
Day 2 - Final
Pham Tham Nghia Finishes in 15th - VND 2.269M ($8,945)

Pham Tham Nghia risked 1,480,000 with K♦ Q♦
Michael Falcon challenged with A♥ 9♥
Board ran A♣ J♣ 6♣ 4♥ A♦
Falcon made trips to eliminate Nghia from The Championship
Player | Chips |
---|---|
MK Michael Kim Falcon | 4,100,000(34 BB) |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | busted |
Guo Biao Bows Out in 18th - VND 180M ($7,095)

Player | Chips |
---|---|
JM John Matsuda | 3,790,000(47 BB) |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 1,400,000(18 BB) |
BG Biao Guo | busted |
Action folded to the last three. From the button, John Matsuda raised all-in and put his with last 1,230,000 at risk. Small blind Guo Biao also went all-in putting his last 1,520,000 at risk. Big Blind Pham Thanh Nghia also called for a three way all-in pre-flop showdown.
The poker gods gave one of three aces on the turn for Matsuda to jump to the lead and eventually make a huge triple up, eliminating Biao Guo in the process with additional help from Nghia's side pot win.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | K♠K♣ | 1,400,000(18 BB) |
BG Biao Guo | 9♦9♥ | busted |
JM John Matsuda | A♦Q♦ | 3,790,000(47 BB) |
Pham Thanh Nghia Doubles

Action went to the blinds. Small blind Biao Guo shoved and was called by big blind Pham Thanh Nghia, risking his last 995,000.
Guo showed K♣ 3♦. Nghia showed A♥ 7♠
Board ran 4♠ 6♠ 6♦ 2♣ Q♥
Ace-high of Nghia good enough to double up
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 2,060,000(26 BB) |
BG Biao Guo | 730,000(9 BB) |
CHIP COUNTS TABLE 6
Player | Chips |
---|---|
LS Li Shankui | 3,495,000(58 BB) |
HB Harsh Bubna | 2,500,000(42 BB) |
OS Ozturk Sencer | 2,230,000(37 BB) |
ZX Zhang Xun | 2,120,000(35 BB) |
BG Biao Guo | 1,735,000(29 BB) |
XY Xin Yuan | 1,300,000(22 BB) |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 1,075,000(18 BB) |
Carsten Klug Cracks Aces With King Quads

Carsten Klug went all-in for 230,000. Pham Thanh Nghia called. Small blind Jun Li committed his last 55,000. Klug showed K♦ J♠. Nghia showed A♣ A♦. Jun Li showed 9♦ 8♠.
Board ran 3♣ 4♦ K♥ K♠ K♣ to give Klug quad kings over Nghia's full-house kings over aces.
In some poker rooms, this would win a bad beat jackpot, but it just eliminated Li from the tournament, doubled Klug and dented Nghia.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 590,000(20 BB) |
CK Carsten Klug | 575,000(19 BB) |
JL Jun Li | busted |
Pham Thanh Nghia Busts Out Nguyen Minh Hung Son

