Main Event

Huynh Tan Dung 5,265,000 Michael Seymour 3,920,000 Hamish Crawshaw 2,090,000 David Erquiaga 1,490,000 Aditya Argawal 1,205,000 Chen Da Jia 980,000

Total chips in play: 14,920,000 Average stack: 2,486,667

Final payouts 1st VN₫ 3,782,723,000 2nd VN₫ 2,648,278,000 3rd VN₫ 1,702,497,000 4th VN₫ 1,118,174,000 5th VN₫ 861,108,000 6th VN₫ 712,404,000

Hunt for the the Season XVIII WPT Vietnam Main Event title begins at 1pm on Wednesday, September 11, 2019.

With only half a big blind left, Tung Nguyen was all in with J♥ J♦ again and it still failed him unable to dodge four players. When the board completed 9♦ 7♦ 8♠ K♣ 3♣ , it was chip leader Huynh Tan Dung on top with K♥ 2♥ . For Nguyen’s strong performance, he earned VN₫ 596,986,000.

Showdown between David Erquiaga and Tung Nguyen, both with roughly the same stack size. Erquiaga with A♠ 8♠ , Nguyen with Jx Jx , the board was a sweat for Erquiaga until an ace showed up on the river K♦ 6♥ T♥ 7♥ A♥ . Erquiaga shipped a double up to 1.5m, Nguyen plummeted to 30k.

Michael Seymour went up against Huynh Tan Dung with action opened by utg Chen Da Jia. Hijack Huynh and bb Seymour called the 110k raise for a three-way look at the flop A♣ K♣ 3♣ . Check check to the leader Huynh, he fired 140k, called only by Seymour. On the turn 4♥ both checked and the river came 5♦ . Seymour jumped out with a 400k bet, Huynh folded. Seymour up to 3.7m, Huynh dipped to 5.15m

On the 22nd hand of the final table, falling out of contention was Nguyen Van Dung with Q♦ Q♣ running into Michael Seymour’s A♣ A♥ . No help on the board. He earned VN₫ 488,081,000 for his finish. 

Utg David Erquiaga raised to 100k, bb Nguyen Van Dung shoved over 1.4m, Erquiaga risked his 350k stack. Erquiaga with A♥ K♠ , Nguyen with K♥ Q♥ , the board threw blanks fora higher spread to Erquiaga and a double up.

On the 18th hand of the final table, the first casualty arrived. Nguyen Nam Duong was sent packing by Chen Da Jia. With action folding to the blinds, Nguyen shoved with Q♦ 8♦ and bb Chen called with 3♥ 3♦ . No hits on the board for Nguyen. He earned VN₫ 378,272,000 for his 9th place finish. 

First double up of the final table went to Aditya Agarwal who shoved his last 590k with Q♦ A♠ and got called by Huynh Tan Dung with 6♣ 6♦ . The board ran J♣ 4♦ T♥ Q♠ Q♣ for trips to the Indian pro. Huynh went down to 4.9m which is still well above average stack. He still leads the table. Agarwal up to 1.3m.

Another pot taken down by Michael Seymour to bring his stack to 2m. He faced off with leader Huynh Tan Dung who raised from lo-jack to 125k, Seymour defended on the big blind. On the flop J♠ 3♠ A♥ , Seymour check-called a 75k bet to see the turn A♦ . Seymour check-called a big 225k bet from Huynh. The river 4♥ saw no bets, Seymour showed A♣ 8♠ for trips and the pot. Huynh dipped to 5.5m.

After five uncalled preflop shoves, there was action. Lo-jack David Erquiaga raised to 110k, button Michael Seymour called. At the flop K♥ A♠ J♣ , Erquiaga checked, Seymour bet 75k, called by Erquiaga. On the turn 9♥ , check again by Erquiaga, 225k banged out by Seymour, once again a call from Erquiaga. The river 3♦ , Erquiaga checked, all in by Seymour for 675k, Erquiaga tank-folded. Erquiaga down to 460k, Seymour up to average stack of 1.6m.

Button Hamish Crawshaw raised to 125k, sb Huynh Tan Dung called, bb Nguyen Van Dung three-bet to 260k, called by both Crawshaw and Huynh. At the flop 3♣ 4c} J♣ Huynh led for 155k, called by Nguyen, Crawshaw folded. On the turn 6♥ , Huynh checked, Nguyen shoved his 340k stack, fold from Huynh. Nguyen up to 1.4m.

