Day 1
Andersson Trips Are Good

After opening from the button and getting called by the big-blind, Andersson continued with a small continuation bet on J♣ J♦ 8♥ . Pham Nghia responded with a raise to 40,000. Andersson called and the turn brought the 5♦ . Both players checked and the A♦ appeared on the river. Nghia checked once more, but Andersson opened up the action again by betting 37,500. Nghia did not believe him and quickly made the call, but got shown J♥ 6♥ for flopped trips for Andersson.
Player | Chips |
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MA Mikael Andersson | 380,000(42 BB) |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 274,000(30 BB) |
Nghia's Ace Holds
Zhongxian Li raised to 12,000 from under the gun and Pham Nghia called on the button.
A flop filled out A♦ 9♦ 7♣ , and Li bet 25,500 before Nghia dropped in a call to see the 3♣ land on the turn, where both checked through.
The river came Q♥ , and Li fired 30,000. Nghia stuck around to take it to a showdown. Li tabled a rivered pair of queens with K♦ Q♦ , but it was still not enough to best flopped aces from Nghia’s A♥ 4♥ .
Player | Chips |
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PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 358,000(60 BB) |
ZL Zhongxian Li | 161,500(27 BB) |
Nghia's King Works
Pham Nghia limped in from the small blind and Van Dong checked to take it into the streets from the big blind.
Both read the flop of 6♦ 6♥ A♥ and checked through to see the A♠ fall on the turn, where Nghia bet 7,000 and Dong called.
The river brought 9♠ , and Nghia fired out 11,500. Dong snap-called. Nghia tabled two pair with K♠ 2♣ , making his opponent muck his hand.
Player | Chips |
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VD Van Dong | 514,000(103 BB) |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 316,000(63 BB) |