Mini Main Event

Wang Chen raised all-in from the cut-off with Q♦ J♦. Li Xinze made the call on the button with A♣ 4♣ and put his last 1,000,000 at risk.

The flop came A♦ 6♠ Q♠ to give Li Xinze the lead. Xinze maintained the lead with the 7♥ on the turn. However, the poker gods gave Q♣ on the river for Chen for his pair to improve to a set and take down the pot while also busting out Xinze. Li Xinze earned VND 321,000,000 (~USD 12,600) for his final table appearance.

Fan Yingkun raised to 325,000 from hi-jack and called the all-in re-raise by Haver Kamper on the big blind for his last 2,300,000.

Yingkun's kings held to doubleup

Wang Chen made the min-raise to 300,000 from the cut-off. Irvan Iliadi re-raised all-in for 2,200,000. Chen made the call.

Chen showed pocket tens while Iliadi showed Kowboys.

The kowboys held on to double-up Iliad and send Chen a little down on the rankings.

Jules Rohr raised to 250,000 from the cut-off. Jheng Zie re-raised to 600,000 on the button. Rohr roared back with an all-in. Zie accepted the challenge and pushed his 1,635,000 beyond the betting line.

Rohr showed pocket threes and was distraught to see Jie's pocket rockets.

The board completed with Jie's hand safely through to the river, doubling him up and damaging Rohr's stack.

Wang Chen shoved all-in for 1,780,000 on the button and was called all-in by Oh Junseok in the small blind with Q♦ Q♣.

Junseok's lead was short-lived when the poker gods mixed in an ace on the flop to give Chen the better pair. The board completed without improving Junseok and he was busted out of the tournament while Chen jumped up the chip counts.

Ha Van Thien shoved all-in for 1,315,000 from under the gun. Ma Haohui liked what he saw and made the call from the button.

Thien showed a dominant ace-jack off against the Ace-Ten suited of Haohui.

The flop gave Haohui a gut-shot straight draw and the turn added a flush-draw to his outs. With 13 outs to book a win... The poker gods threw a J♣ on the river for Haohui to complete a straight, knocking Thien out of the tournament.

After a raise-re-raise-tug-of-war, Oh Junseok finally shoved all-in with Karia Siddhart risking his last 355,000.

Siddhart looked in great shape with the pocket aces dominating the pocket sevens of Oh Junseok. However, the poker gods threw a seven on the flop to give Junseok a full house, which held to the end to also end the run of Karia Siddhart.

UTG player tried to min-raise for 200,000 when Anthony Cierco went all-in on the button for 1,105,000 and Li Xinze all went all-in for just a little more. UTG player let them go at it.

Cierco showed queens and was distraught to see Xinze peel open aces.

Cierco was excited when he flopped a set, but upon close examination, so did Xinze. The turn and river were bricks. It was exciting for the moment, but the moment went away just like all of Cierco's chips went away to the direction of Xinze.

Shu Michael Jun shoved his last 340,000 in the middle and monster-stacked Jules Rohr did his duty from the big blind to call. Jun held a formidable pocket fives while Rohr had a random nine-seven off.

The flop gave Jun a set with smiles and gritty fist pumps marking the moment. However, that was short-lived when the dealer peeled the poker god-given six on the river to improve Rohr to a straight. Rohr got even richer and Jun made his farewell to the table.

Shu Michael Jun raised to 1,050,000 from under the gun. Dang Hung Duong called all-in for his last 635,000

Jun had pocket nines while Duong had big slick.

Evertyhing was going swimmingly for Jun until the poker gods used that old cliché of "ace on the river" to give Duong the better pair and the pot.

Hahoui raised to 700.000 and called the all-in re-raise for 915,000 when Ha Van Thien shoved from the big blind.

Haohui had two over cards against the pocket nines of Thien for a coin toss.

The flop landed Haohui a king and held that on to win the pot and earn a double up.

Haver Kamper min-raised to 160,000 and called the 1,185,000 all-in shove by Xiong Sheng.

Kamper held the more dominant big slick blocking the kings and forcing Sheng to seek outs with the eights. The poker gods threw an ace on the flop to reduce the anxiety of Sheng and have him accept the fact that this is not his time. There was a hope for a split pot on the turn, but that was just for Hollywood. Kamper took down the million-plus pot and dropped Sheng's name from the roster.

Fan Yingkun raised to 160,000 from the cut-off and everyone folded down to Yang Xudong in the big blind, who had no choice but to shove the last 130,000 in the middle with the blinds adding more pressure to his desperate stack.

