Main Event

Facing a raise and a call, cutoff Tran Hai Ha three-bets 52,000, initial raiser folds, caller Yao Renhao four-bets all in, Tran calls for his tournament life. Tran is ahead A♠ A♦ against Yao’s Q♥ Q♠ , the board runs out 3♣ 8♥ 9♥ 9♠ 4♦ , Tran ships a double up,

Utg+1 opens 6,000, three calls follow, big blind Yao Renhao three-bets 50,000, utg+1 folds, utg+2 call with less chips (40,000), no other takers. Yao opens J♣ J♠ , utg+2 A♥ K♥ , board runs J♦ 9♦ 9♠ K♣ 8♦ .

Utg Yao Renhao all in for 30,000 and finds two callers, Dinh Tien Thanh and Cankai Zhang. At the flop 2♥ 5♠ 6♠ , Thanh bets 50,000, Zhang folds and asks Thanh why he bet. Thanh said to isolate and protect his hand. Thanh has 4♥ 6♦ , Yao A♥ 6♣ , the turn 4♣ gives Thanh two pair which gets counterfeit on the river 5♥ for Yao’s kicker to stand.