Main Event

Thomas Ward bags the lead at Main Event Day 2; 18 players remaining

Another heated day at the with the record 1,702 entry field seeing 213 players return for Day 2. While the agenda was to reach the final table, after 12 hours of play, it bagged up at the Final 18 led by New Zealand’s Thomas Ward with 80 bb. A very close second was UK’s Gabriel Carter with 77 bb.

The final 18 return on Monday, April 1, 2024 for the last leg to the title. While everyone is guaranteed VN₫ 302,300,000 (~USD 12,214), the target is the jaw dropping top prize of VN₫ 7,120,000,000 (~USD 287,677). This is the single largest prize money ever to be awarded at the USOP. In fact, the top four players will pocket the equivalent of six figures USD.

The USOP Danang Main Event is officially the richest for the brand with a prize pool of VN₫ 44,575,300,000 (~USD 1,800,000). Portions of the cash were shaved down at Day 2. Among those visiting the cage for their share was USOP Taiwan Main Event champion Sam Chen Yu Hung who finished in 78th place. This will mean that a new USOP champion will soon be crowned. Cards in the air at 12:15pm.

Date: March 28 to April 1, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Total entries: 1,702 Prize pool: VN₫ 44,575,300,000 (~USD 1,800,000) ITM: 213 players Chips in play: 68,080,000

Remaining Payouts

Utg opens, button Buyu Sakurai three-bets 600,000, big blind Trung Vu Tuan four-bet jams 1,150,000, utg fold, Sakurai calls and shows A♣ Q♣ , Trung is way ahead with A♦ A♠ . The board runs Q♠ 2♠ 3♥ 7♦ 8♦ . Trung doubles up.

From the small blind, Ko Seung Hun calls cutoff Gabriel Carter‘s 200,000 raise. On the flop 7♠ K♠ K♥ , Carter bets 150,000, Ko check-raises 375,000, Carter calls. On the turn 6♣ Ko leads out 400,000, Carter calls, river drops 2♣ . Ko fires 400,000 again, this time Carter folds.

Gabriel Carter raises 220,000, small blind Tsang Cheuk Him three-bets 1,600,000, Carter jams his monster stack, Tsang calls for his tournament life.

Gabriel Carter K♠ K♦ Tsang Cheuk Him T♠ T♣

The board K♥ 6♣ 9♠ A♠ 9♦ ensured the win for Carter, Tsang out in 22nd place.

Thomas Ward raises it up, big blind Gabriel Carter defends. At the flop J♦ T♥ 9♣ , Ward c-bets 175,000, Carter check-calls. On the turn 6♥ , Ward double barrels 650,000, Carter lays it down.

Action packed preflop opens with utg+1 Anthony Lewis raising 200,000, utg+2 Thomas Ward three-bets 480,000, lojack Sishu Peng four bets 795,000, cutoff Do Tuan Phong shoves 850,000, Lewis and Ward call, and Peng calls for his tournament life. At the flop A♥ A♦ 7♠ , Lewis bets 70,000, Ward folds. Lewis 7♣ 7♦ full house, Peng 9♠ 9♣ two pair, and Do A♦ K♠ trips. The turn 6♥ sees no change but the river K♥ is a higher full house to Do for a massive scoop. Peng is eliminated.

Utg+2 Tiger Ong A♥ K♥ open shoves 830,000, big blind Vamerdino Magsakay Q♦ Q♠ calls for his tournament life. The board runs 4♥ 5♥ 5♣ 7♣ K♣ , Ong pairs up his King on the river to oust Magsakay.

David Soin K♠ J♠ open shoves and is called by Anthony Lewis A♥ T♠ . The board runs T♣ 2♦ 5♥ 8♦ 6♣ . Soin goes bust.

Button Guy Taylor opens 160,000, small blind Chunhao Zhang three-bets 640,000, big blind Alok Birewar jams, no takers.

David Soin - 26th Soo Jo Kim - 27th Francis Garson - 28th Jin Sehoon - 29th

Action folds to the small blind Ko Seung Hun who jams A♣ 7♠ , big blind Tsang Cheuk Him wakes up with K♦ K♣ and calls with less chips. The board runs nine-high, Tsang doubles through.

