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Viet Nam, Hoiana Casino
Day 2
Chu Chi Jen snags a double
Facing a cutoff open and a three bet from small blind Cheung Park Yu to 130,000, big blind Chu Chi Jen called for his lesser 120,000 stack and was heads up against Cheung after the original raiser folded.
Chu 9♦ 9♣ Cheung A♦ 6♦
A great spot for Chu, the board 3♣ 7♣ T♠ 4♥ Q♥ ran clear of aces with his pocket nines scooping the double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 395,000(20 BB) | 395,000 | |
| 305,000(15 BB) | 95,000 |
Le Tuan Phong throws it in the muck
Chu Chi Jen defended his big blind against hijack Le Tuan Phong’s open to 25,000 and saw a flop of 7♦ 9♦ Q♥ . Checked to Le, he fired a 35,000 bet, Chu with a raise all-in for 107,000. Le used up two time banks and found a fold shortly after.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 320,000(27 BB) | 151,000 | |
| 210,000(18 BB) | -159,000 |
Day 1
Tan Ong Kwan leads Day 1C’s 16-player pack into Day 2
Date: October 4, 2023 Buy in: ₫17,000,000 (~US$ 733) Entries: 151 Bagging time: 10% of field / 16 players
Chip Counts:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 408,000 | -32,000 | |
| 377,000 | 226,000 | |
| 369,000 | 39,000 | |
| 264,000 | 63,000 | |
| 238,000 | 11,000 | |
| 197,000 | 47,000 | |
| 176,000 | 176,000 | |
| 154,000 | ||
| 137,000 | 7,000 | |
| 115,000 | 115,000 | |
| 112,000 | 2,000 | |
| 111,000 | ||
| 105,000 | 105,000 | |
| 103,000 | -22,000 | |
| 95,000 | 30,000 | |
| 59,000 | -31,000 |
Dang Xuan Canh calls it a night
The hand just before saw a similar course of action from the two players, Chu Chi Jen however, with a fold to Dang Xuan Canh’s jam. This time around, Chu made the call after Dang slammed his 52,000 in once more vs his late postion open.
Dang A♥ 4♥ Chu K♠ J♥
Up for a race, the board ran J♠ 8♣ 4♣ 5♥ 3♠ giving Chu top pair enough to send his opponent out for the night.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 330,000(83 BB) | 93,000 | |
busted | -75,000 |
Ho Koon Leong doubles with aces
Utg Ho Koon Leong opened to 6,000 and called for his remaining 14,000 after Chu Chi Jen fired a three bet.
Chu J♣ J♦ Ho A♥ A♦
Happily putting it in with the rockets, the board 9♠ 5♠ Q♠ 7♣ T♥ ran smoothly towards a double up for Ho.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 237,000(79 BB) | -20,000 | |
| 48,000(16 BB) | 48,000 |
Lau Wing Yu suffers bad beat
Utg opened to 8,000, called by the cut off. Small blind Chu Chi Jen pushed all-in for 119,000 total and garnered a quick all-in from Lau Wing Yu on the big blind. Utg and cutoff opt out and the two head on to show down.
Chu A♥ Q♥ Lau K♠ K♦
Seemingly a slam dunk for Lau, the flop T♥ K♣ 6♥ gave Chu some hope with a flush draw which immediately completed on the turn 7♥ . The river 4♣ missed to pair the board with Chu taking the win for his ace high flush.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 257,000(86 BB) | 67,000 | |
| 31,000(10 BB) | -124,000 |
Nguyen Hoang Long surrenders
Utg Nguyen Hoang Long opened to 3,200, called behind by Chu Chi Jen. Flop 2♦ J♥ 4♣ saw Nguyen continue for 2,500, called by Chu. Turn came another J♦ and Nguyen with a bigger 8,000 bet. Chu once again makes the call and sees the river 4♥ . Nguyen checks, Chu bets 10,000, and Nguyen gives up with a fold.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 190,000(127 BB) | 190,000 | |
| 36,000(24 BB) | 36,000 |