We have reached the final 9 of the Main Event! WPT’s Danny McDonagh has decided to have the players continue for another two hours of to 6th place whichever comes first. Here are the final 9 players by seat:

Action will resume at Level 25 with for one hand then to Level 26 with blinds at 25K-50K ante 50K. Total chips in play is 14,920,000, average stack is 1,657,777.

Zhao Jia Jun is out of the running falling in a critical spot, 10th place, just missing the final table. It was battle of the blinds against massive chip leader Huynh Tan Dung. Huynh limped then called bb Zhao’s {100k raise. On the flop J♣ 4♥ 2♦ , check from Huynh, all in for 600k from Zhao, called by Huynh.

Zhao A♠ J♥ top pair Huynh 4♦ 4♠ set

The turn A♦ improved Zhao to two pair but with the river 8♣ , it was all over for him. He fell in 10th place. He earned VN₫ 316,222,000 for his great run. Huynh up t o a commanding 6M!

Huynh Tan Dung has taken command of his table winning pot after pot. Having just given William Kang the bad news, he proceeded to gain some off David Erquiaga to climb to 5m. The hand saw two limpers (button Huynh) and sb, then bb Erquiaga raised to 145k. He was called only by Huynh. At the flop 3♦ 6♥ 8♣ , Erquiaga fired 100k, Huynh raised to 350k, fold by Erquiaga who went down to 1m.

William Kang has just been bumped out by Huynh Tan Dung. It was all in preflop with Kang A♥ T♠ and Huynh ahead A♦ K♣ . The board cam K♦ 4♠ 8♦ 3♣ 3♥ . Kang VN₫ 316,222,000 for his deep run. Huynh is the overwhelming chip leader 4.5m

Nguyen Van Dung was in need of a double up with just 200k behind, he got it all in with A♦ 2♣ . He was called by Hamish Crawshaw Q♦ 9♠ . The board ran 7♥ T♣ A♣ Q♣ 5♣ for a double up granted to Nguyen. He is up to 480k.

Several hands prior, Tung Nguyen was dealt a terrible bad beat against Michael Seymour. The two met again and Nguyen won some of the lost chips. From mp, Nguyen raised to 90k preflop, cutoff Seymour three-bet to 290k, Nguyen jammed, Seymour folded. Nguyen up to 1.44m. He is now back to average stack.

Aditya Agarwal was down to his final 545k and put it all out front from the big blind after being pushed by sb David Erquiaga. AGarwal A♠ K♠ , Erquiaga A♣ 3♥ , the board ran K♣ 6♥ 7♠ K♥ 8♥ . Agarwal up to 1.37m, Erquiaga down to 1.1m.

Utg Nguyen Van Dung raised to 90k, bb Hamish Crawshaw three-bet to 270k, called by Nguyen. On the flop {3s Q♥ 8♠ , Crawshaw bet 100k, Nguyen raised to 250k, Crawshaw shoved with 2m behind, Nguyen folded while showing J♣ J♠ . Crawshaw showed A♦ K♦ over cards. Nguyen down to 300k, Crawshaw climbed to 2.8m.

Tung Nguyen was not happy at the result of this hand while Michael Seymour was relieved at the lucky turnout. Nguyen raised to 80k preflop, Seymour all in for 750k, called by Nguyen.

Nguyen {}kd} K♥ Seymour 4♦ 4♠

The board ran 8♠ 7♠ 6♦ 5♦ 6♣ for a winning straight to Seymour and the double up to 1.6m. Nguyen dropped to below average of 1m.

JC Sayo had an impressive ride at his first WPT Vietnam Main Event. On his final hand, he three-bet all in his 250k stack and was called by initial raiser, chip leader Huynh Tan Dung. Sayo had A♥ 2♥ , Huynh A♦ 4♦ , the board spread K♠ 7♣ 3♥ J♠ 4♠ . Sayo earned VN₫ 316,222,000 for his deep finish. Huynh now at 3.4m in chips.

