APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

On the turn, Nang Quang Nguyen bet 40,000 on a board showing 9♠ 3♦ 2♠ T♦ . Gia Trung Nguyen raised to 105,000, and after some thought, Nang Nguyen made the call.

The river brought the Q♠ , prompting Nang Nguyen to throw in a time bank card as he considered his options. Facing Gia Nguyen’s big stack, Nang knew a wrong move could be costly. Finally, he bet 185,000, and Gia Nguyen quickly called.

Both players sighed in relief as they tabled the same hand—Nang with K♥ J♠ and Gia with K♠ J♣ . They shared a lighthearted exchange as they waited for the dealer to split the pot.

David Erquiaga opened under the gun for 24,000, and Nang Quang Nguyen, sitting directly to his left, three-bet to 100,000. Gia Trung Nguyen then decided to up the stakes further with a four-bet to 210,000.

Erquiaga folded quickly, while Nang Nguyen glanced at Gia Nguyen with a perplexed expression, carefully separating the 210,000 from his stack before ultimately folding.

as Gia Nguyen raked in the pot, Toung Tran Khac leaned over to his seatmate Shardul Aramudha, remarking that he didn’t want to shove with king-jack but, given the other players’ stack sizes, he might have no choice if the opportunity arose.

Everyone folded to the blinds, and Gia Trung Nguyen raised to 106,000 from the small blind. Dong Van Tan, in the big blind, responded by shoving all-in for his tournament life.

Dong Van Tan: K♠ 6♥

Gia Trung Nguyen: A♠ K♥

Seeing Nguyen’s dominating hand, Tan let out a frustrated sigh, anticipating a tough outcome. The flop came 8♣ 2♥ Q♥ , keeping Nguyen ahead with ace-high. The turn 9♠ changed nothing, and the river K♦ sealed Tan’s fate, sending him out of the tournament.

as always David Erquiaga can be observed being involved in many pots. In this level, he first had to fold to a raise to 175,000 by Thieu Xun on the turn after betting 55,000 into a pot of around 70,000 on 9♥ 8♥ 4♥ 4♠ .

On the very next hand, he defended his big-blind against the early-position open raise by Gia Nguyen, and then called a 30,000 bet on J♥ 9♣ 2♦ . The turn was a 3♦ and the aggressor Nguyen continued with a 75,000 bet. Dave Spade called once more and the river brought the T♦ . Both players checked and Erquiaga took down the pot with A♥ J♦ .

We picked the action up on the turn where Gia Nguyen bet 20,000 from middle-position into a pot of around 48,000 against Shardul Aramudha on the button who made the call.

The river came and the board read Q♦ 7♦ 7♠ 2♦ 7♥

Nguyen put out another bet, this time a hefty 100,000. Aramudha let out a sigh and folded, saying he had pocket deuces for a turned full house which got counterfitted on the turn. Gia Nguyen was being nice and showed his hand A♦ A♠ .

Gia Nguyen opened from the button and Xuddong Yang defended his big-blind. On T♠ 4♠ 2♥ Nguyen continued with a 4,000 bet to which Yang responded with an all-in with his 17,600 chips. Nguyen called and Yang was at risk busting at the very end of Day 1.

Xuddong Yang: T♣ 4♣

Gia Nguyen: A♣ 3♦

Yang had to fade the five to double up back to starting stack, and indeed the turn J♣ and river 3♠ ran out clean for the Chinese national.

The action started with Gia Nguyen opening from early-position. Changxiao Yan called before Jia Xiong three-bet to 8,000. Hai Nguyen in the big-blind got involved in the hand with a call, and the the two players behind him also called.

The flop came down 8♠ 7♦ 3♣ and the first player to act Hai Nguyen moved all-in for 22,500. The original opener Gia Ngyuen next to him called, and everybody else folded and the players tabled their cards.

Hai Nguyen: 5♦ 4♦

Gia Nguyen: 6♦ 6♥

Hai Nguyen managed to be up exactly against the hand he least wanted to see. He was dependent on the mercy of the poker gods, who let him down and busting him from the Main Event after turn brought the 9♣ and river 2♠ .