Red Dragon Championship (2,500,000 KRW)

That's the end for Nguyen who bagged the lead on Day 2 and had a little chat with us right after:

Congrats on bagging the lead in Day 2! How do you feel?

I feel very happy, I was waiting for this moment.

We followed your meteoric rise at the end, starting with the double up against Weidong Cai. How did your day go until that point?

I feel comfortable with my stack even if it was average at that moment and when I doubled up, I still played how I usually play. I didn't change my style because I didn't care in that moment.

What is the plan for Day 3? Use your stack to bully?

Of course I will use my stack to take advantage and gain more chips, because some players are scared to call especially when I have big stack.

You just had your biggest cash in the APT High Roller, what would it mean to follow this up with your first Main Event victory?

I've been waiting for this, because I have a lot of trophies, but mostly on side events and I am really hungry to win a main event especially with a field this big. I have a big stack going into day 3 and I feel more confident.

How and when did you get into poker?

I started playing poker two years ago. My friends invited me to play and I had fun that time so I study the game and started to play live.

Trung Quan Nguyen raises 120,000 from +1 and fills up after hijack Jinlin Shi made it 260,000 to lay eyes on the 6♠ A♠ Q♠ flop where Shi continues for 225,000 and Nguyen pays up. The 9♠ turn gets checked to the A♦ river, Nguyen takes over the reins with a 125,000 lead holding A♣ 2♣ and Shi calls with Q♣ Q♦ , thinking he lost when Nguyen flipped over his cards, Shi has to thank the other players for notifying him that he is actually ahead.

Hijack Trung Quan Nguyen puts 125,000 in the middle, button Kanwen Du makes it 275,000, but big blind Ning Chu picks up the pot after cold four-betting 650,000.

The 2♠ river keeps the Vietnamese pro ahead and leaves Pan with crumbs.

With 24 players remaining in the hunt the organizers redraw for the final three tables and hand out five additional time banks to everyone.

Picking up the action on the K♣ 7♣ 6♥ 4♠ turn with 425,000 up for grabs, big blind Trung Quan Nguyen bets 235,000 and Takashi Morita tags along to the 3♣ river. Both players check with Nguyen's T♥ T♠ being enough to scoop the pot, getting him back into the table lead after losing some chips in the hands before.