Mystery Bounty

Hoang Hai Nam raises from UTG and it’s folded all the way to the BB of Erik Rozhynskyi who defends.

The flop is 4♦ 8♣ T♥ as Rozhynskyi checks, Hoang CBets it to 40,000 and gets called. The turn is the K♦ and Rozhynskyi checks again. Hoang now unleashes 125,000 and gets the Ukrainian to fold.

Rozhynskyi’s stack falls below the 1M mark for the first time the Final Table.

Level 24. Blinds 15,000/30,000 (30,000)

Tran Cong Huan open shoves from the D for his last 95,000 and Alex Wong calls from the SB.

Tran shows T♠ T♥ while Wong tables 9♣ 8♦ .

The flop gives Wong some kind of a prayer: 2♦ 8♥ 7♠ and despite the arrival of the T♦ on the turn to give Tran a set, Wong wasn’t drawing dead. Until the 9♦ shows on the river to give Tran a much needed double against Wong who hardly felt the hit.

Another unraised pot sees Tran Cong Huan complete his SB against Alex Wong in the BB and the Malaysian checks his option.

The flop comes 8♦ 9♥ K♠ as Tran leads out for 40,000 and gets called. The turn is the 4♠ and this time, both players check. The river is the 9♣ as Tran bets 100,000. Wong goes into the tank and uses two Time Bank cards before declaring a raise to 250,000. Tran snap calls.

Wong shows 9♦ 3♣ while Tran has 9♠ 5♠ for a split pot as both their kickers are nullified by the board.

Kazakhstan’s Alan Turabayev opens from UTG to 30,000 and gets re-raised on the SB by Huynh Ngoc Thai of Vietnam for 70,000, putting his opponent all-in to call. Turabayev consumes three Time Bank cards before choosing to call for his remaining 40,000.

Huynh reveals J♠ 7♠ while the Kazakh delights in being ahead with A♦ Q♣ .

The flop swung the advantage to the Vietnamese player: T♠ 7♥ 5♠ and no help for Turabayev came on the last two cards of the 2♦ and the 5♦ as Huynh sends Turabayev to the sidelines for good in the 17th place.

The competition is down to the final two tables.

The action opens from UTG for 20,000 as Malaysia’s Heng Kai Perng makes the call from the HJ. At the D, chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China 3-bets to 65,000 and gets a 4-bet to 165,000 from Ukrainian Erik Rozhynskyi in the SB. Heng stuffs the remainder of his chips in—worth 69,000—as Zheng 5-bet jams. Rozhynskyi folds.

Heng shows A♠ A♥ and a disgruntled Zheng tables K♠ K♥ .

The runout goes: 7♦ J♦ 4♥ 3♣ A♦ for good measure.

Heng stays afloat while Zheng is somehow still the chip-leader in spite of multiple dents to his stack.

The first hand of final table begins with a raise from the +2 position to 30,000 and calls from the LJ from Roy Adi Putra and Hoang Hai Nam in the HJ.

The flop is 4♠ 4♦ 9♣ as the original raiser checks. Adi Putra bets 30,000 and gets raised to 70,000 by Hoang. Adi Putra calls. The turn is the A♦ as both players opt to check. The river is the J♥ and no further action ensues.

Adi Putra tables 7♦ 7♥ while Hoang has 8♥ 8♣.

The Vietnamese ace gets the Final Table going.

The action is folded to the D where Korea’s Kim Jiyoung goes all-in for her remaining 53,000 and gets a call from Alex Wong of Malaysia on the SB. Vietnamese ace Hoang Hai Nam 3-bets from the BB for 100,000 as Wong decides to call.

The flop comes J♦ 6♦ 2♦ as Wong checks. Hoang shoves his remaining 118,000 and Wong makes the call.

Kim tables A♣ Q♠ while Hoang shows A♠ A♥ . Wong covers both, but is behind with Q♣ J♠ for top pair on the flop. The turn is 4♦ ,no one has any diamonds in the hole cards—and the river is the 9♥ as the last lady left is out in 12th place and the virtual triple up by Hoang greatly damages Wong’s stack.

Former chip-leader Zheng Anshu opens from UTG and gets called in the BB by Vietnam’s Huynh Ngoc Thai.

The flop goes Q♣ 4♣ 6♥ as Huynh checks. Zheng bets 50,000 and gets check-raised to 150,000. Zheng folds as Huynh now has more chips.

We are now entering level 21 with blinds of 10,000/15,000 (15,000)

Prior to heads up, it appears that the two finalists in Vietnam’s Tran Cong Huan and Jhon Hendri of Indonesia are presently coming up with a deal with the remaining prize money plus the remaining bounties. They are still in conference with Tournament Director Jimmy Chun and should be informing everyone shortly about their decision.

Tran Cong Huan of Vietnam goes all-in for his last 128,000 in the CO and gets called by Malaysia’s Alex Wong on the D.

Tran shows A♣ J♦ while Wong has live cards with K♦ Q♥ .

The runout goes: 3♦ 5♠ 2♥ 8♠ T♦ as both players blank out and the Vietnamese player gets the double up with the highest miss.

The action starts from UTG on a raise to 16,000 and gets a 3-bet from Vietnam’s Huynh Ngoc Thai in the +1 position to 36,000. At the HJ, Masataka Nishada of Japan performs a 4-bet to 75,000 as the initial raiser opts to fold. Huynh then goes for a 5-bet shove, to which Nishada has no answer for.

Huynh nears the 500,000 chip mark with that maneuver.

In a preflop war, the chips of Malaysia’s Heng Kai Perng go to the middle against former chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China as the cards are tabled.