Utg+2 Thanh Anh Dung raises 175,000, big blind Gabriel Carter calls, both head to the flop Q♦ 2♣ Q♣ . Thanh c-bets 100,000, Carter check-raises 325,000, Thanh calls. On the turn A♦ , Carter leads out 450,000, Thanh calls. On the river 8♣ Carter shoves, Thanh snap calls for his tournament life and has T♣ T♠ , Carter ships with K♣ Q♠ trips.

Dinh Tien Thanh all in preflop with A♦ 9♥ , small blind Trung Vu Tuan calls with K♣ Q♠ , a queen finds the board Q♥ 5♠ 5♥ 7♦ 3♠ to end Dinh’s run then and there.

Utg Ian Lee T♦ T♣ open shoves 960,000, two spots over Bui The Nguyen A♦ A♥ shoves 750,000, lojack joins in with J♠ J♥ for a three way cooler. The board runs a wild T♥ K♣ Q♣ 4♥ 6♠ , Lee’s lesser hole cards improve to a set to scoop it up.

Thomas Ward calls Jae Gwang Kim’s shove and both reveal their cards. Ward A♥ 7♥ , Kim 5♣ 5♦ . The board runs A♦ 4♠ 3♥ 4♥ 7♣ ,

Thomas Ward - 3,600,000 45 bb) Jae Gwang Kim - eliminated in 33rd place

All in preflop, Tae Hyoeng is in need of major help with 7♥ 7♠ running into Bui The Nguyen’s A♣ A♥ . Help does arrive with cards landed on board 7♣ 5♣ 9♥ 5♠ 6♣ .

34 players remaining on the hunt for a final table berth. The day started with 213 entries. Ultimately they are gunning for the record high USOP payout of VN₫ 7.1 Billion (~$287K).

Battle of the blinds, all in preflop with sb Phan Quang Thai A♦ 8♥ , big blind Vamerdino Magsakay K♦ J♥ . The board runs Q♣ 4♥ 8♦ 9♠ T♦ , Magsakay completes a straight to stay in the running.

Lojack Jun Sooyun min-raises, big blind Dinh Tien Thanh calls, flop is 6♣ 6♦ 9♦ . Sooyun c-bts 100,000, Dinh check-raises 255,000, Sooyun calls On the turn 3♣ and river 3♠ , Dingh takes the lead with 350,000 bet then a shove of 455,000. Sooyun calls both then shows 8♣ 8♠ . Dinh has K♠ 6♠ full house.

Utg+2 Phan Quang Thai raises 160,000, button Ko Seung Hun calls, flop comes T♥ 9♣ 3♦ . Heavy betting follows with Phan kicking it off with 125,000, Ko raises 290,000, Phan three-bets all in, Ko calls. Phan has J♥ J♦ overpair, Ko with the better A♥ A♦ . The turn 5♠ and river 5♥ is a double up for Ko.

From hijack Jun Ma opens 120,000, button Jun Sooyun calls. The board goes on to spread J♥ 5♥ 7♠ Q♥ 2♠ , Ma bets on every street 120,000, 180,000, 370,000, and 450,000, Sooyun calls to the turn then folds on the river bet.

Facing a raise, big blind Phan Quang Thai three-bets 290,000, initial raiser Si Shu Peng calls, both see a flop J♠ J♣ T♠ . Phan c-bets 240,000, Peng calls. Both players check the turn J♦ . On the river 6♣ Phan bets 1,200,000 which is enough to get Peng to fold.

Jun Sooyun - 35th Yu Xiao Tong - 36th Ni Yu Bai - 37th Jacob Johnston - 38th Natty Chaimungkhun - 39th Tran Hai Ha - 40th Xiao Sheng Zheng - 41st Nguyen Duy Anh - 42nd

Natty Chaimungkhun caused some havoc throughout the day but was stopped in 39th place after getting chunked on a four way shove. Her last hand was 8♣ J♣ , on a three way with Thanh Anh Duy’s Q♥ Q♦ and Gabriel Carter‘s A♠ K♠ . The board was J♦ 5♦ 4♥ 7♣ 5♥ .

Hyo Seok Park opens from utg, utg+1 Tran Hai Ha three-bets 250,000, big blind Francis Garson calls, back to Park who calls for a three way to the flop 8♥ 7♠ A♥ . Two checks is followed by a 325,000 bet by Tran, Garson calls Park raises 850,000, Tran shoves 1,150,000, Garson gets out of the way, Park calls.

