Day 1
Duong Thanh Ha Eliminates Le Tuan Kiet

All in preflop, Duong Thanh Ha A♦ J♦ outdraws Le Tuan Kiet’s A♣ K♠ on a board 4♥ J♣ T♦ 2♣ J♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
79,000(32 BB) | 57,100 | |
busted |
Charlton Scott Nathaniel delivers back to back to back eliminations
An all-in preflop situation, Le Tuan Kiet’s A♠ K♣ was in for a flip against big stacked Charlton Scott Nathaniel’s J♣ J♦ . Unfortunately for Le, the board 5♦ 8♠ 6♣ 2♣ J♥ fared none of his overcards with Charlton’s set of jacks earning the pot by the river.
The following hand, Charlton ran 9♠ 9♦ against an opponent’s A♥ Q♠ and scooped up another pot after flopping a full house on 9♥ T♦ T♣ 4♦ 5♣ .
Next hand saw hijack Hyunh Van Hung open shove 17,000, called by Charlton with A♦ J♠ on the big blind. Hyung with 8♣ 9♣ paired up on the flop K♦ 9♠ Q♥ but the runout J♥ J♣ landed his opponent trip jacks for the win.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
264,000(106 BB) | 22,000 | |
242,000(97 BB) | 45,000 | |
197,000(79 BB) | 48,000 | |
busted | -35,000 | |
busted | -17,500 |
Ho Duy Manh heads for the exit
Having opened to 2,000, utg Le Tuan Kiet called off Ho Duy Manh’s short stack all-in with A♠ T♣ . Ho with a weaker ace A♥ 4♦ remained dominated after the board 6♥ A♣ 8♣ K♣ 9♠ gave both players top pair, Le with the win.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
35,000(35 BB) | 20,000 | |
busted | -154,000 |
Malouch Jean Mathieu wins preflop battle
Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu limped, cut off bumped it up to 1,600, and small blind Le Tuan Kiet three bet to 4,400. Having set his trap, Malouch raised all-in for 22,000 total and was followed by two mucks behind.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
29,600(37 BB) | 29,600 | |
15,000(19 BB) | 15,000 |