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Fu Bang Huang eliminated in 2nd place for
₫485,000,000 -80,000 BB Ante
In less than twenty minutes of heads up play, Zong Chi He defeated fellow countryman Fu Bang Huang with big cards tabled on the final hand. Zong had A♥ Q♠ , Huang with K♦ Q♦ , the board ran 5♥ 7♠ J♥ 5♦ A♦ . Huang earned ₫485,000,000 for his close finish.
Taiwanese pro Zong Chi He champions the Megastack for ₫765,220,000 (~$ 31,750)
After ten hours of final day play, Taiwanese pro Zong Chi He shipped the Megastack to add another title to his impressive portfolio. The turning point for Zong was at the final table when he scored a massive double up against Vu Thai Bao to take the lead and never looked back. Zong pocketed a cool ₫765,220,000 and his first ever career title and trophy in Vietnam. Congratulations to the champ!
Final table payouts
Payouts 10th to 46th
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
ZC Zong Chi He | 765,220,000 | 765,220,000 |
FB Fu Bang Huang | 485,000,000 | 485,000,000 |
OJ Oh Junseok | 363,000,000 | 363,000,000 |
RN Rungrot Nuannoi | 293,000,000 | 292,915,000 |
HS Hwang Seong Il | 229,500,000 | 229,299,000 |
SC Shyh Chyn Lim | 175,300,000 | 175,300,000 |
VT Vu Thai Bao | 128,700,000 | 128,494,500 |
NM Nguyen Manh Trung | 94,600,000 | 94,600,000 |
PQ Phung Quoc Minh | 77,600,000 | 77,450,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
YW Yi Wei Peng | 65,200,000 | |
JE Jack En Ching Wu | 65,200,000 | |
LB Le Ba Phuc | 57,400,000 | |
TF Trent Fechter | 57,400,000 | |
JC Jose Colada | 51,600,000 | |
MS Milan Stojkovic | 51,600,000 | |
MS Moses Saquing | 45,800,000 | |
CN Cao Ngoc Anh | 45,800,000 | |
WY William Ysmael | 40,000,000 | |
CC Choong Chee Kent | 40,000,000 | |
CJ Chi Jen Chu | 40,000,000 | |
LD Long Dinh Gia | 36,100,000 | |
JL Jeffrey Lo | 36,100,000 | |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 36,100,000 | |
TD Tran Duy Binh | 32,200,000 | |
TD Tran Duc Son | 32,200,000 | |
TD Tran Duc Toan | 32,200,000 | |
YL Yohwan Lim | 32,200,000 | |
NH Nguyen Hoa Thinh | 28,300,000 | 28,300,000 |
KK Kasidet Kampananurak | 28,300,000 | 28,209,000 |
JP Jeffrey Pamplona | 28,300,000 | 28,180,000 |
LW Lau Wai Kit | 28,300,000 | 28,300,000 |
YH Ying-Che Huang | 24,900,000 | |
KY Kevin Yun Lam Choi | 24,900,000 | |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 24,900,000 | |
WJ Wu Jun Hao | 24,900,000 | |
TY Tsai Yu Fan | 24,900,000 | |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 24,900,000 | |
KH Koh Hsien Ren | 24,900,000 | |
WK Worawat Kiatponglap | 24,900,000 | |
VC Victor Chong | 22,100,000 | |
FR Florent Remi | 22,100,000 | |
LC Lam Chi Ngai | 22,100,000 | |
SK Satoshi Kuriga | 22,100,000 | |
WK Wai Keong Yong | 22,100,000 | |
HC Hamish Crawshaw | 22,100,000 | |
HV Ha Van Thien | 22,100,000 |
Taiwan players go heads up! Zong Chi He vs Fu Bang Huang
-80,000 BB Ante
We are heads up here at the Megastack with the title coming down between two Taiwanese players, Zong Chi He and Fu Bang Huang. Throughout the final table, Zong was backed by the chip lead and will bring in the advantage with 110 BB to Huang’s 69 BB.