Tran Hai Ha - A♦ J♣ top pair Hyo Seok Park - 7♦ 7♥ set

The turn K♥ and 3♦ river ends Tran’s run in 40th place.

Four way all in starts with utg+2 Nguyen Duy Anh 3♥ {3d all in for 390,000, next to act Xiao Sheng Zheng K♥ Q♣ all in for 1,105,000, hijack Gabriel Carter K♠ K♣ all in for 1,240,000, and cutoff Natty Chaimungkhun A♦ 8♦ calling and has them all covered. With the board running 6♥ 7♠ {4h| 4♦ 2♥ , Carter scoops it up as Nguyen and Zheng run empty. Chaimungkhun plunges.

Chip leaders:

Joseph Cheong - 43rd Luu Danh Tuan - 44th Vitalii Polikarpov - 45th Waki Yasuhiro - 46th Mark Kavalev - 47th

Jun Sooyun opens then calls utg+1 Le Ngoc Minh’s 250,000 three-bet. At the flop K♥ 9♣ 5♦ , Minh bets 155,000, Jun check-raises 375,000, Minh calls. The turn 6♦ sees a check again from Jun, Minh bets 305,000, Jun folds.

Utg+1 Ni Bai Yu A♥ Q♦ open shoves 505,000, hijack Alok Birewar calls with 7♣ 7♠ , it’s a flip. Board runs 5♦ T♥ K♠ J♦ 5♠ , boardway for Yu for a double up.

Cutoff Jun Ma opens, Hye Seok Park defends the big blind, both see a flop 3♥ K♣ A♦ . Park proceeds to check-call 100,000 then 300,000 on the turn J♥ . On the river 9♠ , Park checks again, Ma shoves, Park tanks then calls for his tournament life. Ma turns over Q♦ 8♦ bluff, Park ships it with K♦ Q♣ second pair.

Mark Kavalev risks it all on lojack with Q♥ T♠ but can’t get past cutoff Jacob Johnston’s J♦ J♠ on a board that runs 4♠ 6♠ 8♥ A♣ 2♥ .

Joseph Cheong all in from the button for 485,000, small blind Jae Gwang Kim calls and turns over J♦ J♣ . Cheong is at risk with A♣ T♣ . The board runs 2♠ 9♠ 5♥ A♦ K♣ . Cheong pairs up the ace to double through.

Plenty of betting going on initiated by Thomas Ward from cutoff who bumps it up to 100,000, small blind Chang Xiang Guang three-bets 350,000, Ward answers with a four-bet shove (1,350,000), Chang calls with K♥ K♦ . Ward has A♦ J♥ . The board runs T♦ 6♦ 9♦ 8♣ A♥ , Ward finds the river and survives for a double up.

Cutoff Darragh Curtin raises 100,000, small blind Tae Hyoeng Kim three-bets 700,000, back to Curtin who goes all in for 873,000, Kim calls. Curtin is ahead A♣ Q♥ of Kim’s Q♠ J♦ , however with a jack turning up on a board J♥ 5♥ 4♣ 8♦ 2♥ , Curtin is eliminated.

Jiyoung Kim - 48th Ham Dong Myung- 49th Ge Ying Rui - 52nd Gu Xiao Chun - 53rd Devid Berlin - 54th Changeun Kim - 55th Nguyen Minh Thanh - 56th

Cutoff Ge Ying Rui opens, small blind Buyu Sakurai three-bets 270,000, Rui four bets 600,000, Sakurai answers witha five bet shove of 1,335,000, Rui snap calls with more chips. Rui opens K♥ K♦ , Sakurai has the hole nuts A♦ A♥ , board runs 4♦ 3♥ 3♦ A♣ 2♠ , Rui is chunked down to 140,000 as Sakurai ships it.

Battle of the blinds, Tae Hyoeng Kim raises 100,000, big blind Fan Ying Kin calls, both proceed to see the board complete J♦ 5♦ 8♠ 7♥ 3♠ . Kim bets on every street, 80,000, 175,000, and 450,000, Fan calls the flop and turn then raises all in on the river, Kim folds.

