Main Event

Final 9 players

Remaining Payouts

Eliminations 10th - 16th

From hijack, short stacked Chiu Kwok Kit shoves 110,000, cutoff David Erquiaga shoves 165,000, button Raghav Bansal call and covers both players.

Chiu Kwok Kit 6♦ 6♠ David Erquiaga A♥ A♠ Raghav Bansal J♠ J♥

The board K♣ 4♣ A♣ 8♣ 2♦ drops lots of clubs, no one has the flush, Erquiaga ships it with a set as Chiu goes bust in 15th place.

Battle of the blinds with 465,000 built by the turn {js|} 3♠ 7♦ A♥ . Small blind David Erquiaga opens 270,000, big blind Nishant Sharma calls. On the river 8♠ , Erquiaga bangs out 360,000, Bansal shoves and pushes out Erquiaga from the pot.

Button Tan Wee Teck three-bet shoves with 9♥ 9♦ and runs aground to David Erquiaga’s A♦ [ac}

David Erquiaga opens 25,000 from the button, big blind Rustam Kabirov three-bets 75,000, Erquiaga flats. Kabirov c-bets 32,000 on the flop 8♥ 6♠ A♣ , Erquiaga raises 132,000, Kabirov calls. Erquiaga takes the lead on the turn 6♥ with a 40,000 bet, Kabirov check-calls. Erquiaga shoves the river J♠ , Kabirov check calls with less chips them busts with A♥ 5♣ crushed by A♦ 6♣ full house.

Utg+1 Tan Wee Teck opens then calls small blind David Erquiaga’s 75,000 re-raise. Tan continues to call an 85,000 bet on the flop 3♠ 4♦ 3♦ . Both players check the turn 4♥ . Tan bangs out 350,000 on the river 7♦ , Erquiaga check-folds.

Big blind Lee Minjae calls utg David Erquiaga’s raise then both check the flop 9♦ 2♣ Q♣ . On the T♠ turn, Erquiaga bets 50,000, Lee check-raise 140,000, Erquiaga calls. On the turn 6♥ , Lee leads out with a shove, Erquiaga folds.

Tan Wee Teck opens 16,000, David Erquiaga three-bet 48,000, Tan four-bets 121,000, Erquiaga folds

57 players remaining on the hunt for the VND 4 Billion top prize and the new Poker Dream Dragon Trophy. Here are the top 5 leaders:

Cutoff Wong Ka Fai opens 12,000, David Erquiaga defends the big blind. Wong proceeds to c-bet the flop 9♥ A♣ 2♠ , Erquiaga calls then both check the turn Q♣ . On the river T♥ , Wong bets 80,000, Erquiaga folds.

Cutoff Wong Ka Fai opens then calls big blind David Erquiaga’s 40,000 three-bet. Both players check the flop and turn for a free board 4♥ 6♣ 7♣ 3♦ 5♥ . With a straight showing, Erquiaga bets 50,000, Wong raises 40,000, Erquiaga calls and shows A♠ 8♦ higher straight. Wong mucks.

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.