Jaideep Sajwan ran hot at the festival. He cashed at the Kickoff event and though he wished he could have won the Main Event, he did cash at a respectable 12th place. He was railed by Hamish Crawshaw. The hand saw Sajwan raise to 60k from cutoff, sb Crawshaw called and the big blind. At the flop Q♣ J♦ 7♣ , Sajwan c-bet 100k, Crawshaw check-raised to 240k., bb folded, Sajwan shoved and got called.

Sajwan Q♠ 9♠ Crawshaw K♦ Q♥

The turn fell 5♥ and river T♦ for a higher spread to Crawshaw. He climbed to 2.3m while Sajwan packed up to get his VN₫ 267,739,000 earnings.

Edgar Antezana struggled with a short stack all day but managed to ladder up all the way to 14th place. At one point he even quadrupled up with just 50k in chips. However, his day ended at the hands of chip leader Huynh Tan Dung who just won a pot against Zhao Jia Jun to go up to 2.45m.

Antezana’s final hand saw a board 2♣ Q♥ 5♣ Q♣ 2♥ , both players checked it until the river. Huynh bet 40k, Antezana raise shoved his last 120k, called. Antezana showed 6♣ 8♣ flush that fell to Huynh’s Q♠ 5♥ full house. Antezana earned VN₫ 267,739,000 for his deep finish.

Big celebration by Tung Nguyen after railing Huynh Duc Tai to climb over 1.7m. The hand started with a 60k raise by Tung from hijack,, joined by three callers to the flop which included Huynh on the big blind. At the flop 4♦ 9♣ J♠ , Tung bet 90k, Huynh check-called and was the only player to continue. The turn Q♥ , Huynh led for 135k, Tung called. The river 3♣ , Huynh jammed (430k), and still couldn’t push out Tung who tank-called. Upon seeing the cards, Huynh had 4♦ 6♣ low pair, Tung shipped it with A♦ J♥ . Great call by Tung. Huynh out in 15th place and earned VN₫ 267,739,000 for his deep run.

Jin Yong sent his remaining 320k out front and hoped his Q♦ 8♠ was good enough however he ran right into Zhao Jia Jun’s A♦ A♣ to send him out in 15th place when the board ran empty. Yong earned VN₫ 219,438,000 for his deep finish.

David Erquiaga is now leading with 1.85m after taking a sizable chunk from Hamish Crawshaw who failed on a bluff. Crawshaw kicked off the hand with a 70k raise from hijack, bb Erquiaga three-bet to 200k, called by Crawshaw. At the flop 2♥ 5♥ J♥ no bets. On the turn 8♥ Crawshaw bet 150k, and Erquiaga check-called. The river card 7♥ saw more bets with Crawshaw betting 300k and Erquiaga check-calling. Crawshaw K♦ Q♠ bluff, Erquiaga with T♥ 4♠ flush. Crawshaw down to 1.7m.

On a raised pot preflop, Rubin Labroo check-raised all in on a flop 4♦ 9♦ 2♥ and was called by Huynh Tan Dung. Labroo showed 9♥ 8♣ top pair but Huynh Tan Dung had A♠ A♥ overpair. The turn 5♠ and river 6♣ sent Labroo packing in 17th place for a take of VN₫ 219,438,000.

Remaining: 16 players Total chips in play: 14,920,000 Average stack: 932,500

Another player falling in this round, India’s Alok Birewar went all in on the button with 8♣ J♥ but the big blind Zhao Jia Jun would not let him pass and called with K♠ J♦ . The board ran K♥ 4♦ 3♣ 2♠ 6♠ . He earned VN₫ 219,438,000 for his deep finish. Zhao now at 1.550m. 

Hijack William Kang raised to 75k and the big blind big stack Hamish Crawshaw defended. On the flop K♦ J♠ 4♣ , Kang c-bet 95k and was check-called by the leader. On the turn 7♦ , Kang with a strong 100k bet, Crawshaw check-folded. Kang up to 850k, Crawshaw down to 2.35M.

Edgar Antezana has been short stacked since the start and continues to be. However, he did win a double up to have more to play with. Pushing all in with A♥ 9♥ from mid position, Antezana was called by Zhao Jia Jun on the big blind with A♦ J♥ . When the board ran 9♠ 6♣ 5♣ 7♣ 2♥ , Antezan shipped it to go up to 375k.

