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Giuseppe Murabito three-bet to 375,000 and initial raiser Michael Kim Falcon calls. Both see the flop K♣ T♥ 3♥ , Falcon check-calls 225,000 bet. On the turn T♣ , Murabito jams, Falcon snap-callls and is ahead J♠ T♥ trips to Murabito’s A♥ J♥ gutshot. The three-outer Q♣ appeared on the river. Murabito was saved.

From cutoff, Wang Hao Zhao min-raises, button Michael Kim Falcon calls. Falcon proceeds to call the 200,000 flop c-bet 4♦ A♦ then folds on the turn jam K♣ .

Michael Kim Falcon calls Zhi Yuan Xu’s shove then finds his A♠ 9♣ is dominated by Xu’s A♥ Q♣ . The board offers no help running 4♣ 7♥ A♣ T♥ 8♥ for a double up to Xu.

The day’s entering chip leader is nowhere to be found. According to Lee Jung Hyun, he doubled up through Le Ngoc with a straight over two pair. Down to 600,000, Le Ngoc lost it to Michale Kim Falcon.

40 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫ 1.8 Billion (~USD 73K) champion’s purse. Here are the top 5:

Big blind Michael Kim Falcon defends Lake Zhang’s raise to head to the flop 9♣ K♦ T♥ . Falcon check-calls 40,000 then both check the turn 6♥ and river Q♦ . Zhang mucks to Falcon’s Q♦ T♠ two pair.

Seeing two jams before him, big blind Pradeep Sharma joins the party and turns over A♦ K♦ which is ahead of Do Tuan Phong’s K♣ 9♣ and Michael Kim Falcon’s A♥ 5♥ . The board drops three diamonds J♠ 8♣ 3♦ 6♦ J♦ to further ensure Pradeep’s win.

Michael Kim Falcon crossed into 2M after taking down a massive pot. It opens with Julian Salvesen raising to 24,000, hijack Hernan Villa and button Falcon both call. More chips tossed in on the flop 8♠ 6♥ K♠ . Salvesen c-bets 35,000, Villa snap-calls, Falcon calls.

The turn 5♥ sees another c-bet from Salvesen of 75,000, Villa snap-calls, Falcon raises to 200,000, and is called by both. The river 6♣ is checked to Falcon who fires 250,000, gets called again by both players, Falcon tables 7♦ 4♦ straight. Salvesen mucks, Villa shows A♦ K♣ two pair.

Another action packed preflop battle starts with Michael Kim Falcon raisig 22,000 from lojack, cutoff Chang Xiun Kim calls, button Cao Kai Lin calls, smalll blind Hoang Le Anh Tuan three-bets 68,000, Falcon folds, Kim calls, Lin folds. On the flop J♣ 5♥ 5♠ , Hoang c-bets 68,000, Kim calls then Hoang jams the turn 9♥ . Kim folds.