Button Buyu Sakurai min-raises, small blind Changeun Kim three-bets all in for 600,000, Sakurai calls and shows 8♠ 8♥ flipping with Kim’s A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 9♣ 5♣ 8♦ J♣ 6♠ , Sakurai improves while Kim is booted in 55th place

All in preflop, Ni Bai Yu Q♣ Q♥ , Tran Hai Ha A♥ K♠ , board runs Q♠ 9♠ 2♦ 5♦ 3♦ for double up to Yu.

Lojack raises 80,000, cutoff Fan Ying Kun three-bets 250,000, big blind Xiao Sheng Zheng calls, lojack folds. At the flop 9♥ 6♣ 2♣ , Fan c-bets 200,000, Zheng check-calls. Both players check the turn T♠ . On the river 3♦ , Zheng leads out 200,000, Fan tanks then raises 800,000, Zheng uses two time banks, calls then mucks to Fan’s A♣ A♦ .

Utg Anh Tuan Nguyen opens, Fan Ying Kun defends the big blind, flop comes 7♥ 9♣ J♣ . Fan proceeds to check-call 80,000 and 185,000 on the turn 5♦ . The river 2♣ both check. Nguyen’s 7♠ 7♦ claims the pot over Fan’s A♦ 9♦ mid pair.

57 players remaining with the goal of reaching the final table.

Action folds to the button Thanh Anh Duong who min-raises, small blind Rene Mar David three-bets all in for his last 8 bb. Thanh calls and shows A♠ 9♠ , David slightly ahead with A♥ T♠ . The board runs K♥ 9♥ 3♠ J♥ 4♦ , David is eliminated in 57th place.

Drasko Boskovic - 58th Nguyen Tan Khoa - 59th Rishi Mehra- 60th Kang Woosung - 61st Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer - 62nd Hyungwong Kim - 63rd Yankai Zhang - 64th Nguyen Duc Hieu - 65th You Hyun Kim - 66th Do Quang Trinh - 67th

Hijack Rishi Mehra 6♠ 6♦ open shoves 405,000, big blind Ham Dong Myung calls with A♣ Q♦ , board runs 5♥ Q♥ 7♥ 5♣ 8♦ , Ham spikes the higher pair to finish off Mehra in 60th place.

Button Sehoon Jin min-raises, small blind calls, big blind Le Dong Zhou three-bets 200,000, Jin four-bets all in for 835,000, no takers.

Next hand, Thomas Ward raises 60,000 from lojack, cutoff Jin re-raises 175,000, Ward calls, the flop runs K♣ 2♥ 3♦ . Jin c-bets 70,000, Ward check-calls. On the T♦ turn, Jin bets 260,000, Ward check-raises all in, Jin snap-calls and shows K♦ K♥ set ahead of Ward’s T♣ T♥ set. The river 9♥ is a double up for Jin.

Following a 65,000 raise by hijack, Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer re-raises all in from the button 626,000, small blind Thomas Ward calls, hijack folds. Fullmer shows A♠ 3♣ , Ward with T♠ T♦ . The board runs jack-high to end Fullmer’s run in 62nd place.

Utg+1 Natty Chaimungkhun opens 125,000, cutoff Hyungwong Kim three-bets 170,000, Chaimungkhun calls. The board runs T♣ 3♥ J♦ A♣ 6♠ .

Natty Chaimungkhun ships it as Kim is eliminated in 63rd place

Big blind Yankai Zhang three-bet jams and initial raiser small blind Xiao Sheng Zheng calls with Q♠ 2♣ . Zhang has K♥ 5♦ . The cards run A♦ Q♥ 6♣ Q♦ 2♠ . Zheng’s hole card both connect to boot Zhang.

All in preflop, Natty Chaimungkhun 7♥ 7♠ , Fan Ying Kun A♦ A♠ , Do Quang Trinh K♥ K♦ . Everyone connects on the board K♣ 7♣ 6♣ A♦ Q♥ . Fan ships it, Do busts, Chaimungkhun pays up.

All in preflop, Vamerdino Magsakay A♣ J♣ , Luu Danh Tuan K♦ K♥ . Luu doubles up on a board 3♦ 2♠ 8♦ 5♠ 2♣ .

Budykin - 68th Ivan Hon Cheong Lee - 69th Mangkone Sanaphanith - 70th Frederic Bolliet - 71st

Down to 10 bb, Hon Cheong Lee (Ivan Lee) shoves with K♠ J♥ , small blind Vitalii Polikarpov calls with A♥ 8♦ , board comes 8♥ 3♠ 9♠ Q♣ 3♦ .

