Vietnam National Cup (9,000,000 VND)

Krisada Pinthakasetrin shoved all in and Shohei Osugi announced, “I call.” after checking his cards.

Krisada Pinthakasetrin: A♥ J♦

Shohei Osugi: 8♠ 8♣

Osugi held the lead with his snowmen, which improved to a set on the flop of 4♦ 8♦ 9♥ . Just when Pinthakasetrin was feeling hopeless, the turn brought the 7♥ , giving him a glimmering of hope with a straight draw. Shouting with his friend, he called for, “Ten, ten, ten!” before the next card came.

Asked and it’s given - the dealer revealed the T♠ on the river, sealing Osugi’s runner-up finish with a payday of VND 601,590,000 (~$23,685).

Shohei Osugi open jammed from the button and Krisada Pinthakasetrin called.

Krisada Pinthakasetrin: 9♥ 9♣

Shohei Osugi: 6♦ 5♦

The board ran out A♣ K♣ 8♠ K♠ A♠ and players are about even in chips again.

Krisada Pinthakasetrin started the heads-up strong and took the lead quickly. However, things just changed in Shohei Osugi favor. The Thai national opened the button to 2,200,000 and and Osugi moved all-in for 6,300,000. Pinthakasetrin called and they were off to the races.

Shohei Osugi: 5♣ 5♥

Krisada Pinthakasetrin: K♦ Q♥

The board ran out thrillingly. Pinthakasetrin took the lead on K♣ J♣ 7♠ , but the 6♣ turn and 8♣ river gave Osugi a flush.

Here is the heads-up chip count of Japan’s Shohei Osugi versus Thailand’s Krisada Pinthakasetrin. Stay tuned to see who will be crowned champion of the Vietnam National Cup!

Shohei Osugi raised to 1,000,000, and Tuan Nguyen shoved all in, which Osugi snap-called to put Nguyen at risk.

Tuan Nguyen: A♣ 6♣

Shohei Osugi: A♦ A♠

Osugi took the lead with pocket aces and held it through a flop of 3♣ Q♣ 5♦ , which also gave Nguyen a flush draw. However, the board decided the third-place finisher as the runout came T♦ 3♠ , eliminating Nguyen for his efforts with a payout of VND 430,500,000 (~$16,950).

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.

Le Tung shoved all in from the small blind and Shohei Osugi called from the big blind.

Shohei Osugi: A♠ T♣

Le Tung: J♠ J♥

Tung kept his lead on the hand after a flop of 2♥ 3♣ 9♥ . However, the A♣ dropped on the turn, improving Osugi to a higher pair of aces. The river brought a Q♠ , completing the board and showing Tung to the exit in seventh for a payday of VND 151,910,000 (~$5,980)

After losing the hand with K♦ T♠ Haverkamp was the short stack at the table. Being in the big-blind he was committed so after Shohei Osugi opened from middle-position he was automatically all-in.

Ronald Haverkamp: 9♦ 6♥

Shohei Osugi: K♠ T♦

The board ran out A♦ 8♣ 2♠ J♥ A♣ busting Haverkamp in 7th place. He will take VND 104,470,000 back home to the Netherlands.

Kunal Patni shoved all in for 1,085,000 from the cutoff and Shohei Osugi dropped in a call.

Kunal Patni: 6♠ 6♣

Shohei Osugi: 9♥ 9♦

Osugi held the lead with pocket nines. The flop came K♦ Q♥ T♥ , changing nothing for both sides. A 9♣ fell on the turn, improving Osugi’s pair to a set of nines and leaving Patni hopeless to win. A 7♦ landed on river only to complete the board and show Patni the way of cash desk for a payday of VND 82,270,000 (~$3,240).

Krisada Pinthakasetrin opened from the cut-off and both blinds wanted to see a flop. This came down K♠ T♣ 7♥ . Both blinds checked and the Thai national Pinthakasetrin put out a bet of 100,000. In the small-blind position Chong-Hwa Kim pushed all-in, only having 205,000 rermaining post-flop. Shohei Osugi in the big-blind made the call and same went for the open raiser.

On the turn came the 8♣ and Osugi led out for 400,000 which was enough to make the Thai player fold. So it was heads-up with Kim's tournament life at risk.

Chong-Hwa Kim: J♦ J♠

Shohei Osugi: 7♠ 7♥

Kim only had two outs which he did not manage to hit and he busted in 17th place.

With average stacks being just above 20 big-blinds and players approaching the final table, less post-flop action can be observed at this stage of the tournament. Players either shove pre-flop or the opener raiser takes it down without resistance.

The most recent notable bust out happened to Mudgal Dhaval who open jammed his 320,000 on the button and got called by Shohei Osugi in the big-blind.

Mudgal Dhaval: Q♦ J♦

Shohei Osugi: A♣ T♠

The flop came out favorable for Dhaval, as it was K♦ J♠ T♥ , but the T♦ and 2♥ busted his dreams of his fourth APT title.