Heng shows 8♦ 8♣ while Zheng has A♠ K♠ .

The first three community cards were safe for Heng: J♣ 4♦ 6♥ . However, the K♦ arrived on the turn and the river of the T♦ officially busts Heng from the competition in 11th place.

Raising from the CO, Zheng Anshu makes it 30,000 to go as he gets callers on the D and on the BB of Roy Adi Putra.

The flop comes: 6♣ K♠ 9♦ as Adi Putra checks. Zheng fires 60,000. The caller on the D folds but Adi Putra calls. It is heads up to the turn which shows the Q♦ . Adi Putra checks anew as Zheng barrels again, this time for 125,000. Adi Putra folds.

Zheng near the seven-figures chip mark

The action is folded to the CO where Adi Putra Roy of Indonesia makes a raise to 30,000 and gets a call on the D from Japan’s Masataka Nishada.

The flop comes 4♦ 8♠ 9♣ as Adi Putra continues for 15,000. Nishada calls. The turn is the 8♦ and this time, both players check. The river is the 9♠ as the Indonesian checks. Nishada fires 50,000 and Adi Putra chooses to fold.

Nguyen Quang Huy of Vietnam is all-in preflop after a series of raises against Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri who calls his remaining 170,000 for his tournament life.

Nguyen flips over A♠ 9♦ while Hendri has him crushed with A♣ K♥ .

The flop is K♣ T♠ Q♦ giving the Vietnamese ace a gutshot straight draw for a chop that never shows up as the 6♦ and the 5♣ complete the runout.

Hendri’s double up send’s his opponent to the danger zone.

Tran Cong Huan of Vietnam opens from the +1 position for 8,000 and the action folds to the HJ of the Ukraine’s Erik Rozhynskyi who 3-bets it to 32,000. The action gets back to Tran who 4-bets all-in. Rozhynskyi has a brief think through and decides to fold.

Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri opens from the CO for 25,000 and is joined by the blinds.

The flop comes K♦ 6♠ 4♥ as all players opt to check. The turn is the 8♥ as the SB checks again, Vietnam’s Nguyen Quang Huy is in the BB and he leads out for 30,000. Hendri calls and the player in the SB folds. It is heads up to the river and it brings in the Q♣ . Nguyen fires again, this time for 55,000 as the Indonesian chooses to walk away, but not before having his stack trimmed to under 200,000.

There is another change in the chip-leader position as China’s Zheng Anshu locked horns with erstwhile chip-leader Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine.

Folded to the D of Zheng he raises to 50,000 and gets 3-bet by Rozhynskyi on the BB for 175,000. Zheng makes the call.

The flop is 7♥ 3♠ 8♥ as Rozhynskyi opts to check. Zheng grabs the betting as he fires 200,000. Rozhynskyi calls. The Turn is the 4♣ as Rozhynskyi checks again. This time, Zheng shoves his remaining 235,000 and is at risk for the first time in the competition. Rozhynskyi officially puts him at risk with the call.

Zheng flips over J♠ 8♠ for top pair on the flop while Rozhynskyi shows A♣ 3♥ for bottom pair on the flop.

The river is the K♠ and the double up by Zheng puts him past the 1.2 million mark while suddenly the former chip-leader is now on the respirator

Level 20. Blinds 6,000/12,000 (12,000)

Loong Yuen Hong of Malaysia opens from the D for 16,000 and gets a call from Indonesia’s Roy Adi Putra from the SB.

The flop shows 3♦ 5♠ 3♣ as Adi Putra checks. Loong then shoves his remaining 142,000 to the center of the table and gets called.

Loong shows 6♣ 6♥ while Adi Putra has him by one point: 7♦ 7♣ .

The last two community cards to arrive are the Q♥ and Q♠ as Loong—the Flight A chip-leader—is now out in 16th place and the Indonesian nears the 400,000 chip mark.

Besting a field of 182 entries, Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri takes down the Won Poker Cup II Mystery Bounty after an ICM deal with eventual runner-up Tran Cong Huan of Vietnam had the players splitting the remaining prize pool and bounties here at the Won Majestic Hotel in Sihanoukville, Cambodia.

Hendri cruised to the top and stayed in the driver’s seat after he went all-in with still seven players remaining with A♣ K♣ and ran into then chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China who had A♠ A♦. The flop immediately gave the Indonesian hope as it came 7♠ 9♥ T♣ . Then Hendri hit the Q♣ on the turn to complete his nut flush and have Zheng drawing dead holding Rockets.

That win gave Hendri the lead that he would never look back from and eventually won the title on the very first hand of heads up when he called Tran’s shove with A♥ 8♣ . Tran showed K♥ 8♥ and the board blanked: Q♠ Q♣ T♠ 5♥ 9♣ .

Hendri triumphed for only the third time in his long career and was elated with his achievement.

“I’m very happy (with the win),” he later told somuchpoker.com. “Patience and (I waited) for good hands like the Pocket Kings and the AK where I hit the flush.”

He also knew he was ahead in his one hand heads up victory.

“I knew he had a high card and I have an Ace,” he said. “When I raised to 500,000 and he jammed, I called because I have Ace-eight.”

Hendri and Tran split the last money evenly and got US$12,800 each, but the Indonesian takes the bragging rights of having won a Won Poker Cup trophy.

American Michael Truong shoved his dwindling stack of 16,000 from the HJ after a raise from the +1 position. Four players converge on him like vultures.

The flop is 9♥ 7♦ 4♠ as it is checked to CO where Japan’s Masataka Nishada bets 40,000.

