Kunal Patni busts pre-bubble

Hijack Sofia Lovgren Fullmer opens 12,000, button Kunal Patni three-bets 32,000, small blind Ignatev Aleksei four-bet jams, Lovgren folds, Patni calls for his tournament life
Kunal Patni J♥ J♣ Ignatev Aleksei A♥ K♣
The board lands A♦ 4♥ 6♦ 2♥ 4♦ , Patni busts two spots to the money round.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
780,000(130 BB) | -11,000 | |
76,000(13 BB) | 76,000 | |
busted | -70,000 |
Ignatev Aleksei bags the Flight C chip lead

Buy in: VN₫ 36,000,000 (~USD 1,545) Guaranteed: VN₫ 20,000,000,000 (~USD 789,110) Entries: 141 ITM: 22 players
Flight A - 31 entries / 4 qualified Flight B - 57 entries / 6 qualified Flight C - 141 entries / 22 qualified
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
791,000 | 201,000 | |
400,000 | 10,000 | |
373,000 | 373,000 | |
293,000 | 3,000 | |
290,000 | 10,000 | |
255,000 | 35,000 | |
177,000 | 177,000 | |
162,000 | 97,000 | |
155,000 | 155,000 | |
154,000 | 154,000 | |
153,000 | 153,000 | |
139,000 | 139,000 | |
115,000 | 81,000 | |
115,000 | 115,000 | |
112,000 | 112,000 | |
112,000 | 112,000 | |
98,000 | 98,000 | |
91,000 | -179,000 | |
82,000 | 9,000 | |
68,000 | 68,000 | |
61,000 | -78,000 | |
36,000 | 1,000 |
Payouts
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Ignatev Aleksei gains some for the boat
Ignatev Aleksei min-raises from hijack, button Saislip Nutthapath defends, flop comes A♣ 3♣ Q♥ . Ignatev c-bets another 10,000, Saislip check-calls. Both players check the turn 3♥ . Ignatev ignites in the river A♠ with a 35,000 bet, Saislip check-calls then mucks to Ignatev’s A♦ 2♠ full house.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
590,000(118 BB) | 20,000 | |
35,000(7 BB) | 35,000 |
Chip leader Ignatev Aleksei triple barrels

Ignatev Aleksei opens 12,000, cutoff Pang Chi Yan calls, Ignatev proceeds to bet every street 15,000, 36,000, and all in on a board 5♦ K♦ J♠ 5♣ 6♣ . Yan folds on the river.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
570,000(114 BB) | 570,000 | |
90,000(18 BB) | 90,000 |
Nand Thanawat eliminates Phan Le Mong Tan

All in preflop, Nand Thanawat A♣ K♦ , short stacked Phan Le Mong Tan J♣ J♥ . The board drops a king on the turn 4♦ T♥ 9♣ K♣ 9♦ to end Phan’s day.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
290,000(58 BB) | 290,000 | |
busted |
Blinds up, 26 players remaining
26 players remaining out of 141 entries. Flight plays down to 22 players.
Dao Minh Phu boots Dinh Manh Hung

Button Dao Minh Phu raises 9,000, Dinh Manh Hung defends the big blind. When the board completes K♥ 8♦ T♠ 5♠ 9♠ , Phu bets every street 14,000, 28,000, 47,000, Dinh check-calls the flop and turn then check-jams the river. Phu calls and dominates with K♦ 8♠ two pair over K♠ 2♣ top pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
270,000(68 BB) | 180,000 | |
busted | -90,000 |
Yong Wai Keong continue to rise

Yong Wai Keong opens 10,000, small blind Budykin Andrei calls, both head to the flop 3♠ 7♠ 4♦ . More chips get dumped in the middle with Yong betting 10,000, Budykin check-raising 29,000, called by Yong. The turn 7♥ , Budykin continues with a 30,000 bet, Yong calls again. The river K♠ , Budykin checks then folds to Yong’s shove.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
280,000(70 BB) | 42,000 | |
34,000(9 BB) | 34,000 |
Michael Truong doubles up
Down to 9 bb, Michael Truong open shoves with A♥ 5♦ , big blind David Erquiaga calls with A♣ 8♥ . Truong pairs up on the flop Q♥ 6♦ 5♠ 9♦ 2♦ and goes on to double up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
180,000(45 BB) | 180,000 | |
80,000(20 BB) | 80,000 |
Blinds up, 30 players remaining
30 players remaining out of 141 entries. Flight plays down to 22 players.
Yong Wai Keong banks it with kings
Facing a 7,000 raise, cutoff Yong Wai Keong looks down at K♦ K♣ and three-bets 22,000, big blind Kabirov Rustam A♦ Q♦ four-bets 33,000, initial raiser folds, Yong five bets jams 113,000 and Kabirov calls. With the board running J♠ 8♠ 6♥ 6♣ 4♣ , Yong’s cowboys earn the max.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
238,000(79 BB) | -62,000 | |
73,000(24 BB) | 73,000 |
Nguyen Minh Hung Son eliminates Nishant Sharma
All in preflop, Nguyen Minh Hung Son A♥ Q♠ dominates Nishant Sharma’s A♣ J♦ , and with the board running low 4♥ 5♦ 6♠ 9♠ 3♥ , Sharma runs aground.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
190,000(63 BB) | 190,000 | |
busted |
Kunal Patni doubles up
Kunat Patni open shoves his last 12 bb holding 9♣ 9♠ , gets called by Ngo Quoc Phu with 7♦ 7♠ , board runs T♦ 8♥ 8♣ 6♣ J♦ . Patni doubles through.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
82,000(27 BB) | 82,000 | |
65,000(22 BB) | 4,000 |
Blinds up, 40 players remaining
40 players remaining out of 141 entries. Flight plays down to 22 players.
Break time Next Level:
Wong Tin Lam knocks out Truong Toan Chan
Heavy preflop betting opens with Wong Tin Lam min-raising, utg+1 calls, utg+2 Truong Toan Chan thre-bets 13,500, back to Wong who four-bets 40,000, utg+1 folds, Truong calls the all in with 35,500. Truong turns over A♦ 3♦ , Wong is ahead Q♦ {qc, board runs J♥ 8♣ Q♥ 6♣ 7♣ . Truong gets the boot.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
220,000(88 BB) | 108,000 | |
busted | -44,000 |
Kim Kiyoung triples up
Undter the gun John Gallagher A♥ J♣ shoves, next to act Kim Kiyoung A♣ A♦ joins in with 6 bb, small blind Nguyen Dich Khanh also risks his stack with A♠ Q♥ . The board runs K♥ K♣ 6♣ 3♦ K♠ , Kim’s aces earn a triple, Nguyen wins the side pot as Gallagher plunges to 6 bb.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
53,000(21 BB) | -7,000 | |
44,000(18 BB) | 44,000 | |
14,000(6 BB) | -49,000 |
Dinh Manh Hung wins the preflop battle
Hijack Wong Tin Lam opens 5,000, button Cao Lei three-bets 13,000, big blind Dinh Manh Hung four-bets 37,500, Wong folds, Cao opts to folds as well.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
112,000(45 BB) | 112,000 | |
90,000(36 BB) | 90,000 | |
CL | 60,000(24 BB) | 60,000 |
Sofia Lovgren five-bet jams Kunal Patni