This new level opened up with Hon Cheong Lee falling in 19th place. On a raised pot preflop, he check-raised all in on the flop J♠ 4♦ 7♠ and Zhao Jia Jun called.

Zhao A♥ A♣ Lee J♥ 2♥

The turn 4♠ and river K♠ were no help to Lee. He earned VN₫ 182,724,000 for his deep finish. 

Hamish Crawshaw 2,470,000 Nguyen Van Dung 1,250,000 Zhao Jia Jun 1,240,000 Huynh Tan Dung 1,230,000 David Erquiaga 1,130,000

Mp Nguyen Van Dung limped and big blind Huynh Duc Tai checked. Both saw the flop 2♦ Q♦ 4♠ , Huynh checked, Nguyen bet 35k, Huynh called. On the turn 3♣ , check again by Huynh, Nguyen bet 75k, raised by Huynh, shove by the bug stack Nguyen, and Huynh risked it.

Huynh A♣ 5♥ straight Nguyen Q♣ T♠ top pair

Nguyen was drawing dead. River was T♥ . Double up for Huynh to 900k.

Remaining 19 players Total chips in play: 14,920,000 Average stack: 785,266

Phan Huu Minh Tri all in with A♦ 7♣ and faced Zhao Jia Jun with 7♦ 7♠ . No ace on the board to overtake. Phan railed in 20th place. He earned VN₫ 182,724,000 for his finish.

Button JC Sayo shoved his remaining 225k with J♦ J♣ and found one caller in bb Aditya Agarwal with A♠ 3♦ . No hits on the board for Agarwal for a double up to Sayo. He now has 490k, Agarwal down to 270k.

Hamish Crawshaw is unstoppable. He picked up another pot to send him far ahead of the pack with 2.56m. The latest win was against Huynh Duc Tai who raised from utg to 65k, hijack Crawshaw three-bet to 190k, called by Huynh. The flop landed A♦ 5♠ 4♣ , both checked. The turn K♦ had Huynh bet 150k, called by Crawshaw. Then on the river Q♣ check Huynh, bet 345k by Crawshaw, called. Crawshaw showed K♥ K♠ set. Huynh mucked and is down to 300k.

Two short stacks all in, Phan Huu Min Tri went up to 560k, Chen Da Jia down to 130k. The hands tabled were {Phan A♠ 5♦ , Chen A♣ 4♠ , the board ran 5♠ 9♠ Q♥ T♦ K♦ .

Thananat Therdtakoonrat was all in for his remaining 415k and Nguyen Van Dung called. Therdtakoonrat K♠ Q♦ , Nguyen A♣ Q♣ , the board bricked. Therdtakoonrat out in 21st place for VN₫ 182,724,000.

Sumit Sapra was all in with A♣ 4♠ and best he could hope for was a chop with his called holding A♠ 5♦ . No such luck as the board ran 5♠ 9♠ Q♥ T♦ K♦ . Sapra out in 22nd place for VN₫ 150,151,000.

Hamish Crawshaw continues to lead the pack here. There are 21 remaining and he is up top with over 2m in chips. The hand that sent him there was against William Kang who opened to 55k from mid-postion and called by Crawshaw on the small blind. At the flop 3♥ 6♦ Q♣ , Crawshaw checked, Kang c-bet 45k, called. The turn 4♠ no bets by either and the dealer opened the river 2♣ . Crawshaw came out with a 145k bet, Kang called, Crawshaw showed 2♥ 2♦ set on the river. Kang mucked. Kang down to 480k.

All in preflop action led to Tung Nguyen doubling with J♦ J♥ through David Erquiaga with K♣ T♦ . The board was 9♦ 8♦ 7♥ 2♣ 8♥ . Nguyen up to 450k, Erquiaga dipped to 900k.

The reigning champion Vincent Chauve will not bring home a back-to-back. He fell in 23rd place to Hamish Crawshaw. His final hand was total domination with Crawshaw A♣ A♦ and Chauve K♦ T♠ . The flop did give Chauve a king but not much more. He earned VN₫ 150,151,000 for his finish.

Zhao Jia Jun built up a very big stack prior to this hand however we weren’t able to get all the hands that helped him rise. One of them was a double up through Huynh Duc Tai with A♥ K♥ doing the job finding partners for both on the board. His 420k stack zoomed to 850k. Here is another winning hand to send his stack to 1.4m. Zhao raised to 45k preflop and found four callers to the flop 7♣ 6♠ A♦ . Only one player called and the turn landed 2♦ . Zhao sent out a massive 325k, bet and this time no challenge to scoop it up.

