Madness Kick Off (11,000,000 VND)

Action folded to the blinds when big-stacked small blind Pham Van Phu applied the pressure and shoved all-in. Minh Quan Nguyen called for his last 2,000,000 chips.

Both paired their ace, but after the board ran out, Phu's hand was the better hand with the queen kicker coming into play. MInh Quan Nguyen was eliminated at 6th place and earned a share of VND 483,000,000 (~USD 19,000).

Minh Quan Nguyen raised to 500,000 from early position holding K♥ Q♠. Graeme Travis Endersby shoved all-in for 2,500,000 from the button with A♠ K♣. Pham Tien Dung called in the small blind with Q♥ Q♣. Nguyen didn't complete to leave the two to the showdown.

Endersby didn't catch anything on the board and the queens of Dung won the flip to make Endersby the second victim to exit the final table.

Endersby made VND 290,000,000 (~USD 11,400) for his 8th place finish.

Minh Quan Nguyen raised all-in for 2,600,000 from the cut-off and Hoai Phong Ngo defended his big blind by risking his last 1,200,000 chips.

Ngo paired his eight on the flop and looked determined to double-up and make a successful big blind defense, but the poker gods decided to stir things up and threw a ten on the river to shift the win Nguyen's way.

Hoai Phong Ngo was the first final table casualty and earned VND 215,000,000 (~USD 8,400).

Duy Thuc Nguyen pushed his last 270,000 all-in from under the gun and Minh Quan Nguyen made the call from the small blind.

Duy Thuc Nguyen led all the way until the poker gods decided to end his run by throwing a jack on the river for Minh Quan Nguyen.

Duy Thuc Nguyen was awarded VND 130,000,000 (~USD 5,100) for his effort.

UTG player raised to 120,000 when Chuh Chieh Liu shoved 610,000 all-in from the lo-jack. Minh Quan Nguyen called from the button and UTG stepped away.

Nguyen's big slick was dominant from the start and kept its course to stay ahead to eliminate Liu from the event.

Guillem Segarra raised to 45,000 from under the gun and was three-bet all in by Minh Quan Nguyen in the small blind for 295,000. Segarra thought about it, examined his chip stack and used two time-bank tokens before finally also throwing a chip to call.

Nguyen flopped top pair, but it also gave Segarra outs. The turn even added more anxiety, but Nguyen finally found relief on the river with a crucial double up.