Vietnam National Cup (9,000,000 VND)

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 Haverkamp shoved all in on the button and Tuan Nguyen called from the big blind.

Tuan Nguyen: 7♠ 7♦

Ronald Haverkamp: K♦ T♠

Nguyen led the hand with pocket sevens and improved to a set of sevens after the flop of T♣ A♣ 7♥ .

The 9♥ hit on the turn and Haverkamp was drawing dead. The river brought the bricky 5♣ , leaving Haverkamp short-stacked at the final table.

Zhe Fan raised from the hijack and Tuan Nguyen shoved all in from the small blind, which Fan dropped in a call.

Zhe Fan: Q♦ T♣

Tuan Nguyen: K♣ K♠

Nguyen picked the lead wit pocket kings, leaving Fan at risk. Soon, a dry runout delivered 4♠ 8♠ T♠ 5♥ A♠ , sending Fan to the exit in 13rd place for a payday of VND 56,530,000 (~$2,225).

Tuan Nguyen raised to 80,000 from middle position, sending Obaidullah Habibi on the button into the tank. After a long time, Habibi elected to make a three-bet to 310,000, but this didn’t deter Nguyen from moving all in. Habibi called.

Obaidullah Habibi: T♦ T♣

Tuan Nguyen: A♣ A♠

The flop came to Nguyen’s was as it rolled off 2♠ 2♥ A♦ , improving Nguyen to a flopped full house and leaving Habibi hopeless. The dry runout filled out K♥ , securing Nguyen’s double up.

The action was picked up on the T♦ 7♠ K♣ flop with around 155,000 chips in the middle.

Tuan Nguyen checked the action from big blind to Nhuong from the cutoff, who then bet 50,000, sending his opponent into the tank. After a long time, Nguyen dropped in a call.

The turn came a J♣ , and Nguyen shoved all in for 265,000, forcing Nhuong to threw his cards into the muck.