Level 22 Busts 

Hoang Le Anh Tuan - 72nd Thomas Young - 74th Alex Puchalski - 75th Michael Smith - 76th John Phan - 77th Sam Hung - 78th Pham Bao - 79th Dang Thanh Luong - 80th

From utg, Waki Yasuhiro raises 80,000, next to act Dinh Tien Thanh three-bets 200,000, Waki calls. On the flop 9♠ J♥ 7♥ , Thanh shoves, Waki tanks then folds.

All in preflop, it’s a flip with Andrei Budykin A♥ K♦ , Darragh Curtin 2♣ 2♦ . The board runs out queen-high, Curtin doubles through.

From the big blind, Danh Minh Dat calls lojack Vamerdino Magsakay’s min-raise, both go see the flop A♠ 8♠ 6♦ . Magsakay c-bets 60,000, Danh check-raises 200,000, Magsakay calls. On the turn Q♥ Danh shoves (370,000) sending Magsakay deep in the tank then makes the call. Danh shows A♥ 8♣ two pair, Magsakay A♦ J♦ , the river Q♠ turns Danh’s two pair counterfeit, Magakay’s kicker plays.

Vamerdino Magsakay - 1,400,000 ( Danh Minh Dat - eliminated in 73rd place

Three way all in preflop Ham Dong Myung A♣ Q♥ , Jun Ma K♠ Q♠ , Alex Puchalski K♦ K♣ . An ace finds the board 3♠ 7♣ 5♠ A♦ 9♦ to send Puchalski out of the running and Ham soaring to over a million.

The only USOP Main Event champion that qualified was 2024 USOP champion Sam Hung. He was just eliminated in 78th place ensuring a new champion will be crowned. Hung’s last hand saw him open from lojack, cutoff Chang Xiang Guang three-bet 175,000, Hung called. On the flop A♦ K♠ 5♠ , Hung check-called 130,000. On the turn 4♦ , Chang shoves, Hung tanks using up a time bank then calls for his tournament life.

Chang Xiang Guang K♥ K♦ set Sam Hung A♣ 9♣ top pair

Hung is drawing dead.

Utg+2 Hon Cheong Lee min-raises, cutoff Do Tuan Phong re-raises 200,000, big blind Tiger Ong calls, back to Lee who four-bets all in, Phong calls with less, Ong folds.

Hon Cheong Lee - J♣ J♦ Do Tuan Phong - K♠ K♥

The board runs nine-high for cowboys to stand and double up Phong.

Xiao Sheng Zheng shoves with J♠ J♦ , Bui The Nguyen calls with A♠ K♦ , board runs 3♣ 8♠ T♣ 3♥ J♣ for a double up to Zheng.

Cutoff opens, small blind Rene Mar David three-bets 135,000, big blind Francis Garson four-bets all in for 425,000, no takers.

Chip leaders at the moment:

Won Chul Bae - 81st Younghee Park - 82nd Nguyen Hong Quan - 83rd Danny Huynh - 84th Jeon Seong Chan - 85th Aleksei Ignatev - 86th Duong Dac Dung - 87th Hyunsup Kim - 88th Nguyen Minh Hoai An - 89th Phung Quang Tien - 90th Jun Li - 92nd

Utg Buyu Sakurai opens, cutoff three-bets 120,000, Buyu calls, flop is 8♥ 9♦ 3♣ . Phong bets 125,000, Buyu check-calls, the turn is 7♣ . Phong jams, this time Buyu opts to fold.

Utg+1 Thanh Nguyen raises 40,000 and finds three callers to the flop A♣ 4♥ J♦ . Nguyen c-bets 45,000, utg+2 Ni Bai Yu and button Son Juhyung call, big blind folds. All three check the turn Q♣ for a free river look T♦ . Nguyen checks, Yu bets 75,000, Son folds, Nguyen folds as well.

Action folds to the small blind Hyunsup Kim who limps, Le Dong Zhou checks, flop is 8♠ 2♠ Q♣ . Kim bets 25,000, Zhou raises 80,000, Kim calls. On the turn 3♥ , Kim checks, Zhou bets 50,000, Kim calls. The river 9♥ , Kim shoves 300,000, Zhou snap calls. Zhou has 8♣ 2♥ two pair, Kim goes bust with Q♥ 7♣ top pair.

