Main Event

Nishant Sharma wins the Main Event

India’s Nishant Sharma clinches the Main Event after defeating Vietnam’s Ngo Quoc Phu in a rollercoaster heads up battle. With a massive 4:1 chip advantage, Sharma limps 9♣ 6♥ , big blind Ngo Q♦ 3♥ checks. Sharma c-bets 300,000 on the flop 6♠ 5♥ 4♠ and Ngo calls. Both check the turn 7♣ then Ngo shoves on the river 8♦ with a straight showing. Sharma snap calls, Ngo plays the board, Sharma with the higher straight.

Sharma locks up an ICM payout deal of VN₫ 3,756,953,000 (~USD 147,720) and the new Poker Dream Main Event Dragon Trophy.

Ngo Quoc Phu K♥ 6♣ limps then calls Nishant Sharma’s K♦ K♣ 700,000 bet. Sharma c-bets 600,000 on the flop 6♥ 3♦ 2♠ , Ngo raises 1,500,000, Sharma flats then checks the turn 4♣ . Ngo fires 2,000,000 and Sharma calls. Both players check the river 8♥ . Cowboys are best, Sharma drags in a big pot.

For the first time at the final table, Nishant Sharma has fallen from the high chair. Button Ngo Quoc Phu 8♦ 5♦ limps then calls Sharma’s 9♠ 4♥ 700,000 raise. Sharma c-bets 700,000 on the flop 3♠ 8♣ T♣ , Ngo calls. Both check the turn 4♦ . Sharma checks the river T♦ , Ngo bets 700,000, Sharma calls then mucks and pays to the two pair.

Ngo Quoc Phu K♦ 6♣ opens 325,000 then folds to Nishant Sharma’s 9♠ 9♣ 1,000,000 three-bet.

Ngo Quoc Phu K♥ J♠ limps then calls big blind Nishant Sharma’s A♥ J♦ 525,000 raise. Both check the flop T♠ 7♦ 2♦ , Sharma leads out the turn K♣ , Ngo calls the 350,000 bet. Another bet by Sharma on the river J♣ , Ngo raises it up from 675,000 to 1,600,000, Sharma folds.

Nishang Sharma Q♣ 7♠ limps then bets the flop and turn 2♦ 3♠ 7♦ 5♦ 175,000 and 500,000, big blind Ngo Quoc Phu K♦ 9♠ check-calls. On the river 8♠ , Ngo leads out 1,200,000, Sharma calls, and wins it with a pair.

Button Nishant Sharma Q♣ J♣ opens 325,000, Ngo Quoc Phu K♣ 7♠ defends, then Sharma c-bets the flop A♠ 7♦ 8♦ . Ngo check-calls to head to the turn 8♠ . Ngo leads out 500,000, Sharma folds.

Button Ngo Quoc Phu 6♠ 6♣ opens 320,000, Nishant Sharma A♣ 4♦ three-bets 1,000,000, Ngo four-bets all in, Sharma folds.

Nishant Sharma and Ngo Quoc Phu immediately reached an ICM deal and will play for VN₫ 600 Million and the new Poker Dream Main Event Dragon Trophy.

Nishant Sharma - VN₫ 3,156,953,000 (~USD 124,130) Ngo Quoc Phu - VN₫ 2,734,647,000 (~USD 107,525)

Big blind Wang Xiaoyu Q♥ J♥ calls button Nishant Sharma’s A♦ 3♥ raise then both players check the flop 7♣ 7♠ 9♦ . Wang bets the turn K♦ and river Q♣ 325,000 and 350,000, Sharma calls.

Following that hand, Ngo Quoc Phu A♦ A♣ opens, Wang 7♥ 7♦ three-bets all in 3,000,000, Ngo calls, board runs T♠ 8♠ 2♠ 5♠ 6♦ . Wang busts in 3rd place.

End of the line for Raghav Bansal J♣ T♦ who shoves for the last time and falls to Nishant Sharma’s K♦ Q♦ higher pair on a board A♣ 9♥ 6♦ Q♥ T♥ .

Nishant Sharma Q♣ 4♣ opens 350,000, small blind Raghav BAnsal 9♦ 9♣ three-bets all in for 1,400,000, Sharma folds.

Ngo Quoc Phu A♣ 4♦ open shoves, Raghav Bansal T♠ 9♦ calls and is covered. Board runs T♦ 8♦ 8♠ 7♠ J♣ , Bansal gets the max for the boat.

Raghav Bansal 2♠ 2♣ open shoves and proceeds to survive against Wang Xiaoyu’s 9♠ 5♠ on a board K♥ T♠ 7♥ 4♠ 6♣ .

