WPT Vietnam 2019 Main Event : Live Updates

Vincent Chauve wins the Main Event!

ENZ 6583 — Vincent Chauve – Main Event champion

it’s all over! After five days of competitive poker, Vincent Chauve rose to the throne defeating Jeonggyu Cho at heads up to capture the WPT Vietnam Main Event title! He earned the VND 2,300,000,000, the trophy, and the lead in the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race. Congratulations to Vincent Chauve!

We will have recap for you and a winner’s story so standby for that.

10:00PM: Jeonggyu Cho eliminated in 2nd place – VND 1,850,000,000
Level 33: Blinds 100K-200K ante 200K

Jeonggyu Cho did his best but in the end, he still could not take down the massive towers of Vincent Chauve. The closest he bridged the gap was 8M to 12M. However, Chauve went on a spree and began to create a big distance once again. The final hand of the tournament saw Cho raise to 500k, Chauve called. On the flop , Chauve led for 500k, Cho raised to 1.5M, Chauve three-bet to 2.5M, Cho shoved, Chauve called.

Cho open ended straight draw
Chauve top pair

The turn gave Cho more outs adding a flush draw in his quest for a double up. However, the river felted which was of no help. Cho took second place and earned VND 1,850,000,000. This was considerably one of the most impressive runs today. Cho entered the final day at the bottom of the 14 player lineup. He had about 12bbs. He doubled up on the first hand and sailed on to reach the final table and heads up from there.

9:25PM: Reaching the river
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

After several exchanges with hands only going as far as the turn, we finally got to see a couple of full boards. The first one saw a raise to 400 by Jeonggyu Cho, Vincent Chauve called. On the flop , both checked. On the turn , Chauve checked, Cho bet 700k, called by Chauve. The river it was back to checking. Cho win it with two pair over Chauve’s lower two pair.

Two hands after, Cho limped from the button, Chauve raised to 450k, Cho called. On the flop , both checked. On the turn , Chauve checked, Cho bet 600k, it was called. The river , both checked. Chauve had but Cho had better pair.

9:10PM: Vincent Chauve raises with 7-2 off and wins
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

Vincent Chauve raised to 325k, Jeonggyu Cho called. The flop , check by Cho, bet by Chauve of 200k, called. On the turn , same action with Cho check-calling a 450k bet. On the river, it was checked by both. Cho air, Chauve scooped up the pot with two pair.

9:00PM Jeonggyu Cho’s turn to stack up
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

After Vincent Chauve picked up a series of decent sized pots, Jeonggyu Cho answered with his own succession of pots. The first one saw Chauve raise to 325k, Cho called. On the flop , Cho check-raised Chauve’s 350k bet to make it 1.1M. Chauve folded.

Next win, Cho raised to 400k, Chauve called. The flop ran , Chauve checked, Cho bet 800k and won it with no challenge.

The biggest pot Cho won in this series began with him raising to 300k, Chauve called, the flop landed . Both players checked, and did the same on the turn. The river saw Chuave bet 400k, Cho raise to 900k, Chauve called. Cho won with higher kicker over Chauve’s .

8:45PM: Three good pots for Vincent Chauve
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

Vincent Chauve picked up three decent pots that were more than just picking up the blinds. On the first one, he raised to 325k, Jeonggyu Cho called. The flop saw a check from Cho, a 200k bet from Chauve, called by Cho. On the turn , Cho checked, Chauve sent out 450k, no call.

Next pot he was in button position again. He raised to 450k and Cho called. On the flop and turn, both players checked. On the river , Cho checked, Chauve slid out 200k, Cho called. Chauve showed two pair, Cho mucked.

The third good pot Chauve limped from the button, Cho raised to 450k, Chauve three-bet to 1.1M, Cho folded.

8:40PM: Jeonggyu Cho gets aggressive
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

Jeonggyu Cho took the second pot of heads up. He raised to 475k, Chauve called. On a flop , Chauve checked, Cho shoved, no call by Chauve.

8:35PM: First pot to Vincent Chauve
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

And they’re off! The final showdown to the title has begun! Vincent Chauve raised to 350k, Jeonggyu Cho called. On the flop , Cho check-called a 300k bet. On the turn, Cho checked, Chauve slid out 650k, this time Cho tapped out for Chauve to claim it. Chauve showed his bluff. Cho down to 5.9M.

8:15PM: Heads up! Vincent Chauve vs Jeonggyu Cho
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

P1000170 — Vincent Chauve and Jeonggyu Cho

From 14 players down to the final two! Vincent Chauve and Jeonggyu Cho will compete for the title, the trophy, and the top spot in the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race. Here’s how they match up:

Chauve 13,900.000
Cho 6,700,000

That’s pretty much 2:1 to Chauve. They will finish this round then the blinds will downshift to 30 mintue intervals instead of 60 minutes.

Good luck to the players! A new WPT Vietnam champions soon to be crowned!!

8:10PM: Tuan Pro out in 3rd place – VND 1,825,000,000
Level 32: Blinds 75K-150K ante 150K

Six Vietnamese players made it to the final day. Tuan Pro brought in the largest stack of that pack. He managed to amass an even larger arsenal throughout the day to stay in the upper ranks. After the fall of Thien Phu in 5th place, Tuan was the last player defending home soil. However it would not be his championship to lift having fallen to Vincent Chauve.

The hand saw Tuan open for 300k on the small blind, Chauve defended on the big blind. At the flop , Tuan bet 425k, Chauve called. On the turn , Tuan shoved, Chauve called putting Tuan at risk.

Tuan bluff
Chauve trips

Tuan was drawing dead. The river was just formality. Tuan earned VND 1,825,000,000 for his strong finish.

8:00PM: Chip count update – 3 players remaining – Deal reached
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Vincent Chauve 8,525,000
Jeonggyu Cho 6,175,000
Tuan Pro 5,900,000

Average stack: 6,860,000

Players reached a deal, each one is guaranteed the pay below:

Vincent Chauve – Thailand – VND 2,150,000,000
Jeonggyu Cho – Korea – VND 1,850,000,000
Tuan Pro – Vietnam – VND 1,825,000,000

They will play for an additional VND 150,000,000, the championship trophy, and 1500 points towards the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race.

7:50PM: Jeonggyu Cho on the rise
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

After doubling through fourth place finisher Jin Yong, Jeonggyu Cho has been on fire. He proceeded to win a couple of more pots, each against the leaders Vincent Chauve and Tuan Pro. The first one he defended his big blind from Tuan’s 250k raise. At the flop , Cho check-called a 275k bet. On the turn , checked by both to bring on the river . Cho slid out 250k, Tuan folded.

Against Chauve, Cho raised to 250k from the button, Chauve defended. At the flop , Chauve initiated the betting with 275k, Cho called. On the turn , Chauve bet 450k, Cho shoved, Chauve folded. Cho climbed to 6.8M.

7:45PM: Jin Yong settles for 4th place – VND 919,900,000
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Jin Yong entered the final day at the helm of the last 14 runners and despite being in fine shape to take it to the limit, he had to settle for a 4th place finish instead. After losing nearly all of his chips to Jeonggyu Cho, Yong managed to triple up however he needed much much more to get back in the game. He moved all in with , Cho called with , the board ran for two pair to Cho. Yong earned VND 919,900,000 for his impressive run.

7:40PM: Jin Yong triples up!
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Having plummeted to 175k, Jin Yong was all in from utg and got two callers in the blinds. The board ran out with no side pot generated. Yong showed straight, Tuan Pro , and Vincent Chauve . Yong tripled up but still way way below par.

7:35PM: Jeonggyu Cho doubles up to 3.3M, Jin Yong plummets
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Sb Jin Yong shoved his 1,775,000 stack, Jeonggyu Cho joined with 1.6M. Yong , Cho , the board ran for a double up to Cho to 3.3M. Yong down to 175k.

7:30PM: Tuan wins two pots
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

After writing about Vincent Chauve just crushing the table, it’s high time we write about someone else. Tuan Pro has picked up two pots to be newsworthy. In a battle of the blinds, Tuan raised to 375k preflop and Chauve called. On the flop , it was checked by both. On the turn, Tuan fired 325k which was enough to win it with Chauve folding. Tuan up to 5.3M.

Next hand, Tuan was on the button. He raised to 325k, Chauve called from the small blind. At the flop , turn , and river Chauve check-called a 350k bet, a 550k bet, and a 500k bet. Tuan revealed his top pair, Chauve mucked.

7:25PM: Chip count update – 4 remaining
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Vincent Chauve 12M
Tuan Pro <5M
Jin Yong 1.8M
Jeonggyu Cho 1.8M

7:20PM: The rich get richer….
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Two more pots for Vincent Chauve. sb Tuan Pro limped, bb Chauve checked it. On the flop , check Tuan, bet 225k Chauve, called by Tuan. The turn , same action with Tuan check-calling a 250k bet. Then on the river , Tuan was unable to call the 1.4M bet.

Next hand, button Tuan limped, sb Chauve limiped, JIn Yong checked. At the flop , Chauve led for 250k, Yong folded, Tuan called. On the turn , check-check. On the river , Chauve checked, Tuan bet 250k, Chauve called. Tuan mucked. Chauve won the pot and showed his hole cards.

7:10PM: Thien Phu packs up in 5th place – VND 703,140,000
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Thien Phu staged a good run but after falling in the red, he couldn’t find a way to get back in the black. His final hand saw Vincent Chauve raise to 275k from the button, Thien defended on the big blind. At the flop , Thien check-called a 225k bet. On the turn, it was checked by both. Then on the river , Thien led for 400k, Chauve shoved. Thien tanked. He eventually tossed in the call putting his tournament life at risk. Chauve showed flush and shipped it. Thien held top pair. Thien earned VND 703,140,000 for his deep run. With his departure, only Tuan Pro remains holding up the flag for the host country.

Chauve up to 10.6M which is over half the chips in play.

7:00PM Vincent Chauve continues to command
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Vincent Chauve’s stack is in command of the final table. He is well ahead of the competition and continues to ship it in. His recent win was a battle of the blinds against Tuan Pro. Tuan limped, Chauve raised to 425k, Tuan called. On the flop , tuan checked, Chauve fired 325k, Tuan tank-folded.

6:50PM: Thien Phu jams twice, no callers
Level 31: Blinds 75K-125K ante 125K

Thien Phu shoved twice. No callers. He climbed to 2M. He will need to double up though just to reach average stack.

6:40PM: Chip counts
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

Vincent Chauve 8.425M
Tuan Pro 6.5M
Jin Yong 2.75M
Thien Phu 1.475M
Jeonggyu Cho 1.45M

Average stack 4,116,000

6:25PM: Vincent Chauve starting to pull away
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

Vincent Chauve has been winning a majority of the pots here at the final 5 and is into the 8M marker. Besides picking up numerous blinds and antes, two hands that padded him up more was against Tuan Pro and Jeonggyu Cho.

Tuan raised to 225k from the button, Chauve three-bet to 775k, Tuan folded. Next winning hand, Chauve raised to 225k from utg, sb Cho three-bet to 650k, Chauve all in. Cho folded.

6:20PM: Vincent Chauve tanks Thien Phu
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

Button Vincent Chauve raised to 250k, Thien Phu defended on the big blind. At the flop , Phu checked, Chauve bet 250k, Phu called. On the turn , check again by Phu, 400k lad out by Chauve, Phu tank-folded. Thien down to 1.9M.

6:15PM: Thien Phu claims two small ones
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

With blinds going around fast, whoever wins the blinds and antes immediately picks up 250K. However, if a player loses his blinds, then that’s how much it will cost. For Thien Phu, the shortest stack on the table, he picked up a couple of b&a to bump him up to 2.1M. He won from the small blind after raising to 375k and Jeonggyu Cho folded. Next hand, he shoved on the button for 1.875M, and had no callers.

6:00PM: Vincent Chauve takes two
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

Seems to be most of the action is a battle of the blinds. In this hand it was sb Tuan Pro limping in, bb Vincent Chauve raised to 325k, called by Tuan. On the flop , Tuan checked, Chauve bet 500k, Tuan folded.

Two hands after, Chauve was on the button. He raised to 250k, sb Jin Yong three-bet to 575k, Chauve called. The flop brought more to the pot with Yong firing 575 again and Chauve matching it up. On the turn , Yong slowed down and checked, Chauve slid out 700k which was enough to win the pot with Yong folding.

5:45PM: Thien Phu drops a little
Level 30: Blinds 50K-100K ante 100K

Thien Phu is the shortest of the bunch and has been searching for spots to bring it up. However, with big stacks all around him, it ain’t easy pickins. Instead he lost a little to Jin Yong in this hand. In a battle of the blinds, Yong raised to 275k, Thien defended. On the flop , Yong fired 325k, Thien folded. Thien down to 1.5M.

5:30PM: Chip count update
Level 29: Blinds 40K-80K ante 80K

Tuan Pro 6,875,000
Jin Yong 4,870,000
Vincent Chauve 4,495,000
Jeonggyu Cho 2,540,000
Thien Phu 1,795,000

Total chips in play: 20,580,000
Average stack: 4,116,000

Remaining payouts
1st VND 2,777,360,000
2nd VND 1,947,640,000
3rd VND 1,255,830,000
4th VND 919,900,000
5th VND 703,140,000

5:20PM: Kwok Chun Yip eliminated in 6th place – VND 561,150,000
Level 29: Blinds 40K-80K ante 80K

Kwok Chun Yip has just been dealt his last hand here at the Main Event. He shoved his 680k stack, and Jin Yong made the call. Yip , Yong , the board ran for a full house to Yong. Yong climbed to 4.9M, Yip earned VND 561,150,000 for his deep run.

5:10PM: Clement Guilleminot exits in 7th place – VND 464,780,000
Level 29: Blinds 40K-80K ante 80K

Another battle of the blinds… sb Clement Guilleminot raised to 200k and bb Tuan Pro defended. The flop ran , Guilleminot c-bet 125k, Tuan called. On the turn , Guilleminot sent out 250k and Tuan continued to call. The river , Guilleminot all in for 700k, and Tuan snap-called. Guilleminot showed full house but Tuan had him way dominated with quads. Tuan soars to 7M. Guilleminot pockets VND 464,780,000 for his deep finish.

5:00PM: Kwok Chun Yip takes it back from Guilleminot
Level 29: Blinds 40K-80K ante 80K

Having lost a big chunk of chips in the previous orbit, then losing a bit more on a hand against Vincent Chauve, sb Kwok Chun Yip went all in with 300k behind holding . He was called by the bb player who he lost his chips to earlier, Clement Guilleminot with . The board threw blanks for a double up to Yip to 680k.

4:40PM: Clement Guilleminot doubles up to 1.9M
Level 29: Blinds 40K-80K ante 80K

Sb Kwok Chun Yip shoved his 1.47M stack and the player beside him on the bb, Clement Guilleminot, did the same with his 915k stack. Yip , Guilleminot , the board ran for a dominating full house to Guilleminot and a double up to 1.9M.

4:25PM: Jeonggyu Cho jams the big stacks
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

Jeonggyu Cho has a knack of getting in a pot with the big stacks. He engaged in a couple of heated pots that saw hjim jam on both to win it. The first hand Cho raised to 180 from mid spot and sb Vincent Chauve called. On the flop , Chauve checked, Cho bet 250k, and was called. On the turn both players checked. On the river , Chauve checked, Cho shoved, no call from Chauve.

Next altercation, Jin Yong raised to 165 from the button and bb Cho defended. On the flop , Cho checked, Yong c-bet 195k, Cho called. On the turn , Cho opted to lead out 375k, and Yong flatted. The river , Cho wasted no time counting, he simply announced “all in”. Yong tanked then folded. Cho scooped it up to climb to 3.4M.

4:20PM: 7 players remaining
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

There are 7 players left. Average stack is 2,940,000. Estimated chip counts:

Tuan Pro 4.7M
Jin Yong 4.2M
Vincent Chauve 4.1M
Thien Phu 2.5M
Jeonggyu Cho 2.5M
Kwok Chun Yip 1.65M
Clement Guilleminot 1M

4:05PM: Long Lam eliminated in 8th place – VND 369,920,000
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

Long Lam has just bumped the rail here in 8th place. He moved all in from utg+1 and to his surprise, the three big stacks called – button Tuan Pro, sb Vincent Chauve, and bb Jin Yong. The three players checked down the board . Long had that completely missed. Chauve opened , Yong , but the pot went to Tuan with . Tuan now at 4.4M. Long earned VND 369,920,000 for his deep finish.

3:55PM: Luong Anh Tuan railed in 9th place – VND 277,780.000
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

The first elimination of the final table has been delivered with Jeonggyu Cho knocking out Luong Anh Tuan. The hand saw Cho raise to 120k from cutoff and bb Luong shoving his 445k stack. Cho called.

Cho
Luong

Though Cho was behind, the board favored him as it ran . Luong took 9th place and earned VND 277,780.000 for his deep run. Cho climbed to 2.2M.

3:50PM: Clement Guilleminot takes it on the river
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

Luong Anh Tuan raised to 120k from utg, bb Clement Guilleminot called. The flop ran . Guilleminot checked to the aggressor Luong who c-bet 130k. Guilleminot called. On the turn both checked and the river came . Guilleminot switched and led out 200k, Luong folded. Guileminot goes up to 1.3M.

3:40PM: Thien Phu stops the leader
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

Action folded to the button Vincent Chauve, he raised to 120k, bb Thien Phu defended. On the flop , both players checked. On the turn , Thien bet 155k, Chuave raised to 415k, Thien three-bet to 1.415M, Chauve folded. Thien now at 2.6M.

