Main Event

Two hands after Malouch Jean Mathieu’s failed triple barrel bluff, he shoved all-in for 11,000,000 with K♦ T♣ and was called by Nguyen Thi Bao An with A♣ 6♦ . The two run the board 4♥ J♦ 8♦ 4♠ Q♣ with Nguyen’s ace-high good for the win. Malouch exits in runner-up finish and takes home the biggest payout following the ICM deal.

Nguyen Thi Bao An opened K♣ 4♣ on the button, Malouch Jean Mathieu with a complete K♦ 6♣ . Flop T♠ 7♥ 4♥ saw Malouch lead out for 1,200,000, called by the raiser. Turn 5♣ , Malouch fires another 2,200,000, Nguyen with a call once again. River came Q♣ and Malouch bet all-in for Nguyen’s 4,900,000 behind. Nguyen tank called for her tournament life and took the pot down with a pair of fours.

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Dwindled down to 2 BB, Chong Khai Bin had to go with his big blind 6♦ 6♣ and was called by Nguyen Thi Bao An T♥ 7♠ and Malouch Jean Mathieu 9♣ 8♦ . The two checked the board all the way to the river 7♣ 2♣ J♣ 5♦ 9♠ with Malouch’s pair of nines claiming the pot.

Folded to the button, Malouch Jean Mathieu opened with A♠ 6♥ and called Nguyen Thi Bao An’s 3,500,000 jam with A♣ Q♠ . The board 9♦ 2♥ 3♠ 2♦ K♥ ran safe for Nguyen, earning her a double up from the chip leader.

Down to 2,500,000 following several failed bets and opens, utg Nguyen Quang Hung shoved with A♣ K♠ and was called by Malouch Jean Mathieu with 8♠ 8♦ . The board ran 4♥ 6♠ 3♥ Q♥ Q♠ , busting Nguyen Quang Hung in 5th place.

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Folded to the small blind, Pham Quyet Tien shoved his short stack in with T♣ 9♥ and was called by big blind Malouch Jean Mathieu with A♦ 3♣ . The flop 6♠ A♠ 3♦ instantly gave Malouch two pair and further improved to a full house by the river 4♥ A♣ for the win.

Down to 1,300,000, Yashiro Naoki shoved all-in with J♦ J♣ and was in trouble against button Malouch Jean Mathieu’s Q♥ Q♣ . The board 2♣ 4♠ 2♥ A♥ 9♠ offered no help and set Yashiro packing in 7th place.

Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu opened with T♠ T♦ and called off Nguyen Duc Anh’s Q♥ Q♣ jam for 1,000,000. The board ran 4♠ 8♣ A♥ Q♦ T♥ , giving both players a set, Nguyen Duc Anh with a better one.

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Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind with K♦ 5♦ against button Pham Quyet Tien’s A♦ 8♥ open and saw a flop of J♣ 4♠ 8♦ . Checked to Pham, he bets 175,000, called by Malouch. Turn 7♣ went check check and headed to river T♦ . Malouch leads out for 475,000, Pham with a fold.

The final table is set with nine players remaining in contention for the Main Event title.

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Facing an utg open, button Nguyen Duc Anh pushed all-in for 670,000, and was called behind by big blind Malouch Jean Mathieu. Original raiser folds and Nguyen shows 8♣ 8♥ for a flip against Malouch’s A♠ 9♣ . The board ran 4♣ 5♥ 7♠ J♣ 4♠ with Nguyen’s pocket pair holding for the double up.

Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind vs cutoff Yashiro Naoki’s open and headed on to flop 2♣ 3♠ J♦ . Malouch check calls 160,000 and another 350,000 on turn K♠ . River 5♣ was checked round and Malouch shows K♦ T♣ for top pair, Yashiro mucks.

Cutoff Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 160,000, joined by small blind Yashiro Naoki. Flop came 5♠ T♦ 6♣ , Naoki with a check call for 200,000. Both players checked the turn 9♣ and Naoki leads river 5♥ for 250,000, Malouch folds.