Nguyen Quang Huy Q♦ J♠ open shoves his last 2 bb and finds two callers. The board 2♦ 6♥ 4♦ Q♥ A♣ is checked down, Wang Xiaoyu A♠ 3♠ rivers top pair to end Nguyen in 5th place. Ngo Quoc Phu has 8♥ 3♥ .

Wang Xiaoyu A♦ 9♠ shoves 1,600,000 (13 bb), big blind Raghav Bansal A♣ Q♣ calls and dominates with a better kicker. With the board running 9♣ J♣ 8♠ A♥ 6♥ , Wang pairs both cards to survive elimination.

From utg Nishant Sharma A♥ K♠ raises 250,000, cutoff Ngo Quoc Phu A♦ 4♦ and big blind Wang Xiaoyu 8♥ 6♦ call, then all check down the flop K♦ J♥ 2♣ . On the turn 8♦ , Wang leads out 500,000 and both players call for the three way to the river 2♠ . Wang checks, Sharma bets 1,400,000, Ngo folds while Wang calls. Sharma takes it with top pair.

Raghav Bansal A♦ Q♠ opens from utg then faces a three-bets shove of 1,800,000 from cutoff Wang Xiaoyu 9♠ 9♣ , Bansal calls. The board runs J♥ 2♥ 9♥ 5♣ 6♠ , Wang doubles up.

Big blind Ngo Quoc Phu defends the big blind then bets 300,000 on the flop K♣ 8♥ 6♥ . Small blind Nishant Sharma folds.

Next hand, Sharma A♦ T♠ raises again, small blind Ngo A♠ K♦ jams, Sharma folds.

Under the gun Wang Xiaoyu 6♠ 6♦ min-raises, big blind Raghav Bansal 9♠ 9♦ three-bets all in for 4,000,000, Wang is covered and opts to fold.

Small blind Nishant Sharma T♣ 5♦ min-raises, big blind Ngo Quoc Phu Q♦ 2♦ calls, Sharma c-bets 200,000 on the flop K♠ Q♥ 5♣ , Ngo raises 600,000, Sharma folds.

Two players limp in, Popitukkul Sutipong K♦ 6♣ is forced all in on the small blind, big blind Wang Xiaoyu 9♠ 7♣ checks, then everyone checks down the board 6♦ 8♥ Q♣ Q♠ 9♥ . Sutipong’s lower pair falls to Wang.

Battle of the blinds, Raghav Bansal K♣ Q♣ open shoves, big blind Popitukkul Supitong A♦ 5♣ calls with near even stacks. Bansal goes on to improve on a board 4♦ 9♥ 2♣ J♦ T♠ to double up as Supitong plunges to half a big blind.

Nishant Sharma 5♦ 2♦ limps from small blind and big blind Ngo Quoc Phu K♠ 9♦ checks. Both players check the flop 3♥ 6♠ J♥ , Sharma bets 150,000 on the turn K♦ and 700,000 on the river 4♣ , Ngo calls then mucks to the straight.

Huynh Danny K♠ Q♣ three bets all in for his last 9 bb and is up against the leader Nishant Sharma K♦ 8♦ . The board K♥ 4♦ 7♦ T♠ A♦ imiproves Sharma to a flush to send Huyn packing up in 7th place.

Wang Xiaoyu 5♠ 5♥ opens from the button, small blind Nishant Sharma K♥ 7♣ three-bets all in, Wang folds.

Facins a shove by button Ngo Quoc Phu A♣ 6♠ , Minami Keita risks his last 14bb with K♥ 8♠ then falls in 8th place after missing the board 5♦ 6♦ A♥ 3♦ A♦ .

Heavy action preflop, Nishant Sharma 6♦ 6♠ opens 200,000 from utg, button Raghav Bansal three-bets all in for 1,200,000, big blind joins the shove as Sharma gets out of the way.

Raghav Bansal A♦ K♥ Popitukkul Supitong Q♥ Q♣

Bansal pairs up on the window card and doubles up when the board completes K♦ 8♥ 2♣ J♣ 8♣ .

Nishant Sharma A♥ 5♥ three-bets 550,000 and is joined to the flop 7♥ 4♦ K♣ by initial raiser utg Popitukkul Supitong. Sharma c-bets 450,000 and wins it uncontested.

Big blind Wu Yuanning A♠ 2♦ calls utg+2 Nguyen Quoc Phu’s A♣ K♠ min-raise then calls another 200,000 c-bet on the flop A♦ Q♦ 9♥ . On the turn 6♣ , Wu check raises all in, Ngo calls and covers Wu. The river K♦ secures the win for Ngo and Wu a 9th place finish.

Huynh Danny A♦ 7♦ opens 160,000, button Raghav Bansal J♠ J♣ and big blind Wang Xiaoyu Q♠ 9♣ call. All three then check the flop Q♣ 4♥ 6♠ , On the turn 5♥ , Wang leads out 220,000 Bansal calls. Then it is back to checking the river K♥ . Wang wins it with a higher pair.