Cutoff Natty Chaimungkhun raises 45,000, button Magkone Sanaphanith and big blind Jun Li call. At the flop J♣ T♠ Q♠ Sanaphanith bets 45,000, Li check-calls, Chaimungkhun check-raises 100,000, both players call. On the turn 6♠ , Chaimungkhun bets 100,000 again, Sanaphanith folds, Li check-raises all in for 300,000, Chaimungkhun snap-calls. Li has J♠ T♦ two pair, Chaimungkhun ships it with A♠ K♠ broadway.

From hijack, Seunghun Ko raises 40,000, cutoff Tsang Cheuk Him calls, both proceed to check the flop 6♣ T♦ 9♣ . On the turn J♥ , Ko bets 50,000, Tsang calls. On the river J♠ , Ko bets 100,000, Tsang snap calls then mucks to Ko’s K♥ Q♦ straight.

Nguyen Quang Hoang - 98th Sung Woo Jin - 99th Ye Jun Kim - 100th Min Kwan Chae - 101st Lee Seok Jun - 103rd Lee Wooyoung - 104th

Utg+2 Yejun Kim A♥ Q♠ opens, hijack Lee Wooyoung 7♠ 7♥ three-bets all in 230,000, button Natty Chaimungkhun A♦ A♣ four-bet shoves 640,000, Kim calls for a three way. The board runs A♠ Q♥ 7♣ 5♦ 9♣ for the higher set win it and more.

Truong Vu Tran Khanh J♣ J♦ min-raises, cutoff Son Juhyung A♠ Q♠ calls, small blind Buhui Zhi K♠ K♥ three-bets all in for 200,000, Khanh four-bets all in, Son calls for a three way showdown. The board runs J♠ 9♠ T♦ 4♠ 7♦ , Khanh improves to a set but Son has the flush, Zhi goes bust.

Cutoff Seunghun Ko opens, button Tsang Cheuk Him three-bets 95,000, Ko calls to see a flop T♣ 3♣ 4♥ . Tsang c-bets 105,000, Ko check-calls. The turn Q♠ Tsang tanks using one time bank then fires 235,000, Ko tanks then uses two time banks then calls. Both players check the river 7♥ . Ko has J♣ J♥ , Tsang takes it with K♠ K♥ .

Cutoff Darragh Curtin opens, button Natty Chaimungkhun calls then calls down the flop 25,000 and turn A♠ A♥ 4♠ 9♥ fro 45,000. On the river, Curtin triple barrels 125,000, Chaimungkhun shoves (500,0000), Curtin folds. Chaimnugkhun shows the J♠ T♠ bluff.

Cutoff Hieu Vang shoves with 7♠ 7♦ , small blind Vamerdino Magsakay calls with K♠ Q♥ , board runs A♦ T♠ 4♦ 9♣ K♣ , Magsakay rivers the higher pair to rail Hieu.

Anthony Lewis opens from utg+2 then calls hijack Ge Yung Rui’s 395,000 shove. Lewis has T♣ T♥ , Ge A♥ Q♥ . The board comes 6♣ 8♠ K♠ Q♦ 7♦ , Ge wins the flip to double up.

 Guy Taylor min-raises from utg then loosely calls hijack Huynh Ngoc Thai’s 11 bb all in with Q♦ T♦ . Huynh has A♥ K♥ . The board runs J♠ 8♦ T♥ A♦ 9♠ , Taylor completes a straight to ship it and boot Huynh.

Action folds to the small blind Kim Yong who min-raises, big blind Phan Quang Thai three-bets 85,000, Kim calls. The flop runs 6♠ A♠ 4♦ , Phan c-bets 80,000, Kim check-raises 180,000, Phan flats. On the turn Q♦ and river 2♦ Phan calls bets 100,000 and 100,000. Kim shows A♣ 3♦ , Phan wins the pot with A♦ T♥ .

