Main Event

A rocking day at the felt has come to an end with 32 players remaining in the Main Event. Bagging up the lead was Hamish Crawshaw with 1,281,000. Joining him up top also with over a mil was Aditya Agarwal with 1,137,000. We shall see you back here tomorrow. Stay tuned for the recap with all the details including the record VN₫ 18 billion prize pool set by WPT here in Vietnam.

Day 3 – Chip Counts & Seat Draw

Hon Cheong Lee doubled up JC Sayo in a previous hand to bring him down to around 340k then found a spot to make up the loss. Heavy preflop betting against Michael Seymour led to both all in. Seymour with K♦ K♥ , Lee with A♠ Q♠ , the board came Q♦ J♣ 6♠ Q♣ T♣ for certain victory. Lee up to 720k, Seymour down to around 80k.

Eliminations 33rd - 36th - VN₫ 105,829,000

33rd Eu Woong Kim (Canada) 34th Jimmy Guerrero (France) 35th Burin Shinawatra (Thailand) 36th Jun Yamada (Thailand)

Action preflop saw hijack Martin Stausholm raise to 25k, sb Phan Huu Minh Tri three-bet to 60k, called by Stausholm. On the flop 7♠ 6♣ 2♦ , Phan c-bet 40k, called by Stausholm. The turn Q♣ , Phan switched up and checked, Stausholm took the chance to bet 100k, Phan shoved (206k), Stausholm called.

Phan J♦ J♠ Stausholm 9♦ 9♠

The river 2♠ was a double up for Phan to 620k, Stausholm dropped to 420k.

Button player JC Sayo raised to 22k, bb Hon Cheong Lee shoved his big stack that well covered Sayo, Sayo called and put himself at risk.

Sayo A♥ Q♠ Lee 5♦ 5♥

The board ran T♥ 9♥ T♣ 3♠ A♠ for a higher pair spiked on the river by Sayo. He doubled up to 481k. Lee dropped to 340k.

Two players from India faced off, Jaideep Sajwan and Aditya Agarwal. Sajwan opened the betting to 22k, Agarwal called from the big blind. On the flop 7♦ 4♣ 9♠ , Agarwal checked, Sajwan bet 17k, Agarwal called. The turn A♣ , Agarwal checked again, Sajwan bet 17k, called again by Agarwal. The river A♥ , Agarwal checked, Sajwan bet 155k, Agarwal called. Sajwan showed A♠ Q♥ trips, Agarwal mucked. Sajwan up to 800k.

William Kang raised to 23k, and bb JC Sayo defended. The flop A♠ 2♦ T♠ , Sayo checked, Kang c-bet 22k, called by Sayo. The turn J♣ , Sayo checked again, Kang shoved 294k, Sayo tank-folded. Kang up to 390k.

Aditya Agarwal is now at 1.4m after winning chips off Doan Tien Thanh. With everyone folding to the button Doan, he raised to 23k, bb Agarwal defended and they saw the flop Q♥ T♣ 5♥ . Agarwal check-called a 23k c-bet. On the 7♣ turn, Agarwal check-called a 40k bet. Then with the river A♣ , Agarwal checked, Doan fired 100k, Agarwal called once more, Doan mucked. Agarwal didn’t have to show.

Eliminations 37th - 45th - VN₫ 96,965,000 (~US$ 4,200) 37th Tom Alner (UK) 38th Tran Hoai Linh (Vietnam) 39th Peter Robertson (Australia) 40th Tran Anh Trung (Vietnam) 41st Bobby Xinghua Zhou (Singapore) 42nd Tai Chen Lye (Singapore) 43rd Dang Duy Thanh (Vietnam) 44th Pham Thang Tung (Vietnam) 45th Binh Zhang (China)

Eliminations 46th -47th - VN₫ 88,643,000 (~US$ 3,800) 46th Alan King Lun Lau (Hong Kong) 47th You Heung Youl (Korea)

Vincent Chauve is a monster. He has built up a very big stack, crushing the table, and now delivering the bubble in Hieu Ngo. Ngo lost a series of big pots that left him with a very short stack of 68k. He had it all in with 8♠ 8♥ against Chauve’s drawing overcards A♠ T♥ . The flop came 6♠ J♣ T♦ for a higher pair immediately awarded to Chauve. The turn K♠ and river 5♦ didn’t improve Ngo to bust out on the bubble. Chauve now at 850k.