3:30PM: Vincent Chauve rises to 5.2M
Level 28: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K

After winning a pot against Jeonggyu Cho, Vincent Chauve proceeded to pick up the next one to drive his stack to 5.2M. The hand began with hijack Clement Guilleminot raising to 105k, sb Chauve called, bb Jin Yong three-bet to 280k, Guilleminot folded, Chauve called. At the flop , both checked and the dealer laid the turn . Chauve bet 275k, Yong check-folded.

3:25PM: Vincent Chauve calls Cho’s bluff
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Jeonggyu Cho raised to 150k, bb Vincent Chauve defended. When the flop spread , no bets and the turn came . Chauve bet 170k, Cho raised to 350k, Chauve called. On the river , Chauve checked it to Cho who bet 500k, Chuave called. Cho had bluff Chauve won it with pair. Chauve climbed to 4.8M, Cho down to 1.8M.

3:15PM: Jin Yong picks up opening pot
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Immediate action at the final table with Jin Yong claiming the first pot. He opened to 130k and was joined to the flop by three callers. After two checks, Long Lam bet 150k, only Yong called. On the turn and river , no more bets laid out. Yong showed , Long mucked. Yong takes the lead with 4.7M.

2:25PM: Final table chip counts
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Players are on a break until the final table is set up. 9 players remain.

Total chips in play: 20,580,000
Average stack: 2,286,667
Blinds: 25K-50K ante 50K

Vincent Chauve 3,750,000
Jin Yong 3,695,000
Tuan Pro 3,105,000
Jeonggyu Cho 2,950,000
Thien Phu 2,070,000
Kwok Chun Yip 1,955,000
Clement Guilleminot 1,080,000
Luong Anh Tuan 880,000
Long Lam 800,000

2:20PM: Norbert Koh exits in 10th place – VND 230,350,000
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Norbert Koh will not be joining at the final table having just been railed in 10th place by Jeonggyu Cho. The hand saw Vincent Chauve open for 110k, sb Koh jammed his 1.2M stack, bb Cho immediately joined in with 1.5M, and Chauve opted to get out of the way.

Koh
Cho

The board didn’t improve Koh. He earned VND 230,350,000 for his deep run. Cho up to 3M.

2:10PM: Pham Quoc Anh out in 11th place – VND 230,350,000
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Button Pham Quoc Anh shoved his very short stack of 245k, big stacked Tuan Pro called called. Pham , Tuan , the board spread . Pham out in 11th place. He earned VND 230,350,000 for his finish.

2:05PM: Alok Birewar falls in 12th place – VND 230,350,000
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Alok Birewar could not gain any momentum at the table and finally took a stand holding . However, he couldn’t get past Tuan Pro’s with the board running . Birewar earned VND 230,350,000 for his 12th place finish.

2:00PM: Jeonggyu Cho banks another double
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Button Norbert Koh shoved with , sb Jeonggyu Cho shoved with , the board ran for a higher pair to Koh, but with the turn Cho retook the lead with a set. The river sealed the win and double up for Cho. He now has 1.5M, Koh down to 1.3M.

1:45PM: Norbert Koh on the move
Level 27: Blinds 25K-50K ante 50K

Norbert Koh is in action at the felt. He gt involved in four pots that saw his stack spike up and down to settle at 1.3M. The first hand he doubled up through Long Lam. Lam raised to 110k, called by Pham Quoc Anh, Koh shoved his 595k stack, Lam called, Pham folded. Koh held , Long , the board bricked.

The second hand sent Koh’s stack down. He raised to 125k from button position and bb Pham defended. At the flop , Pham checked, Koh bet 200k, Pham all in for 490k, Koh called. Pham , Koh , the turn was quads for Pham for a very happy double up to 1.2M.

Down to 785k, Koh shoved with and faced Pham again who had nuts hole cards . Looking like a bust, the board had other plans as it ran for a set to double up.

Next hand, Koh won a small pot against Tuan Pro. Tuan opened to 120k from the button, bb Koh called. On the flop , Koh checked- Tuan c-bet 120k, Koh called. On the turn and river , no bets landed. Koh won with , ace high. Tuan mucked.

1:40PM: Raiden Kan out in 13th place – VND 184,280,000
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Vincent Chauve has just claimed his second victim and it was Raiden Kan. Chauve raised to 110k, Kan three-bet to 310k from the big blind, Chauve shoved, and Kan called for his tournament life. Chauve , Kan , the cards came down . Kan out in 13th place. He earned VND 184,280,000 for his deep run. Chauve rises to 3.6M.

1:30PM: Thien Phu doubles up through Tuan
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Action folded to the blinds, Tuan Pro raised to 120k, bb Thien Phu called. On the flop , Tuan c-bet 175k, called by Thien. On the turn , Tuan jammed his massive stack that well covered Thien. Thien gave it some thought then called. Tuan draw, Thien top pair, the river was safe for Thien for a double up to 2.1M. Tuan down to 2.5M.

A bit of controversy during the hand. When Tuan shoved, a spectator was heard saying “call call!” Not sure if that affected Thien’s decision but it visibly upset Tuan.

1:25PM: Big stacks battle: Chauve vs Yong
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Vincent Chauve raised to 85k, Jin Yong three-bet to 230k Chauve called. On the flop , both players checked. On the turn, Chauve checked again, Yong bet 300k, Chauve called. On the river , Chauve again with the check, Yong fired 550k, Chauve tank-called. Yong showed full house. Chauve mucked. Yong rises to 4.1M, Chauve drops to 2.9M.

1:20PM: Tuan shoves out Norbert Koh
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Lojack Tuan Pro raised to 95k, button Norbert Koh called. On the flop {6c|, Tuan c-bet 120k, Koh raised to 280k, Tuan called. On the turn , more bets. Tuan checked, Koh fired 250k, Tuan shoved, Koh folded. Koh down to 610k, Tuan up to 3.5M.

1:15PM Raiden Kan wins a little off Jin Yong
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Raiden Kan raised to 85k and got one caller in Jin Yong from the small blind. At the flop , Kan bet 85k and Yong check-called. On the turn , both checked and the river came . Kan sent ou 125k, Yong check-folded.

1:10PM: Nam Duong falls in 14th place – VND 184,280,000
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Nam Duong is the first casualty of the final day. He moved all in from utg with 650k, sb Vincent Chauve called. Duong , Chauve , the board ran dry for Duong to end his Main Event run in 14th place. He earned VND 184,280,000 for his finish.

Chauve rises to the chip lead with 3.8M.

1:05PM: Vincent Chauve shows the bluff
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Utg Vincent Chauve raised to 85k, bb Luong Anh Tuan defended. The dealer spread , Luong checked, Chauve c-bet 55k, Luong raised to 155k, Chauve called. On the turn, Luong led for 180k, Chauve flatted. On the river , Luong sent out 225k, Chauve jammed, Luong folded. Chauve showed his bluff.

12:55PM: Long Lam shoves out Cho
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Action folded to the blinds, sb Jeonggyu Cho opened for 100k, bb Long Lam called. On the flop , both checked. On the turn, Cho c-bet 155k, Long called. On the river , Cho checked, Long jammed his remaining 500k, Cho folded. Long up to 900k.

12:45PM: Tuan rises to 3M
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Norbert Koh raised to 105k, Pham Quoc Anh called from the button, sb Tuan Pro three-bet to 500k. Koh tank folded, Pham also folded. Tuan up to 3M.

12:40PM: Jeonggyu Cho shoves again
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

After doubling up, Jeonggyu Cho three-bet shoved his 1.3M stack sending initial raiser Thien Phu tanking. Thien opted to fold and give up his 80k raise.

12:35PM: Clement Guilleminot next to get pumped
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Just after Jeonggyu Cho doubled up, the other table saw the second entering shortest stack Clement Guilleminot ship in his double up. Action folded to the small blind Guilleminot who shoved his 505k stack, bb Kwok Chun Yip called. Guilleminot , Yip , the board ran dry . Guilleminot over 1M, Yip down to 2.3M.

12:30PM: Cards in the air! Jeonggyu Cho doubles up!
Level 26: Blinds 20K-40K ante 40K

Just like that the runt of the bunch, Jeonggyu Cho doubled up! Utg Pham Quoc Anh opened for 150k, Cho shoved from the small blind. Pham called. Pham , Cho , the board ran for a higher pair spiked on the river to avoid the rail and double up to 1.3M. Pham down to 800k.

Race to the Main Event title!

The hunt for the Main Event title resumes! From what started as 686 entries is now down to the final 14 players. One of these players below will become the newest WPT champion and will pocket the VND 2,777360,000 (~US$119,734) first prize.

Name	Table	Seat	Country Name	Chips
Jin Yong	18	7	Malaysia	3,255,000
Kwok Chun Yip	18	1	Hong Kong	2,840,000
Tuan PRO	19	6	Vietnam	2,570,000
Vincent Chauve	18	6	Thailand	2,335,000
Norbert Koh	19	9	Singapore	1,705,000
Pham Quoc Anh	19	4	Vietnam	1,330,000
Thien Phu	19	7	Vietnam	1,225,000
Luong Anh Tuan	18	5	Vietnam	1,125,000
Long Lann	19	3	Vietnam	940,000
Nguyen Nam Duong	18	8	Vietnam	730,000
Raiden Kan	18	3	Hong Kong	720,000
Alok Birewar	19	8	India	715,000
Guilleminot Clement	18	9	France	585,000
Jeonggyu Cho	19	2	Korea	500,000

Opening blinds: 20K-40K ante 40K
Level duration: 60 minutes
Level duration at heads up: reduced to 30 minutes
Total chips in play: 20,580,000
Average stack: 1,470,000

The Main Event generated the largest prize pool in Vietnam history. 686 entries contributed VND 25M to boost the pot to a smashing VND 15,105,034,000 (~US$651,454). Day 2 saw the money flow starting at 86 places.

Somuchpoker will provide updates of the action throughout the day until a winner is declared so stick with us! Good luck to all the players!

Remaining payouts
1st VND 2,777,360,000
2nd VND 1,947,640,000
3rd VND 1,255,830,000
4th VND 919,900,000
5th VND 703,140,000
6th VND 561,150,000
7th VND 464,780,000
8th VND 369,920,000
9th VND 277,780.000
10th VND 230,350,000
11th VND 230,350,000
12th VND 230,350,000
13th VND 184,280,000
14th VND 184,280,000

12:05AM: Day 2 is a wrap! 14 players survived, Jin Yong in command

After 11 rounds of play, Day 2 came to a close with 14 players surviving the long and grueling battle. Seizing command was Jin Yong with 3.255M. He was the only player to cross into the 3M marker. We will have a recap for you shortly along with all the other info for the final day. Final day resumes at 1230pm.

Name	Table	Seat	Country Name	Chips
Jin Yong	18	7	Malaysia	3,255,000
Kwok Chun Yip	18	1	Hong Kong	2,840,000
Tuan PRO	19	6	Vietnam	2,570,000
Vincent Chauve	18	6	Thailand	2,335,000
Norbert Koh	19	9	Singapore	1,705,000
Pham Quoc Anh	19	4	Vietnam	1,330,000
Thien Phu	19	7	Vietnam	1,225,000
Luong Anh Tuan	18	5	Vietnam	1,125,000
Long Lam	19	3	Vietnam	940,000
Nguyen Nam Duong	18	8	Vietnam	730,000
Raiden Kan	18	3	Hong Kong	720,000
Alok Birewar	19	8	India	715,000
Guilleminot Clement	18	9	France	585,000
Jeonggyu Cho	19	2	Korea	500,000

Congratulations to all of the day’s survivors! See you tomorrow!

12:00AM: ITM Eliminations

Elimination 15th – VND 184,280,000

14th Yuriy Boyko – Ireland

Eliminations 16th to 18th – VND 153,010,000

16th Chia Hsuan Tu – China
17th Phan Anh Khiem – Vietnam
18th Chu Hong Tu – Vietnam

11:55PM: Yuriy Boyko eliminated
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Short stacked Yuriy Boyko shoved with 255k holding , he was called by Phan Quoc Anh with . The board dragged .

11:50PM: Chia Hsuan Tu out
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Chia Hsuan Tu had a good run but it ended at the hands of Kwok Chun Yip. Chia went all in with his short 275k stack holding but ran into Yip’s . No bad beat on the board. Yip up to 2.7M.

11:45PM: Kwok Chun Yip claims the pot, rises to 2.4M
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Norbert Koh and Kwok Chun Yip faced off for a big pot. The board was and 300k in the middle. Koh bet 120k, Yip raised to 300k, Koh called. The river saw both players slow down with no bets fired. Koh opened top pair but Yip had better, top two pair. Koh down to 1.4M, Yip up to 2.4M.

11:40PM: 16 players remaining
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

16 players remaining; average stack is 1,286,250. Last 5 hands called.

11:35PM: Long Lam doubles up
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Another short stack gets paid. Long Lam went all in with and won the flip against a player’s big slick. He now has just over 1M.

11:30PM: Thien Phu avoids the rail
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Thien Phu went all in for his last 650k, Pham Quoc Anh also shoved with about double. Phu had , Anh , the board ran for a pair spiked by Phu to avoid the rail.

11:20PM: ITM Eliminations

Eliminations 19th to 21st – VND 125,370,000

19th Louis Salter – UK
20th Anil Kumar Munot – India
21st Nguyen Kenny Hung – USA

Eliminations 22nd to 24th – VND 105,740,000

22nd Nguyen Binh Minh – Vietnam
23rd Bonh Yuk Ku – Korea
24th Natalie Teh – Malaysia

11:15PM: Jin Yong finishes rails Munot and Salter
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Jin Yong continues to run red-hot. He just downed two players in separate hands. The first was Ashish Munot who was all in with 999k holding , Jin , the board ran .

Next was Louis Salter who had A-4 but Jin’s J-9 improved on the board to ship in the short stack. Jin now at 3.7M.

11:05PM: Three-way showdown, no busts
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Immediately after the hand below, Louis Salter went all in, button Thien Phu quickly joined, and sb Chia Hsuan Tu made it a three-way with his remaining 95k.

Salter
Phu
Chia

The board ran for a flush to Chia and a triple up to 345k. Phu won the side pot. Salter dropped to 55k.

11:00PM: Another pot for Raiden Kan
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Raiden Kan got another boost to his stack. The hand saw three players beefed up the pot preflop to 200k. On a flop , sb Norbert Koh checked, bb Kenny Nguyen bet 100k, utg Kan raised to 210k, Koh folded, and Nguyen did the same to send the pot to Kan’s side of the table. Kan inching closer to 1M.

10:55PM: Jin Yong up to 2.38M
Level 25: Blinds 15K-30K ante 30K

Hot-handed Jin Yong drove up his stack further and now has 2.38M. We arrived only at the shipping with Chia Hsuan Tu paying him off. Jin showed {2s] nut flush on a board . Tu dropped to 95k.

10:50PM: Chip leader update

Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Vincent Chauve 2.5M
Jin Yong 1.65M
Luong Anh Tuan 1.6M
Phan Quoc Anh 1.5M
Kwok Chun Yip 1.3M

10:45PM: Jin Yong gets full pay with aces
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Two players fattened up the pot preflop to 170k and the dealer spread . One bet led to another, Jin Yong was all in with two pair, Ashish Munot with straight flush draw. The turn improved Jin to a full house, and with the river the scare passed for a double up to Jin. Jin climbed to 1.65M, Munot dropped 1.1M.

10:40PM: Luong Anh Tuan calls the bluff
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Action folded around to the small blind Luong Anh Tuan, he raised to 55k. Bb Bon Hyuk Ku defended. When the flop landed , Tuan c-bet 55k and Bon called. On the turn, Tuan opted to check, Bon bet 150k, Tuan called. On the river , check Tuan, Bon all in, Tuan called with less behind.

Tuan pair
Bon bluff

Bon dropped to 200k, Tuan doubled up to 1.6M.

10:30PM: Raiden Kan tanks Jeonggyu Cho
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Mp Jeonggyu Cho raised to 55k, bb Raiden Kan three-bet to 160k called by Cho. At the flop , Kan led out 100k, Cho called. On the turn, Kan shoved his 245k stack sending Cho tanking for some time. Despite having the chips, Cho opted to fold. Kan rises to 800k.

10:30PM: Chauve scalps Natalie Teh
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

It was all in for short stacked Natalie Teh. She had but could not improve on the board and fell to Vincent Chauve’s .

10:25PM: Kwok Chun Yip hurts Salter’s stack
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Hijack Louis Salter raised to 100k, sb Kwok Chun Yip called. At the flop , checked by Yip, c-bet of 74k by Salter, raised to 250k by Yip, Salter jammed. HYip called for his tournament life. Salter top pair, Yip in the hole. The turn and river for a double up to Yip. Yip now sits with 1.4m, Salter dropped to 450k.

10:10PM: Chip leader update
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

Vincent Chauve 1.85M
Ashish Munot 1.8M
Pham Quoc Anh 1.6M
Bon Hyuk Ku 1.5M
Alok Birewar 1.2M

10:05PM: 24 players remaining
Level 24: Blinds 15K-25K ante 25K

There are 24 remaining. Average stack is 857,500. For those that want to do the math, total chips in play was 20,580,000 (686 entries x 30k stack). Day 2 will stop at the end of Level 25.

10:00PM: ITM Eliminations

Eliminations 25th to 27th – VND 89,420,000

25th Darwin Lai – Hong Kong
26th Nguyen Hong Diep – Vietnam
27th Le Tam Viet – Vietnam

Elimination 28th to 36th – VND 73,110,000

28th He Yinghan – China
29th Eka Vedantham – India
30th Benedict Koh – Singapore
31st Sakoto Toshimasa – Japan
32nd Su Fang – China
33rd Tzu Chieh Lo – Taiwan
34th Hung Sheng Lin – Taiwan
35th William Kang – UK
36th Nguyen Thao Thanh – UK

9:45PM: Vincent Chauve with 2M
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Unfortunately we didn’t catch the action but from what we saw the board was and a massive 600k in the pot. Phan Quoc Anh bet 210k Vincent Chauve tanked then called. Anh showed , Chauve claimed it with . Anh down to 1.3M, Chauve at 2M.

