Main Event

Players are still on the bubble with 36 remaining.

Wong Ka Fai bags the Flight F chip lead

Buy in: VN₫ 36,000,000 (~USD 1,545) Guaranteed: VN₫ 20,000,000,000 (~USD 789,110) Entries: 229 ITM: 35 players

Flight A - 31 entries / 4 qualified Flight B - 57 entries / 6 qualified Flight C - 141 entries / 22 qualified Flight D - 98 entries / 10 qualified Flight E - 10 entries / 2 qualified Flight F - 229 entries / 35 qualified

Small blind Wong Ka Fai open-jams and is called by big blind Jia Yuequan. Wong proceeds to double up with A♦ T♣ dominating A♥ 8♦ throughout a board 5♥ Q♣ 2♠ 6♥ 2♦ .

It’s bubble time!

Under the gun Leong Juns J♥ 7♥ open shoves 35,000, small blind Phan Minh Duc 8♥ 8♠ calls. Board runs Q♥ 7♣ 4♠ 5♣ 8♣ , Leong runs empty. 

Under the gun You Jun Hong opens and Liew Lee Wee defends the big blind. Both player check to the turn J♠ A♥ 9♦ 5♠ . Hong bets 15,000, Liew check-calls. The river K♣ sees another 25,000 from Hong that’s check-called once more. Hong reveals 5♦ 5♥ set, Liew mucks.

23:15: Blinds up, 39 players remainingLevel 16: 3000-6000 ante 6000

Top 5 in chips

Heavy betting war preflop, Nguyen Thi Bao An opens then four-bets all for her last 12bb, small blind Hwang Daegun calls and it’s a race. Nguyen A♠ K♦ , Hwang T♥ T♠ , no hits for Nguyen until the river 5♠ 3♣ 7♥ 9♠ A♥ to survive. 

Popiyukkal Supitong looks down at A♠ A♥ and min-raises from utg+1, cutoff three-bets 20,000, small blind Dai Zhonghuan K♠ K♥ four-bets it all for 137,000 Popiyukkal calls and is slightly covered, cutoff folds. No bad beats come on a board 7♠ 8♥ 3♦ 8♠ J♣ . Dai plunges to 1 bb. 

Leong Juns opens from utg+2 then calls button Tran Hai’s 30,000 three-bet. The board completes K♥ K♦ 4♥ 8♠ K♠ , Tran bets every street 21,000, 35,000, and a shove, Leong check calls the whole way. Tran shows the quads A♣ K♣ , Leong mucks and shows Q♠ Q♣ .

From utg Wong Chak Sen opens, big blind Kongjan Nopparat three-bets 30,000, Wong calls. Both check the flop 8♥ 4♥ 7♥ , Kongjan leads out 15,000 on the turn A♣ , Wong calls. On the river 6♠ , both check again. Kongjan flips over A♦ Q♣ , Wong mucks.

Cutoff Justin Geronimo opens then four-bets all in on top of Qian Xiaoyu’s re-raise. Qian calls and flips over A♣ Q♠ . Geronimo with 4♦ 4♠ . With the board running 5♦ J♥ 6♣ 3♦ A♦ , Qian is saved by the river.

Dang Minh Dat min-raises and finds two callers to head to the flop Q♥ 7♥ 8♣ . Dang c-bets 15,000, You Jun Hong calls, big blind folds. On the turn 3♥ , Hong bets 22,000, Dang check-calls. More chips dumped on the river 8♦ with Dang betting 43,000 and Hong calling. Dang ships it with 7♦ 7♠ full house over Hong’s A♥ 5♥ flush.

Le Giang Nam min-raises, big blind Le Van Son calls, then both check the flop 9♣ 5♦ K♥ . On the turn A♥ , Nam c-bets 8,000, Son check-raises 25,000, Nam shoves, Son calls with less.

Le Van Son - A♦ 9♠ Le Giang Nam - A♠ 5♠

The river 3♠ is no help to Nam for Son’s higher two pair to earn the max.

All in preflop, Dai Zhong Huan K♣ 3♦ , Tran Hoang Nam J♠ J♥ , board runs K♥ Q♣ 9♣ 2♥ 5♣ .

All in preflop, Justin Geronimo A♦ J♣ , Hong Jinho T♥ T♦ , board runs 9♣ 4♠ A♣ T♣ 2♣ , Hong’s set pays Geronimo’s flush.

Button Wu Yuanning K♦ Q♥ shoves, big blind Hu Tse-Jen risks it all with A♠ 3♠ . The board 5♥ 4♠ 3♦ 4♦ 5♦ is good to Hu to double through.

Justin Geronimo min-raises from hijack and two players call. At the flop Q♥ 8♣ 4♠ , two checks, button Jinho Hong lays out 10,000, both players call. On the turn K♥ , another 20,000 fired out of Hong’s stack. Big blind folds while Geronimo calls. On the river 3♠ Hong shoves and this time takes it down without further challenge.

From utg+1, Wong Ka Fai opens and finds two callers. A♠ the board completes 2♦ 7♦ 2♠ A♥ K♣ , Wong bets 12,000, 25,000, and all in for 32,000, hijack Nguyen Dich Khanh calls throughout, button folds on the flop. Wong A♣ 7♣ wins with a higer two pair against Nguyen Dich Khanh’s A♦ Q♦

Top 5 in chips

Sofia Lovgren calls Hyeonho Shin’s three-bet shove preflop then goes on to rail Shin with K♥ Q♣ over 5♣ 5♦ on a board K♣ J♦ 4♦ 7♦ 8♣ .