Oh Junseok eliminated in 3rd place for ₫363,000,000
-80,000 BB Ante
Korea’s last man standing, Oh Junseok, has just fallen in 3rd place. Action saw button Zong Chi He raise, big blind Oh three-bet jammed, snap-called by the leader Zong.
Zong A♣ K♣ Oh 6♠ 6♦
The flop was quite dramatic 6♣ T♣ 9♣ , improving both players with Zong sitting on a nut flush. Oh spiked a set and had outs but the turn 7♥ and river 2♦ were not it to settle for a 3rd place finish. Oh earned ₫363,000,000 for his impressive run.
Oh Junseok saved by the river
-60,000 BB Ante
Oh Junseok needed plenty of luck with all his chips at risk holding A♣ 7♠ against Fu Bang Huang’s A♠ K♣ . With the board running 8♣ T♣ 6♥ 4♣ 3♣ both improved to a flush with Oh having the nuts for a double up to 1.9M. Huang dropped to 2.4M.
Rungrot Nuannoi eliminated in 4th place for ₫293,000,000
-50,000 BB Ante
Rungrot Nuannoi kept the Thailand flag flying for a while but ultimately could not bring it to the finish line. With big stacks surrounding him, his stack drained to 8 BB and pushed with J♠ 9♠ . Despite having live cards against chip leader Zong Chi He A♦ K♣ , no help arrived to fall in 4th place. His deep run earned him ₫293,000,000.
Hwang Seong Il dominated in 5th place for ₫229,500,000
-40,000 BB Ante
Hwang Seong Il once enjoyed sitting up top but the final table seemed to have frozen him in his tracks. With just under 20 BB left, he shoved with 7♥ 7♣ then fell to Fu Bang Huang’s 8♦ 8♥ that further improved to a set. Hwang earned ₫229,500,000 for his deep run. That leaves just one Korean looking to lift the trophy.
Shyh Chyn Lim packs up in 6th place for
₫175,300,000 -40,000 BB Ante
With action folding to the blinds, small blind Shyh Chyn Lim risked his last 10 BBs with K♠ T♥ but could not steal the blinds and antes with Oh Junseok calling with a better K♦ Q♣ . The board ran low to end Lim’s run in 6th place for ₫175,300,000.
Vu Thai Bao settles for 7th place for ₫128,700,000
-30,000 BB Ante
Vu Thai Bao was on the road to rebuilding his stack but was stopped short by Fu Bang Huang with A♠ J♣ staying ahead of K♣ 9♣ . Bao earned ₫128,700,000 for his final table finish.
More chips for the leader He Zong Chi
-30,000 BB Ante
Heavy action between Zong Chi He and Oh Junseok saw a board spread T♦ K♣ T♣ J♣ A♥ and a pot balloon to 650k. Acting first, Oh bet half pot of 625k, Zong answered with a shove that well covered Oh’s stack. After tanking, Oh folded and Zong took it down to rise to a monstrous 3.4M. Average stack is just 1.48M.
Nguyen Manh Trung eliminated in 8th place for
₫94,600,000 -30,000 BB Ante
More shoves with the next short stack eaten up. Nguyen Manh Trung was all in with J♠ T♥ and was dominated throughout by Shyh Chyn Lim’s K♣ J♥ . Nguyen earned ₫94,600,000 for his final table finish.
Phung Quoc Minh eliminated in 9th place for ₫77,600,000
-30,000 BB Ante
Phung Quoc Minh became the first casualty of the final table and it happened in four nearly consecutive deals. On the first hand, he was all in with Q♥ Q♣ and the very short stacked Vu Thai Bao joined the shove holding A♥ 2♦ . The cards favored the drawing hand as both of Bao’s cards paired for a double up as Minh dropped to 3 BB.
Following that loss, Minh doubled up through Oh Junseok with King-Jack dominating King-Ten, then doubled up again with his A♥ 2♥ completing a flush against Bao A♠ J♠ . Despite the two boosts, Minh still needed more ammo and shoved with K♠ K♥ . He was called by the leader Zong Chi He with Q♠ 8♠ . The board ran 6♦ 9♦ 6♠ 7♦ T♦ for a straight to Zong and 9th place for Minh. He earned ₫77,600,000 for his final table finish.
