Main Event

That’s a wrap! Day 1B is officially over. 61 players officially made it through the day. The chip leader is Nguyen Thai Duong with 315.5K followed by Norbert Koh with 307k. We will have a recap and chip counts available shortly.

- ante 2500

Preflop raise war led to Sajal Gupta all in and Victor Chong making the call. Gupta 9♣ 9♥ , Chong K♦ Q♦ , the board bricked. Chong down to 65k, Gupta over 180k.

- ante 2500

Yong Quan had a beauty hand earlier, a rare straight flush to stay in the game, He double up again, this time with A♥ J♣ trips over a player’s T♣ T♠ on a board of J♥ J♦ 7♣ 3♠ K♦ . He is up to 140k.

- ante 2500

Double knockout for Wu Lam. He had Q♠ Q♥ , another player with 8♣ 8♥ , and the third one with Q♦ T♦ . The board ran 2♠ 3♠ 9♦ 6♠ A♠ for a winning flush to the already ahead Wu. With that, we are down to 71 players.

- 2000

Short stacked Yong Quan was all in with 9♥ 8♥ and Kyle Lim called with J♥ J♣ . The flop was a big game changer with it running 6♥ T♥ 7♥ for a straight flush to Quan. That pretty much ended the hand. The turn Q♣ and river J♠ improved Lim to a set but still had to pay the double up.

- 2000

Nguyen Thai Duong is now the clear leader with over 300k. On a flop T♥ 9♠ 5♣ , a player was all in with Q♠ J♦ and Dong challenged with A♣ Q♣ . The turn 5♥ and river 4♣ were bunk and ace high was good for Duong to sweep it.

- 2000

Nick Gorman raised to 6k and got three callers to join him to the flop of Q♠ T♦ 6♣ . Action was checked to Gorman bet 12k and only Tu Le called. On the A♥ turn, Gorman checked, Le bet 23.5k, Gorman shoved, and snap call by Le. Gorman A♣ T♥ two pair, Le 6♠ 6♥ set. The river 9♦ didn’t improve Gorman and he paid the double up. Le climbed to 165k, Gorman down to 70k.

- 2000

Chang Gon Lee is one of the more aggressive players out there. His stack has been swinging all day and he may even be on his second bullet. This level kicked off with Lee putting the heat on thick winning a couple of pots back to back. The meatier one was a three-way pot that saw a flop 9♠ 2♠ 3♦ . BB checked, Lee bet 15k, Eric Tsai called, and BB folded. On the 2♥ turn, Lee fired 20k, and Tsai called, On the 5♦ river, Lee dropped in 30k and this time Tsai surrendered. Lee is up to around 200k.

- 2000

Players are back from the last break of the day. Two more levels to play before they bag up. 91 remaining. Current leader is still Kyle Patrick Lim though he has dropped in chips. He sits with around 260k. Second chip leader is Nguyen Thai Duong with 215k.

- ante 1600

In the previous level, Alex Lee won a pot with his Q-8 full house on a board of Q-2-2-8-8. In this round, he piped in another 40k to his stack in this hand. Action began with an MP player raising to 3500, SB Lee three-bet to 8500, MP called. On the flop 2♣ 3♠ 2♠ , Lee bet 8k and was called. On the 8♦ turn, Lee fired 25k and again he was called. On the river T♣ , Lee put it all out front sending the MP player tanking for nearly five minutes. The clock was called and MP folded. Lee won the pot to around 150k.

- ante 1600

It has taken us a while to get this up but we now have the official numbers for Day 1B. There were 202 players, 48 re-entered, for a total of 250 entries. At the time of writing, 99 players remaining.

- ante 1600

And the rich get richer…. Kyle Patrick Lim woke up on the big blind with A♣ A♦ to the dismay of the all in player with 3♦ 3♥ . The board ran clean and Lim booted out another.