Poker Dream 7 Vietnam - Live Updates - Main Event - Day 2

Dates: October 3-8, 2023Buy in: VND 8,500,000 (~USD 366) - VND 25,500,000 (~USD 1,099)Guarantee: VND 20,000,000,000 (~USD 820,000)Prize Pool: VND 22,639,945,500 (~USD 928,440)Total Entries: 1,351ITM: 159 players

15 players remain in the running, six more eliminations to go or until Level 27, before the day closes.

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Utg+1 opened, and Nguyen Duc Anh sent out a three bet to 230,000, called by Malouch Jean Mathieu behind. The two headed to flop 7♥ 3♦ 4♠ where Malouch snap raised all-in following Nguyen’s 425,000 bet. Nguyen makes the call with A♥ A♦ and is ahead of Malouch’s Q♣ 4♣ . The turn A♠ and river Q♦ improved both hands, Nguyen’s top set still with the win.

Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind again hijack Yashiro Naoki’s open and saw a flop of 9♣ 9♦ 6♠ . Malouch led out for 125,000, called by the raiser. Malouch fired another 275,000 on turn 3♥ , called once more by Yashiro. River A♥ was checked round with Malouch showing A♦ 7♠ , behind against Yashiro’s A♠ Q♦ .

16 players left in the running, seats will redrawn once more.

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After losing a flip with 5♠ 5♦ against Phan Tuan Vinh’s A♦ J♠ , Le Ngoc Minh was left with 6BB - 180,000. Le pushed in the following hand and was called by big blind Malouch Jean Mathieu.

Le 6♥ 6♠ Malouch Q♦ 9♥

The flop T♠ K♣ J♣ gave Malouch more outs and completed a straight by the river 3♥ A♠ for the win.

A five minute break is in place for the seat redraw at 24 players remaining.

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Malouch Jean Mathieu defended his big blind against hijack Chang Yu Chung’s open and saw a flop K♠ J♥ 7♥ . Malouch pulled a check raise to 170,000, Chang with a complete. Turn J♠ saw Malouch lead out for 200,000, called by Chang. River 2♣ didn’t stop Malouch as he fired another 500,000, Chang with a final call. Malouch reveals 7♦ J♦ for a full house, and Chang mucks behind.

27 players left vying for the VND 3,810,000,000 top prize, minimum payout stands at VND 104,000,000. Seat redraw coming up by 24 players remaining.

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45 players remain in the Main Event games, each locking up a payout of VND 67,000,000 payout. Dinner break is on for 50 minutes.

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Action began on button Charlton Scott Nathaniel who opened to 32,000, called by both players on the blinds. Flop came 2♥ 2♠ 2♦ , small blind Malouch Jean Mathieu leads out for 55,000, big blind folds, and Charlton bumps it up to 155,000. Malouch continues and sees turn A♦ where he again led out a 200,000 bet. Charlton moves all-in for 700,000, easily called by Malouch with a full house A♠ 7♦ . Charlton drawing dead with 3♣ 5♠ , exited in 51st place finish following the hand.

Following a hijack open and a call, small blind Chong Kai Bin bumped it up to 81,000 and was joined by button Malouch Jean Mathieu. Flop came J♠ 6♠ 8♦ and Chong continued for 60,000. Malouch makes the fold and moves on to the next hand.

Nguyen Thanh Tung defended his big blind against button Malouch Jean Mathieu’s open and saw a flop of 9♣ 8♦ 3♦ . Checked to Malouch, he bets 28,000. Nguyen puts in a raise to 69,000 yet folded shortly after Malouch reshoved all-in.

Folded to the small blind, Nguyen The Anh limped called a 150,000 raise from big blind Malouch Jean Mathieu. Nguyen check called 150,000 on flop 3♣ 4♠ 2♥ and saw turn 5♦ . Nguyen checked once again, and Malouch fired 400,000. Nguyen clicked back to 800,000, Malouch with a fold after using up two time banks.

Date: October 4, 2023 Buy in: ₫8,500,000 (~US$ 366) Entries: 77 Bagging time: 5% of field / 4 players

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Folded to the small blind, Lau Wing Yu pushed all-in for his 54,000 and was called behind by Malouch Jean Mathieu.