All fold as Truong turns over Q♠ J♠ while Nishada shows T♦ 9♦ for top pair on the flop. It will be enough to bust Truong as the turn is the 2♥ and the river is the K♠ .

Truong crashes out in 15th place.

Level 19. Blinds 5,000/10,000 (10,000)

Hoang Hai Nam opens from the +2 position and gets called by Jhon Hendri in the BB.

The flop is T♣ 3♦ 3♣ and after the Hendri check, one CBet wins the pot for Hoang who is now turning his aggressor switch on.

The action is folded to the blinds where Zheng Anshu completes his SB and chip-leader Jhon Hendri checks his BB option.

The flop goes Q♥ 5♦ 6♣ as both players check. The turn is the 3♥ and Zheng checks again. This time, Hendri fires 75,000 and gets called. The river is the 6♠ as both players take it to showdown.

Zheng tables 6♦ 2♦ for trips on the river. Hendri mucks.

Chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China is back to chip-bully ways as he raises from the CO for 25,000 and gets calls from the D and the BB of Vetnam’s Huynh Ngoc Thai.

The flop goes 9♠ 2♦ 7♣ as Huynh checks, so does Zheng. The player on the D leads out for 30,000 and gets called by Huynh. However, Zheng check-raises to 130,000 and player on the D opts to fold. Huynh, though, stays interested and calls. The turn is the 5♠ as once again the Vietnamese player checks. Zheng puts his opponent all-in and Huynh quickly calls.

Zheng shows J♦ J♣ for an over-pair to the board while Huynh flips over 8♣ 6♣ for a straight on the turn and have Zheng drawing dead. The river is the 9♥ to officially have a change atop the leaderboard for the first time today.

Roy Adi Putra of Indonesia opens from the +1 position for 20,000 and gets re-raised all-in by Japan’s Masataka Nishada on the CO for his remaining 217,000. Adi Putra makes the call.

Nishada tables A♦ K♣ while Adi Putra is barely ahead with 5♥ 5♠ .

The flop gives the advantage to the Japanese player: A♥ 2♥ 3♣ but it also gives the Indonesian additional outs with a gutshot. The turn gives Adi Putra more outs as the 7♥ appears as a backdoor flush looms. The river card, however, dashes all hopes as the 6♦ arrives and the double up bring’s Nishada’s stack nearer the half-million mark.

The action gets folded to the HJ of Korea’s Hong Sung Heon and he raises it to 9,000. The action gets to Alex Wong of Malaysia in the BB who defends.

The flop comes 4♦ T♣ 8♠ as suddenly Wong claims the betting lead and fires 15,000. The Korean calls. The turn is the J♠ and the Malaysian is unrelenting as he unloads 30,000 more, to which Hong still makes the call. The river is the 4♣ as Wong barrels again, this time for 50,000. Hong does not continue in the hand.

Already an endangered species after the debacle against Alex Wong the hand previous, Masataka Nishada goes all-in from the +1 position for his last 135,000. It is folded to the D where chip leader Erik Rozhynskyi makes the call. Vietnam’s Tran Vong Huan 3-bets all-in from the BB for 475,000 and Rozhynskyi chooses to fold.

Nishada shows 7♥ 7♣ while Tran has A♣ Q♦ .

The flop immediately favored Tran: 5♠ Q♠ 8♦ while the runout was completed by the 4♥ and the J♥ as Nishada gets busted in eighth place but was also able to get one bounty drawn for US$500.

Tran now nears the 800,000 chip mark with seven players remaining.

Tran Cong Huan and Jhon Hendri have reached an agreement and here are the details:

The players have expressed their intention to merge the current prizes still at stake and the undrawn bounties. Originally first place pays US$14,500 and second plays US$9,600. Plus the remaining bounties are one (1) US$1,000 envelope and one (1) US$500 envelope.

The sum of all is US$25,600 hence each player receives US$12,800 and will play for the trophy.

Heads up begins shortly.

Deal reached, trophy to be contested

We have yet another hand joined in progress as there is a pot of already 83,000 and a board of 7♠ 3♦ T♦ A♥ between Korea’s Hong Sung Heon in the HJ and Masataka Nishada of Japan on the D.

Hong checks the turn and Nishada announces he is all-in for his remaining 83,000. Hong snap calls the shove.

Nishada turns over A♠ 3♠ for two pairs on the turn while the Korean tables A♦ T♥ for a higher two pairs on the turn. The poker gods give the Japanese player a reprieve as the 3♣ arrives on the river to give Nishada a full house and a new lease on his tournament life.

The hit reduces Hong’s stack to less than 100,000.

Alex Wong goes for a Hail Mary and chucks in his remaining 240,000 to the middle of the table from the +1 Position and gets called in the +2 position by Japan’s Masataka Nishada.

Wong flips over Q♦ J♠ while Nishada shows 9♦ 9♥ .

The flop gives the lead to the Malaysian: 8♠ J♦ 8♣ and the turn did provide some excitement as the T♦ comes out, the river card is the 3♣ gives Wong the double up but Nishada now has to play perfectly in order to catch at least another pay jump.

A total of 24 players are now guaranteed at least US$600 as the US$100,000 GTD (Event #2) Won Poker Cup II Mystery Bounty Day 2 takes place here at the Won Majestic Hotel in Sihanoukville, Cambodia where bounties of to US$10,000 will be up for grabs.

The eventual champion takes home US$14,500.

