APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Mincong Chen opened from middle-position and Deepankur Gupta two seats over three-bet to 75,000. Chun Liu in the cut-off cold-calls and they went heads-up to the flop which came down Q♠ J♣ 7♦ .

Gupta bet 50,000 to which Liu responded with a raise to 120,000. Gupta called and the turn brought the A♦ . Liu bet 120,000, and additionally to his raise, he added a whole bunch of trash-talk. Gupta was in a tough spot, he used multiple time banks before eventually folding. Liu let Gupta open his hand. It was revealed Liu had A♥ A♠ .

Big Blind Nguyen Trung Quan and Button Chun Liu built a pre-flop pot of 89,000 when Liu called the three-bet of Quan.

The flop came 4♣ 8♠ 7♥ and both players checked to see a 9♣ turn. Quan checked and Liu fired to the pot.

Quan gave up and awarded a decent pot for Liu.

Kaihua Huang opened to 2,000 from the low-jack position and was met with a three-bet to 7,800 from Chun Chieh Liu in the cut-off. Huang responded by pushing a 50,000 tower of chips into the center, forcing Liu to go all-in.

Chun Chieh Liu: K♥ J♣

Kaihua Huang: A♣ Q♠

The dealer spread the flop: Q♦ T♥ 5♣ , pairing Huang's queen but giving Liu an open-ended straight draw for a potential comeback. The turn, T♦ , strengthened Huang’s hand to two pair, leaving Liu hoping for a straight redraw. However, the river 2♠ dashed Liu's hopes, sending him to the rail and ending his tournament run.

Kaihua Huang opened to 1,300 from the cutoff and faced a three-bet to 3,400 from Chun Chieh Liu in the small blind. Huang responded by shoving all-in, putting Liu’s tournament life on the line. Liu snap-called.

Chun Chieh Liu: A♠ J♥

Kaihua Huang: K♠ Q♦

Although Liu had the pre-flop advantage, the flop of 5♥ Q♥ 7♣ gave Huang top pair, shifting the lead. The turn 9♣ and river 8♥ provided no help to Liu, resulting in his elimination from the tournament.