Vu Thai Bao plunges 3 BB, He Zong Chi skyrockets
-25,000 BB Ante
Heavy action between Vu Thai Bao and Zong Chi He sees Bao plunge to just 3 BB and Zong doubling up to chip leader. The hand opened with a raise of 120k by Zong, Bao three-bet to 380k, Zong called. At the flop A♦ K♣ 2♣ , more chips in the middle with Bao c-betting 100k, Zong check-raising to 250k, called by Bao. The turn A♥ , Zong shoved and Bao called.
Bao A♣ Q♠ top pair Zong A♦ K♦ two pair
The river was 3♠ for a massive 1.5m pot to Zong and Bao down to 85k.
Final table of the Megastack!
-25,000 BB Ante
Payouts 10th to 15th
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
YW Yi Wei Peng | 65,200,000 | 65,137,000 |
JE Jack En Ching Wu | 65,200,000 | 65,200,000 |
LB Le Ba Phuc | 57,400,000 | 56,995,500 |
TF Trent Fechter | 57,400,000 | 57,289,500 |
JC Jose Colada | 51,600,000 | 51,167,000 |
MS Milan Stojkovic | 51,600,000 | 51,600,000 |
Yi Wei Peng runs out of gas in 10th place for ₫65,200,000
-25,000 BB Ante
Yi Wei Peng just missed the final table having been eliminated by Zong Chi He. His final hand saw the chips go in at the flop 5♣ 7♦ K♠ . Peng had K♦ J♦ top pair, Zong with a dominating 7♣ 7♠ set, the turn 5♠ secured Zong’s win with a full house. The river was T♦ . Peng earned ₫65,200,000 for his deep run.
Jack En Ching Wu exits in 11th place for ₫65,200,000
-25,000 BB Ante
Jack En Ching Wu followed in the trail of fast busts. His Q♥ J♥ shove was no match for Vu Thai Bao’s A♣ Q♠ with an Ace on the flop. Wu earned ₫65,200,000 for deep finish.
Le Ba Phuc falls in 12th place for ₫57,400,000
-25,000 BB Ante
Falling fast here. Le Ba Phuc bumps the rail next after pushing with A♣ 6♥ and running into Fu Bang Huang’s A♠ A♥ . Phuc earned ₫57,400,000 for 12th place.
Trent Fechter busts to Vu Thai Bao in 13th place for ₫57,400,000
-25,000 BB Ante
End of the line for Trent Fechter whose A♥ J♥ couldn’t get past Vu Thai Bao’s K♣ K♦ that further improved to a commanding full house on a board K♠ Q♠ Q♥ 7♣ 9♠ . Fechter finished 13th for ₫57,400,000.
Jose Colada eliminated in 14th place for ₫51,600,000
-20,000 BB Ante
One of the day’s entering chip leaders, Jose Colada kept a healthy stack early in the day but lost steam during the final two tables. His elimination started with utg player Rungrot Nuannoi raising, called by utg+1 Hwang Seong Il, small blind Colada jammed his 20 BB stack, Nuannoi joined in, then Hwang tank-folded.
Colada A♦ T♥ Nuannoi K♦ K♠
The board ran 7♣ Q♥ T♠ 2♥ 3♦ , Colada busted in 14th place for ₫51,600,000
No hits for Milan Stojkovic, busts 15th for ₫51,600,000
-20,000 BB Ante
On his second shove, Mila Stojkovic was called by Vu Thai Bao to put his tournament life at risk. Bao had J♣ J♠ , Stojkovic seemed confident with his K♥ Q♥ overcards. However, the board did not grant his wish to fall in 15th place for ₫51,600,000.
