Day 2
Main Event Day 2 ends with the Final 9 players
Main Event - Day 2
After thirteen hours, Day 2 of the Main Event concluded with 106 field down to the Final 9 players. They return to action on Monday, April 24 at 11am. You can catch all the action via the livestream on the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel. Here are the final 9 by seat draw.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
11,190,000 | 1,620,000 | |
4,800,000 | 400,000 | |
4,680,000 | 1,180,000 | |
3,720,000 | 895,000 | |
2,950,000 | 1,940,000 | |
2,580,000 | -815,000 | |
1,530,000 | -3,870,000 | |
1,368,000 | 13,000 | |
1,100,000 | 245,000 |
Benson pushes for a big pot
Level 26: 25,000, 50,000, 50,000 ante - 17 remaining
On a board Q♠ 8♥ A♥ 2♣ 3♣ and a huge 2,475,000 in the pot, Benson pushes his remaining 920,000, no call.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,395,000 | 1,995,000 |
Benson double barrels
30,000 ante
On a flop T♣ 7♥ 5♠ , Tung Nguyen bets 90,000, Benson check-raises to 300,000, Nguyen tank-calls. The turn A♥ Benson wastes no time shoving his remaining 545,000 stack, Nguyen folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,400,000(47 BB) | 663,000 | |
755,000(25 BB) | 35,000 |
Day 1B
Main Event Day 1B ends with Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi as flight leader
Main Event - Day 1B

Just past the eleventh hour, Main Event Day 1B ended with the 213-entry field down to 27 players. Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi bagged the lead with 864,000 (144 BB) and Singapore’s Benson finished in second rank with 105 BB.
End of Day 1B survivorsChip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
864,000 | 864,000 | |
737,000 | -83,000 | |
631,000 | 631,000 | |
504,000 | 504,000 | |
500,000 | 500,000 | |
436,000 | 436,000 | |
429,000 | 199,000 | |
HV | 392,000 | 392,000 |
329,000 | 329,000 | |
306,000 | 306,000 | |
305,000 | 305,000 | |
279,000 | 279,000 | |
279,000 | 279,000 | |
271,000 | 271,000 | |
256,000 | 256,000 | |
TB | 254,000 | 254,000 |
241,000 | 241,000 | |
234,000 | 234,000 | |
183,000 | -69,000 | |
182,000 | 157,000 | |
175,000 | 175,000 | |
171,000 | 171,000 | |
170,000 | 170,000 | |
151,000 | 151,000 | |
142,000 | 142,000 | |
72,000 | 72,000 | |
48,000 | 48,000 |
Benson shoves his big stack
Benson raises to 10,000 and finds two callers to the flop 5♥ 4♥ 5♦ . Big blind Anh Duy Nguyen checks, Benson c-bet 13,000, mid position Khanh Xuan Dao raises to 30,000, Nguyen folds, back to Benson who jams. Dao weighs his options and decides to fold.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
820,000(164 BB) | 820,000 |