Everyone remaining is in the money. They play until the end of Level 19. From here on, it’s payday.

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21:40: You Heung Youl rivers it to stay alive Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

You Heung Youl looked down at A♣ K♠ and shoved (55k). He was called by Han Cheong Lee with Q♥ 7♦ . When the flop ran Q♣ 2♣ 8♣ , Youl was in danger of elimination with Lee spiking a pair however, Youl had plenty of outs to help him. The turn 8♦ wasn’t one of the, and with the big rail eagerly awaiting the river, it came down K♥ for a higher pair and a happy victory for Youl. He doubled to 120k.

Cutoff Rubin Labroo raised to 17k, button Doan Tien Thanh called, blinds folded, flop landed J♥ A♥ Q♠ . Labroo checked, Doan bet 15k, Labroo called. The turn 5♣ saw more bets with a check from Labroo, 25k bet by Doan, called again by Labroo. The river K♥ , Labroo switched up and bet 105k, no call from Doan. Labroo showed 6♠ and scooped it up to rise to 650k.

We have reached the bubble! There are 48 players remaining, only 47 get paid. They are now hand-for-hand.

Vincent Chauve 730k Aditya Agarwal 665k Rubin Labroo 577k Huynh Duc Tai 550k

David Erquiaga is currently Hieu Ngo’s nemesis with another tower shaved off. Ngo raised to 15k from utg, hijack called, button Erquiaga three-bet to 50k, called only by Ngo. On the flop 7♥ Q♠ 8♥ and turn A♠ , both players checked. On the river 7♠ , Ngo checked, Erquiaga shoved, no call from Ngo who went down to 150k. Erquiaga chipped up to 580k.

Having just scooped up all of David Tai‘s stack, Hamish Crawshaw was at it again. Action was set off by mp Jimmy Guerrero with a 14k raise, button Crawshaw called. The flop 8♦ 5♠ 8♣ and turn K♦ saw Crawshaw call bets of 15k and 78k. The river 5♣ , Guerrero checked, Crawshaw all in, Guerrero opted to fold. Crawshaw up to 630k, Guerrero dropped to 290k.

Crazy hand on table 2 with two players looking to capitalize off the other only to find out it was a set over set. The hand opened with mp raising to 14k, button David Hsing Tai called, bb Hamish Crawshaw joined in for a three-way to the flop 7♦ 5♣ 9♣ . Crawshaw led 20k, mp and Tai called. On the turn 5♥ , Crawshaw sent out 15k, mp folded, Tai called. On the river 3♠ , Crawshaw checked, Tai all in for 75k, Crawshaw called. Tai showed 7♠ 7♣ full house but it wasn’t good enough for a double up with Crawshaw tabling 9♦ 9♥ higher full house. Tai out, Crawshaw up to 510k.

Action kicked off with mp Jaideep Sajwan laying out a 13k raise, cutoff called, bb Thanh Dang defended, and all three went to see the flop 3♠ 6♦ 8♥ . Action was checked to the cutoff player who bet 16k, Thanh called, Sajwan raised to 54k, cutoff folded, Thanh called. The turn J♦ , Thanh checked, Sajwan all in for 160k, Thanh folded. Sajwan up to 320k, Thanh dropped to 110k.

Everyone folded to the button Peter Robertson, he raised to 13k. Sb folded, bb Jin Yong defended. At the flop J♦ 7♥ K♣ , Yong checked, Robertson fired 15k, called again by Yong. The turn T♦ no bets landed and the river felted 5♣ . Yong checked, Robertson banged out a large 76k, Yong all in (80k), and Robertson called the 4k difference.

Yong K♠ 7♣ two pair Robertson Q♣ 6♠ bluff

Double up for Yong to 220k.

Action packed table 6 where Vincent Chauve has been taking control. However, in this hand, the bout was between Chen Da Jia and Nguyen Chi Thinh. Mp Nguyen raised to 16k, called by hijack, three-bet 45k by cutoff Chen, called by Nguyen while hijack got out of the way. The flop T♦ 2♥ 8♠ , Nguyen checked, Chen bet 30k, Nguyen called. On the turn 2♠ , Nguyen checked, Chen all in (73k), Nguyen tank-folded. Nguyen down to 190k, Chen up to 240k.

Hieu Ngo continued to fall, this time it was David Erquiaga taking some. Action began with lo-jack raising to 11k, cutoff Erquiaga called, sb called, bb Ngo called. At the flop 8♥ T♣ 5♥ , sb checked, Ngo bet 20k, called by lo-jack, Erquiaga shoved (156k). Only Ngo called.