In the Mystery Bounty, each player bust out entitles the eliminator to draw envelopes containing the price of the bounty attained. Here are the bounty breakdowns:

US$500 – 10 envelopes

US$1,000 – 10 envelopes

US$3,000 – 1 envelope

US$5,000 – 1 envelope

US$7,000 – 1 envelope

US$10,000 – 1 envelope

Players may choose to accumulate their envelopes and open them later on, those who do drop the hatchet will have another adrenalin rush upon getting the opportunity to add to their already guaranteed money.

24th-22nd – US$600

21st-19th – US$700

18th-16th – US$800

15th-13th – US$1,000

12th-9th – US$1,200

9th – US$1,500

8th – US$1,900

7th – US$2,400

6th – US$3,000

5th – US$3,700

4th – US$4,500

3rd – US$6,000

2nd – US$9,600

1st – US$14,500

Heading into Day 2, Flight B’s Zheng Anshu of China holds the overall chip lead with 519,000 while fellow Chinese player Li Qinglin is a distant second with 341,000. Michael Truong of the United States currently holds the third biggest stack with 290,000 while Flight A’s chip leader Loong Yuen of Malaysia is fourth with 270,000. Ukrainian Erik Rozhynskyi rounds out the top five with 248,000.

The competition will resume at Level 14 with the blinds at 1,500/3,000 (3,000 BB Ante).

Day commences at 1PM (UCT+7).

Zheng Anshu (5) - $10,000, $1,000 (2), $500 (2)

Huynh Ngoc Thai (2) - $1,000 (2)

Roy Adi Putra (2) - $1,000, $500

Masataka Nishada (1) - $500

Erik Rozhynskyi (1) - $500

Hoang Hai Nam (1) - $500

So still at large are some of the bigger bounties worth $7,000, $5,000 and $3,000 which are in one envelope each.

The Ukraine’s Erik Rozhynskyi open shoves from UTG for 740,000 covering his callers Alex Wong in the CO for his last 15,000 and Huynh Ngoc Thai on the D for his remaining 315,000.

Rozhynskyi turns over Q♠ J♠ while Wong has live cards with 8♠ 4♦ . However, Huynh tables A♥ A♠ and the subsequent runout goes: 3♣ 7♠ 9♦ 4♥ (a slim chance for Wong) T♣ .

Wong bounces in back-to-back hands while Rozhynskyi’s stack is down to less than half a million. Huynh stays in contention.

Roy Adi Putra once again limps from UTG but this time he gets raised by Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine in the CO to 16,000. Michael Truong of the United States joins in from the BB while Adi Putra elects to call.

The flop is 7♦ 8♣ 2♠ as it gets checked back to Rozhynskyi who CBets it to 18,000. Truong calls but the Indonesian check-raises it to 105,000. Both his opponents exit the hand.

The action is opened from the +1 position for 40,000 and draws two callers in Alex Wong on the D and Huynh Ngoc Thai in the BB.

The flop goes 6♥ Q♠ J♥ as Huynh checks. The initial raiser continues for 55,000 and gets a call from Wong. However, Huynh check-raises all-in for 240,000. The original raiser chooses to fold while Wong calls.

Huynh shows Q♥ 5♥ for top pair and a flush draw on the flop while Wong tables A♥ J♣ for middle pair.

The turn is the 7♥ to award Huynh the flush but to also give Wong a redraw to the nut flush. It doesn’t happen as the river the J♣ to give Wong trips that he didn’t need.

Wong’s stack is now just barely above ten BBs.

We are now on level 15. Blinds 2000/4000 (4000)

It didn’t take long for Zheng Anshu to find a new target to stack, but this time he is all-in preflop against Jhon Hendri with the best of it.

Zheng shows A♠ A♦ while Hendri holds A♣ K♣ .

The flop suddenly made Zheng uneasy: 7♣ 9♥ T♣ and true enough the Q♣ arrives on the turn to give the Indonesian the nut flush and has Zheng drawing dead holding Aces. The river is the A♥ to compound the Chinese player’s woes.

Hendri surpasses the seven-figure mark for the first time and is the new chip-leader.

With his stack down to less than 20 BBs, Hoang Hai Nam opens from UTG for 260,000 and gets re-raised all-in by Zheng Anshu on the D for his last 380,000. Erik Rozhynskyi joins from the BB and Hoang calls all-in for his remaining 310,000.

Zheng shows 5♥ 5♦ while Rozhynskyi has Q♣ T♣. Hoang is at risk but is ahead with 6♣ 6♦ .

The flop instantly shifted the edge to Zheng: 4♠ K♥ 5♣ as the player from China flops middle set. The turn is the 7♠ and the river is the K♦ as Zheng’s full house knocks out Hoang at 7th and also hits the stack of Rozhynskyi.

Zheng climbs back up to relevance with over a million in chips

In a hand already in progress, Korea’s Hong Sung Heon in the +1 position is in a tussle with Loong Yuen Hong of Malaysia in the BB. There’s already 28,000 in the middle and a flop of J♦ T♥ 6♦ .

The turn card is the 9♦ as Loong checks and Hong fires 18,000 which is called by the Malaysian. The river is the 5♣ as Loong checks again. The Korean unloads for 55,000 as Loong check-raises all-in. Loong covers Hong. The Korean goes into the tank and burns two Time Bank cards in an effort to make sense of the move. Hong’s ordeal ends when he folds.

Loong now climbs to exactly 400,000 in chips and is closer to hanging with the big stacks.

The player who has collected the most bounty envelopes thus far has been the chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China and he has the action folded to him on his SB where he raises it to 9,000. In the BB is Vietnam’s Huu Minh Tri Pham who re-raises all-in for last 91,000. Zheng calls.

Huu tables A♥ 4♥ while Zheng shows he already has a made hand with 9♣ 9♦ .