- ante 1200

We have a new chip leader and he is one of the few Filipino players that made the trip to Vietnam. Kyle Patrick Lim shipped a mountain of chips to drive his stack to over 290k. We caught the action when the small blind player moved all in with 18.9k, big blind call, and as well on UTG. At the flop J♥ 9♦ 4♥ , BB check-called Lim’s 20k bet for a side pot. On the 7♦ turn, action was the same with another 20k check-called by the BB. On the river T♥ , it was checked down. All three players showed. SB A♠ 5♠ for bust; BB A♥ Q♣ for ace high; and Lim A♦ J♦ pair to scoop it all up.

- ante 1200

Three players limped in before Richard Mari on the button. He raised to 6500 and two limpers called, Vu Duc Trung and Do Hoang Quan. At the flop Q♥ 9♠ 2♠ , action was checked to the raiser Mari, he c-bet 6500, Trung raised to 14k, Quan folded, and Mari flat-called. On the 9♦ turn, Trung shoved his 30.1k stack sending Mari tanking. Mari folded.

- ante 1200

With registration closed, instead of seeing the numbers climbing, they are now dropping with players falling by the wayside. We are down to 116 players.

- ante 1000

Ouch! Nasty river sends Abhisek Panda out at the hands of Nick Gorman. On a flop J♠ T♦ J♣ and a pot of 16.5k pre-brewed, Gorman checked, Panda bet 5500, Gorman shoved with a stack that well covered Panda. Panda tanked for some time then called for his tournament life. Gorman opened K♦ Q♠ draw while Panda held K♣ K♠ two pair. The turn T♣ still had Panda ahead but the river A♠ improved Gorman to a straight to burn Panda’s two pair. Gorman climbed to 137k.

- ante 1000

On a flop 5♠ J♦ 7♦ , a short stack was all in for 7k and Victor Chong made the call. Chong had A♦ 3♦ flush draw and the at risk player with K♣ 7♣ second pair. The turn 3♥ was safe for the short stack but the river 4♦ granted Chong the flush to ship it in while bumping one out.

- ante 1000

Lim Yohwan was on his second bullet and still couldn’t make it happen. He shoved with A-Q and fell to Wang Ting Hung’s Q-Q on a dry board.

- ante 800

UTG+ 2 Tran Son Thach was already one of the biggest stacks when he shipped in all of Nicolas Ragot’s chips to zoom to 240k. The hand began with Thach raising to 2500, Ragot re-raised to 5500, and Thach called. At the flop K♦ 9♥ T♦ , both players checked. The turn 4♥ saw Thach check again, Ragot bet 6k, and Thach called. On the river 8♦ , Thach checked, Nicolas bet 10k, Thach check-raised 24k, then Nicolas pushed. With only 12k more for Thach to call, he tossed it in. Nicolas had A♦ K♣ for top pair but it was no good against Thach’s 8♠ 8♥ set.

- ante 800

Huu Dung Nguyen raised to 2k then went ahead and called En Ching Wu’s all in. Wu had A♠ J♦ , Huu with A♥ Q♠ , the board ran low with no hits for either. Huu railed Wu and climbed to 100k.

- ante 800

Mike Takayama has enjoyed a steady rise at his table, one of his recent wins, he shoved on the big blind and shipped in a pretty good pot. That hand initially saw an MP player raise to 2500 which was called by four players before action was on Takayama.

However, several hands later, Takayama ran into one of the sickest spreads that sent his stack spiraling down to 15k. Up against Hieu Ngo who limped in, Takayama raised to 5k, Ngo three-bet to 14k, Takayama shoved, Ngo called. Takayama had Q♣ Q♠ , Ngo with 6♥ 6♦ , the board ran a crazy Q♥ 8♠ 4♠ 6♣ 6♠ for a double up to Ngo to 80k.

- ante 800

From UTG+1, Nick Gorman raised to 2k, got called by both the button and big blind Eric Tsai. The flop T♦ 6♦ 5♥ had Tsai pass to Gorman who c-bet 3500, called by both players. On the 7♠ turn, all checked and the river came T♠ . Tsai led for 11.7k and claimed the pot with no callers.

