Vietnam National Cup (9,000,000 VND)

Ronald Zapantis shoved all in for 975,000 from the cutoff and Shohei Osugi dropped in a call on the button.

Ronald Zapantis: Q♦ 6♦

Shohei Osugi: A♠ 5♦

Shohei picked up the lead with an ace and improved to a pair of aces after the T♥ A♣ 3♠ flop. The turn came an A♦ , which made Shohei’s one pair bloom into trips, leaving Zapantis no chance to win. The 4♠ fell on the river, merely completing the board and confirming Zapantis’s elimination in fifth place for his efforts, earning him VND 262,440,000 (~$10,330).

In a blind versus blind situation Ronald Zapantis opened the action to 625,000. Shohei Osugi defended his big-blind and the flop came down T♣ 9♣ 6♣ . The monotone board led both players to elect to check.

The turn brought another ten, the T♠ . Zapantis put out a delayed continuation bet, equaling 500,000. The Japanese player called and on the river appeared the 2♠ . Zapantis bet once more, this time for 1,000,000. Osugi wasted no time and quickly called.

Ronald Zapantis: Q♠ 6♠

Shohei Osugi: K♠ 9♠

Osugi wins a rare post-flop pot at the final table. After this hand, he is in commanding chip lead, while Zapantis needs to double-up soon.

In the hand before he busted, Quang Do Trinh from Vietnam got it all-in preflop with 9♣ 9♦ against Ronald Zapantis' A♠ T♠ . The board ran out Q♠ J♠ 5♦ 3♠ 6♦ and Trinh was left with crumbles.

With only 315,000 remaining he put his chips into the middle the next hand from the small-blind against Huy Nguyen open from the cut-off.

Quang Do Trinh: A♦ 3♣

Huy Nguyen: A♣ T♣

The board did not come in Trinh's favor as it ran out K♥ 9♠ T♦ 5♠ Q♣ and Trinh had to pack his bags in 14th place, good for VND 49,460,000.

Ronald Zapantis raised to 35,000 from the hijack only to be jammed by Sanchai Siritatsawas from the small blind. Zapantis dropped in a call to put his opponent at risk.

Ronald Zapantis: A♠ 8♥

Sanchai Siritatsawas: T♥ T♦

The flop filled out T♠ 6♥ 4♣ , improving Siritatsawas to a flopped set of tens, but the runout came in Zapantis' way as it showed 7♦ 9♦ , meaning Zapantis received a runner-runner straigh and busted Siritatsawas out of the table.