The runout goes: Q♦ 5♦ T♥ 8♦ Q♠ as Zheng’s pocket pair holds and the game Vietnamese player is out in 19th place.

Zheng gets to open another envelop.

Michael Truong from the United States opens from the +2 position for 16,000 and gets re-raised by Malaysia’s Alex Wong in the SB to 40,000. Truong makes the call.

The flop comes 7♠ 9♣ 3♠ as Wong continues for another 40,000. Truong raises it to 100,000 and Wong’s response is 3-bet shove to 233,000. Truong calls.

Wong gives the American the bad news quickly as he flips over A♣ A♠ while Truong tables J♣ J♠ .

A semblance of hope appears on the turn as the T♦ to give Truong more outs with a gutshot redraw. However, the river made the Malaysian’s double up official as the K♠ sealed the deal.

While Wong’s stack is back to relevance, Truong’s stack is in grave danger.

Hoang Hai Nam opens from the HJ for 60,000 and gets called by Zheng on the BB defense.

The flop is 2♦ 5♣ T♣ as Zheng checks. Hoang continues betting for another 60,000. Zheng calls. The turn is the Q♥ and Zheng checks anew. Hoang unloads 150,000 and Zheng folds.

The action is folded to the D where Jhon Hendri raises and gets a BB defense from Hoang Hai Nam.

The flop is 5♦ T♣ J♣ as Hoang checks. Hendri fires 55,000 and effectively ends the hand.

Erik Rozhynskyi opens from the LJ and gets re-raised all-in by Indonesia’s Roy Adi Putra for 100,000. Rozhynskyi calls.

Adi Putra tables A♠ T♠ while Rozhynskyi is dominated as he shows K♥ T♦ .

The flop, however, gave the lead to the Ukrainian: K♠ 3♥ T♣ and the runout was completed by the 7♥ and the 5♥.

Adi Putra was able to nail bounties worth US$1,500 to go with his cash prize for finishing in ninth place.

Meanwhile, Rozhynskyi drew the bounty after the scalping of Adi Putra and got the $7,000, the biggest one still out there as Zheng earlier nabbed the $10,000 one.

The $5,000 bounty is still at large

Level 18. Blinds 4000/8000 (8000)

Alex Wong of Malaysia raises from the +1 position for 7,000 and the action folds to the BB of China’s Li Qinglin who makes the defense.

The flop comes 5♥ 5♠ 2♣ as Li donks in for 8,000. The Malaysian calls. The turn is the 8♠ and this time, both players opt to check. The river is the 2♥ as Li checks again. Wong unloads 15,000 and the player from China makes the call.

Wong turns over A♦ 2♦ for a full house on the river. Li mucks.

The action begins with a limp from UTG and a raise from the +1 position from Nguyen Quang Huy of Vietnam to 20,000. Chip leader Zheng Anshu calls from the SB and the initial limper joins in as well.

The flop is Q♦ A♠ Q♣ as the action is checked back to Nguyen who continues for another 20,000. Zheng makes the call and the limper folds. It is heads up to the turn which produces the 9♠ as Zheng checks again and this time the Vietnamese player commits more than half his stack by betting 45,000. Zheng check-raises all-in and Nguyen makes the call.

Zheng tables A♣ 9♣ for two pairs on the turn while Nguyen shows K♣ Q♥ for trips on the flop.

Down to the last two remaining aces in the deck, the J♦ comes on the river to give Nguyen a new lease on his tournament life and reduce Zheng’s chip lead even more.

With the hand already ongoing between the Ukraine’s Erik Rozhynskyi on the D and Li Qinglin of China in the SB, a flop of T♥ 9♠ 7♥ has a pot of 81,000 heading into the turn.

That turn card is the K♣. Li checks and Rozhynskyi bets 58,000 as Li calls. The river is the K♥ and Li checks again. This time, Rozhynskyi goes into the tank and uses a Time Bank card before declaring he is all-in for his remaining 125,000. Li makes the call.

Rozhynskyi tables 7♠ 7♦ for a set on the flop that led to a full house on the river while Li shows T♦ 8♥ for top pair on the flop and a missed open-ended straight draw.

The Ukrainian’s stack goes over the 650,000 mark while Li enters the danger zone.

Zheng Anshu raises from the HJ and Hoang Hai Nam 3-bets all-in. Zheng folds.

In the next hand, Erik Rozhynskyi shoves from the CO and everyone folds.

They’re both gearing up for surges.

Japan’s Masataka Nishada open shoves from the CO for his remaining 165,000 and gets called by Zheng Anshu in the SB.

Nishada turns over K♦ K♠ while Zheng shows a dominated K♣ T♥ .

The runout stayed low: 2♥ 3♦ 6♠ 4♦ Q♣ as the Nishada double up drags Zheng’s stack back into the mud.

American Michael Truong opens from UTG for 12,500 as the action folds to Roy Adi Putra in the HJ who is the only one who makes the call.

The flop shows 8♠ 3♠ 2♦ as Truong continues for 10,000. Adi Putra calls. The turn is the K♥ and this time, Truong checks and Adi Putra takes the betting lead for 15,000. The American calls. The river is the 4♦ and now, both players take it to showdown.

Truong flips over A♦ Q♦ for a complete miss. However, Adi Putra chooses to muck.

The Ukraine’s Erik Rozhynskyi raises from the SB and is re-raised all-in by Hoang Hai Nam of Vietnam. Rozhynskyi calls for is remaining 110,000.

Hoang tables A♣ 6♠ while a relieved Rozhynskyi has him crushed with A♥ J♠ .