Remaining: 23 players Total chips in play: 14,920,000Average stack: 648,695

Another Vietnamese player is out of the running here with Nguyen Quang Huy getting the boot from fellow countryman Nguyen Nam Duong. It was all in preflop with Quang holding 9♦ 9♠ and Duong A♥ K♣ . The flip went to Duong with the board Q♠ 3♦ J♣ A♠ 6♦ . Quang earned VN₫ 150,151,000 for his finish.

Jaideep Sajwan is having an erratic ride entering as one of the big stacks, dropping to 10 bbs, and now on the upswing with a good pot won against big stacked Huynh Duc Tai. Opening it was utg Sajwan to 50k, called by Huynh in mid position. At the flop A♠ T♦ 3♥ , Sajwan led 40k, called by Huynh. The turn 9♣ action switched with Sajwan checking, Huynh firing 80k, called by Sajwan. The river 3♣ , check again by Sajwan, Huynh bet two green towers worth 200k, Sajwan tank-called. Huynh showed K♦ Q♣ bluff, Sajwan won the pot with A♥ J♦ top pair. He rose to 900k, Huynh dropped to 950k.

Remaining: 24 players Total chips in play: 14,920,000Average stack: 621,667

Le Anh Minh three-bet all in his last 270k while holding A♣ K♦ , Rubin Labroo went to tango with A♠ T♦ . The board ran T♣ 2♦ 2♠ A♥ 8♥ for a higher two pair to Labroo. Minh busted in 25th place and earned VN₫ 130,251,000 for his finish.

Remaining: 25 players Total chips in play: 14,920,000Average stack: 596,800Next blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Nguyen Van Dung 1.4mHamish Crawshaw 1.3mHuynh Duc Tai 1.23mMichael Seymour 900kDavid Erquiaga 900k

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

After his pocket kings were crushed by Vincent Chauve’s pocket eights turned set, it was Sajwan’s turn to double up. He had A♣ K♠ against Thananat Therdtakoonrat’s A♦ J♠ . The board ran T♠ 7♥ 5♥ K♣ 6♦ . Therdtakoonrat dropped to 480k, Sajwan up to 300k.

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Vincent Chauve is staging a comeback pushing his remaining 160k with 8♣ 8♠ and getting lucky on Jaideep Sajwan with K♣ K♥ with the board running 4♦ 6♣ 3♥ 8♥ Q♦ . Sajwan fell to 140k, Chauve rose to 360k.

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Despite a nice boost in chips at the start of day, Nguyen Duc Hop could not bring it any higher than 26th place. He fell to Huynh Tan Dung. It was all in preflop with Huynh K♦ K♠ , Nguyen 8♦ 8♥ , the board ran empty for Nguyen. Huynh shipped it and climbed to 700k. Nguyen earned VN₫ 130,251,000 for his finish. 

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

After shipping in Martin Stausholm’s chips, Vincent Chauve’s stack took a beating with William Kang getting very lucky. It was battle of the blinds. Sb Chauve raised to 45k, bb Kang all in (525k), called by Chauve. Kang 7♥ 7♠ , Chauve 8♠ 8♦ , the board ran clean until the river A♣ 3♥ 6♦ 5♥ 7♦ for a winning set and a double up to Kang. Kang over a million, Chauve down to 170k.

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Next to eat dust was Martin Stausholm with reigning champion Vincent Chauve knocking him down to the ground. Prior to his hand, Chauve lost several pots to go below average. Both players needed this pot to get back in form.

Action saw Stausholm shove (160k) from the button with Q♠ 4♠ , bb Chauve called with a dominating Q♠ A♠ . The board came A♦ 9♥ 5♥ 5♣ 2♥ . Chauve claimed it while Stausholm earned VN₫ 130,251,000 for his finish. 

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Unable to ladder up to the next payscale was Hoang Van Manh falling in 28th place. He was in a preflop war against Hon Cheong Lee that saw all his chips go in. Hoang had A♦ T♦ , Lee with K♠ J♠ , the board ran well for Lee 4♣ 9♣ J♥ K♦ 6♠ . Hoang earned VN₫ 105,829,000 for his deep run. 