- ante 800

This is the last level to enter. After this round, remaining players will play to the end of Level 14.

- ante 600

Action kicked off with four players in on an unraised pot, the flop landed 9♥ 8♦ Q♣ , SB checked, BB Victor Chong checked, UTG Nguyen Tuan Anh bet 1700, DB called, SB folded, and Chong called to bring it to three to the turn T♦ . Action proceeded, Chong checked, Anh checked, DB bet 3200, both Chong and Anh called. On the river J♣ - straight showing - Chong checked, Anh bet 22k, no calls followed to award him the pot. Anh climbed to 85k.

- ante 600

From the cutoff seat, Markus Garberg raised to 1500 and got one caller in the small blind Abhisek Panda. At the flop 2♠ 2♥ Q♠ , both players checked. On the 8♥ turn, Panda took a stab and bet 1700, Garberg called. On fifth street 6♣ , Panda sent out 4300 and Garberg paid to see. Panda opened K♠ Q♣ and won it with Garberg mucking. Panda up to 62k.

- ante 600

On a flop 9♠ 7♠ 5♦ , two players were all in, one of them Sun Tan. Tan had A♠ J♠ and his opponent had 8♣ 8♠ . The turn J♥ gave Tan the lead, and with the river 7♦ , he won the pot while sending one out of the running. Tan at 65k.

- ante 500

We missed the action but winning player Richard Mari filled in some of the details. Action began with a raise in the middle of the orbit, SB Wu Kui Song three-bet, BB Mari four-bet to 16k, and only Song called. At the flop J-10-8 with two diamonds, Song checked, Mari shoved, and Song called. Mari A♠ K♣ , Song A♦ Q♦ . The turn and river 7-Q gave Mari a straight, and with neither of them a diamond, Mari shipped a double up to cross into 100k. Song fell to 16k.

- ante 500

Two players stand out with big stacks, Tran Son Thach and Do Hoang Quan both have roughly 130k.

- ante 500

Nice pot for Richard Mari here. Action was initiated by Sumit Sapra with a raise to 1200, called by the lady next door, and as well by BB Richard Mari. At the flop J♥ 9♥ K♦ , all three checked. On the K♣ turn, Mari led for 2500, Sapra folded, lady raised to 5600, Mari three-bet to 13.5k, and Mari won it with no call, Mari now at 42k.

- ante 500

Wu Kui Song picked up a couple of pots to bring his stack to 70k. His first one saw him all in with Q♦ J♣ against a player with A-K on a board showing Q♠ 6♣ 2♦ Q♣ . His opponent was drawing dead. The river J♥ improved Song though not needed.

Next hand was a smaller one. He raised from the button to 1300 and Duy Anh defended on the big blind. At the flop 3♠ A♥ J♦ , Anh checked, Song c-bet 1100, and claimed it. He is now at 70k.

- ante 500

Level 7 has kicked off. There are 227 total entries - 193 uniques and 34 re-entries. There are 186 players currently on the floor. The teams event has also taken off with two tables running. We will have the lowdown on that event in our evening recap.

- ante 500

Level 7 has kicked off. There are 227 total entries - 193 uniques and 34 re-entries. There are 186 players currently on the floor. The teams event has also taken off with two tables running. We will have the lowdown on that event in our evening recap.

- ante 400

We arrived at the table with three players all in and a flop showing 4♣ T♥ 7♦ . One player held 8♦ 9♦ draw, another with J♥ T♦ top pair, and Vu Duc Trung with 6♣ 5♦ straight. The turn A♣ and river 8♥ kept Trung ahead to ship a triple and boot one out in the process. Trung climbed to 50k.

- ante 400

Dhanesh Chainani is in action here today. One of his recent hands saw him raise to 1k, called by the blinds, SB Amanpreet Singh and BB player. At the flop A♣ Xx 3♦ , Singh checked, BB bet 2k, Chainani called, Singh raised to 8k, BB folded, and back to Chainani with a call. On the Xx turn and 5♦ river, no bets by either and Singh won with A♦ T♥ two pair. He is up to 45k.