Yingkun flashed kings and Xudong held a desperate Queen-Eight off. Xudong did not improve and Yingkun's take-over of Xudong's chips and his final elimination was made complete.

Biao Guo raise all-in from the hi-jack for his last 465,000 and Le Xinze also shoved all-in on the small blid for 520,000 to prevent the big blind from jumping in.

Guo showed a better hand with the King-Queen suited, dominating over the Queen-Jack off-suit of Xinze.

The flop kept Guo ahead and turn strengthened his hand by giving top pair. However, Xinze now had outs with an open-ended straight draw.

And just as you thought it, the poker gods already did it. They threw a nine on the river to give Xinze a runner-runner nut-straight. Xinze earned a huge pot and took out Guo in the process.

Rakhimov Azizjon raised to 575,000 from under the gun. Jules Rohr shoved all-in from the big blind, easily covering Azizjon with his huge stack. Azizjon called all-in for 650,000.

Azizjon showed a beautiful looking A♦ K♦, but was outshined by the A♠ A♥ of Rohr.

It was over when the turn couldn't produce a diamond to provide more outs. Azizjon tapping the table for "nice hand" and the table giving its recognition with a respectful "good game" double tape.

Rohr increased his stack and chip lead even more.

Rakhimov Azizjon raised to 575,000 from under the gun. Jules Rohr shoved all-in from the big blind, easily covering Azizjon with his huge stack. Azizjon called all-in for 650,000.

Azizjon showed a beautiful looking A♦ K♦, but was outshined by the A♠ A♥ of Rohr.

It was over when the turn couldn't produce a diamond to provide more outs. Azizjon tapping the table for "nice hand" and the table giving its recognition with a respectful "good game" double tape.

Rohr increased his stack and chip lead even more.

UTG raised to 115,000. Button Irvan Iliadi three-bet re-raised to 655,000. Small blind Danh Hung Duong jammed all-in. UTG stepped down and Iliadi completed.

Iliadi showed A♦ Q♦ and Duong showed T♥ T♦ for another coin flip.

The tens of Duong were ahead most of the way, slowly taking out the breathe from Iliadi. And just in 13th hour, the poker gods awarded an ace on the river to give Iliadi a sigh of relief and a chance to breathe easier with a doubled stack. Meanwile, Duong was landed a big blow and needs to recover.

Pre-flop action folded to the last three seats. The button limped. Small blind Ma Haohui raised to 600,000. Big blind Laurinaitis Vytautas shoved all-in. The button folded, but Ma Haohui made the call to risk the remaining 690,000 chips.

Ma Haohui showed K♣ 9♦, which was behind Vytautas' A♦ Q♥.

However, that changed when the poker gods gave a king on the flop to give Haohui the lead. Vytautas had outs with the ace still in play and a straight draw available. None of the outs came and Haohui made a big double-up to a safer space. Vytautas was left with crumbs.

Vu Duc Trung raised to 250,000. Le Nguyen Khanh Linh three-bet raised to 450,000. The short-stacked Trung shoved his last 300,000 n the middle.

Trung held jacks and had that disappointment when Linh flipped over queens.

The flop brought a queen to improve Linh to a set. Trung was drawing dead on the turn and already out of his seat by the time the board completed.

Fan Yingkun moved all-in from UTG +2 for 860,000. Wang Chen challenged from the hi-jack.

Yingkun held Ace-Queen suited and Chen had pocket Jacks.

It was a coin flip.

A queen landed on the flop to give Yingkun the overtake and went on to win it for a huge double up while crippling Chen.

Haver Kamper raised to 100,000 on the button then called the all-in re-reraise of Nguyen Thai Quang.

Quang showed big slick while Kamper showed sailboats.

Big Slick off vs Sailboats. A coin flip.

Kamper's sailboats made a set on the flop and Quang was drawing dead on the turn. The river was a formality to finally close the book on Quang.

Action folded to the blinds when small blind Ferdinand Lu shoved all-in for 320,000 and was immediately challenged by big blind Laurinaitis Vytautas.

Vytautas showed the better ace hand. On the flop, the poker gods gave him the winning hand, throwing in two jacks to give him a set and leave Ferdinand Lu drawing dead.

The turn improved Vytautas to a boat to really stomp on Lu. By the time the river was dealt, Lu was already headed to the payout cage to pick up his consolation.

Haver Kamper raised to 80,000 from under the gun then called the all-in re-raise of Michael Falcon for 400,000 from the small blind.

