APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Hyunsick Jang open-jammed 235,000 chips all-in for his tournament life from middle position. David Erquiaga, the current chip leader in the cutoff, flat-called. When action reached the big blind, Jinlong Hu made a bold three-bet to 600,000, and Erquiaga called once again.

The flop came down 7♠ Q♣ T♥ .

Without hesitation, Hu shoved all his chips into the middle. Erquiaga folded, allowing Hu to win the side pot of about 700,000 immediately.

Hyunsick Jang: K♠ 6♥

Jinlong Hu: K♥ K♣

Jang, facing a nearly impossible situation, began packing up his chips as soon as the hands were tabled.

The turn 9♦ and river 9♣ were dealt, and Jang was eliminated, sent to the payout counter to collect his VND 258,250,000 (~$10,170).

Jinlong Hu opened for 500,000 from the hijack, only to face an all-in shove from Hyunsick Jang in the small blind, risking his tournament life.

Jinlong Hu: A♥ Q♣

Hyunsick Jang: A♦ K♣

Jang was ahead pre-flop, needing to hold onto his lead with Big Slick. The flop came down 6♦ 3♠ J♥ , keeping Jang in the lead.

But when the turn Q♠ hit the board, Jang groaned in frustration, clearly unhappy with the turn card.

The river 7♥ did nothing to help him, and Jinlong Hu doubled up at Jang's expense.

Hyunsick Jang min-raised to 100,000 from the button with a hand of A♥ 4♠ and Kyosuke Nagami defended from the big blind with K♠ J♦ .

Both players were peeled a flop of K♦ 7♠ 6♥ , giving Nagami top-pair. Nagami tapped his option Jang, who fired 85,000. Nagami called.

The T♣ came on the turn. Nagami again check-called Jang's second barrel of 200,000.

A 2♦ fell on the river and Nagami checked again. Jang put on the brakes and checked behind.

Nagami showed the top-pair and Jang sent his cards to the muck.

Hu Jinlong raised to 100,000 from the cut-off and was called by Duy Nguyen Hoang at the small blind and Jang Hyunsick on the big blind.

Three players were shown a flop of T♦ Q♦ 7♣ .

Hoang was ahead, holding an A♥ J♥ but Jang Hyunsick could make the best improvement with a flush, hiding 9♦ 8♦ in his hole. Hu Jinlong also had promising outs with his K♦ J♠

Action was checked to pre-flop raiser JInlong, who obliged a bet of 125,000 which everyone else called to see a turn 3♦

Hoang tapped his option over to Hyunsick, who also checked his turned flush. Jinlong obliged again with 250,000 second barrel. Hoang stood down and Hyunsick re-raised it to 600,000.

Jinlong thought about it, but decided to let it go, and ship the big pot to Hyunsick.

The APT Main Event featured table usually changes its players after every break, but it seems like the big wigs from behind-the-scenes enjoyed their performance so much that they've kept their characters on for a second episode.

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Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao raised to 80,000 from under the gun with A♣ T♥ : and Hyunsick Jang defended his big blind with K♦ Q♦

The flop came 4♣ 4♠ T♠ Jang check-called the 55,000 bet from Bao to see a 8♥ on the turn.

Both players checked to see a free 6♣ on the river.

Jang came out firing with 150,000 to steal the pot, but Bao made the call and showed the winning hand.

The action unfolded on a completed board with two players' stacks in the center of the felt. Hoang Hai Long was all-in for his tournament life with approximately 400,000 chips and was called by Hyunsick Jang.

Hoang Hai Long: 9♥ 9♠

Hyunsick Jang: A♣ K♦

Long was ahead with his pocket nines on the flop of 8♣ T♥ 3♦ , but the turn Q♣ gave Jang a gutshot straight draw, adding to his outs. In a dramatic twist, the river J♠ completed Jang’s straight, sending Long to the payout counter.

The Singaporean Kim Tan opened from middle-position and got three-bet to 8,000 by Hyunsick Jang next to him. Tan called and the flop came down K♠ 5♠ 3♣ . Tan checked and Jang put out another 8,000 to which Tan quickly moved all-in. Equally fast Jang made the call and the players showed their hand, each only holding ace-high.

Kim Tan: A♣ Q♠

Hyunsick Jang: A♥ T♥

The board ran out A♦ 5♥ , meaning the pot ended it a chop. Somehow disappointing for Tan who made a sick value (?) jam on the flop.

Dongyeol Choi opened under-the-gun to 900 and was surprised to get four callers—Nikolaos Kiourntzidis in late position, Kiyoung Kim on the button, Kim Toh Tan in the small blind, and Hyunsick Jang in the big blind.

The dealer spread the flop: T♦ J♦ T♥ , and all players checked. On the turn, 2♦ , the action was passed back to Choi, who bet 1,600. Kiourntzidis and Kim folded, but Tan and Jang stayed in the hand to see the river.

The river came down Q♠ , and Tan led out with a bet of 8,000. Jang folded, but Choi called. Tan showed Q♠ Q♣ , and after a moment of frustration,Choi mucked his hand unable to compete with Tan's, who rivered a full house.