Ngo J♥ 4♥ flush draw Erquiaga 8♠ 8♦ set

The turn 4♠ and river 5♣ kept Erquiaga ahead to double up to 400k. Ngo down to 210k.

If this were boxing, this round would be a knock out for Vincent Chauve who sent another player to his doom. This time it was Toan Phan booted. He was all in with his short stack of 55k, Chauve called on the small blind. Chauve A♣ 5♣ , Phan 3♦ 3♣ , the board ran 2♠ A♥ 4♥ Q♦ 2♥ for a higher pair spiked by Chauve. He now has 720k.

Mp player raised to 12k, hijack Alok Birewar called, cutoff Hamish Crawshaw three-bet to 42k, mp folded, Birewar called. The flop J♥ 4♦ 5♦ , Birewar checked to the aggressor Crawshaw who bet 27k, called by Birewar. On the turn Q♣ , Birewar checked again, Crawshaw bet 55k, this time Birewar folded but not after a long deliberation. Crawshaw up to 390k, Birewar down to 240k.

Huynh Duc Tai is currently leading the race with 760k having just knocked out Joel Hammen. The hand saw Hammen four-bet shove his short stack and big stacked Huynh easily called.

Huynh 4♦ 4♥ Hammen A♦ K♣

The board ran dry for Hammen. Huynh shipped it.

Vincent Chauve is on fire this round picking up another sizable pot to climb to 660k. Choo Yoh Han four-bet all in and Chauve snap-called. Han with Q♠ T♦ , Chauve with a much stronger A♦ K♦ , the board ran 6♠ 4♣ A♥ Ah 7♠ and out went Han.

Preflop battle between two locals saw lo-jack Dinh Xuan Dinh slide in a 12k raise, bb Nguyen Nam Duong defended on the big blind. When the flop came 7♥ T♥ J♦ , Nguyen checked, Dinh c-bet 12k, called by Nguyen. The turn A♦ same action with Nguyen check-calling 25k to bring on the river { Q♦ . Nguyen checked, Dinh bet 47k, Nguyen jammed (162k), Dinh folded leaving himself 120k behind. Nguyen up to 300k.

Mp Hieu Ngo and Vincent Chauve meet again. Ngo raised to 12k, button Chauve three-bet to 35k, back to Ngo, he four-bet to 85k, Chauve called. At the flop Q♥ K♠ 8♥ , check by Ngo, Chauve bet 55k, called. The turn 5♥ another check from Ngo, Chauve shoved 219k, Ngo tank-folded while showing K♣ top pair. Ngo down to 280k, Chauve up to 510k.

Level 15: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 4000

Hijack Vincent Chauve raised to 9k, button called, bb Hieu Ngo three-bet to 35k, Chauve called, button folded. At the flop 5♥ 2♥ 6♦ , Ngo c-bet another 35k and was called. The turn 5♦ , Ngo checked, Chauve bet 40k, Ngo tank-folded. Chauve up to 330k. Ngo dipped to 400k

Level 15: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 4000

Aditya Agarwal scored two huge pots to send him into the leadership zone. The first hand saw him take command with bets pref, flop, and a shove on the turn 7♥ 6♠ T♣ . He was called down every time by Pham Minh Tuan. Agarwal showed K♦ 8♦ , Pham { T♠ T♥ set, the river 5♦ was one of the outs Agarwal needed to complete his straight to send Pham fuming in defeat. Agarwal zoomed to 420k, Pham plunged to 16k.

Next hand, Agarwal knocked out two players simultaneously- Pham and Iori Yogo. After a preflop betting war, all chips were out front.

Pham Q♣ T♣ , Yogo J♦ J♥ , Agarwal A♥ K♣ . The board ran 4♠ 4♦ 7♥ K♦ Q♠ . Agarwal up to 600k.

Level 15: Blinds 2000-4000 ante 4000

A splash of chips entered the pot preflop initiated by the utg+1 player. Lo-jack Josh McCully, cutoff Martin Stausholm, and bb Francis Garson all joined to the flop 2♠ A♣ K♣ . Garson checked, urg+1 c-bet 12k, called only by McCully. The turn A♦ both checked. On the river K♦ , McCully bet 9k and got check-called. McCully showed A♠ 8♠ full house. He is back up to 200k.

