Main Event

15,000 ante

A big pot of around 200,000 brewed by the river board 9♠ Q♦ 3♣ 2♥ K♣ . Valeriy Pak goes all in for 450,000, Dinh Manh Hung folds.

Having just paid a double up to Radbone, Artem Utevskii gained a full boost of his own. Action opened with lojack Dinh Manh Hung raising to 12,000, cutoff Utevskii three-bet to 33,000, back to Dinh who shoved well covering Utevskii. No thinking needed, Utevskii calls and opens A♠ K♠ , Dinh has A♥ 5♦ . The board runs 7♥ 8♥ 2♣ Q♣ K♥ .

1200 ante

On a flop 2♥ 6♣ T♠ and a pot of 14,000 brewed, under the gun bets 5,000, lojack Dinh Manh Hung raises to 10,000, utg calls. On the turn 3♥ , Dinh bets another 10,000, utg check-raises all in, Dinh calls and shows K♦ K♥ . Utg is behind A♦ J♠ . The river 8♥ is a double up for Dinh as utg plunges to 1500.

600 ante

Flop shows T♣ J♣ 6♦ and 9,000 in the pot, small blind Joseph Sia and big blind Dinh Manh Hung are all in. Sia has open ended K♦ Q♥ , Dinh with K♠ K♥ , the turn 8♦ keeps the cowboys ahead but with the river 9♣ Sia connects with a straight to double through.

500 ante

On a board that completed T♥ Q♣ 7♥ 5♣ K♣ and 28,000 in the middle, Dinh Manh Hung checks then mucks to Jose Ruzzel’s A♣ A♥ .