Main Event

By the turn 9♣ K♥ J♥ J♠ the pot has grown to 75,500, cutoff Clement Haro is all in holding A♣ A♠ , Nguyen Dang Tu hopes to eliminate with A♥ K♣ . The river 3♦ is no help to Nguyen to pay a double up to Haro.

Under the gun+2 Alexis Lim raises, big blind Nguyen Dang Tu three-bets, Lim flats, flop comes 4♦ 7♠ J♠ . Nguyen leads out 15,000, Lim jams with a stack that well covers Nguyen who tanks. After using one time bank, Nguyen calls and opens A♦ K♠ and is ahead of Lim’s A♣ T♣ . With the turn 9♦ and river K♥ , Nguyen ships it.

Under the gun Sriram Subramanian raises 3200, cutoff Nguyen Dang Tu calls, flop comes 8♦ 7♠ 6♣ . Subramanian c-bets 2000, Nguyen calls. Both players check the turn 4♠ . On the river J♠ , Subramanian bets 12,000, Nguyen calls, Subramanian wins it with K♠ T♠ flush. Nguyen shows his 7♦ 7♥ set.

Immediately after doubling up, Quang Tuan Anh loses a chunk against Nguyen Dang Tu. Hand opens with Nguyen raising 3200 from the button, big blind Anh calls, flop runs T♥ 2♣ 6♣ . Anh leads out 4200, Nguyen shoves, Anh calls and has a pair 3♦ 6♦ , Nguyen has a draw Q♣ 5♣ . The turn A♣ grants the flush , Anh is drawing dead.