One of the most decorated Asian players remaining is Japanese pro Iori Yogo. He entered with a short stack and hasn’t made much ground until now. He earned a triple up to rise to 170k. He was all in preflop with 6♠ 6♥ and was called by two players one with pocket nines and the other with pocket queens. With the worst hand, Yogo was in danger of elimination however the board ran 7♠ 2♣ K♣ 6♦ 4♣ to give him a victorious set.

Sang In Lee was one of the day’s big stacks however we didn’t get much action on him other than his demise. Delivering the bad news was David Erquiaga. Both players were all in preflop, Lee with K♥ K♠ , Erquiaga A♥ K♣ , the lone ace found a partner on the board 3♣ A♣ 6♠ 2♣ T♣ . Lee out, Erquiaga up to 130k.

Lo-jack Nguyen Chi Thinh raised to 9k, hijack Hieu Ngo called, the flop came K♦ J♥ 9♥ . Both players checked and the dealer opened the turn Q♦ . Nguyen bet 6k, Ngo raised to 21k, called by Nguyen. On the river 2♦ , Nguyen bet 41k, Ngo called. Nguyen showed A♦ 5♦ nut flush and won the pot with Ngo mucking. Nguyen up to 300k, Ngo down to 420k.

Button player Phan Huu Minh Tri looked down at A♠ A♣ and three bet the utg’s raise of 6500 (called by hijack Ben Lai) to make it 16.5k. Utg folded, Lai called. When the flop landed 5♣ T♠ 3♥ , Lai checked to the aggressor Phan who bet 19k, called by Lai. The turn 7♠ , Lai all in (93k), Phan all in (86k), the tirver J♦ sealed the win for Phan and the double up to 330k. Lai plummeted to 5k.

On a turn board 2♠ 8♦ J♣ Q♣ and 38k in the middle, Yun Yamada bet 18k, called by one players, check-raised by bb Kunal Patni to 46k, three-bet shove (94k) by Yamada, fold followed, then Patni called.

Yamada Q♥ Q♦ set Patni J♦ 8♠ two pair

The river was K♠ , Yamada doubled up to 250k, Patni dropped to 90k.

Big stacks are now right beside each other with Nguyen Van Dung joined by Rubin Labroo in the leader’s bracket. Sending Labroo there was the knockout of Junichi Nakanawatori. Opening the action was lo-jack with a 7k raise. Button Labroo called, sb Nakanowatari three-bet to 27k, lo-jack folded, Labroo called. At the flop 4♠ Q♠ 8♣ , Nakanowatari c-bet 25k, Labroo called. On the turn 9♦ , Nakanowatari bet 49k, Labroo shoved, Nakanowatari all in for less chips.

Labroo J♦ T♥ straight Nakanowatari A♥ K♠

Nakanowatari was drawing dead. The river J♠ was formality. Labroo zoomed to 620k.

Preflop action, Yuwen Pan raised to 6500, bb Tran Anh Trung three-bet to 25k, called by Pan. At the flop J♣ 2♠ Q♠ , Tran checked, Pan shoved (153k), Tran tanked then folded. Pan up to 280k, Tran down to 390k.

From hijack, Nguyen Nam Duong three-bet from 7500 to make it 20.5k, initial raiser Pham Thanh Tung called. At the flop K♦ 4♦ T♥ , Pham bet 20.5k, Nguyen jammed (57k), Pham tank-folded. Pham down to 270k, Nguyen rose to 120k.

Another one bites the dust to Tran Anh Trung. This time it was Wu Yuanning who three-bet shoved (49k) holding 7♠ 7♣ . Tran had him well covered and made the call with A♣ 9♣ . The board ran J♦ A♦ T♥ 8♠ 3♦ . Tran shipped it, Wu out.

Preflop war led to two players all in in. Pham Minh Tuan had A♥ A♣ , Thananat Therdtakoonrat holding K♥ K♦ , with the board running 5♠ 3♦ 9♥ Q♣ all was clear for Pham until that river K♠ awarded a dominating set to Therdtakoonrat. Pham down to 140k, Therdtakoonrat with a lucky double to 280k.

Two bigshots battle for a pot. Mp Sumit Sapra raised to 6500, Martin Stausholm three-bet to 18k, Sapra called. On the flop 3♥ 6♣ 5♣ , Sapra checked, Stausholm c-bet 15k, called by Sapra. The turn 6♦ Sapra checked then folded to a 55k bet. Stausholm up to 370k, Sapra down to 260k.