On a flop 5♥ 7♦ 9♦ and 47,500 in the pot, small blind Chen Jia Chun bets 15,000, big blind Nguyen Thi Bao An calls. Same action on the turn and river 8♠ 4♣ with Nguyen calling Chen’s 30,000 and all in 41,500 bets. Chen doubles up with 8♦ 8♣ set over Nguyen’s K♣ 9♠ top pair.

You Jun Hong four bets all in with 9♣ 9♥ and Wong Ka Fai A♣ K♥ calls. The board runs 2♣ 2♥ Q♥ 2♠ 6♥ , Hong’s pocket pair survives to double up.

Four players in on a raised pot, utg+1 Le Van Son bets 12,000 on the flop 6♦ 2♦ T♠ . Two players fold, utg check Justin Geronimo calls. On the turn Son sends out a larger 20,000, Geronimo check-raises all in, Son folds.

Justin Geronimo opens 4,500, button Le Van Son three-bets 12,000, Geronimo calls. At the flop A♥ 3♦ 5♠ , Son c-bets 10,000, Geronimo check-calls. Both players proceed to check the turn and river 2♥ A♣ . Geronimo claims the pot with J♥ J♣ .

Action folds to the small blind Kim Jin Suk who raises 6,500, big blind Kislenko Andrei defends. At the flop 6♥ J♦ 7♥ , Kim c-bets 5,500, Kislenko calls. Betting switches on the turn 8♦ with Kislenko firing 12,000 and Kim calling. On the river 8♥ Kislenko bets 25,000, Kim check-raises all in, Kislenko calls.

Kim Jin Suk J♥ T♣ Kislenko Andrei 6♦ 9♠

Utg+1 opens, cutoff An Jung Hyun three-bets 9,500, small blind Dang Minh Dat four-bets 25,000, initial raiser folds, An five bet shoves and Dang calls with less chips.

Dang Minh Dat Q♥ Q♣ An Junghyun A♥ J♣

The board runs Q♠ 6♠ 4♥ T♦ 3♦ , Dang further improves to secure the double up.

All in preflop, Kang Hogyun Q♣ 9♣ , Yau Chak Fung A♦ K♥ , the board fans 3♥ J♦ 4♥ 2♥ T♦ . Both miss, Yau doubles up.

On a raised pot preflop, three players stare down a flop 5♠ 2♦ 8♠ . Cutoff Shin Hyeonho c-bets 4,500, small blind Tan Kean Wei check-raises 14,000, big blind folds Shin calls. On the turn T♠ , Tan shoves and wins without challenge.

Nguyen Duy Anh opens, small blind Le Van Son three-bets 10,000, Nguyen four-bets 33,000, Son five-bets 67,000, Nguyen folds.

Namhyung Kim raises, Tran Hoang Nam calls, Kim c-bets 4,000 at the flop 7♦ 3♦ 6♥ , Tran calls. On the turn 4♠ , Tran bets 15,000 and wins it on Kim’s fold.

Heavy preflop betting, utg opens, button Nguyen Thi Bao An three-bets, big blind Park Se Han four bets, utg folds, Nguyen calls. At the flop 9♣ 2♣ 2♦ , aggressor Park checks, Nguyen bets 20,000, Park calls. On the turn 5♣ , check again from Park who then folds to Nguyen’s shove while showing A♦ K♥ . Nguyen shares one card K♠ .

Tan Kean Wei A♣ K♥ calls a three-bet shove from Poon Khai Loon J♣ J♦ , the board runs 8♠ T♥ 4♦ A♠ 9♦ . Poon is eliminated.

Tan Kean Wei 9♥ 9♦ calls a three-bet shove from Kim Donghyun A♣ 8♠ , the board runs K♥ T♥ 7♠ 8♣ 3♣ . Kim is eliminated.

Shin Hyeonho A♠ K♠ raises 3000 from cutoff, big blind Minami Keita K♣ 2♥ calls. At the flop and turn Q♣ A♦ K♦ K♥ Keita check-calls Shin’s 3,500 and 10,000 bet. On the river 6♣ , Shin shoves, Keita check-calls with less then busts with a full house over trips.

Registration has closed for Main Event flight F with 229 entries.

Buy in: VN₫ 36,000,000 (~USD 1,545) Guaranteed: VN₫ 20,000,000,000 (~USD 789,110) Entries: 229 Remaining: 111 players ITM: 35 players

Top 5 in chips

Having dropped to 2 bb, Nishant Sharma sends it all in from the big blind holding T♥ 2♦ , and proceeds to watch two callers, Wong Sheng Yong and Hu Tse Jen, check the flop K♠ 7♠ Q♣ . Wong bets 10,000 on the turn 7♥ and Hu calls. Both check the river 8♠ . Wong and Hu both have a seven to split the pot. Sharma is eliminated.

Hijack Nishant Sharma J♠ 9♠ opens 20,000 and big blind Cao Ngoc Anh A♥ 5♦ defends. Sharma c-bets 25,000 on the flop 8♥ 2♥ 7♥ , Anh check-calls. On the turn T♣ , Anh shoves, Sharma calls. Both connect on the river 9♥ , Anh’s nut flush wins.

Under the gun Ho Jen Huei shoves his last 4 bb, blboth blinds call then proceed to check down the board K♥ T♠ A♦ 2♠ 8♦ . Small blind Ngo Minh Tien has 9♣ 9♦ , big blind Phan Minh Duc has A♠ 3♠ , Huei’s A♣ J♥ ships for a triple boost.