Main Event

Down to 1,300,000, Yashiro Naoki shoved all-in with J♦ J♣ and was in trouble against button Malouch Jean Mathieu’s Q♥ Q♣ . The board 2♣ 4♠ 2♥ A♥ 9♠ offered no help and set Yashiro packing in 7th place.

Chip Count Update:

Hijack Chong Khai Bin defended his K♠ J♠ open vs small blind Yashiro Naoki’s three bet Q♠ Q♣ preflop to 700,000, and saw a flop of A♠ 3♣ J♣ . Yashiro check calls for 550,000 and heads to turn 2♥ . Both players check to river J♥ which saw Yashiro bet 500,000. Chong makes the call and scoops the pot with trip jacks.

Yashiro doubles up the next hand with J♦ J♣ against Nguyen Quang Hung’s K♣ J♥ to bounce back in the game.

The final table is set with nine players remaining in contention for the Main Event title.

Chip Counts:

Utg Yashiro Naoki opened, joined by small blind Chong Khai Bin on flop A♦ 7♠ 7♥ . Chong check called 150,000 and another 350,000 on turn 6♦ . River 9♥ saw both players check, Chong reveals A♠ J♠ and takes the pot down with two pair.

Yashiro Naoki defended his big blind against cutoff Nguyen The Anh’s open and saw 6♥ 8♥ 6♣ for the flop. Yashiro checks, Nguyen continues for 180,000. Yashiro throws in a raise to 410,000, Nguyen with a clap back to 1,000,000. Yashiro calls and both players check turn 7♠ . On to river 2♠ , Yashiro bets all-in for 1,700,000, Nguyen with a fold.

Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind vs cutoff Yashiro Naoki’s open and headed on to flop 2♣ 3♠ J♦ . Malouch check calls 160,000 and another 350,000 on turn K♠ . River 5♣ was checked round and Malouch shows K♦ T♣ for top pair, Yashiro mucks.

Cutoff Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 160,000, joined by small blind Yashiro Naoki. Flop came 5♠ T♦ 6♣ , Naoki with a check call for 200,000. Both players checked the turn 9♣ and Naoki leads river 5♥ for 250,000, Malouch folds.

Poker Dream 7 Vietnam - Live Updates - Main Event - Day 2

Dates: October 3-8, 2023Buy in: VND 8,500,000 (~USD 366) - VND 25,500,000 (~USD 1,099)Guarantee: VND 20,000,000,000 (~USD 820,000)Prize Pool: VND 22,639,945,500 (~USD 928,440)Total Entries: 1,351ITM: 159 players

15 players remain in the running, six more eliminations to go or until Level 27, before the day closes.

Top Chip Counts:

Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind again hijack Yashiro Naoki’s open and saw a flop of 9♣ 9♦ 6♠ . Malouch led out for 125,000, called by the raiser. Malouch fired another 275,000 on turn 3♥ , called once more by Yashiro. River A♥ was checked round with Malouch showing A♦ 7♠ , behind against Yashiro’s A♠ Q♦ .

Button Nguyen Quang Hung opened to 95,000, joined by small blind Yashiro Naoki. Flop came 6♦ T♥ 6♠ and Yashiro check raised Nguyen’s 105,000 bet to 250,000. Nguyen calls and sees turn 5♦ . Yashiro leads out for 200,000, Nguyen with a call. River 7♥ went check check and Nguyen revealed T♦ 7♦ two pair for the pot.

16 players left in the running, seats will redrawn once more.

Chip Counts:

Utg Yashiro Naoki opened to 80,000, and was met with a three bet to 200,000 from small blind Nguyen Duy Thuc. Naoki fired a raise to 500,000, Nguyen with a shove for 1,325,000 total. Naoki puts in the call, covering his opponent just slightly.

Nguyen A♥ K♠ Naoki K♣ K♥

Only avoiding an ace, Naoki scored the win after a queen high board 6♣ 9♣ Q♦ 5♦ T♦ faced up.

A five minute break is in place for the seat redraw at 24 players remaining.

Chip Counts

Midposition Yashiro Naoki opened to 50,000, called by button Nguyen Hoang Long and the big blind. Flop came Q♠ 4♣ 7♣ , checked to Yashiro, he bets 45,000 and shortly folds to Nguyen’s all-in for 340,000 more.

The following hand, Yashiro opens once more but gives it up after Ramsden Jacque Patrick moved all-in for 345,000 total.

Cutoff Yashiro Naoki opened to 7,000 and was met with two all-ins - Rauh Andreas (126,000) and Dhanesh Vijaykumar Chainani (140,000). Yashiro with a premium pocket pair put in the final call, covering both opponents.

Rauh K♦ Q♥ Dhanesh A♣ K♥ Yashiro K♣ K♠

A huge favorite against the two, Yashiro locked in the win after a ten high board 4♣ T♣ 2♦ 4♠ 7♠ faced up on the felt.

Utg+1 Yashiro Naoki opened to 6,000 and called off a 75,000 all-in from Lim Chor Heng behind.

Lim Q♣ J♣ Yashiro K♠ K♦

An easy boost for Yashiro, the board Q♥ 5♦ 8♦ 5♠ 6♠ gave Lim two pair as well yet not good enough to save his tournament life.

Button Yashiro Naoki opened to 3,500, joined by the small blind. Big blind Vu Bernard Trong Huy jammed his short stack in and was only called by the raiser.

Yashiro Q♣ Q♠ Vu K♥ J♠

Looking to peel a king, the board ran T♣ 8♠ 2♦ 5♥ A♥ safe for Yashiro, eliminating Vu in the process

Date: October 5, 2023 Buy in: ₫25,500,000 (~US$ 1,099) Entries: 228 Bagging time: 15% of field / 35 players

Chip Counts

Hijack Nguyen Ngoc Ha opened to 10,000, followed by a button three bet to 30,000 from Cheng Tin Wai. On to small blind Yashiro Naoki, he fired a four bet to 77,000 total, to which both players make the fold.