With 16.3k already in the middle, the dealer felted T♠ Q♥ 3♥ . Bb Junichi Nakanowatari checked to button Nguyen Van Dung who bet 7k. Nakanowatari called. On the turn 6♥ no bets were laid out and the river came 2♥ . Nakanowatari switched up and led for 14k, Dung called. Nakanowatari had {qc] 7♦ top pair but the pot went to Dung with K♥ J♣ flush. Dung up to 550k.

We are at another break. 99 players remaining. Money is at 47 places which means plenty more to bust before we get close.

Dao Minh Phu has been very active all day however it hasn’t been all up and up. Not long after doubling up Sumit Sapra, he earned a double up of his own through Martin Stausholm. Cutoff Stausholm opened to 5k, bb Phu three-bet shoved (37k), Stausholm called.

Phu K♦ 7♦ Stausholm A♥ J♥

The board ran K♣ K♥ J♦ 5♥ 5♠ for a full house to Phu. He now has 78k.

Plenty of players wanting in on this hand. It started with a raise by an mp player, lo-jack called, hijack Josh McCully three-bet to 27k, sb Francis Garson shoved (90k), back to mp and lo-jack who both folded, McCully called.

Garson A♠ A♥ McCully A♣ K♣

The board bricked to double up Garson to nearly 200k.

WSOP champ Abhinav Iyer will not be taking this one down having just fallen to Yan Heung Youl. On a flop 5♦ A♦ 7♠ and 23k in the middle, both players had it all in with Iyer at risk. Iyer A♣ J♥ , Youl A♠ Q♥ , the turn 3♠ and river 4♠ were no help to Iyer. Youl shipped it while Iyer shipped out. Youl up to 180k.

Hijack Sumit Sapra raised to 6k and found three callers to join him to the flop T♠ J♣ 8♥ . Everyone checked and the turn came Q♥ . Bb Dao Minh Phu bet 8k, Sapra raised to 21k, two folds followed, called by Phu. The river 6♥ , Sapra all in for 49k, check-called by Phu. Sapra showed A♥ K♥ straight to defeat Q♣ 8♣ two pair. Sapra doubled up to 220k.

Tran Anh Trung piled in more chips after railing Nguyen Bao Trung who entered the day with a decent stack. Tran raised preflop to 6k, called by two players. The flop Ax Qx 8x Tran checked, Nguyen bet 7k, one player folded, Tran raised to 27k, called by Nguyen. On the turn Tx , all in by both. Tran Ax Jx , Nguyen Ax Kx , the river 9x granted Tran the straight to ship it and climb to 400k.

Heavy action preflop led to three players all in.

Gerald Karlic T♦ T♥ stack 163k Dinh Xuan Dinh K♠ K♦ stack 143k Hai Janess A♥ J♠ stack 55k

The board ran 5♦ 7♦ K♥ 4♠ A♠ . Dinh scooped up a double up and then some to over 340k. Janess busted. Karlic plummeted to 20k.

Reigning champion Vincent Chauve raised to 5500 from the button, Zhang Zhiwei defended his big blind. At the flop 9♦ 8♥ K♥ and 8♣ turn, no bets. The river T♣ , Zhang bet 20k, Chauve shoved (80k), Zhang folded while showing 6♠ 7♠ straight. Chauve up to 110k.

Nguyen Van Dung 470k Andrew Tai 360k Hon Cheong Lee 330k Josh McCully 320k Michael Seymour 310k Dao Minh Phu 300k Tran Anh Trung 280k Huynh Tan Dung 250k

Preflop action between Dao Minh Phu and Tran Anh Trung generated a pot of 22k as the flop spread 7♣ 4♥ 7♠ . Sb Phu led for 10k, button Tran called. On the turn 3♥ , Phu c-bet 11k, Tran called. The river Q♥ , Phu sent out a huge 125k bet, Tran tanked until time was called. He couldn’t pull the trigger and folded. Phu rose to 300k, Tran down to 280k.

With plenty of tables still running, we missed the action that sent Nguyen Van Dung’s stack to over 500k. When we arrived at his table, he already lost a third of it to Josh McCully with both players banging out huge bets on every street.