Kunal Patni opens 5,000 from cutoff, button Sofia Lovgren Fullmer three-bets 15,000, Patni four-bets 30,000, Lovgren five-bets all in for 103,000, Patni gives up his stake on the pot.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
139,000(56 BB) | 139,000 | |
70,000(28 BB) | 70,000 |
Blinds up, 52 players remaining
52 players remaining out of 141 entries. Flight plays down to 22 players.
Luo Shaohua’s jacks win the flip
Facing a min-raise, cutoff Luo Shaohua three-bet all in 25,000, big blind Kang Hogyun four-bets 57,000, enough to push out the initial raiser. Luo opens J♦ J♠ , Kang with A♦ K♠ , board runs 6♥ 2♥ 7♥ Q♦ 8♠ . Luo doubles up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
57,000(29 BB) | 57,000 | |
43,000(22 BB) | 43,000 |
John Gallagher doubles up

Undter the gun John Gallagher A♠ Q♠ open shoves 29,000 and is challenged by utg+2 Kim Kiyoung K♦ J♥ . Gallagher goes on to double up on board A♣ 3♣ 2♥ 4♥ 6♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
63,000(32 BB) | 63,000 | |
60,000(30 BB) | 60,000 |
Heavy preflop action ends with Kabirav Rustam railing Leong Juns

Utg+2 Kim Jaehun raises 5,000, two players call, small blind Leong Juns goes all in for 10,000, back to Kim who four-bets 29,500, cutoff Kabirav Rustam jams 85,000, button folds, Kim opts to fold as well.
Kabirav Rustam A♠ Q♠ Leong Juns 5♠ 5♦
The board runs A♦ J♠ 2♠ T♥ A♣ Kabirav wins the flip and more.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
131,500(66 BB) | 131,500 | |
54,000(27 BB) | 54,000 | |
busted |
Ngo Quoc Phu saved by two-outer
Cutoff kicks off the action with a min-raise, small blind Ngo Quoc Phu three-bets all in for 27,000, big blind Truong Toan Chan four-bets all in, cutoff gets out of the way. Ngo opens 9♥ 9♦ and is at risk of elimination against Truong’s T♦ T♣ . When the flop comes 9♣ A♠ 6♠ , Ngo improves to a set, then goes on to survive the race after the turn and river 4♠ Q♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
61,000(31 BB) | 22,200 | |
44,000(22 BB) | 44,000 |
Blinds up, 63 remaining
Registration closes at 141 entries, 22 ITM, Nguyen Van Sang leads

Registration has closed for Main Event flight C with 141 entries.
Buy in: VN₫ 36,000,000 (~USD 1,545) Guaranteed: VN₫ 20,000,000,000 (~USD 789,110) Entries: 141 Remaining: 78 players ITM: 22 players
Dinner break, 132 entries Next Level:
Third break of the day with 132 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes after 50-minutes dinner break.
120 entries
120 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
111 entries
111 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
100 entries
100 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
Second break, 94 entries Next Level:
Second break of the day with 94 entries so far at the Main Event. 3 more levels before registration closes. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
83 entries
83 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
65 entries
65 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
52 entries
52 entries so far at the Main Event. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
First break, 49 entries Next Level:
First break of the day with 49 entries so far at the Main Event. 6 more levels before registration closes. Registration closes at the end of Level 9 at approximately 18:20pm local time.
Bubble bursts!

Yong Wai Keong delivers the bubble with K♥ K♦ calling big blind Nguyen Minh Hung Son’s three-bet holding K♠ T♦ No help comes on the board 4♣ 6♣ 4♦ A♣ A♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
300,000(50 BB) | 70,000 |
Nguyen Quang Huy attacks the late stages

Hijack Dao Minh Phu opens and finds three callers to the flop 5♠ A♣ 3♥ . Phu c-bets 23,000, button Yong Wai Keong calls, small blind folds, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy check-calls. The turn 2♠ , Nguyen leads out 60,000, Phu calls, Yong folds leaving two players to the river 2♦ . Nguyen shoves, Phu folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
390,000(65 BB) | 390,000 | |
230,000(38 BB) | 230,000 | |
90,000(15 BB) | 90,000 |