Day 1
Lim Kar Hou wins flip

Midposition Lim Kar Hou opened to 8,000 and called off a 72,000 all-in from big blind Leong Juns. Juns who just doubled up, was at risk with A♦ K♦ against Lim’s T♣ T♥ . Hoping to find a pair, the board 9♥ K♣ T♠ 5♥ 7♦ did so, but was not enough to beat his opponent’s set of tens.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
198,000(50 BB) | 29,000 | |
busted | -76,000 |
Easy double for Leong Juns

Utg Leong Juns open shoved his 34,000 in and was called by small blind Nguyen Thanh Son. Leong revealed his monster hand K♥ K♦ , a huge favorite against Nguyen’s 9♥ 9♦ . The board Q♥ 2♣ 2♦ 6♥ 4♦ paved an easy double up for Leong, shooting him up to 19 BB.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
200,000(50 BB) | 69,000 | |
76,000(19 BB) | 65,000 |
Dinh Quang Huy bags a double up

Folded to the button, Dinh Quang Huy pushed all-in for 79,000 and was called by big blind Leong Juns.
Dinh A♥ 7♦ Leong A♠ K♣
Dominated by his opponent, Dinh luckily outflopped Leong on 7♠ 3♦ 5♣ T♦ 6♣ and bagged the double up. Crippled by the loss, Leong Juns busts a minute later.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
170,000(21 BB) | 170,000 | |
11,000(1 BB) | 11,000 |