Button McCully raised to 5k, bb Dung three-bet to 17k, McCully called. At the flop K♥ 7♦ 9♣ , Dung checked, McCully bet 9500, Dung raised to 25k, called by McCully. More heavy bets on the turn 2♦ with Dung firing 57k, McCully called. The river 5♠ , Dung shoved, McCully risked it with 72k. Dung opened Tx Tx , McCully won it with Kx Jx top pair. McCully zoomed to 340k. Dung plunged to over over 300k.

Despite the drop, Dung scooped some back in another hand to bring him over 450k.

Aditya Agarwal three-bet shoved on Zhang Zhiwei and got the call. His A♥ T♣ found a pair on the river Q♠ 4♣ K♦ 5♦ A♣ to avoid the rail and double up to around 65k. Zhiwei had 9♣ 9♦ .

Tran Anh Trung scored two big pots to bring his stack to 320k. Frist hand, he raised to 5k, Ashish Munot three-bet to 16k, Tran called. At the flop 5♦ Q♦ 4♠ , Tran checked to the aggressor Munot who c-bet 13.5k, called by Tran. The turn 6♣ , Tran checked again, Munot fired 31k, Tran replied with a shove Munot folded. Tran climbed to 260k.

Next hand, utg+1 Yuwen Pan raised to 5k, button and sb Tran and bb called. On the flop 7♣ 4♣ 8♠ , Tran bet 9k, bb folded, Pan called. On the turn A♥ Tran banged out 21k, and still Pan called. The river T♠ , the 37k bet by Tran was good enough to win it with Pan folding.

Preflop action, Tung Nguyen raised to 4500, bb Iyer three-bet to 16.5k, Nguyen called. At the flop K♦ 8♦ K♥ , Iyer bet 8500, called by Nguyen. On the turn 4♦ , Iyer fired 18k, Nguyen all in (52k), Iyer called. Nguyen opened K♣ Q♣ trips, Iyer Ax Ax , the river 8♣ filled up Nguyen to a boat for a double up. Nguyen up to 160k, Iyer down to 100k.

Preflop action saw a 6500 raise from Ming Sang Chung, called by Binh Minh on sb position. At the flop 4♥ 5♥ Q♦ , Binh check-called a 16k bet. On the turn J♠ , same action with Binh check-calling a 25k bet. The river 8♦ , check again by Binh, Chung fired a large 45k, Binh called. Chung showed Kx Kx , Binh won the pot with 4x 4x set. Binh up to 250k.

Everytime we see Hamish Crawshaw he seems to be losing chips however this time it went his way. He opened to 3800, Tran Thanh Tung three-bet to 10.5k, Crawshaw called. At the flop 6♥ J♥ K♠ , both checked. On the turn 7♥ , Crawshaw checked, Tran slid out 9k, Crawshaw answered with a raise to 20k, Tran called. The river A♦ , more chips sent out. Crawshaw checked, Tran bet 30.5, Crawshaw tanked then called. Crawshaw showed A♥ J♦ two pair, Tran immediately mucked. Crawshaw up to 160k. Tran dipped to 200k.

After losing to Nguyen Thanh Binh, Huynh Tan Dung aka Pegasus proceeded to lose more chips to several players around the table. Before the level closed, he managed to gain some back to sit with 250k. The hand was against Junichi Nakanowatari. Pegasus raised to 4k, Nakanowatari three-bet to 8500, Pegasus four-bet to 33k, called by Nakanowatari. At the flop J♠ 9♠ 7♦ , Nakanowatari bet 13.5k, Pegasus called. On the turn 3♥ , Nakanowatari checked to Pegasus who muscled with his big stack firing 25.5k. Nakanowatari tank-folded.

Two local powerhouse players battled for a big pot. The hand saw three players in on a raised pot to 22k and a flop showing A♦ J♦ 5♦ . After two checks, mp Huynh Tan Dung aka Pegasus bet 9500 and found one caller in Nguyen Thanh Binh. The turn Q♠ , check by Nguyen again, Pegasus bet 16k, was called. The river J♠ , both checked, Nguyen showed A♣ 4♣ and won the pot with Pegasus mucking. Nguyen up to 180k, Pegasus dipped to 250k.

It is clearly not Chi Chung Ho’s tournament to win having been sent to the rail again and this time he could no longer jump back in. The hand saw Jimmy Guerrero raise to 3500, Ho shoved, joined Sajwan all in with more chips, Guerrero folded. When the hole cards opened, Sajwan had a dominating A♥ A♣ while Ho needed to get lucky with K♠ T♠ . Ho found a ten on the turn but not much more. Sajwan shipped it and climbed to 130k.

