Main Event

An all-in preflop situation, Le Tuan Kiet’s A♠ K♣ was in for a flip against big stacked Charlton Scott Nathaniel’s J♣ J♦ . Unfortunately for Le, the board 5♦ 8♠ 6♣ 2♣ J♥ fared none of his overcards with Charlton’s set of jacks earning the pot by the river.

The following hand, Charlton ran 9♠ 9♦ against an opponent’s A♥ Q♠ and scooped up another pot after flopping a full house on 9♥ T♦ T♣ 4♦ 5♣ .

Next hand saw hijack Hyunh Van Hung open shove 17,000, called by Charlton with A♦ J♠ on the big blind. Hyung with 8♣ 9♣ paired up on the flop K♦ 9♠ Q♥ but the runout J♥ J♣ landed his opponent trip jacks for the win.

Folded to the small blind, Hyunh Van Hung slammed his remaining 16,500 in and was called by big blind Tsang Ka Shun.

Hyunh 7♥ 6♠ Tsang 7♠ 7♦

In deep trouble, Hyunh luckily scored a chop after the board ran A♣ 5♥ K♠ A♠ K♦ with both players having two pairs and a seven for a kicker.

A four way limp pot, action was seen on turn 3♣ 5♥ 6♥ A♣ where all of Charlton Scott Nathaniel’s chips rushed to the middle against bigger stacked Hyunh Van Hung’s.

Charlton 4♠ 7♠ Hyunh 3♥ 3♠

Looking to pair the board, the river 4♣ left Charlton’s seven high straight good for the pot after Hyunh’s set failed to fill up to a full house.

A cooler situation, Hyunh Van Hung’s Q♦ Q♣ was behind against Nguyen Tan Khoa’s A♠ A♣ for a 40BB pot. The window card unfortunately for Nguyen, instantly revealed a Q♠ followed by 6♣ 6♦ . No ace came on either turn or river, eliminating Nguyen from the qualifier in a terrible bad beat.

The following hand, button Hyunh delivered another elimination after calling off a 37,000 all-in from big blind Ngo Khoa Anh.

Ngo J♥ 3♥ Hyunh A♠ J♣

An easy win for Hyunh, the board 6♠ 7♣ 5♣ 9♣ K♥ missed to pair both players with Hyunh’s ace-high taking the cake.