Mystery Bounty ($565)

After the ICM chop that both players agreed upon, the battle for the commenced and in the very first hand, Vietnam’s Tran Cong Huan raises to 200,000 from D/SB and got re-raised to 500,000 by heads up opponent Jhon Hendri of Indonesia. Tran 4-bets all-in and Hendri, who barely covers Tran, makes the call.

Tran turns over K♥ 8♥ while Hendri is elated to table A♥ 8♣ .

The runout goes: Q♠ Q♣ T♠ 5♥ 9♣ as Jhon Hendri wins the title and Tran is officially the runner-up.

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

China’s Zheng Anshu has the action folded to him on the SB and shoves for his still substantial stack of 1,150,000 and gets called by chip-leader Jhon Hendri on the BB.

Zheng flips over A♦ 3♥ while Hendri has hum crushed with A♣ K♠.

The runout goes: 6♣ 6♠ 7♠ 5♦ 9♠ as Big Slick holds for the Indonesian and the Mystery Bounty now enters Heads Up.

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 Indoensian folds

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.

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.

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.

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 Jhon Hendri opens from UTG to 40,000 and is 3-bet in the HJ by Erik Rozhynskyi for 200,000. Hendri calls.

The flop is 3♣ A♥ 2♦ as Hendri checks. Rozhynskyi CBets it to 100,000 and gets check-raised all-in by Hendri. Rozhynskyi chooses to 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.

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.

The action is folded to the blinds as Zheng Anshu raises from the SB to 75,000. Chip leader Jhon Hendri defends his BB.

The flop comes 6♥ 8♣ 9♣ as both players check. The turn is the 9♦ as Zheng checks, Hendri bets 100,000 and Zheng releases his hand.

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.

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.

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 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.

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 Huynh Ngoc Thai who raises to 30,000 from the D. The Jhon Hendri 3-bets all-in from the BB for 115,000. Huynh goes in the tank so long that he ends up using three of his six allotted Time Bank cards before deciding to fold.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Zheng Anshu once again opens, this time from UTG for 12,000 and calls from the blinds.

The flop shows 9♣ 2♦ 5♥ as the blinds check it back to the chip-leader who CBets to 22,000. The player in the SB folds but Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri in the BB check-raises all-in for his remaining 72,000. Zheng makes the call.

Hendri flips over 6♦ 6♥ for middle pair while the player from China tables A♠ J♦ for two over cards to the board.

None of those over cards appear as the 9♠ and Q♦ award the pot to Hendri.

Zheng’s stack now goes below 700,000 but he is still the chip-leader.

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.

Jhon Hendri of Indonesia raises from the +1 position to 8,000 and the action folds all the way to the BB of Frances Jean Dufour who opts to defend his BB.

The flop is 8♥ 4♦ 2♥ as Dufour checks. Hendri CBets for 7,000 and gets check-raised by the Frenchman to 20,000. The Indonesian 3-bets all-in for his remaining 89,000 and gets called.

Hendri tables J♥ T♥ for a flush draw while DuFour has K♦ 8♦ for top pair on the flop.

The turn is the 9♠ and the river is the Q♦ as Hendri was buying something but ended purchasing something else for the win: a runner-runner straight that brings him to the 200,000 chip mark while Dufour slips into the danger zone with less than 20 BBs.

Not long after losing a majority of his chips to Shin Pilho, Alex Wong of Malaysia is opening the action from the CO for 2,000 and gets a call from the Indonesia’s Jhon Hendri in the SB.

The flop comes 3♦ 2♠ 8♥ as Hendri checks. Wong continues for 1,500 and gets called. The turn is the 7♦ as once again the Indonesian checks. Wong barrels away again, this time for 3,000 and Hendri stays sticky. The river is the Q♣ as Hendri checks for a third time. The Malaysian loads up and unleashes a river bet of 8,000. Hendri still makes the call.

Wong flips over Q♦ Q♠ for a set on the river. Hendri chooses to muck his cards. Wong could be on the precipice of a comeback run.