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Cutoff Nguyen Manh Hun min-raises, big blind Tran Duc Kien calls, both check the flop 7♥ 2♥ 5♣ . On the turn T♣ , Tran bets 400,000, Nguyen calls. The river sees more action with Tran betting 1,200,000, Nguyen all in for 3,000,000, Tran uses all of his time extensions before calling. Nguyen has A♥ 6♥ nut flush, Tran with 8♠ 9♠ straight.

Vitaliy Ivanov all in for his last 2 bb and is called by sb Tran Duc Kien and bb Wang Zhao. On the flop A♦ 8♥ 5♠ , Wang bets 400,000, Tran check-calls. Both players check the turn K♥ . On the river 2♠ , Tran shoves, Wang folds. Tran has 8♦ 2♥ two pair, Ivanov 7♣ 6♣ and goes bust.

Utg Tran Duc Kien raises 300,000, big blind Zhi Yuan Xu three-bets 650,000, Tran four-bets all in, Xu calls for his tournament life.

Xu A♣ [ah} Tran K♥ Q♦

The board runs 2♦ 6♦ 6♠ 8♦ Q♠ , aces hold, Nguyen doubles up.

Big blind Tran Duc Kien three-bets 500,000, button Nguyen Manh Hung calls. At the flop J♥ 9♥ 6♦ , Tan bets 100,000 and gets called. On the 5♣ turn, Tran bang out all of his chips, Nguyen folds.

Tran Duc Kien opens then calls Lee Suya’s shove. Lee is ahead A♦ A♣ to Tran’s K♣ Q♦ . With the board running Q♥ [9c} 9♥ K♦ T♦ , Tran improves to eliminate Lee.

All in preflop with Xu Bo’s A♠ A♣ pulling through against Julian Salvesen’s A♦ Q♥ on a jack-high board.

Next hand, Xu Bo wakes up with J♠ J♣ and engages in a preflop bet war with Tran Duc Kien that leads to both all in. Tran has A♠ Q♣ . The board runs A♦ K♠ 4♦ 5♣ 3♥ .