Button Xiao Yu Cheng raised to 3500 and found two callers in the blinds Michael Seymour and Julius Lagman. At the flop 5♥ A♦ J♦ , all checked. On the turn 4♣ , Seymour led 7k, Lagman called, Cheng folded. The river 4♦ , Seymour bet another 9k, Lagman called. Seymour showed A♠ 6♠ top pair but the pot went to Lagman with A♥ J♥ .

WSOP decorated champion Mike Takayama doubled up his short stack through High Roller 1 winner Nguyen Thanh Binh. It was all in at the flop J♠ 3♠ T♥ . Nguyen held J♣ 9♥ top pair, Takayama with K♦ K♠ , the turn 7♣ and river K♥ filled in the board for a winning set to Takayama. He rose to 78k.

Button Akshay Nasa raised to 3k, bb Dinh Gia Hung defended to see the flop land 9♣ 8♦ A♠ . Both players checked and the turn felted 3♣ . Hung bet 6k, Nasa called. The river 4♠ Hung bet 15k, Nasa raised to a massive 75k, Hung called. Nasa showed A♠ ac}, Hung A♦ Q♠ , Nasa claimed it to rise to 170k.

After registration closed, Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh dropped out of the running with fellow countryman Nguyen Hoang Huy delivering the hurt. Utg Anh raised to 3500, hijack Huy called. The flop K♦ K♥ 4♥ saw Anh c-bet 3500, Huy called. The turn 8♦ , Anh shoved {30k}, Huy called with more to put Anh at risk.

Anh K♣ J♦ trips Huy K♠ Q♦ trips higher kicker

The river A♥ was no help to Anh. Huy shipped it and climbed to 130k.

Heavy betting action went down between Tran Duc Phuong and Hamish Crawshaw. Button Tran raised to 3k preflop, Crawshaw three-bet to 11.5k, Tran four-bet to 25k, Crawshaw called. At the flop 8♥ 7♠ 6♥ , both checked. The turn 5♥ , Crawshaw bet 21k, Tran raised to 52k, Tran won the pot with Crawshaw folding. Tran up to 170k.

VN₫ 18 BN!

That’s it registration has closed! 29 signed up in Day 2 to bring the total tally to 373 entries (295 players, 78 re-entries). With each entry at VN₫ 55 million (~US$ 2,400), the prize pool crushed the guarantee for a wealthier VN₫ 18,090,500 (~US$ 780,000). This is the largest and richest Main Event pot ever produced by the brand in the country. Only 47 are due to profit. The top prize is an incredible VN₫ 3,782,723,000 (~US$ 163,000). The next three down the line will also become instant billionaires. 

Thai Sanh Bao Huy faced off against pros Minh Le and Tom Alner and earned himself a pot the sent his stack to 170k. Minh kicked off the hand with a raise to 3200 from utg+1, hijack Thai called, cutoff Alner three-bet to 11.5k, both Minh and Thai called. On the flop 8♣ 5♠ J♠ , all checked and the turn came 3♥ . Minh resumed the betting with 18.5k, called by Thai and Alner. The river 6♠ , Minh bet 16.5k, Thai shoved, Alner and Minh folded.

WSOP decorated champion Abhinav Iyer got involved in several hands that saw his stack dip then rise to around 120k. The first hand he lost around 13k to Nguyen Nam Duong to bring his stack down to 60k. However, on their next battle, Iyer sent Nguyen tumbling. The hand saw button Nguyen raise to 2500, sb Iyer three-bet to 7500, Nguyen called. At the flop 9♥ 4♠ 7♦ , Iyer c-bet 10k, Nguyen matched it. The turn 3♣ , Iyer shoved (45k), Nguyen called for his tournament life.

Iyer 7♠ 9♠ two pair Nguyen A♦ A♣

The river J♠ was no help to Nguyen, he busted. Following that hand, Iyer won another pot. He claimed 6100 of Pham Minh Duc’s stack. Iyer now over 130k.

Sahil Agarwal was the first casualty of Day 2 but immediately jumped back in hoping to fare better which he did. He railed WSOP decorated champion Alex Lindop with A-Q over A-J with both players missing the board. Agarwal up to 80k. Lindop immediately re-entered.