The flop goes Q♥ T♣ 2♣ and the turn is the K♠ to give the Ukrainian the Broadway straight with Hoang down to chop outs that never show up as the A♠ gives Rozhynskyi the double up that still gives him a fighting chance.

Turabayev barrels away

Kazakhstan’s Alan Turabayev opens from the +1 position and gets calls from the HJ of Flight A chip leader Loong Yuen of Malaysia and the blinds.

The flop is 8♠ J♣ 7♣ as it is checked back to Turabayev who CBets it to 17,000. Loong calls and the blinds fold. It is heads up to the turn which bring in the 5♦ . Turabayev shoves his remaining 50,000 and Loong elects to fold. Here we go.

Loong Yuen Hong of Malaysia opens from the +1 position for 6,000 and France’s Jean Dufour 3-bet shoves right beside him in the +2 for all his chips worth 75,500. The action gets folded back to the Malaysian who snap calls.

Dufour shows A♠ J♦ while Loong flips over A♥ A♣ .

The flop gave the Frenchman a glimmer of hope: K♣ Q♣ 6♦ , but no help came from the last two community cards as the Q♦ and the 8♦ completed the runout and eliminates Dufour.

Loong is yet to draw his bounty.

The action is folded to the HJ of Jhon Hendri who opens for 40,000. He gets 3-bet in the CO by chip-leader Erik Rozhynskyi to 135,000 as Alex Wong joins from the BB. Indonesian then swings for the fences with a 4-bet shove for 270,000. Both Rozhynskyi and Wong make the call.

The flop is Q♠ Q♣ 6♦ as both in the side pot check. The turn is the 4♦ and this time Wong goes all-in. Rozhynskyi folds.

Hendri shows K♥ K♠ while Wong is on a two-outer with 8♦ 8♠.

To add insult to injury, the river card is the K♦ to give the Indonesian a rare triple up as Wong’s stack nears the danger zone.

Malaysia’s Loong Yuen opens the action from the D for 12,000 and gets called by Huynh Ngoc Thai of Vietnam from the SB. Short-stacked Hong Sung Heon of Korea 3-bets all-in from the BB for his last 87,000 and gets a call from Loong. Huynh then decides to 4-bet shove to 204,000 and the Malaysian still decides to make the call.

Hong tables A♥ 9♦ while Loong shows 2♦ 2♠ and is disappointed to know that Huynh holds 7♦ 7♥ .

The flop instantly gives the Vietnamese icon a lock on the hand: J♥ Q♦ 7♠ as he gets an almost unbeatable set. The turn has both Hong and Loong drawing dead as the 6♠ arrives. The 9♠ on the river officially ousts the Korean in 18th place and brings Huynh to the half-million chip mark.

Vietnam’s Hoang Hai Nam opens from UTG to 18,000 and gets called in the +2 by Jhon Hendri of Indonesia.

The flop comes 9♥ 3♠ 9♦ and Hoang continues for 22,000. Hendri calls. The turn is the 4♣ and the Vietnamese ace declares he is all-in. Hendri makes the call for his remaining 113,000.

Hoang shows A♦ 5♠ for a gutshot redraw on the turn while the Indonesian turns over T♦ T♥ .

The river card is the 8♥ as Hendri doubles up.

Hong Sung Heon of Korea opens the action from UTG for 8,000 and gets calls from Japan’s Masataka Nishada in the +1 position and Li Qinglin of China in the HJ.

The flop is 2♦ K♥ J♥ as all players skip this betting street. The turn is the 5♠ and Hong suddenly comes to life and bets 5,000. No one calls.

Chip-leader Jhon Hendri has the action folded to him on the D and makes a raise to 80,000 Tran Cong Huan opts to defend his BB.

The flop comes 4♥ 6♠ K♥ as Tran checks. Hendri unloads 85,000 and Tran quickly folds.

Hendri picks on Tran

Chip-leader Jhon Hendri has the action folded to him on the D and makes a raise to 80,000 Tran Cong Huan opts to defend his BB.

The flop comes 4♥ 6♠ K♥ as Tran checks. Hendri unloads 85,000 and Tran quickly folds.

After another limp from early position for Roy Adi Putra of Indonesia and a call from the player on the D, Korea’s Kim Jiyoung raises all-in for 121,000 from the SB. Adi Putra calls and the player who called the limp from the D is out of the hand.

Kim tables A♥ K♥ , dominating Adi Putra’s A♣ T♣ .

The flop goes 8♥ 9♣ 3♥ to give the Korean a flush draw which she hits on the turn as the 7♥ arrives. The meaningless A♠ on the river gives Kim a much needed double up and bring’s Adi Putra’s stack below 200,000 anew.

The action begins with a limp from the CO followed by an open shove for 94,000 from Vietnam’s Hoang Hai Nam in the SB. Heng Kai Perng of Malaysia makes the call from the BB as the original limper folds.

Hoang turns over A♠ 4♥ and is dominated by Heng’s A♦ J♥ .

The flop, however, proves fortuitous for the Vietnamese player: 5♥ 4♣ 9♣ as Hoang snares bottom pair. It will be enough as the last two community cards are the T♠ and the 4♦ as Hoang celebrates his miracle double up with trips.

Level 23. Blinds 10,000/25,000 (25,000)

There is a raise from UTG to 175,000 and a re-raise all-in from Zheng Anshu on the D. Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine puts his stack of 245,000 in the middle as well. The original raiser folds.

Zheng shows T♦ T♠ while Rozhynskyi has T♣ 9♠ .