Kamper's jacks looked more promising than Falcon's K-4 off.

Falcon was given some hope when he paired his four on the flop, but that was shot down with some emphasis when the poker gods threw a jack on the river for Kamper's set to ultimately end Falcon's flight.

Ha Van Thien raised to 60,000 and called the all-in re-raise of Ved Kartik Mahesh for 400,000.

Big Slick vs Eights. Coin Toss.

Mahesh's eights led all the way until the poker gods awarded Thien's big slick with an ace on the river. The win arrow gets pointed Thien's way while the exit arrow is shown to Mahesh.

The board read 5♦ 2♦ 8♣ 2♥ beside a 1,400,000 pot. Jules Rohr at the cut-off was still in contention against Nguyen Van Thanh in the big blind.

Thanh fired his final 1,110,000 chips in the middle and was snap called by Rohr.

Thanh showed a pair of fives while Rohr showed a set of deuces.

The 6♠ on the river completed the win for Rohr and the elimination for Thanh.

Ferdinand Lu raised to 250,000 from the cut-off, intentionally leaving a single 5,000 denomination chip behind. Dang Hung Duong made the call on the button. The flop showed 8♥ 7♣ 5♠. Lu checked the option and Duong applied the final pressure of betting for the last 5,000 of Lu. Lu made the call and was drawing to aces and a gut-shot against the pocket jacks of Duong.

The turn landed an ace to give Lu the lead, and threw in a 4 to make it a two-pair, so we could use the term runner-runner.

Lu made a crucial double up while adding a dent to Duong's stack.

Jianfeng Sun shoved his last 240,000 chips all-in from the cut-off and was called by Zhang Yankai on the button.

Sun showed pocket treys while Yankai showed tens. In a previous hand, pocket tens crippled Sun's stack, and now the tens delivered the final blow to send Sun to the rail.

Ha Van Thien raised to 50,000 and called the three-bet all-in shove of Rakhimov Azizjon for 300,000.

Thien showed pocket sevens which was dominated by Azizjon's tens. The domination maintained until the board completed, giving Azizjon a much-needed double.

Player from UTG raised to 50,000. Jianfeng Sun three-bet re-raised to 115,000 from the cut-off. Isaac Phua four-bet re-raised all-in to 400,000 in the small blind. UTG got out of the way and Sun matched.

KQ off versus Pocket Jacks. Coin Flip.

Jacks were ahead most of the way and even improved to a straight on the turn just to assure the double-up and give some major damage to Sun.

Both Zhifan Ye and Zheng Jie went all-in before the flop with Jie's stack of 545,000 under threat of elimination.

Jie's kings survived the board to bring him a crucial double-up while delivering a blow to Ye's stack.

Both Julian Warhurst and Long Zhentao had all their chips in the middle pre-flop with Zhentao staring at elimination with his last 130,000 at risk.

Warhurst showed a pair of tens that dominated Zhentao.

The flop gave Warhurst a set, but the turn threatened a straight. The river had everyone blink a second, but it was a 7 not an 8, and Warhurst's full house put an exclamation to Zhentao's exit.

Both Biao Guo and Nguyen Trung Ha had all their chips in the middle before the flop with Guo at risk for his last 220,000.

Ace-Queen suited versus Jacks. A coin flip.

Guo spiked the queen on the flop and never looked back to double-up and dent Ha.

Nguyen Thi My Phuong raised to 300,000 from the cut-off and Nguyen Hoang Nam called all-in his last 120.000 from the big blind.

Nam's sixes were ahead on the flop and turn, but these poker gods like buzzer beaters and the ace on the river is a signature move. Phuong's rivered ace pair took the pot down and also took out Nam from the event.

Both Harsh Bubna and Li Xinze had their chips in the middle pre-flop with Harsh at risk for his remaining 236,000.

Jacks vs Ace-Queen off. A classic flip.

Both players spiked the flop hard with Xinze hitting two pair and Bubna flopping a set. There was tension when the 6♠ came on the turn and a sigh of relief from Bubna with the 2♠ brick. Bubna took down the pot and added a dent to Xinze.

Nguyen Trung Ha raised to 25,000 from the lo-jack and big blind Xin Yuan three-bet raised to 162,000 at his big blind. Ha shoved all-in as a response and Xin made the call for his last 164,000 chips.

Xin flopped the jack to make a pair, but Ha hit the ace for a better pair. The result held that way until the end, shipping the chips towards Ha and sending Xin to the exit.