Minh Le just won a pot against Tom Alner with action seeing Minh three-bet preflop called by Alner then an uncalled c-bet on the flop. Next hand, Minh raised to 2600 from the button, bb Nguyen Duc Hop three-bet to 7k, Minh called. At the flop A♣ 5♦ 5♣ , Nguyen c-bet 6k, Minh raised to 12.5k, Nguyen three-bet to 35k, Minh folded. Nguyen over 130k.

With 27.2k built prior, the board showed J♦ 2♥ A♦ 3♦ K♣ , Kunal Patni bet 8k, Dinh Xuan Dinh shoved, Patni called and put himself at risk, Patni busted with A♥ T♠ not good enough against Dinh’s J♣ J♥ set. Dinh up to 85k.

Entering chip leader Huynh Tan Dung aka Pegasus defended his big blind by calling db player Akash Chandrashekhar’s raise to 2500. The flop ran 5♣ 8♠ 8♣ , Pegasus checked, Akash bet 3100, Pegasus raised to 8600, Akash shoved, Pegasus called.

Akash Q♠ Q♦ Pegasus 2♠ 5♠

The turn 7♦ and river J♠ were good for a double up to Akash with his higher two pair. He climbed to 55k. Pegasus dropped to 250k.

At a separate table, the other entering chip leader, Christopher Mateo, faced off against Nguyen Bao Trung who also entered with a large stack.

Mateo raised from hijack to 2600, sb Nguyen called. On the flop 8♥ Q♥ 6♠ , Mateo c-bet 3200, Nguyen check-called. On the turn J♦ , both checked to bring on the river J♥ . Nguyen led out 9k, Mateo called, Nguyen showed J♣ T♠ trips but Mateo had better with 4♥ 6♥ flush to win the pot. Mateo up to 290k.

Korean pro Lim Yo Hwan aka Boxer came in with a short stack and proceeded to lose more after doubling up Burin Shinawatra. With 10.8k brewed preflop and 2♠ 5♣ 8♠ on the green, sb checked, bb Boxer checked, utg Shinawatra bet 7200, hijack folded, sb folded, Boxer shoved and Shinawatra snap-called for all his chips.

Boxer 3♠ 5♠ Shinawatra J♠ J♥

The turn 2♥ and river 8♥ were gold for Shinawatra to bring his stack to 68k. Boxer plummeted and busted a couple hands later.

Another one bumping the rail early was Chi Chung Ho. After utg+1 Edgar Antezana limped, utg+2 Ho shoved (15.3k), action folded around to the bb Ping Liu who shoved as well with more chips. Antezana bowed out for a two way showdown.

Liu A♦ 9♦ Ho K♥ J♣

The board ran J♦ 8♦ 5♠ to improve Ho to a pair and stayed ahead on the turn 3♠ however the river T♦ was one of Liu’s outs for the nut flush to knock out Ho and climb to 80k.

We’ve got a new player entering the 200k range, at table 13, Doan Tieu Thanh eliminated Yin Mingbao to send his stack to 230k. On a board that completed A♥ 4♥ A♠ Q♣ 5♦ and 49k brewed, Thanh shoved and Yin risked it. Thanh had A♥ Q♦ top two pair, Yin held A♣ K♣ .

Mp Hamish Crawshaw raised to 4500, Nguyen Van Dung aka Dung God limp called from utg. At the flop A♣ 5♠ J♠ , Dung God checked, Crawshaw bet 4k, Dung God raised to 9500, Crawshaw called. The turn 5♦ , Dung God fired 19k, Crawshaw gave up his stake on the pot. Dung God up to 130k.

Five players in on an unraised pot of 7200, the flop 4♣ 2♦ 5♥ saw three players fold followed by a bet of 3200 from SJ Kim on cutoff. Only button Vu Duc Trung called and the turn felted 4♠ . Kim c-bet 5k, Trung folded.

Action is brutal out there. We’ve already seen Sahil Agarwal bust out but he went straight to registration to take advantage of his two available bullets. A♠ for En-Ching Wu, he fared much better picking up a double up through Julius Lagman. The hand began with Ming Sang Chung raising to 3k, called by hijackLagman, three-bet shove (33.6k) by Wu on the cutoff, Chung folded, Lagman called.

Wu A♦ Q♥ Lagman J♣ J♦

With the board running 4♥ 7♠ Q♠ 6♠ 3♥ , Wu doubled up to 77k.

The first hand has been dealt here in Day 2 of the Main Event and already 17 players have joined the action. Registration closes at the start of the next level. We will have the official tally immediately after.