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.

Hijack Ning Chu starts off for 110,000, cutoff Xu Wang ups it to 275,000, button Hong Yang flats after consuming a time bank and Chu fills up as well. Wang's 200,000 c-bet on the 6♠ 4♣ K♦ flop gets only called by Yang who lets it go on the 3♠ turn when faced with a 400,000 second barrel from Wang who shows A♣ J♦ and hands a time bank to the dealer.

First to act Xu Wang makes it 80,000 and button Xiaoming Weng pays up to see the 6♥ 7♦ A♦ flop where he lets it go against Wang's 50,000 c-bet who scoops his third pot in this orbit.

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

Bao is sitting pretty when the dealer flips over T♦ 8♥ J♥ 4♦ before the A♠ river grinds his hunt for the championship to a hold. He needs some time to process what happened, takes out his phone to snap a pic of the board before starting his trip to the payout desk.

Hijack Xu Wang starts off with 50,000, small blind Shuang Bao increases to 160,000, but big blind You Kan Li takes down the pot with a 370,000 cold four-bet.