Nguyen Minh Hung Son and Pham Thanh Nghia had all their chips in the middle with the last 316,000 of Son at risk. Son held T♠ T♣ against the A♦ A♣ of Nghia.
Board finished 8♠ J♣ J♠ 5♣ K♦ to send the chips to Nghia and to send Son to the exit.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 1,490,000(124 BB) |
busted |
Day2 Qualifiers - 132 Players
Player | Chips |
---|---|
CX Chen Xiong | 1,643,000 |
CP Chen Peng | 1,319,000 |
JL Jun Li | 980,000 |
NT Nguyen Thai Quang | 929,000 |
899,000 | |
MK Michael Kim Falcon | 813,000 |
LY Li Yongxin | 738,000 |
TH Tran Hai Duong | 731,000 |
TM Tran Minh Thang | 709,000 |
DQ Do Quang Trinh | 702,000 |
LV Laurinaitis Vytautas | 700,000 |
KK Kaoru Kishimoto | 692,000 |
ER Erik Rozhynskyi | 640,000 |
ZX Zhang Xun | 633,000 |
SC Shravan Chhabria | 624,000 |
PD Pham Duy Anh | 621,000 |
XZ Xiaobin Zheng | 599,000 |
LD Liu Defeng | 560,000 |
OJ Oh Junseok | 560,000 |
HW Hung Wan | 546,000 |
AC Abhijith Cheruku | 543,000 |
HC Hon Cheong Lee | 540,000 |
LK Lee Kun Han | 533,000 |
531,000 | |
DM Dang Minh Dat | 512,000 |
JC Jennifer Cassell | 477,000 |
HH Hoang Hai Long | 475,000 |
YN Yoshiki Nakamura | 458,000 |
455,000 | |
JM John Matsuda | 441,000 |
427,000 | |
YS Yim Sangwook | 425,000 |
JS Jung Seungmook | 414,000 |
YY Yilu Yuan | 405,000 |
AT Anh Tuan Luong | 394,000 |
NV Nguyen Van Trung | 382,000 |
HB Harsh Bubna | 360,000 |
ND Nguyen Duc Thanh | 359,000 |
ZY Zhifan Ye (2) | 354,000 |
JH Jinlong Hu | 352,000 |
MR Martin Rundulf Gonzales | 338,000 |
IT Ilia Timofeev | 335,000 |
BG Biao Guo | 320,000 |
NK Niko Koop | 318,000 |
DT Do Tien Vu | 317,000 |
SK Seonggwon Kim | 312,000 |
ZC Zhai Changyu | 310,000 |
LT Long Thanh Bui | 309,000 |
SM Smith Michael Gordon | 308,000 |
YX Yang Xudong | 295,000 |
LX Lai Xin Hua | 290,000 |
EK Edgaras Kausinis | 289,000 |
PT Pham Thanh Nghia | 287,000 |
FL Ferdinand Lu | 286,000 |
AK Amit Kaushik | 285,000 |
XY Xiaotong Yu | 278,000 |
276,000 | |
JJ Jiang Jue | 275,000 |
KC Kim Chong Hwa | 275,000 |
NM Nguyen Manh Hung | 272,000 |
HH Hongshuang Hu | 272,000 |
RP Rytis Pranarauskas | 267,000 |
KS Karia Siddharth | 267,000 |
JE John Edward Perry | 259,000 |
KŠ Kazimeras Šileikis | 256,000 |
LV Luong Viet Bac | 253,000 |
246,000 | |
DD Dinh Duc Linh | 236,000 |
AV Armon Van Wijk | 234,000 |
WL Wonho Lee | 231,000 |
ND Nguyen Duc Hieu | 230,000 |
AA Arya Aayush | 228,000 |
WH Wang Haozhao | 225,000 |
AV Andres Vasquez (2) | 221,000 |
PT Pham Tien Dung | 219,000 |
DQ Doan Quang Trung | 218,000 |
JZ Jie Zheng (2) | 215,000 |
JC Jeremy Chan Je Min | 210,000 |
XY Xin Yuan | 210,000 |
TA Tran Anh Tien | 208,000 |
HW Hua Wei Lin | 205,000 |
NX Nguyen Xuan Tuan | 205,000 |
AJ Ankit Jain | 203,000 |
HH Hoang Hai Nam | 199,000 |
DD Dang Duc Dong | 197,000 |
JY Jia Yuequan | 196,000 |
YG Yingrui Ge | 196,000 |
KS Kim Soobum | 195,000 |
SE Shung Er Sua | 192,000 |
DG Deepankur Gupta | 192,000 |
OS Ozturk Sencer | 191,000 |
NA Ngo Au Quochai | 190,000 |
YL Yuhan Liu | 186,000 |
MU Motokatsu Uhara | 183,000 |
YL Yee Lee (2) | 179,000 |
IM Ian Modder | 178,000 |
KA Khayal Abbasov | 175,000 |
QT Quang Trung Dinh | 175,000 |
172,000 | |
170,000 | |
LS Li Shankui | 170,000 |
170,000 | |
PJ Park Junyoung | 167,000 |
DT Dinh Tien Thanh | 166,000 |
LL Li Lok Ching | 163,000 |
DC Donavan Chu | 158,000 |
AM | 157,000 |
BH Billy Huynh (2) | 155,000 |
NM Nguyen Manh Hao | 152,000 |
YQ Yang Qinghao | 149,000 |
KP Kunal Patni | 148,000 |
147,000 | |
DY Doyeon Yoon | 136,000 |
CH Chul Ho Park | 123,000 |
PS Pham Song Hau | 116,000 |
JW Jimin Won | 113,000 |
ZY Zhang Yankai | 99,000 |
CK Carsten Klug | 99,000 |
HJ He Jiaqi | 93,000 |
VD Van Dan Nguyen | 90,000 |
NH Nguyen Huu Dung | 88,000 |
GT Graeme Travis Endersby | 77,000 |
AS Aditya Sushant | 75,000 |
YH Yang Haibo | 72,000 |
NA Nageshwara Alaparthy | 69,000 |
AV Ashwin Vijayvergiya | 50,000 |
JK Junhyoung Ki | 48,000 |
PE Paul Elliott (2) | 41,000 |
KD Kim Doyeon | 40,000 |
TH Thein Htun Aung | 12,000 |
LY Lei Yang | 6,000 |
HV Hoang Van Manh | 1,000 |
Double Qualifier
Nageshwara Alaparthy - Day1A- 47,000 / Day1C 69,000