Day 1
Strong Finish of Day 1 for The Naing

The Naing from Singapore opened from the cut-off and got one caller in person of the button Van Dong. On Q♣ 5♦ 4♣ Naing checked and Dong bet out 50,000. Naing called and the turn was the Q♠ . Naing checked and Dong bet once more, this time for 100,000. Naing called again and the river brought the T♥ . Again Naing checked his action to Dong who put out a strong bet of 500,000. Naing only had to check his cards to make sure and then made the call.
Van Dong: K♥ J♦
The Naing: Q♦ 6♦
Shortly after The Naing busted Dylan Foster in an all-in preflop situation with A♣ Q♣ against the Aussie's A♠ 8♣ . Great finish for The Naing who put himself in a great starting position for tomorrow's day 2.
Player | Chips |
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TN The Naing | 2,650,000(106 BB) |
VD Van Dong | 840,000(34 BB) |
DF Dylan Foster | busted |
Dinner Break For the High Rollers
The players are now on their 75-minute dinner break. Registration will still be open throughout that break, but will close once level 12 is underway.
Here are the current top 5 stacks out of the 26 remaining players.
Player | Chips |
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NT Nguyen Tan Phuong | 1,200,000(133 BB) |
PC Peng Chen (2) | 980,000(109 BB) |
MS Martin Stausholm | 925,000(103 BB) |
NC Nevan Chang | 710,000(79 BB) |
VD Van Dong | 680,000(76 BB) |
A Four is Enough for Dong
On the 4♣ Q♥ T♦ flop, there were around 30,000 chips in the middle when Van Dong checked it over from the big blind before Justin Tsui bet 17,000 on the button. Dong dropped in a call.
Both read a Q♠ turn and checked through to see the 7♦ fall on the river, where the two decided to check to a free showdown.
Dong tabled 8♠ 4♠ for a flopped pair of fours, and it was enough to make Tsui toss his cards back into the muck.
Player | Chips |
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VD Van Dong | 847,000(94 BB) |
JT Justin Tsui | 333,000(37 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) |