9:35PM: Chu Hong Tu doubles up
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Short stacked Chu Hong Tu found a good spot to boost his stack. On a board and 250k brewed, a player checked, Tu shoved his remaining 275k, player tank-called. Tu showed overpair, his opponent top pair flush draw, the river was safe for Tu to double up.

9:25PM: Splashy pot for Nguyen Nam Duong
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Lots of players involved in this pot. Utg Louis Salter kicked off the action with a raise to 45k, Chua Hsuan Tu, Nguyen Nam Duong, and bb Darwin Lai called. On the flop , it was a four-way check. On the turn, Lai led for 90k, Salter folded, Tu and Duong called. On the river , back to checking. Tu , Lai , Duong won it with trips.

9:30PM: Aces cracked! Vedantham crippled by Munot
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Utg Eka Vedantham was very unhappy at the turnout of this hand as it sent him spiraling downwards. He opened the hand with a raise to 50k, bb Ashish Munot defended. On the flop , Munot checked, Vedantham bet 55k, Munot called. On the turn, check by Munot, Vedantham shoved 475k, and a snap call by Munot. Vedantham , Munot trips, the river was . Munot doubled up leaving Vedantham just 25k. Vedantham exited on the next hand.

9:15PM: Can’t bluff the big stack
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Following the hand below, mp player raised to 45k, db Vincent Chauve called, big blind He Ying Han called. The flop ran , two checks and Chauve bet 45k. Only Han called and the turn was . Both checked. The river , Han led for 80k, Chauve called. Han showed air, Chauve won it with two pair. Chauve up to 1.45M.

9:10PM: Jin Yong won’t be bullied
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Action folded to the small blind Vincent Chauve, currently one of the chip leaders here with over 1.3M. Chauve raised to 55k and big blind Jin Yong defended. At the flop Chauve c-bet 35k, Jin called. On the turn and river no bets came, Chauve showed his air and Jin won the pot with two pair.

9:00PM: Alok Birewar ends Su Fang’s day
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Su Fang went all in with his remaining 230k, Alok Birewar called. Fang , Birewar , the board dropped an ace on the turn to send Fang out of the running. Birewar shipped it and now has 1.2M.

8:55PM: Chua Hsuan Tu fires on every street
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Utg min-raised, cutoff Thien Phu called, button Chua Hsuan Tu three-bet to 100k, utg folded, Phu called. On the flop , Phu checked, Tu c-bet 70k, Phu called. On the turn, check again by Phu, Tu moved all in for 445k, Phu tank-folded. Tu showed two pair.

8:45PM: Jeonggyu Cho gets aggressive
Level 23: Blinds 10K-20K ante 20K

Khiem Phan raised to 45k, Jeonggyu Cho three-bet to 100k, Phan called. On the flop , Cho c-bet 125k, Pham tanked then opted to fold.

8:40PM: Khiem Phan’s snowmen can take the heat
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

Cutoff opened to 35k, button Khiem Phan re-raised to 80k, bb Kenny Nguyen four-bet to 240k, cutoff folded, Phan shoved with 385k. Nguyen called.

Phan
Nguyen

The board ran for a winning set to Phan and a double up to 850k. Nguyen dropped to 300k.

8:35PM: ITM Eliminations

Eliminations 37th to 45th – VND 64,200,000

37th Marvin Rettenmaier – Germany
38th Casey Kastle – Slovenia
39th Richard Marquez – Philippines
40th Loris Courio – France
41st Chih-Ying Liang – Taiwan
42nd Tran Minh Thang – Vietnam
43rd Dhanesh Chainani – Singapore
44th Nguyen Xuan Hung – Vietnam
45th Yung Tan Le – USA

Eliminations 46th to 54th – VND 56,640,000

46th Zhou Xinghua – Singapore
47th Do Quong Tien – Vietnam
48th Qiyuan Huang – China
49th Vinay Boob – India
50th Hyunil Hong – Korea
51st Ni Xiang Xiang – China
52nd Johannes Felix Hoeld – Germany
53rd Chi Chung Ho – Hong Kong
54th Nguyen Nang Quong – Vietnam

8:30PM: Bon Hyuk Ku doubles up to over 1M
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

A player limped in, Bon Huk Ku raised to 60k, called by the limper. At the flop , both checked. The turn saw a check followed by a bet by Bon of 100k. He was called. On the river , the player shoved but couldn’t push out Bon. Player had bluff, Bon shipped a double up with . Bon over 1M.

8:25PM: Vincent Chauve cripples Rettenmaier
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

Vincent Chauve raised to 35k, Marvin Rettenmaier shoved with around 350k, Chauve called with less. Chauve , Rettenmaier , the board ran for a crushing full house to Chauve and a double up to 590k. Rettenamaier dropped to 75k. Rettenmaier exited a few hands after.

8:15PM: Louis Salter rails two – Kastle and Marquez
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

Double knockout at table 3 with Louis Salter delivering the axe on Casey Kastle and Richard Marquez. It was all in preflop, Salter with , Kastle with and Marquez with . The board was . Salter at 1.05M.

8:10PM: Tzu Chieh Lo plummets, Kwok Chun Yip rises
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

On a board and 140k already in the middle, Tzu Chieh Lo bet 70k, and Kwok Chun Yip called. On the river , both checked, Kwok won it with trips over Lo’s air.

8:05PM: Clement Guilleminot crosses 1M
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

Clement Guilleminot was all in with , called by Yuriy Boyko with . The board ran for a straight and the double up to Guilleminot. He is at 1.1M, Boyko drops to under 900k.

8:00PM: Yuriy Boyko loses a little
Level 22: Blinds 10K-15K ante 15K

Yuriy Boyko raised to 35k and big blind defended. On the flop , bb slid out 35k, Boyko called. On the turn , bb bet 65k, Boyko tank-folded. Boyko drops to 1.3M.

7:30PM: Chip leader update
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

Pham Quoc Anh 1.8M
Yuriy Byko 1.3M
Kuok Chun Yip 1M
Louis Salter 1M

7:10PM: Yuriy Boyko doubles up
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

After a player limped, Yuriy Boyko raised to 40k, limper answered with a three-bet to 130k, Boyko shoved for 334k more. He was called. Player had , Boyko behind with , the board ran for a lucky set to Boyko to avoid the rail. Boyko rose to 950k.

7:00PM: Tzu Chieh Lo tanks Boyko
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

One player raised to 30k, Long Lam called, Yuriy Boyko three-bet to 125k, to his immediate left Tzu Chieh Lo shoved 334k, two players folded, back to Boyko who tanked. The clock was eventually called on Boyko. He folded. Lo scooped the pot and climbed to 510k.

6:50PM: Johannes Hoeld falls to Pham Quoc Anh’s quads
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

A player opened to 25k, called by Pham Quoc Anh and Johannes Felix Hoeld. No bets landed at the flop . The turn saw two players check, Hoeld bet 48k, one folded, Anh raised to 103k. Hoeld called. On the river , Anh banged out 90k, Hoeld shoved around 300k, and Anh called. Hoeld full house, Anh quads. Hoeld busted, Anh at 1.2M.

6:35PM: Marvin Rettenmaier folds aces
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

Not sure how the action went preflop but by the time the flop was spread, there was 220k in the pot and felted. Bb Norbert Koh bet 125k, Marvin Rettenmaier tanked then folded . Koh up to 800k, Rettenmaier down to 330k.

6:30PM: ITM Eliminations

Eliminations 55th to 63rd – VND 50,600,000

55th Benjamin Gonzva – France
56th Piet Pape – Germany
57th Rex Clinkscales – USA
58th Petr Koula – Czech Republic
59th Neel Joshi – India
60th King Sing Lau – Hong Kong
61st Simon Mark Burns – UK
62nd Jun Francis Ishii – Canada
63rd Martjin Johannes Gerrits – Netherlands

Eliminations 64th to 74th – VND 45,160,000

64th Ryan Revai – Canada
65th Alex Lee Lin Hwaa – Malaysia
66th Kim Dong Il – Korea
67th Lim Shyh Chyn – Hong Kong
68th Thai Ha – USA
69th Kok Jun Yan – Singapore
70th Yasheel Doddanavar – India
71st Andy Li Xue Yan – Malaysia
72nd Victor Chong – Malaysia

Eliminations 73rd to 81st – VND 41,090,000

73rd Phachara Wongwichit – Thailand
74th Shyna Affra Fanri – France
75th Nguyen Thanh Hung – Vietnam
76th Tan Wah Meng – Singapore
77th Wong Fuk On – Hong Kong
78th Constantin Harach – New Zealand
79th Jeremie Pierre Sarda – France
80th Hwang Jaeseong – Korea
81st Chua Feng Ji – Singapore

Eliminations 82nd to 86th – VND 37,160,000

82nd Shashank Jain – India
83rd Wai Kiat Lee – Malaysia
84th Zhou Zhongsai – China
85th Pham Duy Hund – Vietnam
86th Sumit Sapra – India

6:25PM: Long Lam rails Quang Nguyen
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

After one player limped in, sb Quang Nguyen shoved his 180k stack, bb Long Lam shoved with more (227k), limper folded. Quang had pocket kings, Lam had pocket aces, the board bricked, Quang eliminated.

6:20PM: Bon Hyuk Ku jams
Level 21: Blinds 6K-12K ante 12K

Bon Hyuk Ku raised to 30k, one player called, Tzu Chieh Lo (Bruno) three-bet to 100k, Bon shoved his 550k stack, no callers. Bon up to 700k.

6:15PM: Thang Tran ends Piet Pape’s run
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Utg Piet Pape went all in, everyone folded to the small blind Thang Tran, he called. Bb player He Ying Han folded to Tran’s dismay. He said aloud “I was trying to trap him” while motioning to the big blind. Pape , Tran . The board bricked. Pape railed, Tran up to 530k.

6:10PM: Chu Hong Tu sends Clinkscales to the rail
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Rex Clinkscales was all in with but ran into Chu Hong Tu’s dominating . The board ran dry to send Clinkscales to the rail.

6:05PM: Benedict Koh boosted by Bruno Lo
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

On a raised pot preflop, the cards spread . Benedict Koh went all in for 122k, Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo called after getting the count. Koh top pair, Lo , second pair. The turn was and river . Koh doubled up to 285k.

6:00PM: Le Anh Tuan doubles up through Hoeld
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Johannes Felix Hoeld raised to 21k from mid-position, Le Tan Dung called, sb Le Anh Tuan three-bet to 75k, Hoeld shoves his massive stack, Dung folded, and Tuan called for his tournament life.

Hoeld
Tuan

No bad beats on the board for a double up to Tuan to 630k.

5:35PM: Thien Phu with another pot, climbs to 840k
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Thien Phu raised to 22k from cutoff, Rex Clinkscales three-bet to 83k, Phu called. At the flop , Phu checked, Clinkscales fired out 63k, called by Phu. On the turn, both players checked. On the river , Phu checked, Clinkscales bet 98k, called by Phu. Clinkscales showed bluff, and Phu won it with . Clnkscales down to 120k, Phu rises to 840k.

5:25PM: Yasheel Doddanavar falls to Thien Phu
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Yasheel Doddanavar raised to 25k and found two callers in the blinds to join him to the flop . The blinds checked, Doddanavar c-bet 55k, called by the small blind Thien Phu. On the turn , Phu checked, Doddanavar shoved, Phu also moved all in and the cards were tabled. Doddanavar air, Phu pair + flush draw. The river didn’t help Doddanavar to knock him out. Phu up to 580k.

5:15PM: Kwok Chun Yip rails one
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Hung Caro raised to 25k, Kwok Chun Yip three-bet to 70k, Hung four-bet shoved his massive 320k stack, and still could not push out Yip who called. Hung , Yip , the board ran low, Hung busted while Yip shipped it.

5:00PM: Chip leader update
Level 20: Blinds 5K-10K ante 10K

Johannes Felix Hoeld 800k
Hung Sheng Lin 750k
Yip Kwok Chun 670k
Neel Joshi 550k
Marvin Rettenmaier 540k
Jeonggyu Cho 480k

4:30PM: Linh Tran bubbles!
Level 19: Blinds 4K-8K ante 8K

Linh Tran was the unfortunate casualty during the bubble round. He was all in from cutoff with , button Luu Anh Tuan called with , the board ran .

86 players remaining. Everyone now in the money.

4:15PM : Bubble time: Survival mode for Constantin Harach Level 19: Blinds 4K-8K ante 8K

New Caledonian player Constantin Harach was down to his last 1k when the big blind was upon him. He had no choice but to put his 1k in as ante and even if he won, he could only win back his 1k. He was all in with and was up against Vincent Chauve holding . The board ran for two pair and the win to Harach.

From the small blind, Harach was forced all in again. Chauve raised to 14k, no other callers for a second showdown between them. Harach , Chauve ahead with , the board ran for a split pot. Harach received 5k.

Action continued with more players all in but no one breaching the money bubble. Harach moved all in on utg with . He was called by the blinds. The board was checked down. Harach had the best hand and grew to 23k. Next two hands, Harach was on the blinds and gave up nearly all his chips except 3k.

When the bubble eventually burst, Harach made the money and even laddered up before exiting in 78th place. Good bubble run!

4:00PM: Bubble time: Vincent Chauve shoves Norbert Koh

Level 19: Blinds 4K-8K ante 8K

Heated action between Vincent Chauve and Norbert Koh during the bubble round. Koh raised to 20k, Chauve three-bet to 55k, Koh called. On the flop {3h], Koh checked, Chauve bet 35k, called by Koh. On the turn both players checked and the river landed . Koh checked, Chauve moved all in for 251k. Koh had it to call but didn’t. Chauve scooped it up.

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3:50PM: Bubble time: Jeonggyu Cho jams Kenny Nguyen
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

The pot had already grown to 85k when the flop landed . Kenny Nguyen bet 30k, one player folded, Jeonggyu Cho called. On the , Nguyen checked, Cho jammed over 400k sending Nguyen tanking. After some table talk and Cho telling Nguyen to call to see his cards, Nguyen folded. Cho showed his straight. Cho up to 660k.

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3:30PM: Bubble time: Neel Joshi doubles up through Doddanavar
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Utg Nguyen Nam Duong raised to 15k, cutoff Neel Joshi three-bet to 50k, bb Yasheel Doddanavar four-bet to 100k, DUong folded, Joshi all in for 180k, called by Doddanavar.

Joshi
Doddanavar

The board ran for a dominating full house win to Joshi.

3:20PM: Nguyen Xuan Hung doubles up
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Luong Anh Tuan raised to 14k, Nguyen Xuan Hung all in, Pham Quoc Anh four-bet to 39k, Tuan shoved his 170k stack, Anh folded.

Tuan
Hung

The board ran dry for Tuan for a double up and more to Hung. He now has 350k.

3:10PM: Alok Birewar up to 400k
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

From utg+1 Alok Birewar raised to 14k, called by Norbert Koh and bb Zhou Zhongsai. At the flop , Zhou checked, Birewar checked, Koh bet 21k, both players called. On the turn , everyone checked. On the river , Zhou led for 55k, Birewar and Koh called. Zhou showed bluff, Birewar won it with two pair. Birewar up to 400k.

2:50PM: Jeonggyu Cho with the check-raise
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Utg player limped, Richard Marquez raised to 14k, this was followed by four callers which included utg. At the flop , action was checked to Marquez, he c-bet 30k. Button Thang Tran called, bb Jeonggyu Cho raised to 100k, fold utg, fold Marquez, Tran tank-folded. Cho at 450k.

2:45PM: Chip leader update, 94 remaining
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Looks like our current front runner is Johannes Felix Hoeld with 650k. We aren’t sure how he got there but we will be tracking him from here on. 94 players remaining. Bubble time at 87 remaining.

2:40PM: Flush over flush boots out Huy Coshet
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Huy Coshet and Kim Dong il have had a previous altercation in the opening round that resulted in Kim doubling up on a controversial action. The two faced off again moments ago and it spelled the end for Huy Coshet. Catching the action only at the shipping, the board was , Huy Coshet with that fell to Kim’s higher flush.

2:35PM: Thao Nguyen doubles up through Eka Vedantham
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

Eka Vedantham raised to 14k and found one caller in Thao Nguyen. At the flop , Eka led out and Thao called. On the turn , Eka fired 36k, still Thao stuck with him. Then on the river , Eka pushed with his stack well covering Thao’s stack. She tanked then called risking her tournament life. It was a good gamble for Thao with Eka showing bluff. She won it with two pair. Thao up to 315k, Eka down to 300k.

2:30PM: Marvin Rettenmaier on the rise
Level 18: Blinds 3K-6K ante 6K

WPT decorated champion Marvin Rettenmaier sits with around 400k having won a couple of pots on our walk over. The biggest pot was knocking out a player with his over on a board that further improved Rettenmaier to a set.

2:20PM: Prize pool

2:15PM: First break of the day, 108 remain

Three levels in, we are now at the first break of the day. The screens show 108 remaining. From here on, the levels increase every 60 minutes. Bubble time approaches with 86 places paid.

Total chips in play: 20,580,000
Average stack: 175,897

2:05PM: Darwin Lai wins the flip, rises to 400k
Level 17: Blinds 3K-5K ante 5K

Darwin Lai is making a bid for leadership. He has just soared to over 400k. The hand that did it saw him open to 11k, sb player three-bet to 33k, Lai four-bet jammed and sb called. Lai , sb , the board spread for a winning flip to Lai to bust a player.

