hands.

Nguyen Duy Thuc raised to 80,000 on the button wtih A♥ J♣ and Amit Kaushik defended the big blind with K♦ Q♣ The flop came 2♥ T♣ 6♥ .

Both checked to see a free K♠ on the turn. Kaushik check-raised the 60,000 bet of Thuc to 200,000. Thuc completed to see see a J♦ river.

Kaushik bet 225,000 and Thuc answered with an all-in for 1,400,000, covering the stack of Kaushik.

Kaushik went into deep thought, wondered if there were aliens among us, took a peek again at his cards, then the board and threw in a chip to signify a call.

Kaushik's brave call gave him a huge pot to take him to the chip lead on the featured table and maybe the tournament.

Nguyen Duy Thuc raised to 80,000 with Q♦ T♦ from under the gun when Amit Kaushik three-bet to 400,000 from the hi-jack with 8♠ 8♥ . Justin Tsui called all-in for his last 295,000 in the small blind with A♦ K♥ . Thuc got out of the way for a two-way showdown.

The flop came 8♦ 3♦ K♣ . Tsui made top-pair, but Kaushik made a set to put the nail on the coffin on Tsui's High Roller hopes. The J♥ made Tsui leave his seat and tap the table for a nice hand to Kaushik. The river 7♣ was inconsequential.

Kaushik earned a huge pot and Tsui made his way to the rail.

Duy Thuc Nguyen opened the cutoff to 40,000 and Amit Kaushik defended from the big blind.

A flop showed 3♥ J♣ K♥ , and Kaushik check-called after Nguyen bet 25,000. The turn carried out 2♣ , and both players checked through.

A 9♥ hit on the river, where Kaushik led out for 100,000, sending Nguyen into the tank. After around 2 minutes, Nguyen dropped in a call.

Nguyen turned over 5♥ 5♠ for a pair to best the ace-high from Kaushik’s A♠ Q♦ .

Motoyoshi Okamura opened the hijack to 32,000 and Duy Thuc Nguyen called on the button.

The flop rolled off 4♠ 2♥ 5♠ , and both players checked through to see the 6♣ land on the turn, which was another check around.

The river carried out Q♥ , and Okamura led out for 50,000. This was enough to make Nguyen throw his cards into the muck.