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Mp JC Sayo raised to 35k, sb Sumit Sapra called and the flop ran J♠ 8♦ 5♦ . Check from Sapra led to Sayo sending out a 36k c-bet, called. The turn J♥ , check again by Sapra, 45k from Sayo, raise to 135k by Sapra, Sayo tank-called. On the river 7♣ , Sapra jammed (170k), Sayo tank-folded and dropped to 30k. Sapra back up to 600k.

Level 21: Blinds: 10K-15K ante 15K 

Action folded to the blinds, sb Sumit Sapra raised to 35k, bb Michael Seymour three-bet to 125k, Sapra all in, Seymour risked it with less chips.

Sapra A♣ 8♣ Seymour A♥ Q♦

The board ran 3♠ T♣ Q♣ 2♥ K♠ for a double up to Seymour. He now has 960k, Sapra plummeted to 108k.

Aditya Agarwal got involved in a few hands and all didn’t go his way to send him down to 720k. He lost two pots against Nguyen Van Dung. The first pot, Nguyen three-bet from mp to up utg Agarwal’s raise 30k to 80k. Agarwal called. On the flop K♠ 7♠ T♣ , no bets and the turn came A♣ . Agarwal check-called 85k. The river 5♣ Agarwal check-called 50k then mucked to Nguyen’s A♥ 6♦ top pair. Nguyen went up to 1m in chips. 

The next loss to Nguyen saw an mp raise to 35k, hijack Agarwal three-bet to 120k, cutoff Nguyen four-bet to 210k, mp folded, Agarwal called and the flop came 4♦ 3♦ 7♠ . Agarwal checked, Nguyen bet 125k, Agarwal folded.

The third drop in chips saw mp Rubin Labroo raise to 35k, called by button Huynh Tan Dung and bb Agarwal. The flop 7♥ T♥ 8♣ , action was checked to Huynh who bet 23k, called by Labroo and Agarwal. On the turn, Huynh bet 76k and this time both Labroo and Agarwal check-folded.

Edgar Antezana was down to his last 26k and risked it all with K♣ 2♣ . He was called by three players who call checked down the board 2♦ 9♣ 8♦ 3♥ 8♠ . With his bottom pair, Antezana quadrupled up to 114k. 

Level 21: : 10K-15K ante 15K 

Alok Birewar shipped another double up, this time paying it was chip leader Hamsh Crawshaw who could easily afford it. Birewar all in with J♥ Q♣ , Crawshaw A♥ T♠ , the board Q♠ 3♦ J♦ 7♥ 3♥ . Birewar up to 470k. 

Level 21: : 10K-15K ante 15K 

David Erquiaga and Quang Huy were seen attacking each other’s chips on two separate occasions. During the opening level, Quang jammed on a turn board 8♣ 4♥ 5♦ 2♦ to win the pot with Erquiaga tank-folding. This brought Quang up to around 320k while Erquiaga dropped to 500k. 

On their next meeting it was Erquiaga who sent Quang tanking. Preflop war, Erquiaga raised to 30k, Quang three-bet to 66k, Erquiaga four-bet to 146k, fold from Quang. Erquiaga up to 640k, Quang down to 270k. 

Level 21: : 10K-15K ante 15K 

After losing chips to Aditya Agarwal on a previous hand, Martin Stausholm has been sitting on a stack of 10bbs. He finally got it all in with A♥ K♦ and once again it was big stacked Agarwal there to put the heat on. Agarwal had A♣ 5♣ . When the flop ran 5♥ A♦ 4♦ , Agarwal overtook with two pair however with the turn 9♦ and river 8♦ , Stausholm seized back the lead to double up to 300k. He is now at 20bbs. Agarwal is down to 1.4M.

The fourth casualty of the day also happened in the opening round with Francis Garson getting bounced out by Michael Seymour. Short stacked Garson was all in preflop with A♥ Q♠ and faced Michael Seymour with 6♦ 6♣ . When the flop came 9♠ 6♠ J♣ , Seymour further improved, and despite the turn Q♥ pair for Garson, he was drawing dead. River was J♥ . Garson earned VN₫ 105,829,000 for his deep run. 

