Championship Event (25,000,000 VND)

Jinlong Hu raised to 250,000. Lee Kun Han called. Tran Minh Thang called all-in for last 240,000. Big blind Luong Viet Bac defended.

Flop came J♣ T♣ 6♠ All checked to see 8♥ turn. Jinlong Hu bet 700,000. Han and Bac surrendered. Hu showed K♥ T♦ versus J♦ 9♠ of Thang.Thang was ahead with pair jacks versus Hu's pair tens.

But then, the poker gods threw a T♥ on the river to give Hu trips tens and eliminated Thang from the tournament.

Action folded to the blinds. Small blind Tran Minh Thang shoved 1,975,000 all-in and big blind Hung Wan challenged after some consideration worth one time-bank token.

Thang showed Q♥ 7♥

Wan showed K♠ J♣

Board ran 3♠ 8♦ 6♠ 8♥ 3♣

The king of Wan was the better kicker for the board's two pair and took down the double up

Action folded to blinds. Small blind Tran Minh Thang raised all-in. Big blind Cheng Peng called to risk last 1,210,000

Cheng Peng showed J♦ 8♦

Tran Minh Thang showed 9♦ 5♦

Board ran K♦ 4♣ T♠ 6♠ K♥

Peng's cards were good enough to make a better hand and double up.

All the raise re-raise led to an all-in and a call. Tran Minh Thang risked 2,315,000 on the strength of A♥ Q♣ versus the K♥ Q♥ of Chen Peng

Board ran 8♥ 7♣ 8♣ 3♥ 3♠ to give Thang the win and the chip lead.

Nothing but a G-Thang!

Tran Minh Thang raised all-in from under the gun for his last 765,000. Hung Wan three-bet raised all-in from the cut-off to isolate the play.

Thang fliped over 9♣ 9♠ against Hung Wan's A♠ K♥

The board completed 3♦ 8♥ T♠ 8♠ Q♠ with Thang's nines maintaining its lead to double-up.

Double Qualifier

Nageshwara Alaparthy - Day1A- 47,000 / Day1C 69,000

Nguyen Ngoc Khanh had his last 32,000 chips in the middle with Q♠ 2♦ against the A♥ K♥ of Tran Minh Thang. Board finished K♣ 7♥ J♠ K♦ 3♣ and gave Thang's trips the win while sending Khanh to the rail.

Yohwan Lim put his last 86,000 at risk from the lo-jack and big blind Tran Minh Thang defended. Lim showed 7♥ 7♣ against the A♣ T♥ of Thang. Board completed A♦ 8♦ 6♠ 8♣ Q♦ to give Thang the win and send Lim to the rail.

Guozhi Li raised to 16,000 from UTG+1 and Tran Minh Thang defended the big blind to see a flop of T♣ 7♣ 6♣. Thang check-called the 12,000 bet of Li to show a 8♥ on the turn. thang check-called the 32,000 bet to see a 2♠ river.

Thang check-re-raised all-in the 40,000 bet to 136,000. Li used two time-bank tokens and thought hard before risking his last 98,000 with a call.

Thang showed J♥ 9♥ for the winning straight while Li showed 8♠ 8♣ for a set of eights, taking him out of the tournament.

Yang Peng raised to 5,000 and big blind Tran Minh Thang defended. The flop came J♦ Q♥ 3♣. Thang check-called the 3,500 bet to see a K♣ turn. Thang checked again and Peng fired 14,500. Thang didn't continue.