Day 1A
Dang Minh Dat turns the two pair

Cutoff opens, small blind Dang Minh Dat three-bets to 20,000, cutoff calls, flop is A♠ 8♥ 6♥ . Small blind Dang Minh Dat c-bets 30,000, cutoff raises to 60,000, Dang shoves and is called.
Dang has A♣ 5♥ and is behind cutoff’s A♦ Q♥ , the turn 5♣ reverses the ranks, and with the river J♣ , Dang ships it.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
450,000(180 BB) | 130,000 |
Big stacks in the room
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
320,000(160 BB) | 20,000 | |
290,000(145 BB) | 290,000 | |
290,000(145 BB) | 100,000 | |
270,000(135 BB) | 270,000 | |
250,000(125 BB) | 250,000 |
Small set big takedown for Dang Minh Dat
Three-bet pot of 11,200 brewed preflop and two players staring down a board 7♦ T♣ 3♣ . Under the gun Harry Duong bets 5,300, button Dang Minh Dat “Dat Fish” raises to 20,400, Duong jams 40,000, Dang calls.
Duong Q♣ T♣ top pair Dang 3♦ 3♥ set
The turn 6♥ and river 9♣ change nothing, Dang claims the pot while booting Duong.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
300,000(250 BB) | 100,000 | |
busted |
Dang Minh Dat wins the flip
ant 600
Under the gun Dang Ming Dat raises to 1,200, utg+1 calls, big blind three bets to 4,300, back to Dang Minh Dat who four-bets all in, utg+1 joins the shove, big blind folds for a two way showdown. Dang Minh Dat opens 6♦ 6♣ , it’s a flip with utg+1 holding A♦ K♠ , the board runs 2♦ J♠ T♦ 6♥ T♣ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
200,000(333 BB) | 200,000 |