Main Event

Big stacked Chia Hsuan Tu was just moved to Table 1 where he immediately railed a player. Chia had J♦ J♥ against a player’s Ax 9x , no hits on the board. Chia up to 225k.

81 players remaining. Current leaders are:

Norbert Koh 375k Yuriy Boyko 220k Hyunil Hong 220k Ashish Munot 210k Long Pro 200k Chia Hsuan Tu 180k Rubin Labroo 160k

With a raise before him from utg, button player Macaron Tran three-bet only to be answered with a shove. He tanked then went ahead and risked his tournament life. Tran had pocket kings, utg player with big slick, no bad beat on the board for a double up to Tran. He sits with 58k.

Registration has officially closed with 211 entries (174 entries, 37 re-entered). Though we didn’t hit the VND 8 Billion mark, that will surely be blown to smithereens tomorrow with only 9 needed to surpass.

With reg closed, Day 1B has entered into the freezeout stage. Players that bust can only re-enter tomorrow. 122 remain. Current chip leaders are:

Norbert Koh 220K Chia Hsuan Tu 160K Long Pro 130K Thai Ha 120K

We have crossed the 200 mark, there are 171 unique entries now of which 31 have re-entered. That brings us to 202 entries. Registration is still open until the start of Level 10. Combine what we have so far with Day 1A, that puts us at 338 entries. To reach the VND 8 Billion guarantee, all is needed is another is another 17 entries. Let’s see if that will be met before reg closes. There are currently 140 players remaining.

Chu Hong Tu 130K Nguyen The Vinh 100K Long Pro 100K

With 156 uniques and 14 re-entries, we are at 170 entries so far today. Combine that with the 136 Day 1A entries, that puts the Main Event over 300 entries. Registration stays open until the start of Level 10.

Among the notables are Chris Mateo, Rex Clinkscales, Huy Coshet, Bruno Lo, Victor Chong, Dhanesh Chainani, Iori Yogo, Benedict Koh, Lester Edoc, Wai Kiat Lee, and Casey Kastle.

We have already surpassed Day 1A with the screens showing 146 uniques and 4 re-entries putting us currently at 150 entreis. Among the recent arrivals are Ian Modder, Luen Hei Kwok, Andy Li Xueyan, Soo Jo Kim, Madhav Gupta, Huu Dung Nguyen, and Sumit Sapra.

Among the players now battling it out are Nguyen Hoang Ton, Macaron Tran, Thai Ha, Raiden Kan, Feng Zhao, Johannes Felix Hoeld, Ang Boon Seng, and Benjamin Gonzva.

Game on! We’ve got four tables running with a line at registration forming. Among those rubbing elbows early are Minh Le, Aso Seitaro, Jeonggyu Cho, Eun Ho Kwon, Michael Kim Falcon, Nguyen Chi Thinh, Julien Tran, and Paul Hong.