APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

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♠ .

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♥ .

Xin Tang went all in with his last 600 chips from under the gun and received five callers.

On the flop of J♦ 3♥ A♦ , the blinds check-folded after John Perry bet 2,000 from middle position, which only Ben Gur called from the hijack to see the 9♠ show on the turn, where Perry shoved all in for around 15,600 and Gur got out of the way.

Xin Tang: Q♠ 5♥

John Perry: A♠ 3♠

Perry picked up the lead with flopped two pair, leaving Tang hopeless to win. The dealer quickly delivered the 5♣ on the river only to complete the board, showing Tang the way out of the field.

Shardul Parthasarathi opened to 13,000 from middle position and was three-bet by Dhaval Mudgal to 34,800. Without hesitation, Shardul jammed all-in, and Mudgal snap-called, putting his tournament life on the line.

Dhaval Mudgal: A♦ K♥

Shardul Parthasarathi: A♠ K♠

The flop came down 2♠ K♦ J♣ , giving both players top pair with identical hands, seemingly headed for a chop.

However, the turn T♠ brought a flush draw for Shardul, causing some anxiety for Mudgal. A♠ feared, the river delivered the 6♠ , completing Shardul's flush and eliminating Mudgal from the tournament.