1:50PM: Round 2 for Thai Ha and Nguyen Hong Diep
Level 17: Blinds 3K-5K ante 5K

First big match up between Thai Ha and Nguyen Hong Diep resulted in the latter doubling up. On this second bout, Thai Ha was able to recover some of the chips. It began with Thai Ha raising to 12k, Diep three-bet to 30k, Thai Ha four-bet to 85k, called by Diep. On the flop , both checked. On the turn , Thai Ha bet 62k, Diep tank-folded. Thai Ha back up to 370k.

1:45PM: Set over set! Hyunil Hong bests Hung Sheng Lin
Level 17: Blinds 3K-5K ante 5K

The flop was already laid out , a pot of 80k in the middle, Hyunil Hong checked to Hung Sheng Lin who bet 18k. Hong called. On the turn both checked and the river felted . Hong led for 50k, Hung Sheng tanked then called. Hong opened set and scooped the pot with Hung Sheng showing his lower set.

1:25PM: Nguyen Hong Diep shaves some off Thai Ha
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

Thai Ha opened to 9k, button Nguyen Hong Diep called. The dealer spread , Thai Ha c-bet 18k, Diep raised to 30k, Thai Ha shoved, Diep called with his 212.5k behind. Thai Ha overpair, Diep set, the turn and river produced nothing for Thai Ha for Diep to claim a massive double up to 440k. Though it was a big loss to Thai Ha, he is still way above average stack. He sits with 280k.

1:20PM: Norbert Koh continues to rise
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

Again, Zhou Zhongsai and Norbert Koh went head-to-head. With 60k already brewed and a board showing , Koh bet 10k, Zhou raised to 35k, Koh called. The river , Koh jammed it, Zhou tanked then gave up his stake on the pot. Koh up to 550k, Zhou down to 120k.

1:15PM: James Mendoza doubles up
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

With a big pot already weighing down the middle, roughly 130k, James Mendoza and a player faced a board . Mendoza checked, player bet 95k, Mendoza tanked then found the guts to call. Player showed pair, Mendoza had better two pair. Mendoza rose to 295k.

1:10PM: Quang Nguyen’s trips gets good pay off La Anh Tuan
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

Utg La Quang Nguyen limped in then called late position player La Anh Tuan’s 11k raise. At the flop , Quang checked, Tuan c-bet 17k, called by Quang. On the turn , Quang changed up and led for 24k, Tuan called. The river saw Quang send out 51k, Tuan tanked for a bit then called. Quang showed trips and won the pot. Tuan mucked.

1:05PM: Norbert Koh joins the 500k mark
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

Catching the action on a full board and 50k in the middle, Norbert Koh bet 25.5k, Zhou Zhongsai called. Koh showed flush, Zhou mucked. Zhou down to 150k, Koh up to 500k.

12:50PM: Jeonggyu Cho at half a mil; Hieu Duong out
Level 16: Blinds 2K-4K ante 4K

Jeonggyu Cho has just beefed u his stack to half a mil! The hand began with Thang Tran limping in, Cho limped as well, Hieu Duong raised to 16k, Thang called, Cho shoved, Duong shoved, Thang got out of the way.

Cho
Duong

The board ran for a higher pair spiked by Cho to scoop it up and knock out Duong.

12:40PM: Backdoor flush for Kwok Chun Yip off Sapra
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

One of the day’s entering big stacks, Sumit Sapra, raised to 6500, button Kwok Chun Yip called, joined by the big stack Aysee Nguyen. At the flop , Nguyen checked, Sapra c-bet 8k, Yip raised to 21.5k, Nguyen and Sapra called. On the turn, all three waived their option and the river felted . Bb checked, Sapra bet 85k, Yip all in, bb folded, Sapara called. Yip with a backdoor flush won it over Sapra’s straight.

12:35PM: Norbert Koh pumped by Tan Wah Meng
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

Lojack Norbert Koh opened to 8k, hijack Tan Wah Meng called, joined as well by the small blind. AT the flop , sb checked, Koh checked, Meng bet 10k, called only by Koh. The turn drew no bets and the river came . Koh checked again, Meng banged out 25k, and Koh tank-called. Meng opened , Koh held to take the pot. Koh up to 380k, Meng down to 140k.

12:25PM: Thai Ha fattens up to 450k
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

The day’s entering chip leader Thai Ha has just picked up a huge pot to bring him up to 450k. The hand was against Nam Phuong who raised to 8k preflop, called by Thai Ha. At the flop , Phuong c-bet 9k, called again by the leader. On the turn no bets arrived and the river felted . Phuong checked, Thai Ha bet 28k, Phoung tanked then called. Thai Ha showed trips to best Phuong’s .

12:20PM: Quang Nguyen busts Tran Thanh Dat
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

Action began with Su Fang laying out a 7k raise, Tran Thanh Dat called, a few spots over, Quang Nguyen three-bet to 35k, Fang folded, and Tran tossed in the rest of his chips which was less than the re-raise. Tran , Quang , the board ran well for Tran , but with the river , it was a straight to Quang to send Tran out.

12:15PM: Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo vs Kush Kataria
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

ENZ 5507 — Kush Kataria and Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo

Tit for tat between Bruno Tzu Chieh Lo and Kush Kataria. Action began with utg Lo raising to 6k, bb Kataria three-bet to 20k, Lo folded. Next hand, Kataria limped on the small blind, Lo raised to 12k, Kataria folded.

12:10PM: Cards in the air!
Level 15: Blinds 1500-3000 ante 3000

After a slight delay, we are off! Cards in the air for Day 2! Half the field will be lucky, half will walk away empty-handed. Live updates right here throughout the day. It’s gonna be a long one!

Welcome to Main Event Day 2!

Good afternoon players! With three starting days in the books, we now move on to Day 2. A total of 170 players qualified to today’s round. Here is the breakdown:

Day 1A: 136 entries – 37 advanced
Day 1B: 211 entries – 48 advanced
Day 1C: 339 entries – 85 advanced

Day 2: 170 players
Total chips in play: 20,580,000
Average stack: 121,058

The Main Event drew a monster 686 entries to easily smash the advertised guarantee. Players are now looking at a much more lucrative prize pool of VND 15,105,034,000 (~US$651,454). The eventual winner won’t emerge until tomorrow but what he/she will pocket is an enormous VND 2,777,360,000 (~US$119,734).

Sometime today, the money will flow with 86 places paid. Players will begin at Level 15 with blinds at 1500-3000 ante 3000. The first three levels run 40 minutes each then it’s 60 minutes from then on. It is going to be a long day as the organizers attempt to play to the Final 9 or 11 hours of play, whichever comes first. Entering as the overall chip leader is Thai Ha with 363,500. He is trailed by Yasheel Doddanavar with 333,000, and to round out the top three is Eka Vedantham with 323,500.

Good luck to all!

11:10PM: Day 1C ends with Sumit Sapra up top

It was a huge day at the Main Event with 339 entries for Day 1C. After 14 rounds, only 85 survived with India’s Sumit Sapra at the helm bagging 310,500 in chips. Sapra was the only player to cross into this range. HIs closest competitor was Chauve Vincent with 263,000 and Tzu Chieh Lo with 250,000. We will have a recap for you shortly along with the chip count. For now, have a read on some of the action we caught in this heat.

10:50PM Andy Li Xueyan rails Minh Le
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Andy Li Xueyan had pocket kings, Minh Le had pocket nines, the board ran 3-8-9-8-K for a full house to both but Xueyan with the higher spread.

10:45PM: Tony Trieu wins two, rises to 230k
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Tony Trieu picked up two pots to bring his stack to 230k. The first one he railed a player with pocket aces over pocket tens.

Next hand, Chih Ying Liang raised to 5500, called by two players until it reached Trieu who three-bet to 17.5k. Two players called, Liang and Cuong. At the flop , Trieu bet 25k and won the pot with no callers.

10:40PM: Lu Zheng Hao gets chunked
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Lu Zheng Hao was on his second bullet today after falling to quads with his full house. He hoped his second attempt would be better, and he was faring well with over 100k until the last level sent him plummeting. He shared the hand with us. He opened to 5500 from hijack and bb defended. On the flop , bb checked, Hao bet 4k, bb raised to 14k, Hao called. On the turn both checked and the river completed the board. Bb bet 17k, Hao shoved his 60k, bb called with slightly less. Hao with set, bb with straight, Hao got chunked to 8k.

10:25PM: Tan Wah Meng boots one
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

With 10k in the middle, three players stared down a flop . Sb checked, Tan Wah Meng bet 4500, Jin Yong folded, back to sb who shoved. Meng called. Sb flush draw, Meng mid pair. The turn and river completed the board. Meng shipped it while sending one out in the process. Meng up to 180k.

10:20PM: Rex Clinkscales takes from Jaewook Shin
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Yet another loss for Jaewook Shin. This time it was Rex Clinkscales taking some. Clinkscales raised to 4500, Shin defended on the big blind. At the flop , Shin checked, Clinkscales bet 8500, Shin folded. Clinkscales up to 170k, Shin down to 130k.

10:15PM: Lucky quads for Chih Ying Liang, busts An Joung Huk
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

An Joung Huk raised to 4500, Chih Ying Liang re-raised to 11k, Huk called. On the flop , both checked and the dealer dropped turn. Huk checked, Liang bet 10k, Huk shoved his 35k stack, and Liang snapped him off.

Huk flush
Liang trips

The river improved Liang to a roaring quads to take the lead and the pot. Huk busted. Liang up to 260k.

10:10PM: Gabriel Carter wins some off Jaewook Shin
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Jaewook Shin hasn’t won a hand that he’s raised preflop. Having lost two to Johannes Felix Hoeld, he lost another but bigger pot to Gabriel Carter. Action began with Shin raising to 4500 from utg, called by two players which included Carter on the big blind. At the flop , Carter checked, Shin bet 6k, one player folded, back to Carter who called. On the turn, Carter checked, Shing bet 15k, Carter raised to 48.5k, Shin folded.

10:05PM: KDI doubles up through SJ Kim
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Utg KDI raised to 6k, mp Soo Jo Kim called, and joined by the button Dinh Xuan Dinh for a three-way look at the flop . KDI bet 9k, called by both Kim and Dinh. On the turn , KDI bet 20k, Kim shoved 40k, Dinh folded.

Kim top pair
KDI top two pair

The river ended the hand for a double up to KDI.

10:00PM: Johannes Felix Hoeld wins three pots
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Johannes Felix Hoeld boosted his stack to 120k after winning three pots at his table in this new round. First pot saw cutoff Jaewook Shin raise to 4500, Hoeld shoved on the button, no call.

Next hand it was Shin again who raised to 4500, Hoeld three-bet to 13.5k, Shin folded. Third winning pot, Hoeld raised to 4500, one player called, another three-bet to 14.5k, called by both players. On the flop , action was checked to the aggressor, he bet 18.5k. Hoeld moved all in. No callers to claim the pot.

9:30PM: Chih Ying Liang up to 280k
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

On a full board and 55k weighing down the middle, Chih Ying Liang checked, Nguyen Hong Diep bet 20k, Liang tanked then made the call. It was a good one with Nguyen mucking. Liang claimed it without having to show. He now has 280k.

9:20PM: Big blind special for Piet Pape, zooms to 240k
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Piet Pape was already sporting a big stack when he claimed a beefy pot to zoom to 240k. The board was , around 50k brewed, bb Pape bet 22k, his opponent tanked then called. Pape showed straight to defeat .

9:10PM: Marvin Rettenmaier up to 200k
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Clearly one of the most decorated players here, Marvin Rettenmaier bet 16.6k on a board of with 32k already in the middle. He was called by Quoc Anh. Rettenmaier opened for a straight and claimed it. Anh held .

9:05PM: Aggressive bets by Terry Gonzaga
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Action folded to the button Terry Gonzaga, he raised to 340. Big blind three-bet to 13.2k, Gonzaga four-bet to 33k, bb called. On the flop , bb checked, Gonzaga fired 30k, bb tank-folded. Gonzaga climbed to 250k.

9:00PM: Lloyd Fontillas’s aces cracked by Brodie
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

APT General Manager Lloyd Fontillas just sent us his bad beat against Stuart Brodie. Brodie shoved with , William Kang shoved with , Fontillas on the bb shoved with . Around 100k collected. The board ran for a straight to Brodie. Fontillas down to 4k.

8:55PM: Jin Yong gets hit, drops to 80k
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Mid position player Anson Wong raised to 2500, Jin Yong three-bet to 9k, Wong jammed for an additional 39.5k to Jin. He called. Wong , Jin , the window card showed an ace with the board completing .

8:50PM: Anh Nguyen wins three in a row
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Having just won a pot, Anh Nguyen proceeded to win two more. Big stacked player raised to 3k, called by button player and Anh Nguyen on the big blind. At the flop , everyone checked. On the turn , Anh bet 5k, called by the button. On the river it was checked by both, Anh won with .

Immediately following that win, he was in on a raised pot preflop to 17k. The board showed . Sb Anh bet and before the count, his opponent folded to scoop it up. Anh up to 140k.

8:40PM: Takagi Yosuke railed by Andy Li Xueyan
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

One of the WPT Japan honored players, Takagi Yosuke has just fallen. He was all in with top pair on the flop , but Andy Li Xueyan had set. The turn and river produced nothing for Yosuke and Li shipped it.

8:30PM: Shashank Jain at 200k
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

A player opened for 3k, Shashank Jain three-bet to 9100, June shoved with 42.2k, initial raiser folded, and Jain with the call. Jain , June . Though June was ahead, the board ran for a full house to Jain. June busted, Jain shipped it to reach 200k.

8:10PM: Prize pool is up!

Prize pool: VND 15,105,034,000 (US$651,175)
1st prize: VND 2,777,360 (US$119,700)
Entries: 686
ITM: 86 places

8:05PM: Full pay for Marvin Rettenmaier’s boat
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

A pot of 25k was already in the middle and a full board of . Sb Thao Nguyen bet 5k, Marvin Rettenmaier shoved his 33k stack, Thao tanked. She eventually called then mucked after seeing Rettenmaier’s full house.

8:00PM: Jaewook Shin tanks to Dinh Gia Hung
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Two limpers in until Jaewook Shin raised to 5k. Limper Dinh Gia Hung called while the other limper folded. The flop ran , checked by both. On the turn, Dinh checked, Shin bet 10k, Dinh raised to 30k, Shin tanked then folded.

7:45PM: Full house for Dishant
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Catching the action on a board and a hefty 20k already in the middle, Dishant bet 11.2k and button called. On the river, Dishant fired 17k, and got the call once more. Dishant revealed for a full house to win it against his opponent’s straight.

7:40PM: Nam Phuong not afraid of the big stack
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Nam Phuong raised to 2300 and found two callers in Le Tan Dung and Dung God. At the flop , God checked, Phuong c-bet 2200, Dung raised to 8200, God folded, called by Phuong. On the turn , Phuong checked to the aggressor Dung, he shoved his 120k big stack. Phuong did not flinch, he called with his 19.5 short stack.

Dung trips
Phuong trips higher kicker

The river was a blank card of no help to Dung for a double up to Phuong.

7:30PM: Registration closed! 339 entries for Day 1C
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

That’s it! Registration has officially closed for the Main Event. There were 339 entries today – 263 uniques and 76 re-entries. Combine that with the previous starting days – 136 and 211 – that comes to a total of 686 entries. The Main Event officially broke its previous Vietnam attendance of 679 entries. We will have the prize pool up for you soon but it is over VND 15 Billion.

Freezeout stage begins. Good luck to all. Including this one, there’s five levels to play before bagging time. Screens say 199 players remaining. For a quick reminder, 85 players advanced to Day 2 from the previous days.

7:15PM: Nguyen Dang Toan shows the bluff
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

On a flop , Phan Hong Cuong checked, Nguyen Dang Toan bet 6500 onto a 16k pot. Cuong called. On the turn , both checked and the river dropped . Cuong led out for 6k, Toan raised to 15.5k, Cuong folded. Toan showed bluff.

7:10PM: Quoc Anh steals it from Thao Nguyen
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Cutoff Quoc Anh raised to 2k, Thao Nguyen called from the button, bb Lu Zheng Hao joined in for a three-way look at the flop . Hao checked, Anh c-bet 3k, Thao raised to 8k, Hao folded, and Anh called. On the turn and river, no bets landed. Thao showed set but Anh had her with straight.

7:08PM: Ron Tse doubles up
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

On a turn board , cutoff player tanked to Ron Tse’s all in. The clock was finally called and on the last second, it was called. Tse showed , cutoff with , the river kept the aces ahead for a double up. Tse with 63k.

7:05PM: Chip update
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Phan Hong Cuong 140k
Le Tan Quang 170k
Piet Pape 140k
Minh Le 120k
Michael Kim Falcon 120k
Pavel Lubov 130k
Rex Clinkscales 140k
La Anh Tuan 135k
Tan Wah Meng 125k
Jae Wook Shin 210k (chip leader)

7:00PM: Thao Nguyen with back-to-back pots
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

The lone female at table 9, Thao Nguyen, commanded the table for a couple of hands. Action began with Seitaro Aso raising to 1800, called by three players. On the flop , Thao bet 2k, this was followed by two folds, then a call by the button player. On the turn , Thao fired 3k, called again. Then on the river , her 5k bet was good enough to win it with no challenge.

The next hand, utg Lu Zheng Hao raised to 2k, button Quoc Anh three-bet to 4200, sb Thao four-bet to 10k, no callers. Anh showed his . Thao showed kings.

6:50PM: Chul Ho Bae downs Le Ngoc Khanh
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Le Ngoc Khanh raised to 4500, Chul Ho Bae three-bet to 11k, Khanh all in with his ailing short stack which was less than Chul Ho’s raise. Khanh , Chul Ho , the baord bricked for the pair to hold. Khanh eliminated.