Payouts 16th to 20th
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
MS Moses Saquing | 45,800,000 | 45,800,000 |
CN Cao Ngoc Anh | 45,800,000 | 45,389,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
WY William Ysmael | 40,000,000 | 39,811,500 |
CC Choong Chee Kent | 40,000,000 | 39,670,000 |
CJ Chi Jen Chu | 40,000,000 | 40,000,000 |
Choong Chee Kent out in 19th place -15,000 BB Ante
Choong Chee Kent and Phung Quoc Minh went head to head on a board that eventually spread T♦ Q♦ J♦ 3♠ 9♦ . Minh had A♣ K♣ straight that well dominated Choong’s Q♥ 9♥ two pair to ship it and rise to 440k. Choong busted in 19th place for ₫40,000,000.
Yi Wei Peng rebuilding
-15,000 BB Ante
Yi Wei Peng was sporting a big stack before the field trimmed to 3 tables. He lost a majority of his stack to Hwang Seong Il who is currently the leader with nearly a million in chips. Down to just 100k, Peng nursed it and eventually shoved holding T♦ T♥ . He was called by fellow countryman Zong Chi He with Q♣ J♣ . The board ran clean for a double up to Peng to 220k.
Rungrot Nuannoi from 70k to 700k
-15,000 BB Ante
Several levels back, Rungrot Nuannoi was all in for his last 9 BB but found a double up with pocket Sevens surviving overcards. Three levels later, Nuannoi has beefed up to ten 700k, equivalent to 46 BB. One of his recent wins was against Moses Saquing. On a flop 3♥ T♦ J♥ , Nuannoi bet 50k and was called. On the turn J♦ , he fired 100k, and won it with no further challenge.
Payouts 21st to 23rd
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
LD Long Dinh Gia | 36,100,000 | 36,100,000 |
JL Jeffrey Lo | 36,100,000 | 36,100,000 |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 36,100,000 | 35,576,500 |
Trent Fechter dust Lo’s cowboys
-12,000 BB Ante
Trent Fechter soared to the upper ranks after cleaning out Jeffrey Lo. Catching the action only at the showdown. Fechter pushed on the river 7♥ Q♥ T♦ 8♠ 5♥ and Lo called.
Fechter J♦ 9♠ straight Lo K♦ K♣
Fechter climbed to 870k. Lo busted in 22nd place.
Jeffrey Lo rivers it for a renewed life
-12,000 BB Ante
On a flop 8♠ T♣ 3♠ , short stacked Jeffrey Lo was all in with Q♠ 6♠ and was up against a bigger stack showing K♥ T♠ top pair. The turn K♠ gave Lo the flush but was still not out of the woods with a possible full house coming. The river 5♠ was good for Lo to get a full boost.
Payouts 24th to 27th
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
TD Tran Duy Binh | 32,200,000 | 32,200,000 |
TD Tran Duc Son | 32,200,000 | 31,825,500 |
TD Tran Duc Toan | 32,200,000 | 31,984,000 |
YL Yohwan Lim | 32,200,000 | 31,997,500 |
Three way sends Tran Duc Son packing and Phung Quoc Minh soaring
-10,000 BB Ante
Three way all in with Tran Duc Son A♦ J♦ , Phung Quoc Minh K♣ K♠ , and William Ysmael A♣ kh}. A jack showed up on the turn but it wasn’t good enough to keep Tran in the running to fall in 25th place. Ysmael paid Minh to drop to 210k. Minh zoomed to 490k.
Trent Fechter relieved at the full house
-10,000 BB Ante
Trent Fechter called for his tournament life with the flop showing 9♥ 6♦ K♥ and turned over his 9♠ 9♦ which was ahead of Oh Junseok’s A♥ A♣ . When the turn 6♥ and river J♥ completed the spread, Fechter thought he was beaten by Oh’s nut flush then was happy to hear the dealer ship him a double for his full house. Fechter climbed to 490k, Oh despite Oh dropping to 730k he is still the leader.