After getting crippled by a very bad beat against the Thai player, Yuwen Pan waited until he had a decent hand to get it all in. He shoved (131k) holding K♥ T♠ but ran into Jin Yong’s A♠ Q♦ . The board had a crazy spread 9♦ A♦ 6♠ 7♦ 8♦ for a winning flush to Yong over Pan’s straight. Pan earned VN₫ 105,829,000 for 30th place. 

Thailand player Therdtakoonrat doubled up earlier with a gorgeous foursome of ladies. He picked up another pot to bring him up to 590k. From utg, he opened to 25k, bb Tung Nguyen called. On the flop 3♣ 5♥ T♠ , Nguyen checked, Therdtakoonrat c-bet 25k, called by Nguyen. On the turn 8♥ another 40k c-bet and that Nguyen check-called. However on the river T♦ , Nguyen couldn’t bring it in, he tank-folded to a 50k c-bet. Nguyen dropped to 400k.

Short stacked Manh Hoang will be sticking around having just shipped a double through Huynh Duc Tai. Hoang had A♣ J♣ , Huynh A♥ Q♠ , the board ran well for the lesser hand 5♣ K♣ J♥ 2♥ J♠ to improve and climb to 310k.

Utg player opened the betting to 25k, called by hijack Martin Stausholm, called by bb Aditya Agarwal. On the flop 4♠ 5♠ A♣ , Agarwal led for 115k, utg folded, Stausholm called and the turn came 3♠ . Both players checked, the river 8♠ came, Agarwal bet 85k, Stausholm tank-folded.

After Alok Birewar doubled up, another one followed at his table. Jaideep Sajwan opened, Hamish Crawshaw three-bet, Nguyen Duc Hop shoved, Sajwan folded, Crawshaw called.

Nguyen K♥ Q♥ Crawshaw T♦ 9♦

The board ran Q♣ 8♦ 7♠ 3♥ T♠ . Nguyen up to 400k. Crawshaw down to 1.3m.

Two players from India had it all in, Alok Birewar three-bet shoved his 148k stack and fellow countryman Jaideep Sajwan called.

Birewar K♦ J♦ Sajwan A♥ Q♥

The board ran 8♥ 5♣ Q♣ T♥ K♣ for a top pair spiked on the river by Birewar. He doubled up to 400k, Sajwan dropped to 430k.

Thananat Therdatkoonrat was in danger of elimination with his Q♣ Q♦ all in against Yuwen Pan’s K♥ K♣ . However, the poker gods shined on the Thai player as it ran T♣ 2♥ 4♣ Q♠ Q♥ for a crushing quads. He doubled up to to over 520k, Pan dropped to 150k.

12:50: Josh McCully falls to Rubin Labroo Level 20: 6K-12K ante 12K

Josh McCully has tumble out of the running. Despite enjoying a decent run yesterday, his half average stack today could not get any larger with big stacked Rubin Labroo denying him the coin flip. McCully was all in with A♥ K♠ , Labroo with J♣ J♦ , the board bricked. McCully earne VN₫ 105,829,000 for his finish in 31st place. 

Utg William Kang put the muscle on Huynh Duc Tai to claim himself a good pot. Action opened with Kang raising to 26k, Huynh three-bet to 62k, called by Kang. At the flop T♠ 3♥ Q♥ , Huynh c-bet 52k, Kang shoved (251k), Huynh folded. Kang up to 430k

Short stacked Nguyen Chi Thinh put it all in with A♠ K♥ , called by one of the leaders, Huynh Duc Tai with K♦ K♠ , the board ran 7♠ 9♦ K♥ 5♦ T♣ . That gives us the first elimination of the day. We are down to 31 players. Nguyen earns VN₫ 105,829,000 for his finish. 

Entering chip leader Hamish Crawshaw picked up a nice early pot against another big stack, Jaideep Sajwan. Mp Sajwan initiated the action with a 27k raise, called by bb Crawshaw. On the flop K♠ Q♣ 6♣ , Crawshaw checked, Sajwan c-bet 32k, called again by the leader. The turn 5♦ , same action with a 92k c-bet called. The river K♦ , check by Crawshaw, 77k bet by Sajwan, Crawshaw called, immediate muck by Sajwan. He dropped to 630k while Crawshaw climbed to 1.5m.