APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Kaihua Huang opened to 3,300 from the low-jack, prompting an all-in shove from Kyota Henzan for 41,500, putting his tournament life at risk. Huang, the table’s chip leader, made an easy call.

Kyota Henzan: A♠ J♥

Kaihua Huang: K♥ Q♠

The dealer spread the flop: K♦ 6♦ T♥ . Huang paired his king, while Henzan picked up a gutshot straight draw with an overcard ace. Both players now had potential straight draws.

The turn brought the A♣ , an ideal card for Henzan, giving him top pair and shifting the advantage in his favor. However, Huang still had outs, even though Henzan's jack served as a blocker to Huang's possible straight.

Then came the river: J♣ , completing Huang's straight and sending Henzan out of the tournament in heartbreaking fashion.

Xin Tang raised to 2,500 from under thee gun and received calls from Kain An Chuang from the hijack, Nevan Chang on the button, and Shardul Parthasarathi from the big blind.

On a flop of 6♥ 4♥ 9♠ , Tang and Parthasarathi checked the action to Chang, who bet 5,000. Only Tang dropped in a call to see the Q♠ fall on the turn, where the action went check-check.

The 8♥ landed on the river, bringing up a bet of 6,000 from Tang and Chuang called to take it to a showdown. Tang tabled one pair with A♦ A♥ , and it was not enough to beat a flush from Chuang’s Q♥ J♥ .

With such a short stack, Pham Thanh Nghia shoved all-in in the big blind after Kai An Chuang completed in small blind. Chuang made the call.

Pham Thanh Nghia: A♦ 9♦

Kai An Chuang: K♠ J♣

Chuang paired his king with the flop of 5♠ 7♣ K♣ . The turn 6♠ gave Nghia a bit of hope as it gave him additional outs with a gutshot draw. But the T♣ maintained Chunag's lead, eliminating Nghia from the tournament.

Vilcinskas Arvydas opened the button to 300 and received two callers, Kai An Chung from the small blinds and Daccach Victor from the big blind.

Three player saw a flop roll off K♥ Q♦ 2♦ and checked through to the 5♦ turn, which Chuang checked over, and Victor bet 500. Only Arvydas dropped in a call.

The river brought the J♠ , where Victor checked it to Arvydas, who bet 3,000. Victor snap-called. Arvydas quickly turned over a straight with T♠ 9♦ to best Victor’s rivered pair of jacks with his jack-three.