Cutoff Nguyen Quang Huy 6♠ 6♣ opens 180,000, big blind Popitukkul Supitong defends then does the same on the flop T♠ 9♦ 3♦ , calling Nguyen’s 130,000 c-bet. Both players check the turn 5♠ then Supitong leads out the river J♦ . Nguyen folds.

Down to 8 bb, Nguyen Quang Huy T♠ T♣ enters a preflop battle with the chip leader Nishant Sharma 5♥ 5♣ that ends with Nguyen all in. Ahead at the showdown, Nguyen further improves to secure a double up on a board T♦ 3♣ 3♠ 6♥ 2♦ .

Nishant Sharma K♣ 8♦ opens from cutoff and the blinds call to the flop 8♣ 2♥ 7♦ . Sharma c-bets 210,000, no callers.

Chip leaderNishant Sharma continues to pull away from the pack with uncalled raises. He now sits with 5,500,000 (68 bb).

After dropping to 8 bb, Wu Yuanning shoves back to back hands and claims the blinds and ante.

Ngo Quoc Phu A♠ A♥ opens 170,000 from utg+1 and small blind Wu Yuanning A♣ J♣ defends. Ngo c-bets the flop 3♠ Q♣ T♥ , Wu check-calls, Ngo jams the turn 9♠ , this time Wu gives up the challenge.

Nguyen Quang Huy A♣ T♠ has finally woken up having been very quiet since the start of day. Nguyen opens from utg+1 and is called by the blinds to the flop A♥ J♣ 9♣ . Nguyen c-bets 125,000, only small blind Nishant Sharma {kc{}qc} continues as big bilnd Huynh Danny 2♠ 2♦ folds. Switch up on the turn 6♠ with Sharma shoving his huge stack to push out the better hand.

Three way action opens with lojack Ngo Quoc Pho 8♥ 8♦ raising 120,000, small blind Popitukkul and big blind Wang Xiaoyu call then both check the flop 6♥ 7♣ J♣ . Ngo c-bets 120,000, blinds call. All three proceed to check the turn J♥ . Supitong leads out 300,000 on the river J♥ , Wang folds, Ngo calls, Supitong ships it with trips.

Unscheduled break due to technical issues.

Action folds to Minami Keita on the small blind who limps, big blind Raghav Bansal raises 150,000, Keita three-bets 400,000, Bansal folds.

Minami Keita {ac K♥ four-bets all in and doubles up through Popitukkul Supitong A♥ T♦ on a jack-high board.

Final stage to the title and VND 4 Billion (~USD 148,474) top prize underway. Blinds rolled back two levels. Follow the action!

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Final 9 players

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Eliminations 10th - 16th

End of the road for one of the day’s entering chip leader Namhyung Kim to miss the final table by one spot. From big blind, Kim K♦ 9♠ three-bet all in and fell to caller small blind Raghav Bansal’s K♥ J♣ on a board 7♥ T♠ 9♦ 4♦ 8♦ .

Raghav Bansal - 1,825,000 ( Namhyung Kim - Eliminated in 10th place

Small blind Nishant Sharma {as{}9h open shoves, big blind David Erquiaga Q♥ J♥ calls for his tournament life then falls on the run out J♠ A♥ 4♦ A♦ J♦ . Sharma soars to 5M.

From the button, Namhyung Kim raises 110,000, Popitukkul Supitong defends the big blind, then both players check the flop J♣ 3♥ 4♥ . On the turn T♠ and river Q♣ , Supitong bets 175,000 and 275,000, Kim calls then mucks to Q♦ 9♠ top pair.

Raghav Bansal opens 105,000 from the button, big blind Wang Xiaoyu calls, then both check the flop 6♦ 6♠ K♣ . Again Wang checks the turn J♣ , Bansal bets 100,000, Wang calls. The river 8♠ , check once more from Wang, Bansal bets 300,000, Wang shoves 505,000, Bansal folds.

Utg Aleksei Ignatev open shoves his last 6 bb with K♦ 9♦ and is outdrawn by big blind caller Huynh Danny 7♣ 6♦ on a board K♠ 6♣ 5♦ 7♥ Q♦ .

Huynh Danny - 3,500,000 ( Aleksei Ignatev - Eliminated in 12th place

Small blind David Erquiaga limps, big blind Raghav Bansal checks then bets the flop K♥ 8♠ 3♦ . Erquiga check-raises 175,000, Bansal calls. On the turn T♥ , Erquiaga leads out 280,000 and wins it without further challenge.

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David Erquiaga picks up three consecutive pots with uncalled raises to rise to 1,050,000 (26 bb).