Jack Wu boots Nguyen Hoa Thinh
-10,000 BB Ante
Jack En Ching Wu fired a bet on the turn and moved all in on the river on a board A♥ 7♦ J♠ 8♣ 4♥ . Nguyen Hoa Thinh called him down, risking his tournament life, then busted in 28th place. Nguyen had A♠ 5♣ top pair, Wu had him dominated with A♦ J♥ top two pair. Wu chipped up to 475k.
Choong Chee Kent sweats it
-8,000 BB Ante
Just before the first break of the day, Choong Chee Kent was sweating it in a hand against Oh Junseok. In a blinds versus blinds situation, the board completed 7♥ 9♥ 4♦ Q♠ 7♣ . Choong was all in on the river and was relieved to see his A♥ A♦ hold against Oh’s 6♣ 9♣ lower two pair. Choong chipped up to 325k, Oh dipped to around 650k.
Payouts 32nd to 39th
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
YH Ying-Che Huang | 24,900,000 | 24,900,000 |
KY Kevin Yun Lam Choi | 24,900,000 | 24,672,000 |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 24,900,000 | 24,790,000 |
WJ Wu Jun Hao | 24,900,000 | 24,461,000 |
TY Tsai Yu Fan | 24,900,000 | 24,806,000 |
SA Supakit Anukoolpitaknil | 24,900,000 | 24,900,000 |
KH Koh Hsien Ren | 24,900,000 | 24,900,000 |
WK Worawat Kiatponglap | 24,900,000 | 24,831,000 |
Shyh Chyn Lim drags in a good pot
-8,000 BB Ante
From the button, preflop raiser Shyh Chyn check-called a small blind player’s flop and turn bet then both checked the river J♠ 7♥ T♠ 3♣ A♥ . Aggressor showed 6♦ 8♦ busted draw, Lim claimed it with K♦ J♥ . Lim chipped up to 670k to join the big stacks.
Big stacks
-8,000 BB Ante
Jose Colada entered the day ranked second in chips and is currently the leader with 800k
Also sporting a big stack are Vu Thai Bao with nearly 500k and Le Ba Phuc with over 600k.
Set over set sends Wu Jun Hao out; Fu Bang Huang scoops
-6,000 BB Ante
Fu Bang Huang has just chipped up to 500k after sending one of the day’s entering big stacks out of the running. On a flop 4♣ T♥ 5♠ , action was checked to Hwang Seong Il who took a stab with a 17.5k bet, Wu Jun Hao check-called, Huang check-raised to 52k. This was enough to induce a fold from Hwang while Wu called. On the turn 8♠ , it went bet, jam, call.
Wu Jun Hao 4♥ 4♠ Fu Bang Huang 5♥ 5♦
The one-outer didn’t show up on the river Q♣ for Huang to ship it. Wu busted in 34th place for a payout of ₫24,900,000.
Abhinav Iyer versus He Zong Chi
-6,000 BB Ante
Intense stare down between entering chip leader Abhinav Iyer and Taiwanese pro He Zong Chi. Both player faced a board that completed K♠ 5♣ 3♦ 6♣ 2♠ and a pot of 60k built. Chi slid out short stack of yellow and Iyer quickly folded.
Worawat Kiatponglap burned by Fecther
-6,000 BB Ante
Worawat Kiatponglap was looking good preflop with a premium A♥ K♥ against Trent Fechter’s A♦ J♥ . However, with the board running K♦ Q♠ 8♦ T♦ 4♥ Fechter improved to a straight to send Kiatponglap packing in 39th place.
First batch of eliminations
-5,000 BB Ante
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
VC Victor Chong | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 22,013,500 |
FR Florent Remi | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 21,969,000 |
LC Lam Chi Ngai | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 21,973,000 |
SK Satoshi Kuriga | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 21,992,000 |
WK Wai Keong Yong | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 22,036,500 |
HC Hamish Crawshaw | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 21,936,000 |
HV Ha Van Thien | 22,100,000(4420 BB) | 22,001,500 |
Payouts
Cards in the air!
-5,000 BB Ante
Cards are in the air for Day 2 of the Megastack! 46 players advanced to today’s final stage and within two minutes, we heard a dealer “player out”. The unlucky player, Ha Van Thien, walks away with the first cash of the day of ₫22,100,000.
