Day 2
Final table payouts
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
*Heads up ICM deal
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,084,000,000 | 1,074,000,000 | |
1,056,000,000 | 1,051,920,000 | |
571,000,000 | 568,180,000 | |
421,800,000 | 416,200,000 | |
321,400,000 | 316,600,000 | |
258,700,000 | 256,700,000 | |
207,500,000 | 205,590,000 | |
162,700,000 | 161,500,000 | |
126,000,000 | 125,010,000 |
Pham Duy Tien doubles up
Utg+1 Pham Duy Tien shoves A♦ 4♣ , big blind Calvin Tan calls with J♥ 9♥ , board runs 3♦ 9♦ T♥ A♣ T♣ , Pham doubles up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
5,600,000(28 BB) | -1,300,000 | |
2,820,000(14 BB) | 1,320,000 |
Blinds up, 5 players remaining
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
11,800,000(59 BB) | 1,940,000 | |
6,900,000(35 BB) | -800,000 | |
4,800,000(24 BB) | 1,000,000 | |
3,000,000(15 BB) | -500,000 | |
1,500,000(8 BB) | -100,000 |
Kyle Bao Diep survives
Button Kyle Bao Diep raises a massive 1,000,000, small blind Pham Duy Tien three-bets all in, Diep risks it all. Pham shows K♠ K♥ , Diep A♠ 5♣ , board runs 9♥ 8♣ 7♠ 2♦ 6♣ for a lucky straight to Diep.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,500,000(23 BB) | 1,500,000 | |
1,600,000(11 BB) | -1,800,000 |
Chirag Khanduja eliminated in 6th place - VN₫ 258,700,000
Hijack Pham Duy Tien raises 300,000, cutoff Chirag Khanduja three-bet jams 1,300,000, big blind Calvin Tan four-bet jams, Pham folds. Khanduja opens K♣ J♦ , Tan opens A♦ J♠ , board runs 9♣ 6♦ 4♥ 5♣ T♣ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
7,700,000(51 BB) | 1,900,000 | |
3,400,000(23 BB) | -500,000 |
Blinds up, 6 players remaining
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
7,700,000(51 BB) | 2,600,000 | |
5,800,000(39 BB) | -400,000 | |
5,400,000(36 BB) | -1,200,000 | |
3,900,000(26 BB) | -600,000 | |
2,000,000(13 BB) | -290,000 | |
1,500,000(10 BB) | -125,000 |
Guy Taylor eliminated in 8th place - VN₫ 162,700,000 (~$6,750)
Pham Duy Tien opens 250,000 from cutoff, big blind Guy Taylor calls, flop comes K♣ Q♥ J♣ . Taylor shoves 800,000 holding Q♠ 7♠ mid pair, Pham snap-calls with K♥ 7♥ top pair. The turn 2♣ and river A♣ ends Taylor’s run in 8th place.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
4,500,000(38 BB) | 1,300,000 |
Chip counts
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
6,600,000(55 BB) | 495,000 | |
5,700,000(48 BB) | 500,000 | |
5,100,000(43 BB) | -400,000 | |
3,200,000(27 BB) | ||
2,000,000(17 BB) | -20,000 | |
1,910,000(16 BB) | ||
1,625,000(14 BB) | ||
1,200,000(10 BB) | 690,000 |
Guy Taylor survives
Down to 4 bb, Guy Taylor doubles up with A♥ 4♥ against Pham Duy Tien’s K♦ 6♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,200,000(27 BB) | -750,000 |
Chirag Khanduja doubles up again
Chirag Khanduja lands another double up to rise to 20 bb. He three-bet shoved with J♣ J♦ and further improved to a set to easily dust Pham Duy Tien’s 2♥ 2♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,950,000(40 BB) | -850,000 | |
2,020,000(20 BB) | 880,000 |
Calvin Tan picks up a hefty pot