The flop gave Rozhynskyi a chance: 5♠ Q♥ 8♦ for a gutshot straight draw requiring Zheng to hit a set. The turn is the 4♦ and the river is the 5♣ to oust the Ukrainian in fifth.

To celebrate the victory, Zheng drew for Rozhynskyi’s bounty and it turns out to be the $5,000 one, The highest still out there.

The actions begins with a raise from HJ to 100,000 and a call from Alex Wong on the D. China’s Zheng Anshu goes over the top all-in for 880,000. The original raiser folds but Wong—who barely covers his Chinese opponent—calls.

Zheng turns over J♦ J♠ while Wong shows K♦ Q♠ .

The runout goes: 4♣ 7♥ T♥ 7♠ T♠ as the Jacks hold for Zheng and the win catapults atop the leaderboard anew while Wong has less than a BB remaining.

Zheng Anshu raises from UTG/D to 120,000 and gets called by Tran Cong Huan in the BB.

The flop goes T♥ Q♦ 9♣ as Tran checks. Zheng continues for 120,000 anew but gets check-raised to 250,000. Zheng folds.

That’s two consecutive wins for the Vietnamese player.

Tran Cong Huan opens UTG/D for 120,000 and gets called by chip leader Jhon Hendri in the BB.

The flop is 3♣ 6♠ 4♠ as Hendri checks. Tran continues for 100,000 and gets called. The turn is the 3♦ and this time, both check The river is the T♠ as Hendri checks again. Tran fires 250,000 and the Indonesian folds.

Hoang Hai Nam is in another duel this time with Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri with four community cards already showing in the 7♥ 8♣ 7♠ 3♥ and the pot already at 27,000.

The river is the 9♥ as Hendri checks and Hoang bets 26,000. The Indonesian makes the call.

Hoang tables Q♣ 9♣ for top pair on the river while Hendri shows A♥ 5♥ for a completed backdoor nut flush.

Hendri nears the 200,000 chip mark while the Vietnamese smarts from back-to-back hits.

Roy Adi Putra of Indonesia opens from the HJ for 6,000 and the BB defense from Vietnam’s Nguyen Quang Huy.

The flop shows Q♣ 8♥ T♥ as Nguyen checks. Adi Putra continues for another 6,000 and is called by his Vietnamese opponent. The turn is the 6♥ and the second check by Nguyen elicits another bet of 6,000 from the Indonesian. Nguyen still calls. The river is the 7♥ and this time, both players check.

Nguyen flips over 9♥ 8♣ for a runner-runner straight flush. Naturally, Adi Putra mucks.

The action is opened from the +1 position for 8,000 and gets calls from Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine in the CO and Korea’s Kim Jiyoung in the BB.

The flop goes 5♠ 5♣ 3♠ as Kim checks. The original raiser CBets it to 4,000 and gets both opponents to call. The turn is the 9♣ as once again the Korean lady pro checks. The player in the +1 fires again for another 4,000 but this time gets raised by Rozhynskyi to 12,000. Kim suddenly 3-bets it to 33,000 as the +1 player folds and the Ukrainian makes the call. The river is the 9♥ and this time, both Rozhynskyi and Kim slow down to get to showdown.

Kim turns over J♣ J♥ while Rozhynskyi mucks.

Zheng Anshu is now sixth in chips and tries to make something happen by raising from the +1 position for 60,000 but gets re-raised when it gets to Tran Cong Huan to 150,000. Zheng opts to call.

The flop shows 8♦ 7♣ 9♣ as both check. The turn is the 2♠ and no one budges. The river is the 6♦ and they both take it to showdown.

Zheng tables A♥ J♣ while Tran smiles as he shows A♦ J♥ .

Much ado about chopping.

Korea’s Jang Sumin pushes his dwindling stack of 26,000 to the middle of the table from UTG as the action folds to the D where chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China 3-bets it to 56,000. Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine calls from the SB.

The flop comes A♠ K♠ 5♦ as Rozhynskyi checks. Zheng CBets to 80,000 and Rozhynskyi still calls. The turn is the T♣ and the Ukrainian checks again. Zheng decides to go all-in and Rozhynskyi chooses to fold.

Jang shows 9♦ 9♥ while Zheng is in the lead with A♣ J♥ . The river card is the 8♦ , sending the Korean to the rail as Zheng picks up steam and more artillery as his stack is now back to over 800,000.

Jang finishes in 13th place.

The action is folded to the blinds as Kim Jiyoung of Korea completes her SB and gets greeted with a shove from the BB of Vietnam’s Dang Thanh Luong for his last 63,000. Kim calls.

Dang tables A♠ 7♥ while to everyone’s surprise, Kim called with 3♥ 5♣ .

The flop was clean for the Vietnamese player: 9♣ Q♦ 6♦ but then the 5♠ arrives on the turn to give the Korean the lead. The river is the 6♥ and Dang becomes the first elimination of the finale and Kim gets to draw her first envelope—which she defers for later.

The action begins when it is raised from the +1 position for 12,000 and gets callers in chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China in the +2 position and Vietnam’s Hoang Hai Nam in the BB.

The flop comes 9♥ 8♠ 5♦ as Hoang and the original raiser check. Zheng takes over the aggression by betting 25,000 which gets a call from Hoang. The original raiser steps aside. It is heads up to the turn that brings in the 4♣ and this time, Zheng and Hoang both check. The river is the A♥ as the Vietnamese player leads out for 10,000 and gets raised by Zheng to 80,000. Hoang tanks but makes the call.

Zheng shows 6♦ 6♣ while Hoang excitedly turns over Q♥ 8♥ for second pair on the flop that held for the win. That was the call of the day, thus far as Hoang climbs to over 350,000 in chips and the chip-leader takes a minor hit to his huge stack.