Popitukkul Supitong opens from utg+1 then calls big blid Namhyung Kim’s 240,000 three-bet. At the flop 6♥ 7♣ 5♣ , Kim bets 200,000, Supitong raises 500,000, Kim jams his massive stack Supitong snap-calls and shows 7♦ 7♠ set. Kim has outs with A♣ Q♣ but they don’t materialize on the turn and river 5♥ 6♠ .

Utg Nishant Sharma opens and finds two callers to see the flop 5♠ 3♠ K♣ . two checks to cutoff Raghav Bansal who bets 100,000, big blind Popitukkul Supitong raises 365,000, no callers.

Dmitrii Gnusaev 3♥ 3♠ three-bets all in for 850,000 and runs out against caller Nishant Sharma’s A♣ A♥ .

The first deal is underway! There is 25:12 minutes left in this level to complete.

Down to 12 bb, Minami Keita is dealt A♠ A♥ and doubles up through Ngo Quoc Phu’s T♠ T♥ .

Facing a raise, utg+1 Ngo Minh Tien three-bets 225,000, button Namhyung Kim four-bets 900,000, initial raiser folds, Ngo shoves for a total of 1,000,000, Kim calls.

Ngo Minh Tien A♥ K♥ Namhyung Kim K♠ K♣

Ngo misses the board 6♠ 6♥ 8♥ 9♠ 7♣ to finish in 14th place.

From hijack, short stacked Chiu Kwok Kit shoves 110,000, cutoff David Erquiaga shoves 165,000, button Raghav Bansal call and covers both players.

Chiu Kwok Kit 6♦ 6♠ David Erquiaga A♥ A♠ Raghav Bansal J♠ J♥

The board K♣ 4♣ A♣ 8♣ 2♦ drops lots of clubs, no one has the flush, Erquiaga ships it with a set as Chiu goes bust in 15th place.

Battle of the blinds with 465,000 built by the turn {js|} 3♠ 7♦ A♥ . Small blind David Erquiaga opens 270,000, big blind Nishant Sharma calls. On the river 8♠ , Erquiaga bangs out 360,000, Bansal shoves and pushes out Erquiaga from the pot.

The first casualty has been decided with Lee Minjae engaging Ignatev Aleksei in a preflop battle that ended with Lee calling a four-bet shove with less chips and dominated.

Lee Minjae 8♣ 8♦ Ignatev Aleksei T♦ T♥

The board 2♠ 6♦ Q♥ 9♦ 5♠ offers no help to Lee to finish in 16th place.

Facing two limpers, Gnusaev Dmitrii 115,000 from hijack, cutoff Popitukkul Supitong three-bets 375,000, limpers folds, and Gnusaev opts to folds as well.

Ngo Minh Tien opens from utg, Nishant Sharma defends the big blind, both players check the flop K♠ 8♠ 8♦ . On the turn 5♦ Sharma leads out 60,000 and is called. Sharma fires 175,000 on the river K♣ and is called once more then shows K♥ T♦ full house. Ngo mucks and pays.

Having claimed an opening pot, Gnusaev Dmitrii lost some to Ngo Minh Tien who raised preflop and called by big blind Gnusaev. Ngo continued to bet every street Q♦ 3♦ 8♠ 6♠ 7♥ 50,000, 130,000, and 200,000, Gnusaev folded on the river.

Namhyung Kim opens from utg, next to act Gnusaev Dmitrii three-bets 165,000, Kim four-bets 400,000, Gnusaev shoves 905,000, Kim snap-folds.

Buy in: VN₫ 36,000,000 (~USD 1,545) Guaranteed: VN₫ 20,000,000,000 (~USD 789,110) Entries: 752 Prize pool: VN₫ 21.685,320,000 (~USD 852,670) ITM: 108 players

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Button Ngo Quoc Phu Q♣ 3♥ limps, big blind Nishant Sharm J♣ 5♥ checks. Ngo bets the flop 4♣ 5♠ 2♥ , Sharma check-raises 700,000, Ngo calls. On the turn 2♣ , Sharma leads out 900,000, Ngo calls to bring the river 8♠ . Sharma bets 1,600,000, Ngo gives up the challenge.

Ngo Quoc 5♠ 5♣ opens 500,000, Nishant Sharma J♥ J♣ three-bets 1,600,000, Ngo four-bets all in covering Sharma who risks it. No bad beat on the board Q♦ Q♥ 9♥ A♥ 4♥ for Sharma to double up.

Big blind Ngo Quoc Phu K♠ K♦ three-bets 2,1000, Nishant Sharma K♥ 8♥ calls. Ngo c-bets 500,00 on the flop T♠ 2♣ 5♣ , Sharma calls. Ngo continues to fire, sending out 1,600,000 on the turn 8♠ , Sharma shoves, Ngo calls and is covered. The river K♣ is a huge double up for Ngo.