The Megastack event will resume at 1pm on Monday, October 17. Check back with us for all the info. Live updates will also be up and running. You can track the action right here.
Megastack
Buy in: ₫15,000,000 (~$621) Guarantee: ₫2,000,000,000 (~$82,867) Day 1A: 17 advanced out of 107 entries Day 1B: 29 advanced out of 189 entries Total entries: 296 Prize pool: ₫3,876,120,000 (~US$ 160,600) Day 1A and Day 1B Survivors ITM: 46 players
Megastack - Day 2 chip counts
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
I India | 523,500 | 523,500 |
P Philippines | 433,000 | 433,000 |
Table Seating
| Player | Chips | Table | Seat |
|---|---|---|---|
CC Choong Chee Kent | 330,000 | 1 | 1 |
YL Yohwan Lim | 202,500 | 1 | 2 |
HZ He Zong Chi | 84,000 | 1 | 4 |
JK Jeffrey Kwen Wai Lo | 189,500 | 1 | 6 |
VC Victor Chong | 86,500 | 1 | 7 |
NS Noe Sao Ving | 114,500 | 1 | 8 |
HY Huang Ying Che | 49,500 | 1 | 9 |
JP Jeffrey Pamplona | 120,000 | 2 | 1 |
MT Milan Tojkovic | 357,000 | 2 | 2 |
NN Nguyen Nanh Truong | 256,000 | 2 | 4 |
WJ Wu Jun Hao | 439,000 | 2 | 6 |
EC En Ching Wu | 233,000 | 2 | 7 |
FH Fubang Huang | 111,000 | 2 | 8 |
HS Hwang Seong Il | 201,000 | 2 | 9 |
LS Lim Shyn Chyn | 399,500 | 3 | 1 |
TD Tran Duc Toan | 216,000 | 3 | 2 |
SK Satoshi Kuriga | 108,000 | 3 | 3 |
DG Dinh Gia Long | 148,000 | 3 | 4 |
HV Ha Van Thien | 98,500 | 3 | 6 |
WY William Ysmael | 188,500 | 3 | 7 |
KK Kasidet Kampananurak | 91,000 | 3 | 8 |
RN Rungrot Nuannoi | 85,000 | 3 | 9 |
LB Le Ba Phuc | 404,500 | 4 | 1 |
JC Jason Cau | 63,500 | 4 | 2 |
JC Jose Colada | 433,000 | 4 | 3 |
FR Florent Remi | 131,000 | 4 | 4 |
HC Hamish Crawshaw | 164,000 | 4 | 6 |
OJ Oh Jun Seok | 408,500 | 4 | 7 |
WK Wai Keong Yong | 63,500 | 4 | 8 |
VT Vu Thai Bao | 205,500 | 4 | 9 |
TF Trent Fechter | 110,500 | 5 | 1 |
YW Yi Wei Peng | 63,000 | 5 | 2 |
CN Cao Ngoc Anh | 411,000 | 5 | 3 |
LC Lam Chi Ngai | 127,000 | 5 | 4 |
KH Koh Hsien Ken | 86,500 | 5 | 6 |
WK Worawat Kiatponglap | 69,000 | 5 | 7 |
TY Tsai Yu Fan | 94,000 | 5 | 8 |
CC Chi-Jen Chu | 269,000 | 5 | 9 |
NH Ng Hoa Thinh | 117,000 | 6 | 1 |
AI Abhinav Iyer | 523,500 | 6 | 2 |
PQ Phung Quoc Minh | 150,000 | 6 | 3 |
KY Kevin Yun Lam Choi | 228,000 | 6 | 4 |
TD Tran Duc Son | 374,500 | 6 | 6 |
TD Tran Duy Buic | 111,500 | 6 | 7 |
AO Anuk Ool Pitaknik | 78,000 | 6 | 8 |
VM Vamerdino Magsakay | 110,000 | 6 | 9 |