6:40PM: Level 9 begins! Last round to enter
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

This is the last level to enter the Main Event. Once Level 10 begins, that’s it.

6:30PM: Set over set! Antoine Ky rails Han Wool Jang
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Preflop action saw Antoine Ky raise to 1500 from utg+1, mp Han Wool Jang called. On the flop , Ky bet 2500, Jang raised to 6k, Ky re-raised to 20k, Jang all in, and Ky all in with more chips.

Jang set
Ky higher set

The turn and river completed the board. Jang busted. Ky rises to 80k.

6:20PM: Paul Hong with the flush
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Mp Jinhyo Yoo limped, Patrick B raised to 2k, sb Paul Hong called, Yoo called as well. The flop , all checked. On the turn, check check, Patrick bet 3k. Hong called. On the river , Hong bet 11k, Patrick called. Hong showed flush and claimed the pot.

6:10PM: Jaewook Shin with around 220k
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

With a packed house before us, it is a hunt to locate the chip leader. Looks like we found him. Jaewook Shin at a corner table sits with around 220k. We will keep tabs to see if that grows any further. We did manage to see him win one hand. Three player in on a raised pot preflop. The board , Shin checked, a player checked, Vinh Nguyen bet 2100, Shin raised to 7k, no callers.

6:05PM: KDI rails Nguyen Thanh
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Everyone folded to the button KDI who raised to 1300. Acting next was sb Nguyen Thanh, he three-bet to 4200. KDI called. On the flop , Thanh led for 5k, KDI called. On the turn, Thanh all in for 14.5k, called again by KDI. Thanh gutshot, KDI two pair, the river ended the hand and Thanh as well. KDI up to 90k.

6:00PM: Alex Lee doubles up
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Mid position raised to 1300 and found four callers to join at the flop . Sb and bb checked, mp checked as well, cutoff Alex Lee all in for 9300, sb Roger Spets was his only caller. Lee top pair, Spets , the turn and river ensured the double up for Lee. Spets dropped in chips and busted two hands after.

5:55PM: Kai Loon in action
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Utg Romit Advani raised to 12k, the blinds called. At the flop , blinds checked, Advani c-bet 3200, sb Vinh Huynh folded, bb Kai Loon raised to 7k, Advani folded.

Next hand, Loon three-bet from sb from 1200 to 4k and won the pot. Despite winning those two pots, he faced off with Advani again and lost quite a bit. From button, Loon limped, sb Advani raised to 1300, called by bb and Loon. On the flop and turn, no bets arrived. On the river , Advani bet 2600, bb folded, Loon raised to 9k, Advani shoved. Loon folded.

5:50PM: Vinh Huynh doubles through Feng Zhao
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

On a raised pot preflop, the dealer spread , bb Vinh Huynh bet 5k, cutoff Feng Zhao shoved, called by Vinh. Vinh overpair, Zhao gutshot, the turn and river were no help to Zhao. Vinh doubled up.

5:45PM: Lew Yin How earns the pot
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Utg Lew Yin How raised to 1300, action folded around the orbit to the bb Alex Lee. He defended. At the flop , Lee checked, Lew bet 1500, called by Lee. On the turn, no bets landed and the dealer felted on the river. Taking the lead, Lee bet 6k, Lew raised to 22k, Lee tanked then folded.

5:40PM: Big stack Yu Chenxin shoves
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Catching the action on a flop and 5k in the pot, Hoang le bet 2k, Nguyen Chi Thinh raised to 5100, Y Chenxin called, and back to Hoang who also called. On the turn , action was checked to Chenxin, the shoved his 80k stack that well covered both of his opponents. Chenxin claimed the pot with both folding.

5:30PM: Pyon Kichi gets full pay with rockets
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Utg limped, mp limped, cutoff Pyon Kichi raised to 3k, sb Dung Pro called, bb three-bet to 10.5k, limpers folded, Kichi all in for 12.7k, Dung all in for 50k, bb got out of the way.

Kichi
Dung

No bad beats arrived on the board for a double up to Kichi.

5:10PM: 299 entries…
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

As expected, Day 1C was going to be huge. We are now at 299 entries – 255 uniques and 44 re-entries. Three more levels of registration open. We’ll keep you updated as we inch closer to last year’s number to beat.

5:05PM: La Anh Tuan boosted by Tran Xuan Thach
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

On a spread and 16k in the pot, utg La Anh Tuan bet 9500, mp Tran Xuan Thach raised to 10.9k, Tuan all in for 36.2k, Tran called well covering Tuan.

Tuan straight
Tran set

The river didn’t give Tran the out to knock out Tuan for a double up. Tuan at 100k.

5:00PM: Seongmin Han grabs some back from Chul Ho Bae
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Having engaged in a previous hand where Chul Ho Bae got fully paid by Seongmin Han, it was time to take some back. On a full board and 35k in the middle, Seongmin bet 20k and Chul Ho folded. Seongmin up to 150k.

4:50PM: Le Tan Dung ships all of Harry Lim’s stack
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Utg Le Tan Dung limped, mp Harry Lim raised to 1500, sb called, and back to Dung with the call. At the flop , it was checked to Lim, he bet 2200, called by sb, raised by Dung to 10.2k, called only by Lim. On the turn , Dung all in for 60k, Lim all in for 43k, and the hole cards were tabled.

Lim overpair
Dung two pair

The river didn’t improve Lim to send him to the rail. Dung climbed to 120k.

4:35PM: Chul Ho Bae doubles up through Seongmin Han
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

On a board , and 5k in the pot, Seongmin Han bet 4200, Chul Ho Bae raised to 10.5k, Seongmin shoved his big stack but couldn’t push out Chul Ho who went ahead and risked his tournament life.

Chul Ho straight
Seongmin top pair

The river improved Seongmin to trips but still not enough to claim the pot. Chul Ho doubled up.

4:25PM: Chip leader update
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

We’ve got several players over 100k…. these are the current front runners:

Seongmin Han 150k
Nguyen Tuan Thanh 130k
Minh Le 115k
Nguyen Quoc Anh 102k

4:15PM: Chauve Vincent doubles up through Clinkscales
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Action folded around to the button Rex Clinkscales, he raised to 1100. Bb Chauve Vincent three-bet to 4k, called by Clinkscales. At the flop , Chauve c-bet 2500, called by Clinkscales. On the turn, no bets by either and dealer felted river. Chauve shoved his remaining 7300 stack and Clinkscales called. Chauve showed and shipped it. Clinkscales mucked.

4:10PM: 272 entries…
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Field update, 272 entries. That brings us to 619 total so far…

With a full house on the main floor, five tables are running on the second floor. Among the players there are Lim Yohwan, Andy Li Xueyan, Jin Yong, Feng Zhao, Soo Jo Kim, and Gabriel Carter. Registration is still open which means more tables will be opening up.

4:05PM: Quads for Quoc Anh gets paid
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Mp Quoc Anh raised to 600, lojack and hijack called, sb Lu Zheng Hao three-bet to 2100. Anh called while the two callers folded. At the flop , Hau c-bet 2k, Anh called. On the turn, Hao fired a heftier 7k, and still Anh called. On the river , Hao with another 16k bet, Anh shoved his 60k stack, and with less behind, Hao risked it.

Anh quads
Hao full house

3:55PM: Michael Kim Falcon banks through Niharika
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

On a full board and 24k already in the pot, Michael Kim Falcon shoved his 18.6k stack and after tanking, Niharika called. Falcon showed top pair for a double up. Niharika held .

3:50PM: Duy Ho falls to Tan Wah Meng
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Duy Ho will not be getting his picture taken just yet. He will have to get back in the game first then go the distance having just been bumped out by Tan Wah Meng. The hand kicked off with Kok Jun Yan raising to 700, called by one player, Duy three-bet 5k, Tan four-bet to 10.3k, Kok and the caller folded, Duy shoved his 15k stack. Tan called.

Duy
Tan

The board ran dry. Tan shipped it and now has 60k.

3:45PM: William Kang shows Apu Weo the boat
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Four-way limp pot saw a flop . Sb Apu Weo checked, bb checked, mp William Kang bet 800, button Ray Chiu called, back to Apu Weo who called, and bb folded for three to the turn . Apu Weo checked, Kang bet 1800, Chiu folded, Apu Weo called. The river , Apu Weo led for 4500, Kang shoved his 23.5k stack, Apu Weo tanked then folded while showing trips. Kang returned the gesture and showed full house.

3:30PM: Over 600 entries combined…
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

We have crossed into 600 entries combined… the screen shows 258 entries. Combine that with the past two starting days 347 total, we are at 605 entries. With 5 more levels to go before reg closes, we are looking in fine shape to exceed last year’s 679 entries and possibly even surpass WPT India’s 697 tour record for Asia.

3:10PM: WPT welcomes players to the Main Event

During the first break of the day, WPT Event Manager Cathy Zhao, WPT Ambassador Barney Trouble, and WPT Live Events Consultant Danny McDonagh welcomed the players to the Main Event and expressed their gratitude to the Pro Poker Club owner Mr Long, Director Anh Nguyen, and WPT partner Denis Pham.

ENZ 5057 — L-R: Danny McDonagh, Denis Pham, Anh Nguyen, Cathy Zhao, Mr Long, Barney Trouble

“After the successful first event last September, we are excited to be back here again at Pro Poker Club for another success,” said Cathy Zhao

“This is my first time I am in the Pro Poker Club. You guys are doing an amazing job. Thank you for setting this up, as you know we appreciate all your cooperation in growing this tournament and making a big fixture in the Asian poker scene” Barney expressed.

McDonagh also shared a few words, “Thank you to the players, the locals, and all the international players that have come out. So many more than last year. Indians back in full force. More Chinese, Singaporean, and Korean players. Thank you so much for making this a truly international event.”

3:00PM: Apu Weo doubles up through Chris Mateo
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Utg player Apu Weo opened to 500, mp player called, cutoff Chris Mateo three-bet to 2300, button called followed by Apu Weo. At the flop , action was checked to aggressor Mateo who bet 6200, only Apu Weo called. On the turn, Apu Weo checked, Mateo shoved his 35k stack, called by Apu Weo.

Apu Weo
Mateo

The river didn’t help Mateo for a double up to Apu Weo to 75k.

2:50PM: Tran Xuan Thach cracks Praveen’s aces
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Mp player opened for 600, button Jude Praveen three-bet to 1800, sb Tran Xuan Thach called, mp folded. The flop saw a check by Tran, Praveen c-bet 3200, Tran raised to 8200, Praveen shoved his 35k stack, called by Tran with more chips.

Praveen
Tran set

The turn and river were no help to Praveen to send him out. Tran up to 95k.

2:35PM: Seongmin Han ships it with aces
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

There’s always a thrill looking down at aces and while in position. That’s what went down here with Seongmin Han profiting. The hand began with utg Peter Nguyen raising to 500, called by mp player Tai, three-bet by cutoff Long Do to 2k, Seongmin four-bet to 7k on the button, Nguyen folded, Tai jammed his 26.5k stack, Long folded, and called by Seongmin.

Seongmin
Tai

The board spread . Seongmin shipped it and Tai busted.

2:30PM: Big field continues to fatten up….
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

The lines are long, the field is big and growing…. among the new arrivals slugging it out are: Super High Roller winner Wayne Heung, Jaewook Shin, Nguyen Chi Thinh, Hwang Sang Yeon, Edward Yam Chun Ho, Gyeong Byeong Lee, Ray Chiu, Lester Edoc, Madhav Gupta, Duy Ho, Lloyd Fontillas, Cao Ngoc Anh, Raiden Kan, and Stephen Schumacher.

2:25PM: Andres Beliakov doubles up through Dinh Xuan Dinh
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Action packed hand began with utg player raising to 300, mp player Dinh Xuan Dinh called, lojack three-bet to 1600, button Andres Beliakov called, utg folded, and Dinh called. On the flop , action was checked to the button Beliakov, he fired 5400. Only Dinh called and the turn felted . Dinh shoved, Beliakov called. Dinh for a double draw, Beliakov with . The river ended the board for a double up to Beliakov.

2:15PM: Another one bites the dust… Hoang Hai Ha rails Panel Lubov
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Action kicked off with utg Hoang Hai Ha raising to 300, called by Robert James, three-bet by sb Panel Lubov. Back to Hoang, he called, followed behind by James. On the flop , no bets landed. The turn saw Lubov lead out 5100, called by Hoang and James. On the river , Lubov checked, Hoang checked, James jammed, only Hoang called. Hoang showed two pair, James mucked and departed.

2:15PM: WPT Japan winners – Killian Lehec and Takagi Yosuke
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Also in the house today are two WPT Japan qualifiers, Killian Lehec and Takagi Yosuke. Good luck to them!

ENZ 4884 — Killian Lehec – WPT Japan Main Event 3rd place

ENZ 4888 — Takagi Yosuke – WPT Japan side event winner

2:00PM: Full house over full house! Nguyen Dang Toan rails Amanpreet Singh
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Action packed hand began with a brutal end for Amanpreet Singh. Hijack Dishant opened for 500, button player Nguyen Dang Toan three-bet to 1800, sb Singh called, and back to Dishant who also called. On the flop , Singh checked, Dishant checked, Nguyen fired 3700, called only by Singh. On the turn , Singh check-called a 6k bet. Then on the river , Singh led for 10.3k, Nguyen shoved his 25k stack that covered Singh. Singh called.

Nguyen higher full house on the river
Singh full house

1:55PM: Long Do fights for control
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Lo-jack Long Do opened to 400, cutoff Han Wool Jang three-bet to 1300, Long four-bet to 3200, called by Jang. On the flop , Long c-bet 3500, Jang folded.

1:45PM: Palmas Nguyen doubles up through Le Nam
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Utg Le Nam raised to 300 and found one caller in the button player Palmas Nguyen. At the flop , Nam checked, Nguyen bet 1100, Nam raised to 3200, called by Nguyen. On the turn, Nam bet 5200, Nguyen all in for 10.9k, called by Nam.

Nam pair + flush draw
Nguyen two pair

The river was no help to Nam and Nguyen doubled up.

1:40PM: Set over set! Constantin Harach rails Vinh Nguyen
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

We’ve just witnessed the first casualty of the day, Vinh Nguyen fell to Constantin Harach. Vinh raised to 300 preflop, Harach three-bet to 1600, Vinh called. On the flop , Vinh checked, Harach bet 1500, Vinh raised to 6k, called by Harach. On the turn, Vinh jammed his 18k stack, Harach stuck in there and called. Vinh set, Harach higher set, the river completed the board and finished off Vinh. Harach up to 60k.

1:35PM: Michael Kim Falcon wins this one
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Michael Kim Falcon and Kjell Ove Dyb tangled in a previous pot that went to the latter for his straight. This time it was Falcon’s to scoop up the pot to bring his stack up to 70k. On a board and 17k already brewed, two players checked, Falcon bet 7500, Dyb called while the other two bowed out. On the river , Falcon fired 12k, Dyb called. Falcon with straight. Dyb mucked.

1:30PM: More attendees…. 115 players and climbing
Level 1:Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Dhaval Mudgal has arrived. He is the defending champion and currently leads the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race with Nikunj Jhunjhunwala. Both have 1000 points. This Main Event will award 1500 points.

Other players seated are: Paul Hong, Rex Clinkscales, Shyh Chyn Lim, Johannes Felix Hoeld, Tan Wah Meng, and Seitaro Aso. We are currently at 115 players in this opening level.

1:25PM: Amanpreet Singh jams early
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

We are just on the first 25 minutes of the first level and already we have a player shoving. Amanpreet Singh opened for 300, several spots over a player three-bet to 1600, Singh answered with a four-bet to 6300, he was called. On the flop , Singh jammed his 15.3k stack. No call. He scooped it up.

1:20PM: Kjell Ove Dyb vs Michael Kim Falcon
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Michael Kim Falcon raised to 300, called by the blinds Kjell Ove Dyb and one other player. At the flop , blinds checked to Falcon who c-bet 600. Only Dyb called. The dealer felted turn, Dyb check-called a 1500 bet by Falcon. The river , both checked. Dyb won it with straight over Falcon’s two pair.

1:15PM: Seen at the felt
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Among the crowd getting an early start here are: Nguyen Thanh, Minh Le, Michael Kim Falcon, Le Ngoc Khanh, Kjell Ove Dyb, Dinh Xuan Dinh, Eun Ho Kwon, Peter Nguyen, and Tomoharu Furuya.

1:00PM: Cards in the air for Day 1C!
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

And we are off! 6 tables quickly filled up and just like that, the VND 8 billion guarantee has been dusted. All we needed to do so was 9 players so we are well on our way to monster prize pool. For those reading our updates on the sidelines, don’t miss out! Registration stays open until the start of Level 10 (around 730pm), so plenty of time to make your way. This is the last entry day. Only one re-entry allowed, time to make it count!

This is it! Last day to enter the Main Event!

Good afternoon players and welcome to Day 1C of the Main Event! This is the third and last chance to take part in what is brewing to possibly be the biggest WPT Vietnam prize pool. The past two days saw a total of 347 entries – 136 for Day 1A and 211 for Day 1B – with 85 players through to Day 2. The VND 8,000,000 (US$344,800) guarantee was not breached last night but it will be in Day 1C even before the starting buzzer. Buy-in to this event is VND 25,000,000 (US$1,070).

For those jumping in today, here’s all the info you need:

Starting stack: 30,000
Opening blinds: 100-100 ante 100
Level duration: 40 minutes
Registration closes: at the start of Level 10 (around 730pm)
Bagging time: end of Level 14

For players that bust before reg closes, you only have one re-entry available to you to navigate yourself to the next stage. Additionally, there is no best stack forward rule so players that have already qualified from the previous starting days will enter Day 2 with the stack bagged.