- ante 400

Dhaval Mudgal is on his second bullet and if he busts, he will have to return tomorrow if he wants in on the pot. We chanced upon him all in with a short stack of 16k. He had A♣ K♠ up against 7♣ 7♦ . The board ran well for him 8♠ A♥ T♦ K♣ K♥ .

- ante 400

Danny McDonagh has just announced that we have doubled the Day 1A numbers with 210 flashing on the screens. Among the newcomers were WSOP bracelet winner Mike Takayama. Also at the felt are Markus Garberg, Victor Chong, and Eric Tsai.

- ante 400

Heavy pre-flop betting began with a button raise by Luen Hei Kwok, three-bet to 2K by the SB player, back to Luen who four-bet 7500, and SB called. The flop spread 7♠ 9♠ 6♣ , SB bet 5k, Luen shoved his 12.5k total stack and got called. Luen K♣ K♦ , SB T♣ T♥ , the turn 3♠ and river Q♠ , completed the board for a double up to Luen.

- ante 300

UTG Tzai Wei Phua raised to 600 and found three callers to join him to the flop. The cards landed K♥ 8♣ 4♦ , everyone checked. On the T♣ turn, Tzai bet 1200, got two callers. On the river 2♣ , Tzai bet 1600, one caller raised to 3200k, one folded, Tza called. Tzai showed K♠ J♥ and won it. He is up to 45k.

- ante 300

No rest for the champion. Not long after winning the Bounty Event, Pham Bao jumped in the main and drew a seat at the feature table where we caught him win a sizable pot. Action began with UTG+2 raising to 900, DB called, and SB Pham called. On the flop 5♦ Q♥ 7♥ , action was sent to the raiser who c-bet 1800. DB folded while Pham called. On the turn 6♠ , Pham led for 3500 and took it down without a challenge.

- ante 300

A couple of players at one of the outer tables have doubled up, Zarvan Tumboli and Nguyen Tuan Anh. First one to ship a double was Tumboli with K♦ K♠ paid by a player with K♣ 6♣ that saw the board complete 3♦ 7♣ 8♣ 8♦ 6♥ , all in on the flop.

For Anh, he pushed his short stack holding 7♦ 9♦ and got called by a player with A♣ 2♣ . The board ran J♥ A♠ T♦ 8♦ for a straight to Anh, and with the river 5♥ , he shipped a double up. He is still very low though with just 6.2k.

- ante 300

Unfortunately we missed all the action prior to the turn board 4♦ 3♥ 2♥ A♠ with three players with all their stacks out front. The biggest stack was Hai Chuot with J♣ J♦ , second stack Sumit Sapra with K♣ K♦ , and shortest was Duy Anh with 5♠ 5♦ straight. The river 3♦ ensured the win for Duy for a sweet triple up. He is at 60k.

- ante 200

Action began with Wang Ting Hung open 500 that saw four players call. At the flop 2♥ K♦ T♣ , it was checked to the raiser Wang, he bet 1k and got one caller from the HJ player to his left. The turn 2♠ produced heavier betting with Wang sliding out 2600, HJ raised to 5700, Wang called. On the river A♥ , both checked, Wang opened A♠ T♦ for two pair to defeat A♣ Q♥ . Wang up to 45k.

- ante 200

Four players were in on a raised pot to 600 preflop. The flop landed A♥ 5♥ 3♣ . Action checked to the CO player Hinh Van Thanh, he bet 1k, SB player check-raised to 4K, BB folded, UTG folded, back to Thanh who three-bet to 11k, and with that, he won it. SB folded.

The Bounty Event completed with Pham Bao taking it down. He shipped the VND 142,450,000 first prize along with a 12 bounty rewards totalling VND 24,000,000. Congratulations to Pham! We will have those results for you at the end of the day.

