Day 2
Tae Wook Kim out in 14th place - VN₫ 141,300,000 (~USD 5,700)

Tae Wook Kim three-bet all in with 2♦ 2♠ and runs right into Zhi Yuan Xu’s A♦ [ah}. The board offered no help to end Wook’s day in 14th place.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,800,000(23 BB) | 1,500,000 | |
busted | -1,000,000 |
Nguyen Manh Hung pushes out Tae Wook Kim
Nguyen Manh Hung opens then calls big blind Tae Wook Kim’s re-raise of 450,000. Kim c-bets 275,000 on the flop J♣ 7♣ 8♦ , Nguyen calls. On the turn 5♦ , Kim fires 425,000, this time Nguyen shoves 1,335,000, Kim tanks using up all of his remaining time banks then folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,360,000(34 BB) | 1,860,000 | |
1,000,000(10 BB) | -1,600,000 |
Tae Wook Kim goes aggro for the pot
Tae Wook Kim defends the small blind calling cutoff Wang Zhao’s 210,000 raise. At the flop K♠ 5♣ 9♦ , Tae check-raises bumping it up from 175,000 to 400,000. Wang tank-folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,600,000(26 BB) | -600,000 | |
1,300,000(13 BB) | 1,300,000 |
Final 17 players
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
3,200,000(40 BB) | 1,140,000 | |
2,200,000(28 BB) | -1,500,000 | |
LS | 1,900,000(24 BB) | 1,250,000 |
1,700,000(21 BB) | -500,000 | |
1,500,000(19 BB) | -7,300,000 | |
1,300,000(16 BB) | ||
1,000,000(13 BB) | -400,000 | |
700,000(9 BB) | 700,000 | |
370,000(5 BB) | 370,000 |
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
4,000,000(50 BB) | -300,000 | |
3,250,000(41 BB) | ||
2,400,000(30 BB) | 400,000 | |
2,300,000(29 BB) | 300,000 | |
1,500,000(19 BB) | -2,050,000 | |
1,000,000(13 BB) | 605,000 | |
580,000(7 BB) | 580,000 | |
420,000(5 BB) | -2,980,000 |
Zhi Yuan Xu wins with rockets
Tae Wook Kim raises 100,000 then calls button Zhi Yuan Xu’s 320,000 three-bet. Both check the flop and turn as the board completes 7♥ T♥ 9♠ 9♣ K♥ . Kim bets 250,000, Xu snap-calls. Kim has 8♦ 8♠ , Xu wins with A♥ A♠ higher pair.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,100,000(42 BB) | -2,450,000 | |
2,060,000(41 BB) | -740,000 |
Chang Tao Wei donks his chips and heads to the HR Megastack featured table
Another shove by Chang Tao Wei, this time with 4♦ 8♠ , Tae Wook Kim rakes it in with A♥ T♣ winning on the board 7♣ 6♠ 3♠ 3♥ 7♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,800,000(70 BB) | 1,200,000 | |
busted | -1,020,000 |
Tae Wook Kim applies pressure on the big stack
Utg Le Ngoc Minh min-raises, lojack Tae Wook Kim three-bets 150,000, Le four-bets 275,000, Kim five-bets 500,000, Le calls. Both proceed to check the flop J♠ Q♠ 8♣ . Kim leads out 300,000 on the turn Q♣ and Le lets go of his hand.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,600,000(53 BB) | 500,000 | |
1,550,000(52 BB) | 50,000 |
Jun Young Park spikes the higher pair
Lojack Tae Wook Kim raises 55,000, big blind Jun Young Park calls then both check the flop T♥ 5♠ 5♦ . The 6♣ turn sees Kim bet 65,000, Park check-raises all in for 215,000, Kim calls and opens 9♦ 9♥ . Park is ahead A♣ T♠ . The river 2♠ ensures the double up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,100,000(44 BB) | 270,000 | |
575,000(23 BB) | 575,000 |
Chip leaders at the break, 79 players remaining
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
2,300,000(192 BB) | 2,300,000 | |
1,500,000(125 BB) | 90,000 | |
1,250,000(104 BB) | 1,250,000 | |
830,000(69 BB) | 830,000 | |
LS | 800,000(67 BB) | 800,000 |