Last night, Day 1B saw the rise of Vietnam pro Thai Ha to the top of the chip count. He is currently the overall chip leader with 363,500. Two players from India follow down the rung, both from Day 1A, Yasheel Doddanavar with 333,000 and Eka Vedantham with 323,500.

Okay with that said, good luck to all!

11:20PM: Day 1B is in the books! 48 survive

After 14 rounds of action, Day 1B is over! Out of the 211 total entries, only 48 made the survived with Thai Ha with a commanding stack of 363,500. That puts him ahead of the Day 1A chip leader, Yasheel Doddanavar with 333,000. Closing the day with the second largest was Norbert Koh with 299,000. We will have a recap for you on the leaders along with the chip count so standby for that.

That’s it for our live updates. See you here again tomorrow!

11:15PM: Trygve Leite falls to Luong Anh Tuan
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Utg Trygve Leite shoved his 74.5k stack holding but ran into Luong Anh Tuan’s . The board ran dry and Tuan shipped it while Leite shipped out.

11:00PM: Nguyen Xuan Hung rails Tran Duc Phuong
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Tran Duc Phuong was dealt his last hand today after falling to Nguyen Xuan Hung. Tran raised to 6k, Hung called from sb position. On the flop , Hung checked, Tran bet 9k, called by Hung. On the turn, both checked and saw a free river land . Hung switched up and led for 13k, Tran jammed his remaining 27k, called by Hung. Tran two pair but couldn’t defeat Hung’s higher two pair. Hung up to 150k.

10:55PM: Zhou Zhongrai reaches 200k
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Zhou Zhongrai downed another player at the table to bring his stack up to 200k. The hand began with a 5500 raise that Zhongrai three-bet to 16k. Initial raiser called. On the flop , caller was all in for 28.5k, Zhongrai called. All in player with , draw, Zhongrai with two pair. The turn and river completed the board. No hits on the draw to send one out and Zhongrai all the chips.

10:50PM: Loris C takes from Ashish Munot
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

On a flop adn 15k brewed, Ashish Munot checked, Loris C bet 6500, Munot raised to 25k, called by Loris. On the turn, check again by Munot, Loris bet 30k, Munot tank-folded.

10:45PM: Andrew An rails Timothy
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

All in preflop, Timothy , Andrew An , the board bricked. Timothy busted, An rose to 180k.

10:35PM: Thai Ha up to 310k
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Thai Ha picked up another sizable stack to add to his already bulging artillery. On a completed board and 65k in the middle, Vinay B bet 26k, Thai Ha called. Thai Ha showed pair and Vinay mucked. Thai Ha up to 310k.

10:30PM: Nguyen The Vinh gets pay for quads
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Norbert Koh raised to 5k, Kwok Luen Hei called, button called, and bb Jeonggyu Cho as well for a four-way look at the flop . Cho checked, Koh bet 6500, Kwok folded, Nguyen The Vinh called, Cho folded. On the turn both Koh and Vinh checked. The river , Koh checked, Vinh bet 32k, Koh called. Vinh turned over quads.

10:25PM: Chia Hsuan Tu claims one
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

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

10:20PM: Matthieu Lamagnere railed by Norbert Koh
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Action folded to Norbert Koh on the button, he raised to 4500, two spots over Matthieu Lamagnere on the bb moved all in for 69k. Koh tanked then called. Lamagnere , Koh , the board bricked to send Lamagnere to the exit. Koh now at 420k.

10:15PM: Julien Tran falls to Zhou Zhongrai
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Julien Tran went all in with his remaining 28k stack and down the round Zhou Zhongrai called. Tran , Zhongrai , the board ran for a crushing win to Zhongrai. Tran was eliminated. Zhongrai up to 163k.

10:10PM: Jeonggyu Cho doubles up through Norbert Koh
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

On a flop of , utg+1 Norbert Koh bet 7k and button Jeonggyu Cho called. On the turn , Koh bet 50k Cho all in, called by Koh. KOh draw, Cho set, the river was a miss for Koh and Cho doubled up to 170k. Koh dropped to 352k but is still the overwhelming chip leader.

10:05PM: Hyunil Hong rails Le Ngoc Khanh
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Le Ngoc Khanh shoved his 42k stack and the man beside him with the big stack Hyunhil Hong didn’t hesitate to call which seemed to surprise Khanh. After everyone else folded, the hands were tabled, Khanh with against Hong’s . The board was a bit dramatic giving Khanh hope but eventually didn’t materialize to send him to out. Hong up to 255k.

10:00PM: Thai Ha zooms to 240k
Level 13: Blinds 1k-2k ante 2k

Action folded to the button Thai Ha, he raised to 4500. Both blinds called. On the flop , blinds checked, Thai Ha c-bet 8500, sb folded but bb Shashank Jain continued. On the turn , check again by Jain, Thai Ha bet 27k, Jain jammed his 67k stack, Thai Ha called. Jain straight, Thai Ha two pair, the river improved Thai Ha to a full house to steal the pot and send Jain packing. Thai Ha rises to 240k.

9:40PM: Chip leader update
Level 12: 800-1600 ante 1600

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

9:15PM: Tran Duc Phuong ships it
Level 12: 800-1600 ante 1600

Peter Nguyen raised to 5k, Tran Duc Phuong three-bet to 12k, Nguyen jammed, called by Phuong. Nguyen , Phuong , the board dragged for a dominating full house to Phuong (though not needed).

9:00PM: Rubin Labroo vs Benjamn Gonzva
Level 12: 800-1600 ante 1600

Rubin Labroo raised to 3500 and found two callers to see the flop . First to act player checked, Labroo c-bet 6500, Benjamin Gonzva called, and fta folded. On the turn , Labroo checked, Gonzva bet 10k, called by Labroo. On the river , check again by Labroo, Gonzva bet 23k, called by Labroo. Gonzva showed but not enough to win the pot with Labroo holding .

8:40PM: Ashish Munot ends Rex Clinkscales day
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Last time Ashish Munot and Rex Clinkscales met, Munot made a great call exposing the bluff. This time, Munot shipped the rest of Clinkscales’s stack. The hand began with action folding around the orbit to button Chu Hong Tu. He raised to 3k. Sb Munot called, bb Clinkscales three-bet to 11k. Tu folded, Munot called. On the flop , Munot checked, Clinkscales c-bet 6500, Munot raised to 17k, Clinkscales shoved with 46.2k, and Munot made the call.

Clinkscales pair
Munot two pair

The turn and river completed the board. Clinkscales eliminated. Munot up to 170k.

8:30PM: Hyunil Hong cracks June’s aces
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

June opened with a 3k raise, found one caller, Hyunil Hong three-bet to 8500, back to June who four-bet to 18.5k, caller folded, Hong called. At the flop , June led for 21k, Hong called. On the turn , June shoved his 40k stack, Hong called. June showed , Hong had set, the river completed the board and June was eliminated.

8:25PM: Nice pot for Peter Nguyen
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Cutoff player Peter Nguyen limped then called the 3600 raise by sb player Tran Duc Phuong. At the flop , Phuong bet 4300, called by Peter. On the turn, another bet laid out of 8500 by Phuong, called by Peter. On the river , no bets landed, Phuong showed miss and Peter won the pot with two pair.

8:20PM: Victor Chong doubles up through Cheekuri
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

On a flop and 8500 in the middle, sb Victor Chong and bb Mike Steinbacher checked to Kalyan Cheekuri who bet 2k. He was called by both players. On the turn , Chong bet 6500, Steinbacher folded, and Cheekuri called. On fifth street , Chong checked, Cheekuri shoved, and a snap call by Chong with less chips. Cheekuri showed full house but Chong had the reverse with for a higher boat to double up. Very lucky river for Chong.

8:15PM: Chi Chung Ho busts Nguyen Chi Thinh
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

With 7300 already brewed, a board of , sb Simon Burns bet 3600, bb Chi Chung Ho called, Nguyen Chi Thinh all in for 23k, Burns called, Ho called. On the river , Burns checked, Ho bet but before the count, Burns folded.

Nguyen set
Ho flush

Nguyen was eliminated and Ho rose to 112k.

8:10PM: Macaron Tran doubles up
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

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.

8:00PM: Ashish Munot calls out Clinkscales’s bluff
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Catching the action on a board showing and 5k already pooled in, Ashish Munot checked then called Rex Clinkscales’s 5800 bet. On the river, Munot checked again, Clinkscales fired 8300, Munot tanked, then found the mind to call. Clinkscales showed bluff, Munot won the pot with ace high.

7:50PM: Matthie Lamagnere rails one, climbs to 130k
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

On a flop , Mr X checked, next player bet 3400, Matthieu Lamagnere called, Mr X shoved 32.5k, next player folded, Lamagnered called. Mr X , Lamagnere , the turn and river closed the hand and Lamagnere shipped all of Mr X’s stack. Lamagnere up to 130k.

7:20PM: Registration closed! Chip leader update
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

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

7:15PM: Lucky river for Macaron Tran
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Another player avoided the rail here with a lucky catch. That player was Macaron Tran. On a flop and 6k in the middle, sb Vu Duc Trung checked, to Tran who slid out a 3k bet. On the turn , check again by Trung. Tran jammed, Trung called.

Trung top pair
Tran pair

The river produced oohs at the table. Tran improved to trips to stay in the game.

7:10PM: Sick double up for Ocean against Timothy
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Sick double up for Ocean! The hand began with mp player Timothy raising to 2500, lo-jack Ocean three-bet to 5200, called by Timothy. At the flop , Timothy checked to the aggressor Ocean who bet 5500. Timothy answered with a raise to 13.5k, Ocean shoved, called by Timothy.

Ocean overpair
Timothy straight

Though Ocean was behind, the turn and river flipped it improving Ocean to a full house. Ocean avoided the rail and doubled up to 90k.

7:05PM: Dhanesh Chainani into 110k
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Action opened with an mp player raising to 1900, cutoff Teoh Ming Hong called, bb Dhanesh Chainani three-bet to 7100, called by mp and Hong. On the flop , Chainani c-bet 11k, mp folded, Hong called. On the turn, another 15.5k sent out by Chainani. No call by Hong. Chainani at 110k.

6:50PM: Jeonggyu Cho busts Aso Seitaro
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Norbert Koh raised to 1500, Aso Seitaro called, another player called, Jeonggyu Cho three-bet to 7500, called only by Koh and Aso. At the flop , action was checked to Cho, he bet 11k. Koh folded, Aso all in for his remaining 9k. Aso , Cho set. The turn and river didn’t improve Aso, he was eliminated. Cho climbed to 150k.

6:45PM: Double KO for Norbert Koh
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Norbert Koh is over 100k having just bounced out two players simultaneously. He initiated the action with a 1500 raise, a short stack shoved with 11.3k, Manoj Pentakota shoved as well with 38k. Back to Koh, he called.

Koh
Pentakota
Short stack

The board ran to keep Koh’s kings ahead for a double knockout.

6:40PM: A pot for Norbert Koh
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Norbert Koh raised to 1500, Manoj Pentakota three-bet to 4200, one player called, and Koh joined in for a three-way to the flop . First to act checked, Koh checked, Pentakota bet 3500, fta folded, Koh raised to 7200, Pentakota folded.

6:35PM: Apu Weo jams for the pot
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Apu Weo opened with a 1500 raise, called by three players to see a flop . Son Putin checked, Apu Weo c-bet 4500, only one player called. On the turn, Apu Weo shoved and won the pot with no caller.

6:25PM: Over 200 entries…
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

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.

6:20PM: Good call by Nguyen Hoang Hai for a double
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Catching the action on a full board and 14k in the middle, Nguyen Hoang Hai checked, Long Korea bet 10.6k which was exactly Hai’s stack. Hai tanked then found the guts to risk it. Long showed bluff, Hai doubled up with .

6:15PM: Tu Tinh Tao doubles up through Fu Jian
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Mp player Tu Tinh Tao raised to 1400, lo-jack Fu Jian called. On the flop , Tao c-bet 2600, Jian called. On the turn , Tao went all in for 14k, Jian called. Tao , JIan , the river didn’t improve Jian for a double up to Tao.

6:10PM: Kok Jun Yan rails one, climbs to 140k
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

18k was already in the middle with one player all in. The flop was , Kok Jun Yan bet 5500 for a side pot however the other player in the pot folded.

All in player
Kok

The turn and river completed the board. Kok shipped it while railing one in the process. He is now up to 140k.

6:00PM: Battle of the blinds… Zhou Zhongrai with a lucky turn
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Action folded to the blinds, sb raised to 1300, bb Zhou Zhongrai three-bet to 4500, sb called. On the flop , sb led for 5k, Zhou raised to 12k, sb jammed, and Zhou called.

Sb top pair
Zhou overcards

Though sb was ahead, the turn changed all that and with the river , Zhou shipped it and sb left the scene very unhappy.

5:55PM: Shashank Jain with the nut flush
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Catching the action on the river with 19k brewed and a board , Shashank Jain bet 16k, Fu Jian tank-called. Jain showed nut flush. Jian mucked. Jain climbed to 120k.

5:45PM: Good call by Hyunil Hong exposes the bluff
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Utg player Hyunil Hong raised to 1100 and bb Le Ngoc Khanh defended. At the flop , Khanh checked, Hong c-bet 1100, Khanh called. On the turn , both checked and the river felted . Khanh switched up and led for 3700, Hong tanked then found the reason to call. It was a good decision with Khanh showing bluff. Hong won the pot with .

5:20PM: Set over set! Long Pro burns Jaewook Shin
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

On a flop and 5500 in the middle, first-to-act bet 2500, Long Pro called, Jaewook Shin raised to 10k, fta folded, Long called. On the turn, Long checked, Shin bet 15k, Long all in for 80k, Shin all in right back with 50k.

Long set
Shin set

The river completed the board. Long stormed to 170k, Shin was eliminated.

5:15PM: Luong Anh Tuan doubled up by Ron Tse
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Mp player Ron Tse raised to 1600, down the orbit Luong Anh Tuan three-bet to 5100, Tse shoved, Tuan called putting himself at risk.

Tse
Tuan

The board ran . Tuan doubled up.

5:10PM: Lucky river sends Kwok Luen Hei to 100K
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

What a lucky catch on the river for Kwok Luen Hei! Catching the action with 5k in the middle and three players staring down a flop , first-to-act checked, Kwok checked, Nguyen Thanh Nha bet 1k. Back to fta who raised to 2800, Kwok called, Nha three-bet to 12k, fta folded, Kwok all in, and Nha moved all in with less behind.

Nha straight
Kwok set

The turn improved Nha to an even higher straight and looked to be on his way to a double up but when the appeared on the river, Kwok had quads to send him packing instead. Kwok up to 100k.

5:00PM: Chip leader update
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

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

4:45PM: Matthieu Lamagnere shows his two pair
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Action folded to the button Matthieu Lamagnere, he raised to 1200, big blind Mr Vinh defended. At the flop , Mr Vinh checked, Lamagnere c-bet 1300, called by Mr Vinh. On the turn , same action with Mr Vinh check-calling a 2500 bet. Then on the river , Mr Vinh checked, Lamagnere shoved his last 6k and was called once more. Lamagnere revealed for two pair, Mr Vinh mucked.

4:35PM: Nguyen Hoang Tan doubles up
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Three players saw a flop land . Action was checked to the Yuriy Boyko who bet 800 onto a 2400 pot. Sb Macaron Tran check-called, bb Nguyen Hoang Tan check-raised to 2500. Boyko called, Tran folded. On the turn , Tan moved all in for his last 8600, Boyko called.

Tan straight
Boyko two pair

The river improved Boyko to a better two pair but still behind Tan’s straight. Tan doubled up .

4:25PM: Cooler doubles up Chu Hong Tu
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Chu Hong Tu raised to 800, Ramon Gujral three-bet to 4300, Tu four-bet to 11k, Gujral five-bet all in with 71.9k. Tu called with less (45.3k).

Tu
Gujral

The board bricked for a double up to Tu.

4:15PM: 170 entries…
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

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.

4:10PM: Huu Dung Nguyen doubles up to 70k
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Huu Dung Nguyen raised to 800, cutoff Nguyen Thanh Tung three-bet to 2200, action folded around and back to Huu Dung, he called. On the flop , both checked and the turn felted . Huu Dung bet 5500, Tung raised to 15.5k, Huu Dung tank-called. On the river , Huu Dung shoved his 17.5k stack, Tung called. Huu Dung showed the nut flush for a double up to 70k.

3:55PM: Jaewook Shin rails Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

On a turn board and 9k splashed in the center, Cao Ngoc Anh bet 3100, Jaewook Shin raised to 8k, Anh called. On the river, Anh checked, Shin all in for 11.2k, Anh joined with less putting himself at risk. Shin full house, Anh .

3:50PM: Vu Duc Trung with a six-bet shove
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Vu Duc Trung raised to 400, Kazuki Natsume three-bet to 2500, Trung four-bet to 7500, Natsume 5-bet to 18k, Trung 6-bet shoved. Natsume tank-folded.

3:45PM: Vincent Chauve with queens
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

On a board showing and 15k already brewed, Quoc Anh bet 7k and Vincent Chauve snap called. The river saw no bets fired. Anh with air, Chauve won with .

3:40PM: Good pot for Vu Duc Trung
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Kazuki Natsume raised to 500 and found two callers – Le Anh Tuan and Macaron Tran – until it landed on Vu Duc Trung who three-bet to 3k. Everyone called. On the flop , all four players checked and the turn dropped . Natsume checked, Tuan bet 2500, Tran folded, Trung raised to 10.7k, Natsume folded, and Tuan tank-folded for a good pot to Trung.