- ante 200

Entering the new round, we are now up to 164 entries- 154 players and 10 re-entries. Those on the fence, time to jump in. Lots of great action here today. Among the newcomers are Choong Kian Weng, En- Ching Wu, Huu Dung Nguyen, Dang Van Hien, Sun Tan, Zarvan Tumboli, Hung Sheng Lin, and Norbert Koh.

- ante 100

We caught a couple of hands with one of India’s top ranking pros, Raghav Bansal. The first one had 19.2k in the middle and the board was 6♣ 5♦ T♥ 4♣ , SB player was deep in thought as she faced MP player Bansal who had 23.8k out in front. Bansal won it with no call made.

Next pot the board completed to 5♣ Q♦ 7♣ A♣ 9♦ , CO player bet 1500 to a small pot and Bansal decided to toss in the call to see the hand. CO opened K♣ K♠ . Bansal mucked. Bansal has 72k.

- ante 100

BB player raised to 600, SB Hai Chuot called, BB Dhaval Mudgal three-bet to 3k, DB folded and Chuot called. At the flop 6♦ 7♥ 6♥ , Chuot check-raised Mudgal’s 2500 bet to bring it up to 6100. Mudgal called. On the Q♠ turn, Chuot led for 10k, Mudgal flat-called. On the J♥ river, Chuot was all in and Mudgal folded. Chuot up to 51k, Mudgal drops to 10.2k.

- ante 100

Players have now entered the ante stage. Numbers continue to climb with 14 tables running. There are 131 unique players, 4 re-entries, for 135 total so far. Recent Manila champion Lim Yohwan aka Boxer has taken a seat.

Ryo Soo earned himself a pot but before doing so, he was put to to the test by Vincent Chauve. Catching the action at the flop T♦ 4♣ 2♥ and a pot of 1600 pre-brewed, sb Chauve checked, checked by BB Ryo, bet of 700 by the mid position player, back to Chauve who called, Ryo raised to 2k, MP player folded, Chauve three-bet to 5300, and after tanking, Ryo called.

The turn Q♠ saw Chauve jump out with a 7k bet and once this time Ryo went deeper into the tank then eventually called. On the 7♣ river, both checked. Chauve with A♠ 3♠ , Ryo won the pot with T♥ 9♥ pair. Ryo climbed to 55k.

Halfway through round 2 and we’ve already surpassed Day 1A’s 105 total entries. We are currently at 119 uniques plus 2 re-entries. Among the newcomers are Alan King Lun Lau, Kunal Patni, Soo Jo Kim, Wilson Lim, Nguyen Dang Toan (Welcome Event winner), Hai Chuot, and Tuan La.

Players have just finished the first level of the day. The goal is to survive Day 1B’s scheduled 14 rounds. Each round is 40 minutes. The screens currently show 99 entries. Players that bust out will have one extra bullet allowed.

Nice pot earned by Phong Ngoc Son. He limped in from mid-position, two players joined in, big blind raised to 600, back to Son who called along with the button player for a three-way look at the flop. The flop 7♣ 2♠ 3♠ saw the aggressive BB player fire 1100, and both Son and BB called. On the turn 5♠ , another quick 2k was fired again by BB and this time only Son called. On the river 9♦ , BB tossed in 4k, Son tanked, then finally mustered the courage to call. BB had 4♠ 4♦ , Son had 4♣ 6♣ straight to scoop the pot. Son chipped up to 61k.

Running alongside the main is the Bounty Event with 9 players back at 1230pm. We will have those results for you at the end of day recap.

Among the crowd are Thinh Nu, Le Ngoc Khanh, Nick Gorman, Michael Kim Falcon, and Erik Billgren. There are currently 75 players and climbing.

Welcome to Day 1B of the WPT Vietnam MAIN EVENT - VND 8 Billion Guaranteed! Action has already begun with six tables running here at Pro Poker Club. WPT anticipates this event will set a new WPT Asia record. WPT India’s 527 entries is the number to beat. We will bring all the action to your screens via our live updates. Good luck to all the players!