Championship Event (25,000,000 VND)

This is it! The final 9 players are set to play on the final table. Hopefully, a champion can be crowned by the 11:15 deadline set by the tournament director. ICM deal will be determined after the end of "regulation time"

Meanwhile, play continues as is.

Junseok Oh shoved his last 50,000 all-in from under the gun. Cutoff Harsh Bubna three-bet raised to 500,000. However, small blind Zhang Xun pumped it up all-in to 2,600,000. Bubna stood down.

Oh showed T♥ 6♠ and was dominated by the T♠ T♣ of Xun.

The board finished K♥ Q♣ 2♥ 5♠ J♦ and the table tapped "GG" as Oh stepped away from his seat.

Zhang Xun moved all-in for 1,350,000 on the button. Small blind John Matsuda liked what he saw in his hole cards and made the call. Xun showed A♠ 5♣ and wasn't thrilled when Matsuda peeled Q♥ Q♣.

The board completed 4♦ 9♦ 8♥ 6♣ 7♥. Runners on the turn and river gave Xun a straight to crack the queens and keep alive with a double-up.

Short-stacked Kaoru Kishimoto raised to 165,000 on the button and big stacked big blind Zhang Xun raised to 300,000. Kishimoto pushed his 170,000 all-in. Xun showed T♠ 4♦ against Kishimoto's K♣ K♦.

Board ran Q♥ T♥ 2♠ 5♥ T♦. The poker gods gave a ten on the river to improve Xun to trips and run over the kings of Kishimoto, sending him out of the tournament.

After some raise and re-raise shoving. Zhang Xun pushed all-in and Nguyen Mang Hung called for his last 680,000. Hung showed A♣ Q♠ against the K♣ K♦ of Xun.

The board ran Q♦ 2♦ T♣ 4♣ J♦. Hung hit a pair queen, but was not enough to defeat Xun's kings and he gets eliminated from the tournament.

Zhang Xun raised 20,000 from under the gun with Mao Eric Lim going all-in for 170,000 and Nguyen Manh Hao following with 152,000.

Just when they thought Xun wouldn't join in, he did.

Xun showed A♦ A♥. Mao showed A♠ Q♦ and Hao showed K♥ K♠ for a crazy three-way cooler.

Board fell Q♠ 2♥ 4♠ 3♣ T♦. Mao was the only one who hit the board, but the others didn't Of course, Xun's aces won and Mao and Hao are out.

Double Qualifier

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