Level 16. Blinds 3000/5000 (5000)

With already 64,000 in the middle in a pot between Alex Wong of Malaysia in the +1 position and Indonesia’s Roy Adi Putra in the HJ, the flop shows 8♥ J♥ 5♠ as Wong checks. Adi Putra then goes all-in for his last 125,000 and gets the call from the Malaysian.

The Indonesian shows 6♥ 5♥ for bottom pair and a flush draw while Wong turns over A♣ J♦ for top pair, top kicker.

The turn is the 7♦ to give Adi Putra more out with an open-ended straight redraw and the river is the A♥ to complete the Indonesian’s flush and eclipse the 300,000 chip mark, Wong falls below that mark in the unfortunate loss.

In a battle of the blinds, chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China raises from the SB to 7,000 and gets 3-bet all-in by Australia’s Danny Huynh. Zheng opts to call.

Huynh shows A♥ 5♥ while Zheng tables Q♥ 8♠ .

Zheng immediately took the lead on the flop: Q♠ J♣ 7♣ and the last two bricked out for the Australian as it came T♦ T♠ .

The field is thinning quickly.

After a limp from the HJ begins the hand, Vietnam’s Tran Cong Huan shoves from the SB for his last 128,000 and gets re-raised all-in by Kim Jiyoung of Korea in the BB. The original limper folds.

Tran turns over A♥ J♥ and is in a coinflip for his tournament life against Kim’s 9♦ 9♥ .

The flop tilts the hand’s favor towards the Vietnamese player: 3♣ A♣ 8♠ and Kim receives no help on the turn as the Q♠ shows and the river is the Q♥ .

Tran’s double up sends Kim stack spiraling down to below 200,000 at most inopportune moment in the competition.

The 24 remaining players are now all guaranteed US$600 and opportunities to draw those Mystery Bounties for every bust out they execute.

The action resumes at Level 14 with the blinds at 15,000/30,000 (3,000).

Erik Rozhynskyi opens from UTG and gets a 3-bet shove from Jhon Hendri in the BB. Rozhynskyi puts in the calling chips.

Hendri flips over A♠ 8♠ while Rozhynskyi shows 6♥ 5♥ .

The flop offered draws for both: T♠ 7♣ 9♦ and the turn gave Rozhynskyi a hit with the 5♦ . However, The Indonesian got one of his open-ended outs on the river as the J♥ arrives and gives him a straight that extends his tournament life. Rozhynskyi didn’t even flinch.

Alex Wong raises from the +1 position to 30,000 and is called by Jhon Hendri in the CO and Hoang Hai Nam in the BB.

The flop comes 5♣ A♦ 2♣ as Hoang checks. Wong CBets to 60,000 and makes his opposition fold.

Chip-leader Jhon Hendri opens from the +1 position for 60,000 and gets 3-bet from the HJ by Erik Rozhynskyi to 155,000. Hendri calls.

The flop comes 7♠ 4♣ T♣ as Hendri checks. Rozhynskyi CBets it to 75,000 and gets check-raised by Hendri to 175,000. The Ukrainian 3-bet shoves for 500,000 and sends Hendri into the tank. The Indonesian utilizes two Time Bank cards while excruciating on his move. His next move is to fold and allow Rozhynskyi to hit the seven-figure mark again.

Less than an hour ago, Rozhynskyi was down to less than ten BBs. Now he’s second in chips behind Hendri.

Alex Wong opens from UTG and gets 3-bet to 135,000 on the D of Erik Rozhynskyi. Wong calls.

The flop comes 6♥ 6♠ 4♥ as Wong checks. Rozhynskyi unloads 85,000 and the hand ends.

Rozhynskyi eclipses the 1.2M mark is the de facto table captain.

Malaysia’s Alex Wong opens from UTG for 80,000 and gets caller in chip-leader Jhon Hendri on the D and Hoang Hai Nam in the BB.

The flop goes A♣ 9♥ 8♦ as all skip this street. The turn is the 6♣ as it is checked to Hendri who leads out for 100,000 and gets no callers. Hendri’s stack continues to swell.

Michael Truong of the United States opens from the CO for 8,000 and gets three callers.

The flop is K♥ 2♦ 4♥ as everyone chooses to check. The turn is the T♣ and it is checked back to Truong who bets 20,000. The action folds back to the BB where Erik Rozhynskyi of the Ukraine raises it to 38,000. Truong folds. Both stacks are well above the 300,000 chip mark.

Former chip-leader Zheng Anshu of China opens from the D for 30,000 and gets called in the BB by present chip-leader Erik Rozhynskyi.

The flop is Q♥ 5♦ J♠ as Rozhynskyi checks. Zheng CBets to 30,000 anew and Rozhynskyi doesn’t continue in the hand.

The action is folded to chip-leader Jhon Hendri who opens from the D for 100,000. Vietnam’s Huynh Ngoc Thai 3-bets all-in from the BB for 695,000. Hendri makes the call.

Huynh turns over A♣ 3♦ while Hendri has him dominated with A♦ K♦ .

The subsequent runout goes: 4♠ Q♣ 4♣ K♣ (for assurance) 7♠ .

Hendri drew for Huynh’s bounty and got the $3,000 envelop, the last big bounty.

Hoang Hai Nam opens from the +1 position for 65,000 but then Alex Wong 3-bet shoves from the CO for all his chips worth 490,000. Hoang gives it a think through and burns one Time Card in the process. The Vietnamese icon eventually decides to fold.