Main Event

₫166,000,000 (~$6,788)

Pham Duy Anh all in for 640,000 with A♠ 9♦ but can’t get by Tran Manh Hung’s A♣ K♥ on the big blind. Board runs K♠ Q♥ 5♣ 3♠ 5♥ .

Pham Duy Anh bet 300,000 on a board J♠ 7♠ Q♠ J♦ 4♣ got caught bluffing with K♠ 8♣ against caller Tran Manh Hung with A♠ Q♥ . Down to 17 bb, Pham three-bet shoved on the next hand. Initial raiser Nguyen Viet Hai called. Pham was ahead Q♣ Q♦ against 9♣ 9♦ and doubled up after the board ran out A♦ K♠ A♥ 3♦ 6♥ .

Getting the action from Pham Duy Anh, utg opens, from utg+2 Pham three-bet, hijack calls, initial raiser folds. At the flop 4♥ 3♥ A♣ , Pham bets 15,000 and hijack calls. On the turn 8♦ Pham bets 25,000 and is called again. On the river 8♠ with 86,000 in the pot, Pham shoves, hijack calls for everything, Pham opens Q♦ 8♥ trips, hijack busts with A♥ 7♥ two pair.

Players are on their second 15-minute break. Quite a few have chips well over 100K, here are the some of the big stacks:

A rare sight, Pham Duy Anh was under pressure on a flop J♠ 2♦ 4♥ and a massive 42,600 in the pot. Nguyen pushed, Pham tanked using up four time-banks then finding the guts to call. Pham opens 5♠ 5♦ and was behind Nguyen’s Q♣ Q♠ . The turn { 3c} and river Q♦ were no help for Pham.

Lee Woo Young had already dropped to half stack by the time we caught him all in holding A♦ Q♥ on a board 2♥ 9♥ T♣ . He was up against Pham Duy Anh who was ahead with J♣ 2♣ . Both improved on the turn J♦ with Pham now at two pair. When the river came down K♣ , Lee celebrated his straight for a double up.

Hijack Nguyen Ngoc Tung opens, small blind Pham Duy Anh calls flop comes Q♦ 8♣ K♣ . Pham shoves, Nguyen calls, Pham opens A♣ 2♣ flush draw, Nguyen has Q♣ 9♣ top pair. The turn 5♦ and river 8♠ keep Nguyen ahead for a double up.

Down to 8 bb, Pham pushes holding K♣ 3♠ , Nguyen is behind Q♥ J♠ but live. The board runs Q♣ 2♥ T♠ Q♠ T♦ .

Cutoff Huynh Ngoc Cuong min-raises, small blind Pham Duy Anh calls, flop comes 9♠ 6♥ 7♥ , Huynh c-bets 4000 and is called. Both players proceed to check the turn 7♣ to bring the free river card J♥ . Pham leads out 25,000, Huynh tank-calls. Pham laughs as he shows Q♠ T♦ , Huynh wins the pot with K♥ T♥ flush.

Second break of the day is done. Blinds are up, 102 entries (80 unique). Registration is open until the start of Level 10 which is approximately 5:30pm.

Current leaders:

Utg+1 Pham Duy Anh limps, button Nuyen Huu Vinh opens, small blind Tran Vu Quang three-bets 4200, called by Pham and Nguyen. At the flop 8♣ 6♥ 2♦ , Tran c-bets 5,000, Pham calls, Nguyen folds. On the turn 9♦ , Tran triple barrels 13,000 and again Pham calls. The river A♠ , Tran shoves (18,000), Pham folds.