Buhui Zhi - 105th Chien Tung Wu - 106th Baek Kijun - 107th Sang Yoon Kim - 108th Adam Kharman - 109th Raul Martinez - 110th Zeyu Chen - 111th Cankai Zhang 114th Wang Jingyi - 115th Huynh Ngoc Thai - 116th Huang Ming - 117th Kim Yong - 118th Mai Nguyen - 119th Win Meng Tan - 120th Vu Minh Hai - 121st Qiuyao Dong - 122nd Chi Zhaotian - 123rd Lucasz Jankowski - 124th Jingzhi Wang - 125th Zhiguang Zhou - 127th Nishant Sharma - 126th

Nishant Sharma riases then calls Frederic Bolliet’s shove K♥ K♦ , Sharma has A♥ 8♥ . The board runs Q♥ 6♣ 5♠ 4♦ 9♣ . Sharma is eliminated.

Jun Minsu - 128th Armon Van Wijk - 129 place Lee Dongyeon - 130th Nguyen Duc Anh - 131st Zhang zi Jun - 132nd

Players are back from the first break of the day. New level underway. 132 players remaining. Here are the chip leaders:

Seoyoung Kong - 133rd Lee Dae Hyung - 134th Wirriya Sumransom - 135th Scott Shore - 136th Sukhum Kiwanont - 137th Song Seong Wook - 138th Sergei Poltavets - 139th

Four players limp in, flop comes A♦ 6♠ K♠ , utg Sergei Poltavets Q♠ J♠ checks, cutoff bets 26,000, button Thomas Ward 7♣ K♥ calls, small blind Sam Hung 6♣ 6♦ check-raises 82,000, Poltavets three-bet shoves, cutoff folds, Ward four-bets all in, Hung calls with less chips. The turn 7♣ and river K♥ is a boat for Hung to ship it and boot out Poltavets.

Moonjang Ho -140th Nguyen Manh Hung - 141st Shao Jian Bin - 142nd Sammy Teo Loong Hui - 143rd Sean Ooi - 144th Nguyen Viet Tien - 145th Nguyen Ngoc Son - 146th Phan Anh Ky - 147th Xu Zhenbo - 148th Pham Tien Dung - 149th Matthew Chan - 150th Van Thai Nguyen - 151st Jun Young Park - 152nd Dinh Duc Linh - 153rd Xu Bo - 154th Amit Kaushik - 155th Brady Barton - 156th Dicky Tsang - 157th Milan Stojkovi - 158th Dhaval Mudgal - 159th Nguyen Thanh Hai - 160th Chang Xiao Yan - 161st Manish Lakhotia - 162nd Luo Shao Hua - 163rd Liu Dongxia - 164th Haitao Luan - 165th Lee Wang Hee - 166th Yao Ren Hao - 167th Chiu Kwok Kit - 168th Chun Hun Ju - 169th

Button Ham Dong Myung opens 25,000, big blind Nguyen Manh Hung three-bets all in 192,000, Ham calls with A♠ Q♥ and dominates Nguyen’s A♣ 3♣ . The board comes A♥ 2♦ K♣ J♠ {4s], Ham ships it and Nguyen ships out.

Frm utg+1 Teo Loong Hui opens 24,000, lojack Sean Ooi thhree-bets for 170,000, button Tsang Cheuk Him calls, back to Hui who tanks using two time banks then jams 248,000, Ooi calls for his tournament life, Tsang calls to put both players at risk.

Teo Loong Hui T♣ T♠ Sean Ooi A♣ T♠ Tsang Cheuk Him Q♦ Q♣

Board runs 4♠ 6♣ 5♠ K♠ J♥ , two players go bust.

Utg+2 Pham Tien Dung Q♦ J♦ open jams 90,000, small blind Darragh Curtin T♣ T♦ three-bets all in for 207,000, big blind Natty Chaimungkhu calls with A♣ 4♣ . The board runs T♥ 7♥ 5♥ 3♣ A♠ , Curtin ships in a big one

Utg Jun Young Park 9♦ 7♥ open jams 27,00, hijack Le Ngoc Minh A♦ A♣ calls, small blind Phuong Quang Tien three-bets 125,000, Minh four-bets all in, Phuong folds. Board runs qh} 7♦ 5♥ J♦ T♠ .

Utg+2 Pham Bao opens 25,000, cutoff Kim Young and big blind call for a three way to the flop T♠ T♣ 7♠ . Pham c-bets 15,000, Kim raises 55,000, big blind folds, Pham three-bets 130,000 and wins it then and there.