Action folds to the button Calvin Tan who raises to 200,000, Pham Duy Tien defends the big blind, flop comes 9♦ Q♦ 3♣ . Tan c-bets 175,000, Pham check-calls, turn is K♣ . Tan bets 225,000, Pham check-raises 700,000, Tan three-bets 1,500,000, Pham uses one time bank then flats. Both players check the river 2♠ . Pham opens A♣ T♣ , Tan wins it with K♦ 4♥ top pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
5,500,000(55 BB) | 1,995,000 | |
4,800,000(48 BB) | -1,610,000 |
Final 9 players
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
6,410,000(64 BB) | 710,000 | |
6,105,000(61 BB) | 305,000 | |
5,705,000(57 BB) | 5,000 | |
3,505,000(35 BB) | 405,000 | |
1,891,000(19 BB) | 91,000 | |
1,625,000(16 BB) | 25,000 | |
1,410,000(14 BB) | 10,000 | |
990,000(10 BB) | 490,000 | |
800,000(8 BB) | ||
495,000(5 BB) | -5,000 |
Gatmanee Jitbert eliminated in 11th place - VN₫ 101,700,000 (~$4,220)
Utg+1 Gatmanee Jitbert goes all in for 700,000 with 7♠ 7♦ and runs into Pham Duy Tien’s A♥ A♠ . With no help on the board, Jitbert is eliminated.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
5,700,000(57 BB) | 900,000 |
Blinds up, 11 players remaining

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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
5,800,000(58 BB) | 500,000 | |
4,800,000(48 BB) | 1,500,000 | |
4,200,000(42 BB) | -100,000 | |
3,100,000(31 BB) | -1,200,000 | |
1,800,000(18 BB) | 700,000 | |
1,600,000(16 BB) | -400,000 | |
1,400,000(14 BB) | 100,000 | |
1,200,000(12 BB) | 300,000 | |
800,000(8 BB) | -400,000 | |
500,000(5 BB) | -310,000 | |
500,000(5 BB) | -500,000 |
Blinds up, 15 players remaining
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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
4,300,000(54 BB) | ||
3,400,000(43 BB) | -1,000,000 | |
3,300,000(41 BB) | ||
3,000,000(38 BB) | 3,000,000 | |
2,500,000(31 BB) | 400,000 |
Robert Kiss eliminated in 18th place - VN₫ 66,000,000 (~$2,738)
Utg+1 opens for 130,000, button Robert Kiss three bets 310,000, big blind Pham Duy Tien four-bets 760,000, initial raiser folds, Kiss uses up three time-banks then five-bets all in for 1,530,000. Pham calls and opens A♠ A♣ , it’s a cooler with Kiss turning over K♥ K♦ . The board runs out A♥ 9♦ 9♥ 2♥ 4♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,300,000(55 BB) | 2,600,000 |
Final 18 players
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,900,000(78 BB) | 1,600,000 | |
3,600,000(72 BB) | ||
2,100,000(42 BB) | 2,100,000 | |
2,000,000(40 BB) | 300,000 | |
2,000,000(40 BB) | -700,000 | |
1,900,000(38 BB) | 1,900,000 | |
1,900,000(38 BB) | 300,000 | |
1,400,000(28 BB) | 1,400,000 | |
1,200,000(24 BB) | 1,200,000 | |
1,100,000(22 BB) | -100,000 | |
1,000,000(20 BB) | -700,000 | |
1,000,000(20 BB) | 1,000,000 | |
900,000(18 BB) | -300,000 | |
850,000(17 BB) | 850,000 | |
800,000(16 BB) | -600,000 | |
800,000(16 BB) | 800,000 | |
700,000(14 BB) | -2,200,000 | |
400,000(8 BB) | 400,000 |
Blinds up, 4 players remaining
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
9,500,000(38 BB) | 9,500,000 | |
8,000,000(32 BB) | 8,000,000 | |
7,500,000(30 BB) | 7,500,000 | |
2,900,000(12 BB) | 2,900,000 |