Fu Bang Huang Queens fall to Campomanes’ cowboys
Kim Jae Hyun dusts Jack Wu
-2500 BB Ante
Last five hands has been called and with that a flurry of shoves around the room. Jack En Ching Wu was one of the casualties going down with pocket Fours against Kim Jae Hyun’s top pair Tens on the river.
Main Event Day 1B ends!
With all tables done with the last hands, that’s a wrap for Main Event Day 1B! We will have the chip counts up as soon as it has been made available. The screens currently have the count at 377 entries and 85 survivors. Phan Thanh Hung is the unofficial chip leader of this heat with over 300k. Standby for the recap where we will have all the info.
Nguyen Trong Nghia vs Truong Vu Tran Khanh
Mark Tze Yi Wong alive with Aces
-2500 BB Ante
Another short stack survivor with Mark Tze Yi Wong getting full pay for his pocket Aces. Taking the cut was Tran Huy Hoang with pocket Queens. Wong zoomed to 100k. Tran dropped to 65k.
Tran Hong Chuong tanks Ning Zhi Yi, drags in a big one
Blinds up
-2000 BB Ante
Blinds are up, play continues with 112 remaining out of 294 total entries. This is the second to the last level of the day. Average stack is 78,750. Jeffrey Pamplona leads with over 300k.
Kannapong Thanarattrakul crashes to Pamplona
Fuk On Wong wins the three-way as Crawshaw busts
Last level of Day 1B, shove fest continues; Talordpong all in
Jason Kyle Magbanua earns a bit from Plicvs
Registration is closed!
-1500 BB Ante
Level 10 is underway which means registration is closed. A handful of players signed up during the break. The screens say 293 entries but that’s not official. We will have the count for you shortly.
Break time! Last chance to enter
Players are on their last break of the day which means it is the last chance for anyone who wishes to enter today’s starting heat. There are currently 290 entries. The event is on pace to smashing the guarantee.
Minh A. Nguyen beats Koh’s aces on the turn
Blinds up and last level of late registration
-1200 BB Ante
Blinds have already gone up which means we are on the last level of late registration. At the end of this round there will be a break. Those looking to enter, you still have 20 BB to play with if you enter on the last second. The current tally is 285 entries.
Registration closes at 379 entries
-1500 BB Ante
Registration closed with 379 entries, there are currently 165 players remaining. Three levels to go before bagging time for this heat. For those that want to sign up, we suggest to do so soon. Day 1C has blinds increasing every 20 minutes so it is a fast one. Buy in is ₫25,000,000 (~$1,020). The ₫10 Billion guarantee is already history with the pot pushing past ₫16 Billion.
Big stacks around the room
-1000 BB Ante
Shyh Chyn Lim - 210k Jeffrey Pamplona - 205k Ta Khanh Linh - 164k Thai Duong Ho Vo - 163k Dhaval Mudgal - 150k Richard Marquez - 150k Lee Haerok - 140k Aigars Plivcs - 130k Neel Joshi - 122k
Blinds up
-1000 BB Ante
Blinds are up again. There current tally of entries is 280 with seventy of those re-entries. Average stack is 40,000.
Three way ends Tiger Lee and Iyer, Ming San Chung ship it
Players are back on the beat, blinds are up!
-800 BB Ante
Cards are back in the air here at Day 1A. The dinner break added another 12 entries, the tally is now 260 with 208 players seated.
Cowboys good to Tan Xi Zuan
-1000 BB Ante
Blinds are climbing which means short stacks are getting desperate. One of them, Tan Zi Xuan shoved his 17.2k stack, got called, then happily doubled with pocket Kings domination pocket Tens.
Kulnattee Kunatharakul gets a bit more from Colada
Dinner break
50-minute dinner break. There are currently 248 entries with 204 seated. Registration is still open, closing at the end of Level 9 approx 9:30pm. We’ll be back!
Main Event Day 1A ends
After 12 rounds of play, Main Event is in the books. 293 signed up with only 72 surviving. We will have the chip counts posted here as soon as it has been made available.
Players back from the dinner break
-800 BB Ante
Players have returned from a dinner break. They play another six round of 40-minute blinds before bagging up.
Blinds up
-600 BB Ante
Another level done. Players have now entered Level 6 with buy ins at 300-600-600 BB Ante. 234 have entered so far with 198 seated. There will be a one hour dinner break after this the round. Still plenty of time to sign up with registration closing at the end of Level 9.
Choi Seunghoon bags a double with rockets
-500 BB Ante
Premium hands lighting up the felt. Choi Seunghoon woke up with Aces and Moses Saquing had Kings. No bad beats arrived for a double up to Choi to 57k.
17:13: Blinds up -500 BB Ante
New level with blinds up to 300-500-500 BB Ante. Average stack is 34,000. There are 212 entries with 187 seated.
DEEPSTACK Update

The two day Deepstack is down to the final 9 players. Players are vying for the top prize of ₫379,180,000 (~US$ 15,450). Mystery Bounty champion Kunal Patni is in the lineup and is looking to be the first player to rein in two titles.
Pham Lam Duy delivers double KO to Takayama and Trung
Aces cracked! Kim Hyun Sup booted, Hwang Jungmin scoops
Break time
-300 BB Ante
Play has reached the first break of the day. There are currently 178 entries, fourteen of those are re-entries.
Thanakrit Lachaima defends big blind and wins a raised pot
Blinds up
-300 BB Ante
New level with blinds now up to 200-300-300 BB Ante. The previous level picked up another 22 entries. Main Event is now at 147 entries. Among the faces in the crowd are Neel Joshi, Seungmook Jung, Hwany Lee, Tzai Wei Phua, Jack En Ching Wu, Moses Saquing, and Pham Bao.
Nguyen Hoang Nam doubles up through Choi Seunghoon
Blinds are up
-200 BB Ante
New level with blinds now up to 100-200-200 BB Ante. The field continues to grow with 125 entries.
Long queue at registration
-100 BB Ante

The screens say 62 players but with the long queue at registration that number will swell in minutes. There are 8 tables up and running.
Four way to the flop, Thanakrit Lachaima bets to win
Changhwan Lee over double starting
-100 BB Ante
Deepstack runner up Changhwan Lee is up to 67k, which is more than double the starting stack of 30k. We aren’t sure how he got there but we will keep an eye on him.
Over 100 entries
-100 BB Ante
A♠ predicted, the 100 marker has been breached with ten minutes to spare in this opening round. The screens have it at 106 entries.
At the scene
-100 BB Ante
Among the players getting an early start are Main Event newcomers Men “the master” Nguyen, Hieu Ngo, Short Deck champion Jason Lau, and Day 1A fallouts Hamish Crawshaw, Pham Tien Dung, Kunal Patni, and Grant Gardner.




















