Lau K♠ 8♥ Malouch K♣ 9♠

A possible chop, the board 6♥ J♣ 5♣ Q♣ T♥ unfortunately for Lau, rivered a straight for his opponent. Lau exits as Day 1B’s bubble with the remaining four returning for Day 2.

Folded to button Malouch Jean Mathieu, he open shoves his big stack in, called by Nguyen Thi Bao An for her remaining 49,000 in chips.

Malouch J♠ T♦ Nguyen A♥ 6♥

The two run the race and see a board of 3♥ J♦ 5♦ 3♣ A♣ , giving both players two pair. Nguyen takes the cake after landing an ace on the river.

Following the blind battle the hand prior, button Ashiwardji Andy moved all-in for 85,000 and was called by small blind Malouch Jean Mathieu.

Ashiwardji 3♣ 3♦ Malouch 4♥ 4♦

Behind his opponent’s pair, the board A♥ 6♥ 9♥ K♣ 2♦ made no difference on Ashiwardji’s fate as headed out of the Main Event arena.

Folded to the small blind, Ashiwardji Andy opened to 13,000, called behind by Malouch Jean Mathieu. Flop came 9♣ 8♥ 5♥ , Ashiwardji continued for 22,000, called by Malouch. Turn saw Q♠ and Ashiwardji with another 35,000. This time Malouch raised all-in for 131,000 total, to which Ashiwardji folded.

A preflop game at this point, cutoff Lau Wing Yu moved all-in for his 45,000 stack and was called by Malouch Jean Mathieu.

Lau K♠ K♦ Malouch A♥ Q♣

Only looking to fade one overcard, the board 4♠ 8♣ 3♠ 7♠ T♦ locked in the win for Lau as he bounces back to a 20 BB stack.

Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 10,000 and called off a 56,000 all-in from big blind Ashiwardji Andy.

Ashiwardji T♣ T♦ Malouch A♦ K♦

Running a flip, the board ran J♦ T♥ 3♣ 7♥ 2♠ , earning Ashiwardji’s flopped set of tens a huge double up deep in the flight.

Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 10,000, called by the hijack. Button Wong Ho Shing flicked in his 16,000 left, and Malouch raised all-in. Hijack folds and the two run the board.

Malouch Q♥ Q♣ Wong A♥ J♥

Up against a monster hand, Wong couldn’t connect to the board 8♣ 9♠ 6♠ 2♥ T♣ , leaving him out of the Day 1B games. Malouch scoops up the pot with his pair of queens for the win.

A few hands later, Malouch on the big blind called an open jam of 39,000 from Doan Quang Trung with 6♥ 6♣ . Doan with a pocket pair 5♥ 5♠ , missed to spike his two outer on board 4♠ A♠ 7♥ K♦ J♥ for his eventual elimination.

Button Charlton Scott Nathaniel opened to 6,000, joined by big blind Malouch Jean Mathieu. Flop came 7♥ 8♣ J♠ and Malouch led out a 9,000 bet, called by Charlton. Turn 5♦ saw Malouch continue for another 20,000, Charlton again with the call. River 5♣ went check check and Malouch revealed a flopped straight T♥ 9♣ for the win.

10 players left in the running with bag time set at 4 players remaining.

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Another all-in preflop situation, Nguyen Minh Thanh with J♣ T♣ was in trouble after running into Malouch Jean Mathieu’s T♠ T♦ . The flop 5♦ T♥ Q♦ turned up the last ten in the deck with the turn 7♦ and river K♦ running a one card flush to Malouch’s T♦ .

Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu opened to 2,500 and called off Doan Quang Trung’s all-in for 14,700.

Doan A♠ T♦ Malouch 7♦ 7♣

Facing two overcards, Malouch’s pocket pair was good up until the river J♣ 6♦ 6♥ K♠ A♦ peeled an ace for Doan’s crucial double up.

Utg Malouch Jean Mathieu limped, cut off bumped it up to 1,600, and small blind Le Tuan Kiet three bet to 4,400. Having set his trap, Malouch raised all-in for 22,000 total and was followed by two mucks behind.