Mini Main Event

Ngo Minh Tien goes bust in two hands. The first hand he calls Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet jam with A♦ J♣ and is fifty-fifty against 5♠ 5♥ . The board runs 7♥ 3♥ 4♠ 2♣ K♣ , the small pair holds for a double up to Diep and Ngo down to 2 bb.

Next hand Ngo puts his 400,000 on the line with Q♦ 4♠ , cutoff Oliver Schulze has A♥ 9♠ , board runs 8♣ 7♣ K♠ 6♣ T♣ .

Date: November 20 to 22, 2023 Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950) Entries: 935 (659 unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 7,255,600,000 (~$300,940) ITM/Survivors: 117 players

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Kyle Bao Diep three-bets all in with A♠ J♠ , initial raiser Oliver Schulze calls with A♥ T♣ . With the board running 7♠ 2♥ 9♥ 4♠ 3♥ , it’s a double up for Diep.

Button Oliver Schulze raises 300,000, big blind Kyle Bao Diep three-bets 1,050,000, Schulze calls. Board completes Q♥ 2♣ 3♠ 5♣ Q♣ , Diep bets 550,000 flop, 1,125,000 turn, then jams the river. Schulze calls throughout, Diep shows the T♦ 7♠ bluff, Schulze ships a double with 2♦ 2♠ full house.

Small blind Oliver Schulze raises 400,000 then calls big blind Calvin Tan’s three-bet of 1,300,000, flop comes 7♥ 5♥ {2d. Tan bets 400,000, Schulze check-calls. On the turn Q♠ , Tan fires 1,500,000, Schulze check-folds.

Field is nearly at one table with 11 players left. Players are hunting down the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Calvin Tan leads the race with 4,300,000.

Hijack Oliver Schulze raises 160,000, big blind Lyn Linfeng defends, flop comes Q♠ A♠ 5♣ . Schulze c-bets 110,000, Linfeng check-calls, both see the turn K♣ . Same action with a 410,000 c-bet. On the river 9♦ , Schulze shoves, Linfeng check-calls for everything and opens A♥ J♦ top pair then busts to Schulze’s K♥ 5♦ two pair.

15 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Calvin Tan leads the race with 4,300,000. Here are the top 5 in chips.

Oliver Schulze raises 225,000 from cutoff, small blind Nguyen Manh Hung three-bets all in for 480,000, Schulze calls and shows A♥ K♥ , Nguyen is dominated with 9♠ 9♥ . The board runs out 5♥ 6♥ 4♥ A♣ 7♣ .

Action folds to the small blind Hoang Nam Son who raises 125,000, big blind Oliver Schulze calls, flop is Q♥ 3♥ T♣ . Hoang c-bets 50,000, Schulze calls. On the turn 4♠ , Hoang bets 50,000 again, Schulze raises 200,000, Hoang three-bets 400,000, Schulze calls. The river 7♠ Hoang shoves his last 400,000, Schulze snap calls, Hoang has 5♣ 4♥ small pair , Schulze with Q♦ 5♠ top pair, Hoang drops to 4 bb. He busts on the next hand.

29 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

42 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

48 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

Redraw at 45 players.

Players have returned from the first break. Chips have been colored up. 60 remain on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize.

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Button Oliver Schulze limps then calls big blind Kyle Bao Diep’s 750,000 raise. Flop comes 6♠ 3♥ 4♣ , Schulze bets 450,000, Diep check-calls. The turn K♣ Diep leads out 1,320,000, Schulze calls. Both players check the river 5♣ . Schulze wins it with K♥ 9♦ .

Pham Duy Tien shoved his last 10 bb with A♦ 7♥ then fell to Oliver Schulze’s A♠ T♦ to finish in 3rd place.

Calvin Tan nosedived to fall out of contention in 4th place. It happened in two hands with the first one pretty much sealing his fate. Tan opens 500,000 from cutoff, then calls button Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet of 1,575,000. At the flop Q♥ Q♠ 7♠ , Diep c-bets 700,000, Tan calls. On the turn T♠ , Diep jams 5,200,000, Tan calls, Diep shows A♦ Q♦ set, Tan is drawing dead with K♣ T♣ . River is 4♥ .

With Tan down to 2 bb, he is all in on the next hand with Q♦ 5♠ , Schulze dominates with A♣ Q♥ , board is T♥ 2♣ Q♠ T♠ 2♦ .