3:30PM: Trips on the river for Long Korea; Falcon falls
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Heavy betting preflop started with hijack player Long Korea raising to 500, button player Johannes Felix Hoeld three-bet to 1600, bb Michael Kim Falcon called, Long four-bet to 4500, Hoeld folded, Falcon called. On the flop , Falcon bet 5500, Long called. On the turn, Falcon bet 10.5k and again Long called. On the river , Falcon all in for his last 9500, Long called. Falcon opened two pair, Long trips, Falcon was eliminated.

3:20PM: Seen at the felt
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

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.

3:00PM: Failed bluff sends out Abhinav Iyer; Nguyen The Vinh ships it
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Wrong time to be bluffing for Abhinav Iyer. On a flop and a pot of 12k in the middle, Iyer bet 5600, Nguyen The Vinh called. On the turn , Iyer continued and fired out 8800, Vinh stuck with him and called. The river , Iyer went all in for 22.8k, Vinh called. Iyer showed bluff and was eliminated by Vinh with straight.

2:50PM: Nguyen Thanh Quyen rails with aces
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Heavy preflop betting started with Nguyen Thanh Quyen limping in, cutoff Mitchell raised to 1800, Quyen three-bet to 5k, called by Mitchell. On the flop , Quyen c-bet 5k, Mitchell jammed his 18k stack, snap-called by Quyen.

Quyen
Mitchell

The turn and river completed the board and Mitchell was eliminated. Quyen up to 55k.

2:45PM: Chia Hsuan Tu busts Fontillas
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

On a flop and 15k swimming in the middle, Chia Hsuan Tu checked, Lloyd Fontillas bet 10k, Chia jammed his 40k stack well covering Fontillas’s 28k stack. Fontillas called for his tournament life.

Fontillas pair + draw
Chia top two pair

The turn and river were no help to Fontillas. Chia up to 90k.

2:35PM: Le Hoan Cong tanks Hoeld
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

With the board completing to and 14k already brewed, sb Le Hoan Cong bet 8300 sending bb Johannes Felix Hoeld to the think tank. Hoeld eventually folded. Cong up to 40k.

2:30PM: 100 entries….
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

We’ve reached the 100 mark with 96 uniques and 4 re-entries. We still have a long day ahead and already we’ve got ten tables running with the 11th already on standby. That should open soon with players patiently waiting to hand their money at registration.

Among the newest arrivals are Jaewook Shin, Cao Ngoc Anh, Kalyan Cheekuri, Gyeong Byeong Lee, Hwang Sang Yeon, Lloyd Fontillas, and Abhinav Iyer.

2:15PM: Teoh Ming Hong wins the pot
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

On a flop , Peter Nguyen bet 500, Constantin Haracit called, Teoh Ming Hong raised to 1400, called by Nguyen and Haracit. On the turn , all three players checked. On the river , action was checked to Teoh who bet 4400. Only Nguyen called. Teoh showed flush and won the pot with Nguyen mucking.

1:55PM: Peter Nguyen boots one; grows to 92k
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Peter Nguyen doubled up in the previous level and once again has boosted his stack. Catching the action on a board showing and 3700 in the middle. Eirennnach Irish Yurix checked, Constantin Haracit bet 2500, Nguyen raised to 7500, called by Yurix. On the river , Yurix checked, Nguyen bet 12k, Yurix all in for 16.8k, and a quick call by Nguyen. Nguyen showed nut flush, and Yurix was eliminated with second nuts.

1:45PM: Aggressive bets by Thai Ha
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

From mid-position Dinh Gia Hung raised to 500, sb Thai Ha three-bet to 2500, Hung called. On the flop , Ha c-bet 3500, called by Hung. On the turn , Ha bet a heftier 10k, Hung folded.

1:40PM: More notables arrive
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

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.

1:30PM: Peter Nguyen doubles up; Lobov gets chunked
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Preflop action saw Pavel Lobov raise to 300, was called by both blinds Peter Nguyen and Yuriy Boyko. When the flop landed , everyone checked for a free turn card . Action was checked by the blinds, Lobov slid out 800, called by Nguyen, raised by Boyko to 3500, called by Lobov and Nguyen. On the river , Nguyen checked, Boyko bet 7500, Lobov shoved around 30k, Nguyen called with less chips, and Boyko opted to fold.

Lobov set
Nguyen straight

Nguyen doubles up 62k. Lobov down to 8k.

1:25PM: Nguyen Van Sang shows the bluff
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

On a full board and 18k in the middle, Nguyen Van Sang bet 14k, Chu Hong Tu tanked, then folded. Nguyen showed bluff.

1:15PM: Notables on the felt early
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

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.

1:00PM: No split pot! Chia Hsuan Tu picks it up
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

A splashy pot was formed right from the starting gun initiated by Tony Pham. He raised to 300 from hijack, called by button Chia Hsuan Tu, sb Michael Kim Falcon, and the bb player. At the flop , Falcon led for 1k, bb folded, called by Pham and Chia. On the turn , Falcon fired 2k, Pham raised to 6k, Chia and Falcon called. On the river , Falcon led again, sending out 2400, was called by both Pham and Chia.

Falcon straight
Pham straight
Chia higher straight

Chia scooped it and now sits with 45k.

Welcome to Main Event – Day 1B

Good afternoon players and welcome to another day at the Main Event! Today will see Day 1B heat up the floor. This is the second of three entry days offered. Guarantee is VND 8,000,000,000 (US$344,800). Buy-in is VND 25,000,000 (US$1,070). Registration closes at the start of Level 10 which is approximately 730pm. Info below:

Starting stack: 30,0000
Opening blinds: 100-100 ante 100
Level duration: 40 minutes
Bagging time: end of Level 14

*Keep in mind only one re-entry is allowed per day. There is also no best stack forward rule. If you advance with chips, that’s what you enter Day 2 with. Players aren’t allowed to attempt for multiple stacks.

Brief review on yesterday’s Day 1A action, 117 unique players attended with 19 re-entering for a total of 136 entries. The player to catch up to is India’s Yasheel Doddanavar with 333,000. He topped the 37 remaining players. To meet the VND 8 Billion guarantee, we will need 356 players. That number will more than likely be exceeded so don’t get stuck on the sidelines!

Somuchpoker will be onsite to bring you the live action so make sure to keep up with our updates.

11: 20PM: Day 1A ends with 37 remaining

After 14 rounds, Day 1A wrapped up with 37 remaining out of the 136 total entries. Three players crossed the 300k marker, Yasheel Doddanavar with 333,000, Eka Vedantham with 323,500, and Monaco Tuan with 303,500. We will have a chip count for you soon along with a recap of the day. For now, you can read up on the day’s action right here in our live posts.

Congratulations to everyone that advanced! Day 2 is on Friday, March 22 at 12pm.

11:15PM: Nikunj Jhunjhunwala survives
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

At the start of this last round, WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race leader Dhaval Mudgal was seen packing up. On the other, sharing the top spot in the race, Nikunj Jhunjhunwala closed Day 1A by avoiding the rail. He moved all in with , was called by Francis Garson with , the board ran for a winning flush to Jhunjhunwala.

10:45PM: Monaco Tuan doubles up, Nam Phan plummets
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Lo-jack Quang Nguyen raised to 6k, cutoff Nam Phan called, big blind Monaco Tuan joined for a three-way look at the flop . Tuan checked, Quang checked, Phan bet 13k, Tuan raised to 32k, Quang folded, and Phan called. On the turn, Tuan bet 37k, Phan shoved his 152k stack, Tuan called with 112k total. Tuan trips (higher kicker), Phan trips, the river ensured the win for Tuan and the massive double up to nearly 300k. Phan plummets to 40k.

10:40PM: Jack En Ching Wu
Level 14: Blinds 1500-2500 ante 2500

Jack En Ching Wu and Richard Marquez saw a board complete with 40k brewed along the way. Marquez checked, Wu bet 32.5k, Marquez folded.

10:35PM: Nam Phan vs Quang Nguyen
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Utg Quang Nguyen raised to 4500, Utg+1 Nam Phan three-bet to 12k, Quang called. At the flop , Quang checked, Phan c-bet 16k, Quang folded. Phan up to 240k, Quang down to 70k.

10:30PM: Edward Yam doubles up Andy Lim Sung Hwan
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Edward Yam Chun Ho raised to 4500, cutoff Andy Lim three-bet to 11k, back to Yam who called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn , Yam bet 15k, Lim shoved his 17.5k stack, Yam called.

Lim
Yam

The river was no help to Yam, he dropped to 41k. Lim goes over 60k.

10:20PM: Richard Marquez ships it, climbs to 245k
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Action began with Richard Marquez raising to 5k from utg. The player beside him utg+1 called and were joined by the big blind Hung Sheng Lin. At the flop , Hung Sheng checked, Marquez bet 6k, utg+1 player called and again joined by Hung Sheng. On the turn, action was checked to utg+1, he banged out 17k, Hung Sheng folded, Marquez called. On the river , Marquez checked again, utg+1 shoved 51k, snap-called by Marquez. Utg+1 showed ace high, Marquez shipped it with pair. Marquez rose to 245k while utg+1 busted.

10:15PM: Duy Khanh ends Thuan Nguyen
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Last time these two met in our reports, Duy Khanh tanked Thuan Nguyen to claim a sizable pot. This hand ended much different with Duy ending Thuan’s Day 1A run. From utg+1, Duy raised to 5k, Thuan shoved with 29.5k, easy call by Duy. Duy had pocket kings, Thuan with A-10, the board bricked.

10:15PM: Quang Nguyen wins the preflop war
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Quang Nguyen raised to 3500, Alex Nguyen called, Matthieu Lamagnere three-bet to 17k, Quang jammed his 70k stack, no callers

10:10PM: Tran Thanh Dat muscles Monaco
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Utg Tran Thanh Dat raised to 4500, down the orbit Monaco three-bet to 11k from button position, after the blinds folded, Tran called. At the flop , Tran checked, Monaco c-bet 12k, Tran shoved his 73.5k stack, Monaco tanked then folded.

10:00PM: Edward Yam dips low to Nguyen Dac Luong
Level 13: Blinds 1K-2K ante 2K

Once backed by a big stack, Edward Yam Chun Ho now sits with below average. One of the hands that sent him downward was against Nguyen Dac Luong. Action folded to Yam on the button, he raised to 4500, bb Luong answered with a shove of 38.5k, Yam called. Luong , Yam , the board ran for a double up to Luong. Yam dipped down to 70k.

9:45PM: Dung God vs Natalie Teh
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Natalie Teh raised to 3500, was called by Dung God. At the flop , Teh c-bet 4500, God called. On the turn , Teh fired 8k, and still God called. The river , Teh put the brakes on, God bet 12k, Teh folded. God up to 90k.

9:30PM: Duy Khanh tanks Thuan Nguyen
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Duy Khanh raised to 3300, Thuan Nguyen three-bet to 10k, Duy called. On the flop , Duy checked, Thuan c-bet 10k, Duy called. On the turn, action was the same. Duy checked then called a 20k bet. On the river , Duy switched up and shoved his 36.2k stack, Thuan tanked then folded.

9:25PM: Phachara Wongwichit doubles through Marquez
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Phachara Wongwichit raised to 3200, button player Richard Marquez three-bet to 9k, Wongwichit shoved his 27.2k stack, snap-called by Marquez. Wongwichit , Marquez , the board favored Wongwichit as it ran .

9:15PM: Eka Vedantham burns two, zooms to 260k
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

Eka Vedantham raised to 4500, one player shoved his remaining 20k, Xiao Yin He also shoved but with a much larger 70k, sending the action back to Vedantham who called.

All in:
Xiao
Vedantham

The board ran well for Vedantham to burn two out of Day 1A. Vedantham zoomed to 260k.

9:00PM: Take 2: Monaco vs Linh Tran
Level 12: Blinds 800-1600 ante 1600

On a flop and 37k already brewed, hijack Linh Tran checked, button Monaco fired 26k, Linh tanked then folded. Monaco up to 200k.

8:55PM: Matthieu Lamagnere holding strong
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Last level, Matthieu Lamagnere doubled up his short stack twice. The first one was a lucky spike with surviving on a board of . Several hands later, he doubled up with improving to a straight. On this new round, he picked up more chips without having to shove.

Quang Nguyen opened with a 2800 raise, called by Nam Phan and another player, and Lamagnere. At the flop , Lamagnere led for 5500, called by Nguyen while the other two folded. On the turn, no bets arrived. When the river landed , Lamagnere bet 9k and won it with Quang folding.

8:50PM: Kilian Loeffler busts one, rises to 110k
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Plenty of action preflop led to two players all in. The hand opened with Dhaval Mudgal raising to 2700, Maulik jammed his 18.5k stack, Kilian Loeffler followed with an 80k shove, Mudgal got out of the way. Loeffler , Maulik , the board granted Loeffler a higher pair to ship it and but Maulik.

8:45PM: Linh Tran rises to 160k
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

On a turn board and 50k in the middle, Linh Tran had 45k out front sending Monaco Tran tanking. Monaco folded.

8:40PM: Raman Cujnal wins with king high
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

On a board and 15k weighing down the middle, Richard Marquez bet 8k, Raman Cujnal raised to 26k, Marquez tank-called. Cujnal showed king high.

8:30PM: Eka Vedantham vs Hu Jin Long
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Action folded to the button Eka Vedantham, he raised to 3k. Sb Hu Jin Long three-bet to 13.2k, bb folded, and Vedantham called. On the flop and turn, no bets landed. The river , Long checked, Vedantham banged out 21k and won the pot with Long folding.

8:20PM: Xiaosheng Zheng with top two
Level 11: Blinds 600-1200 ante 1200

Xiaosheng Zheng raised to 2600, was called by button player and Sumit Sapra on the big blind. At the flop , Sapra checked, Zheng c-bet 3500, button called while Sapra folded. On the turn , Zheng fired 9k, called. On the river , no bets landed. Zheng showed top two pair and claimed the pot.

8:10PM: Richard Marquez scoops up two
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Richard Marquez won two sizable pots back-to-back. First pot saw a raise by the utg player, called by Phachara Wongwichit, then cutoff Marquez three-bet to 8k. Initial raiser folded, Wongwichit called. At the flop , Wongwichit checked, Marquez bet 7k, called by Wongwichit. On the turn , check to Marquez again who fired 11k, Wongwichit folded.

Next hand, Marquez raised to 2500 and both blinds called. At the flop , everyone checked. On the turn, sb bet 4k, called by bb and Marquez. On the river , blinds checked to Marquez who sent out 15k, sb tank-called, bb folded. Marquez opened straight and won the pot. Sb showed . Marquez climbed to 158k.

7:55PM: Quang Nguyen dusts one
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Catching the action on a full board , button player was already all in, bb Matthieu Lamagnere bet 6500, Quang Nguyen shoved, Lamagnere tank-folded. Nguyen showed straight sending out button player . Nguyen up to 75k.

7:45PM: Artur Koren owns it with a four-bet
Level 10: Blinds 500-1000 ante 1000

Dung God raised to 2500, called by one player, Nguyen Hung three-bet to 6k, Artur Koren four-bet shoved 33.5k, God folded, next player folded, Nguyen tanked, then he too gave it up.

7:30PM; Linh Tran rails two
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Linh Tran sent two players out in separate hands. His first victim was Victor Chong. On a flop and 6k in the middle, bb Chong checked, utg Tran bet 2k, Chong jammed his 13.3k, and Tran snap-called. Chong draw, Tran , the turn and river were no help to Chong.

Next one out was a player who raised to 2400, Tran three-bet to 7500, initial raiser shoved 21.4k, and again a snap call by Tran. Aggressor held , Tran with , the board came down . With no hits for either, Tran shipped it while booting one in the process.

7:25PM: Andy Lim rails Jeonggyu Cho
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

All in preflop, Jeonggyu Cho with , Andy Lim Sung Hwan had him dominated in chips and with , the board bricked. Cho was eliminated. Lim up to 50k.

7:20PM: Hung Nguyen with heavy bets
Level 9: Blinds 400-800 ante 800

Action saw a raise to 1800, called by Le Tam, three-bet to 4400 by Hung Nguyen. Back to initial raiser who called followed by Tam also with a call. On the flop , Hung bet 9k. No callers to win the pot.

7:15PM: Artur Koren doubles up
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

With a raise of 1800 before him, Artur Koren moved all in for 8800, he was joined by Sonil Mahboobani with 30k, initial raiser folded. Koren , Mahboobani , the board ran for a straight and a double up to Koren.

6:55PM: Chip leader update
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Edward Yam Chun Ho 145K
Nam Phan 130K
Alan Lau King Lun 110K
Dang Van Hien 110K

6:50PM: Dang Van Hien rails Dinh Xuan Dinh
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

From cutoff, Dinh Xuan Dinh shoved his ailing short stack of 9.3k, sb Dang Van Hien. Dinh , Dang , the board ran .

6:45PM: Edward Yam up to 145k
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Lo-jack Dung God raised to 1300, bb Edward Yam Chun Ho three-bet to 4600, God called. On the flop both players checked. On the turn , Yam bet 7k and claimed the pot after God tank-folded.

6:35PM: Double KO for Nikunj Jhunjhunwala
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

WPT India Main Event champion Nikunj Jhunjhunwala booted out two players simultaneously but before doing so was a preflop war. Jhunjhunwala raised to 2100, one player called, Mohamed Tharpa called, Azex Aisec three-bet to 10k, Jhunjhunwala all in for 37k, one player folded, Tharpa all in for 12.5k, Azec all in for 13.4k.

Jhunjhunwala
Tharpa
Azec

The board ran .

6:23PM: Flush for Dung God
Level 8: Blinds 300-600 ante 600

Michael Newby’s 1600 preflop raise found three callers to the flop . All four players opted to check and the turn landed . Action was checked to Dung God who bet 3600. Linh Tran and Newby called. On the river , Tran checked, Newby bet 4200, God called, and Tran folded. Newby opened two overcards , God won the pot with flush.

6:10PM: Aggressive bets by Dang Van Hien
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Abhinav Iyer raised to 1100, Dang Van Hien three-bet to 2800, Frederic Boillet called, Iyer called. At the flop , Iyer checked, Dang c-bet 5100, Boillet folded, called by Iyer. On the turn, Iyer checked again, Dang bet 10.1k, and this time Iyer opted to fold.

6:00PM: Natalie Teh’s set gets some pay
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Catching the action on a turn board and a light 6k in the middle, sb position Alex Nguyen bet 2400 and bb Natalie Teh called. On the river , Nguyen checked, Teh bet 5800, Nguyen tanked then called. Teh showed set. Nguyen mucked.

5:35PM: Yam-my three-way showdown
Level 7: Blinds 300-500 ante 500

Preflop action began with Jeremy raising, called by Edward Yam Chun Ho, three-bet to 3700 by Bruno Lo, Jeremy shoved, Yam shoved, Bruno joined in for a three-way party.

Jeremy
Yam
Lo

The board ran dry . Yam stormed to 120k, Jeremy busted, and Lo dropped in chips.

5:15PM: Sick hand awards Ian Modder
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Hearing players roar as cellphones simultaneously were out to take pics, we rushed over to see all hoopla. The board was , one player busted holding quads while Ian Modder shipped it with straight flush. We hope to get the full action on this hand at some point.

5:00PM: More for Alan Lau King Lun
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Shortly after sending one off, Alan Lau King Lun claimed another good pot. On a turn board and 8800 in the middle, Dinh Xuan Dinh checked, Lau bet 7k, Dinh called. The river saw Dinh check again, Lau slid out 18.7k, Dinh tank-called. Lau turned over his set and Dinh mucked. Lau up to 130k.

4:50PM: Failed bluff drives Alan Lau King Lun up to 100k
Level 6: Blinds 200-400 ante 400

Alan Lau King Lun happily scooped up an easy pot. He raised to 1200, and the bb player defended. At the flop , bb checked, Lau c-bet 1200, bb raised to 3200, Lau called. On the turn, no bets by either and the river was felted. Bb shoved his 23.8k stack, Lau called. bb showed , for a failed bluff while Lau shipped it with nut flush.

4:40PM: Dhaval Mudgal doubles up
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Dhaval Mudgal engaged in a preflop raise war that began with a player raising to 700, Mudgal called, three-bet to 2800 by Natalie Teh, called by Rex Clinkscales, initial raiser folded, Mudgal four-bet to 10k, Teh folded, Clinkscales all in, Mudgal all in for his tournament life.

Mudgal
Clinkscales

The board . Double up for Mudgal.

4:15PM: Soo Jo Kim railed by Dinh Xuan Dinh
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Soo Jo Kim opened for 800 and found four callers to join him to the flop . One player checked, Kim c-bet 2500, called by two players – Dinh Xuan Dinh and and Dang Van Hien. The turn , Kim jammed around 9.3k, Dinh called, Dang folded, the cards were opened. Kim , Dinh , the river didn’t help Kim and Dinh’s higher two pair shipped it as Kim shipped out.

4:10PM: Natalie Teh shoves Mudgal for the pot
Level 5: Blinds 200-300 ante 300

Mp player raised to 600, Dhaval Mudgal three-bet to 2100, Natalie Teh four-bet to 6500, mp bowed out while Mudgal called. At the flop , and turn, both players checked. On the river , Teh shoved her 17.4k stack, Mudgal folded.

4:05PM: Gutsy Nam Phan completes on the river, Lim Yohwan busts
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Nam Phan is now up to 95k having railed Lim Yohwan. The hand began with a raise by utg Lim to 500, hijack Phan three bet to 1500, Lim four-bet to 5k, called by Phan. At the flop , Lim bet 3500, Phan called. On the turn , Lim stayed aggressive and fired 8k. Phan called. The river , Lim moved all in, Phan with the snap-call. Lim showed , but was way behind Phan’s straight that completed on the river.

4:00PM: Dinh Xuan Dinh doesn’t show
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Dinh Xuan Dinh raised to 600, Dang Van Hien called. At the flop , Dinh c-bet 700, Dang raised to 2700, Dinh called. On the turn , both checked. The river landed , Dinh bet 3500, Dang folded while showing his . Dinh didn’t show and claimed the pot.

3:40PM: Alan Lau King Lun shaves some off Tan Wah Meng
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

With numerous pros at table 8, there’s been no shortage of action. This hand saw Tan Wah Meng raise to 600, Alan Lau King Lun three-bet 1800 from hijack, button Gorge Ni called, and back to Tan who called. At the flop , no bets landed for a free turn . Tan led for 2500, Lau called, Ni folded. The river , Tan slowed back to a check, Lau banged out 9k, and Tan called. Lau opened two pair, Tan mucked.

3:30PM: Two pair win Gorge Ni
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Action folded around to button player Soo Jo Kim, he raised to 500. Both blinds called. The flop ran , sb Gorge led for 1k, called by bb and Kim. On the turn, Ni sent out 2100, bb folded, Kim raised to 7k, Ni called. The river , both checked. Ni showed two pair and claimed the pot with Kim mucking.

3:20PM: More notable players take seats
Level 4: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Acknowledging notables that are now slugging it out there… Abhinav Iyer, Alan Lau King Lun, Soo Jo Kim, Dang Van Hien, Victor Chong, Quang Nguyen, Lim Yohwan, Hung Sheng Lin, Natalie Teh, Kilian Loeffler, and En Ching Wu. We have reached 100 entries. Registration closes at the start of Level 10.

3:05PM: Kok Jun Yan takes a good pot
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

In our attempt to get a hand on the defending champion Dhaval Mudgal, we instead landed a nice pot earned by Kok Jun Yan who is seated at the same table. Action opened with mp player raising to 500, called by three players – cutoff Nguyen Duy Vu, button Kok Jun Yan, and bb Mudgal. At the flop , two checked, Nguyen bet 1200, called by Yan and Mudgal, mp folded. On the turn, action was checked to Yan, he bet 3500, no callers to take it down.

3:00PM: Defending champion in the house
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Dhaval Mudgal has arrived! Not only will he be defending his WPT Vietnam Main Event title, he will also be looking to pad up more points towards the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race. WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh has just announced that 1500 points will be awarded to the winner of the Main Event.

2:45PM: Falcon failed bluff, Nam Phan ships it
Level 3: Blinds 100-200 ante 200

Michael Kim Falcon is one of the early casualties of Day 1A. He lost all his chips to Nam Phan, a player he tangled with several hands prior. On a flop , and 2500 in the middle, Phan checked, mp player bet 1k, Falcon called, Phan raised to 2400, mp folded, and Falcon called. On the turn , Phan checked, Falcon slid out 4k, smooth-called by Phan. The river , Phan checked, Falcon moved all in with 17.5k, was snap-called by Phan. Falcon opened failed bluff, Phan shipped it with trips. Phan up to 70k.

2:25PM: Nazih Sibaei folds to Hu Jin Long
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Nazih Sibaei raised to 300, late position Hu Jin Long and bb player called. At the flop , bb checked, Sibaei c-bet 900, Long called, bb called. On the turn , check again by bb, Sibaei sent out another 1400, Long raised to 4600, bb folded, called by Sibaei. The river , Sibaei checked, Long fired a sizable 16k bet, Sibaei tanked, then folded while showing two pair. Long didn’t show.

2:15PM: Six tables running…
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

More notables have joined the Main Event action, among them are: Linh Tran, WPT Kickoff champion Rex Clinkscales, Richard Marquez, Dinh Xuan Dinh, Benjamin Gonzva, and Madhav Gupta.

2:00PM: Michael Kim Falcon tanks Nam Phan
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Hijack player raised to 500, called by cutoff Michael Kim Falcon, three-bet by Nam Phan on the button. After the blinds folded, hijack folded as well, Falcon called. At the flop , Falcon checked, Phan c -bet 2200, called. On the turn, Falcon led for 7k, Phan tanked, then folded. Falcon up to 55k.

1:40PM: Notables getting an early start
Level 2: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Getting an early start are several notables: Raiden Kan, Aso Seitaro, Johannes Felix Hoeld, Hwang Sang Yeon, Michael Kim Falcon, and Jeonggyu Cho.

1:35PM: Good pot for Meherzad Munsaf
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

With 2300 already in the middle, two players looked on a flop . Utg+1 Meherzad Munsaf bet 1800, called by Daniel Jo Ocean on the button. The turn and river , both players opted to check it. Munsaf won it with pocket jacks in the hole.

1:00PM: Welcome to the WPT Main Event!
Level 1: Blinds 100-100 ante 100

Today marks the start of the five-day featured tournament running from March 19 to 23. The Main Event comes with an VND 8 Billion (US$344,700) guarantee. Three starting days spark it up with Day 1A setting the pace. So don’t miss out. Cards are already in the air as we speak. Registration stays open on each of the days until the start of Level 10. Here’s all the info you’ll need to get you started:

Buy-in: VND 25,000,000 ( one re-entry allowed per day)
Starting stack: 30,000
Starting days: play 14 levels
Level duration: 40 minutes
Opening blinds: 100-100 ante 100

Since this festival is the second to the last event in the WPT Asia Pacific Season XVII calendar, players only have this Main Event and the WPT New Zealand (last festival) to earn points towards the WPT Asia Pacific Player of the Year race. Currently in the lead are WPT India defending champion – Nikunj Jhunjhunwala – and WPT Vietnam defending champion – Dhaval Mudgal-, both players have 1000 points each. The race is still wide open though with an expected big bulk of points to be awarded to the winner of this Main Event.

Somuchpoker will provide live updates throughout the day on the action so make sure to stick with us.

1 - Jin Yong - 3,255,000
2 - Kwok Chun Yip - 2,840,000
3 - Tuan PRO - 2,570,000
4 - Vincent Chauve - 2,335,000
5 - Norbert Koh - 1,705,000
6 - Pham Quoc Anh - 1,330,000
7 - Thien Phu - 1,225,000
8 - Luong Anh Tuan - 1,125,000
9 - Long Lann - 940,000
10 - Nguyen Nam Duong - 730,000
11 - Raiden Kan - 720,000
12 - Alok Birewar - 715,000
13 - Guilleminot Clement - 585,000
14 - Jeonggyu Cho - 500,000

1 - Sumit Sapra - 310,500
2 - Vincent Chauve - 263,000
3 - Tzu Chieh Lo - 250,000
4 - Dinh Xuan Dinh - 243,500
5 - Shashank Jain - 232,000
6 - Andy Li Xueyan - 226,000
7 - Tony Trieu - 223,500
8 - Pham Quoc Anh - 215,000
9 - Petr Koula - 212,500
10 - Bon Hyuk Ku - 208,000
11 - Hieu Duong - 207,000
12 - Liang Chih Ying - 203,500
13 - Rex Clinkscales - 196,500
14 - Thang Tran - 196,000
15 - Guilleminot Clement - 191,000
16 - Nguyen Hong Deep - 181,500
17 - Marvin RettenMaier - 181,500
18 - Tan Wah Meng - 177,500
19 - Huy Coshet - 173,000
20 - Tien Q Do - 167,000
21 - Nguyen Thanh Hung - 165,500
22 - Piet Pape - 159,000
23 - Jinh Yo Yoo - 158,000
24 - Kok Jun Yan - 156,500
25 - He Ying Han - 155,000
26 - Michael Wood - 149,000
27 - Sahil Mahboobani - 148,500
28 - Gabriel Carter - 144,000
29 - Kenny Nguyen - 134,000
30 - Toshimasa Sakato - 131,500
31 - Yung Tan Le - 130,500
32 - Joni Rantamaki - 130,500
33 - The Anh - 127,000
34 - Lim Shyh Chyn - 127,000
35 - Zhuo Xing Hua - 126,000
36 - Matthieu Lamagnere - 126,000
37 - Jae Wook Shin - 122,000
38 - Mai Thanh Truc - 117,500
39 - Wong Fuk On - 115,000
40 - Ng Hoang Nam (Apu Weo) - 114,000
41 - Choy Wai Tak - 109,500
42 - Aysee Nguyen - 109,500
43 - Long Lam - 106,500
44 - Casey Kastle - 105,000
45 - Chung Fai Ngeow - 102,500
46 - Meng Long - 100,500
47 - Zong Xin - 95,000
48 - Biah Miah - 93,500
49 - Wong tung Wing - 92,000
50 - Ryan Revai - 91,000
51 - Constantin Harach - 89,500
52 - William Kang - 89,500
53 - Raiden Kan - 88,000
54 - Ma Yi - 84,500
55 - Kim Dong Il - 83,500
56 - Darren Ong - 83,500
57 - Kwok Chun Yip - 81,000
58 - Yuri Ishida - 79,000
59 - La Tuan - 77,500
60 - Thao Thanh Nguyen - 74,500
61 - Phan Hoang Tu - 73,000
62 - Clement Chua - 72,000
63 - Chul Ho Bae - 72,000
64 - Alex Lee - 72,000
65 - Jin Yong - 68,000
66 - Johannes Hoeld - 66,000
67 - Qinyi Tong - 65,500
68 - Lew Yin How - 64,000
69 - Lim Koon Ting Daniel - 64,000
70 - Tran Son Thach - 62,000
71 - Gyeong Byeong Lee - 59,000
72 - Terry Gonzaga - 55,500
73 - Kopyl Waldemar - 55,000
74 - James Mendoza - 53,500
75 - Chris Morrison - 53,000
76 - Phan Hung Cuong - 53,000
77 - Tomoharu Furuya - 51,500
78 - Tran Van Quan - 47,500
79 - Deep Raina - 45,500
80 - Maulik Shukla - 41,500
81 - Dishant Soni - 41,000
82 - Nguyen Van Dung - 36,000
83 - Thai Nguyen - 33,500
84 - Jun Ishii - 33,500
85 - Nam Phong - 32,500

1 - Thai Ha -363,500
2 - Norbert Koh - 299,000
3 - Chia Hsuan Tu - 256,500
4 - Wang Gui Yang - 249,000
5 - Ashish Munot - 248,000
6 - Jeonggyu Cho - 242,500
7 - Hyunil Hong - 239,000
8 - Yuriy Boyko - 200,000
9 - Zhou Zhongsai - 199,500
10 - Rubin Labroo - 199,000
11 - Dhanesh Chainani - 198,000
12 - Andrew An - 177,500
13 - Luong Anh Tuan - 169,000
14 - Loris Courco - 159,000
15 - Vinay B - 156,500
16 - Victor Chong - 143,500
17 - Jeremy Sarda - 140,500
18 - Thien Pu - 140,500
19 - Simon Burns - 134,000
20 - Nguyen Xuan Hung - 132,000
21 - Hoang Long - 131,000
22 - Sim Kok Wai - 129,000
23 - Darwin Lai - 127,500
24 - Ken Foo Hsien Loong - 126,500
25 - Chi Chung Ho - 114,500
26 - Gang Wei - 113,000
27 - Martijn Gerrits - 111,000
28 - Chu Tu - 109,000
29 - Su Fang - 106,500
30 - Benjamin Gonzva - 103,500
31 - Tusha K Banal - 97,000
32 - Huu Dung Nguyen - 96,000
33 - Benedict Kuh - 82,500
34 - Macaron Tran - 82,000
35 - Liu Shiqiao - 81,000
36 - Raman Gujral - 72,500
37 - Hwang Jae Seong - 70,000
38 - Tsubasa Kamei - 68,000
39 - Mohammed Abbas Ladau - 63,000
40 - Huang Qi Yuan - 61,000
41 - Nyinan Joni - 58,500
42 - Ian Modder - 49,000
43 - Iori Yogo - 47,000
44 - Ta Xuan Tunj - 43,500
45 - Son Putin - 41,000
46 - Shyra Fanri - 36,500
47 - Lee Wai Kiat - 33,000
48 - Kwok Luen Hei - 30,500

1 - Yasheel Doddanavar - 333,000
2 - Eka Vedantham - 323,500
3 - Tuan Pro - 303,500
4 - Richard Marquez - 181,000
5 - Quang Nguyen - 180,000
6 - Hu Jin Long - 154,000
7 - Kilian Loeffler - 150,600
8 - Lin Hung Sheng - 150,000
9 - Linh Tran - 135,000
10 - Neel Joshi - 132,000
11 - Nguyen Nam Duong - 125,000
12 - Khanh Con - 119,000
13 - En Ching Wu - 115,000
14 - Alan King Lun Lau - 114,000
15 - Xiaosheng Zheng - 109,500
16 - Nguyen Ba Cuong - 92,500
17 - Kush Kataria - 90,000
18 - Natalie Teh - 86,500
19 - Kmen - 82,500
20 - Mr Dang - 82,500
21 - Ni Xiangxiang - 81,500
22 - Andy (Sunghwan) Lim - 80,500
23 - Nam Phan - 79,500
24 - Jack Salter - 78,500
25 - Nikunj Jhunjhunwala - 78,000
26 - Pham Duy Hung - 76,500
27 - Khum Phan - 69,000
28 - Tung Nguyen - 65,500
29 - Phachara Wongwichit - 58,000
30 - Lau King Sing - 57,500
31 - Tran Thanh Dat - 53,500
32 - Alok Birewar - 49,500
33 - Francis Garson - 46,000
34 - Andre Vettau - 38,500
35 - Louis Salter - 38,000
36 - Le Tam Viet - 37,000
37 - Nga Huynh - 31,000

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