APT Main Event - Day 2 (Reg Open Till Start) - VND 25,000,000,000 GTD

Chanpaya Saifah

Three players paid the 25,000 flop fee to see a 3♣ 8♥ K♣ flop. Then, all three put the 31,000 in the middle to see a 5♠ turn. Then all three checked to see a 9♦ on the river.

Chanpaya Saifah fired 45,000 from the big blind, holding a K♦ Jd: for top pair. Pham Duy Anh held J♠ J♣ and was the only one who made the call to give more chips to Saifah.

Shi Bei of China and Pham Duy Anh are back at the featured table with a supporting cast that includes Hoang Hai Long of Vietnam , Koangho Lee of South Korea, Dinh Tien Thanh of Vietnam, Chanpaya Saifah of Thailand and Yixuan Dong of China - the only rose among the thorns.

Players are back for the last level of the tournament with 60 players still in the running. Play will end when the field has 48 remaining or if the last one-hour level finishes.

Any prop bets on what will come first? Will we see another 60 minutes or will 12 players bust out within an hour?

Players are on a 15-minute break.

Action folded to the blinds, Le Thanh Tung woke to J♦ J♣ on the small blind and made a min-raise. Chun Liu found A♣ Q♠ in his hole and made a shove to put Tung all-in for his tournament life. Tung took the risk with his last 145,000.

Tung was ahead on the flop of K♦ 7♠ 3♥ and made a set on the turn J♠. However, the poker gods were brutal when they threw a T♦ river to give Liu a runner-runner straight to bust Le Thanh Tung from the APT Phu Quoc Main Event.

Quang Dinh

Vietnamese Quang Dinh opened from middle-position and got three-bet by Chudapal Siarhei on the button. Dinh responded with a four-bet jam with his 312,000. Siarhei quickly called, covering Dinh whose tournament life was in big danger.

Quang Dinh: A♦ Q♦

Chudapal Siarhei: A♣ K♥

The flop came out K♠ T♠ 8♠, giving Dinh's just four jacks to win the hand.

The 4♠ turn gave him additional chop-outs to stay alive.

The J♣ river must have felt like a gift from gods for Dinh who is now sitting with a comfortable stack nearing the end of Day 2.

Yita Choong

Yita Choong opened under the gun to 20,000 and was called by Hai Phong Nguyen in the next seat. Chudapal Siarhei, sitting in the under-the-gun +2 position, then jammed all-in for his tournament life. Choong called, while Nguyen folded, leaving the two players to face off.

Chudapal Siarhei: A♥ J♠

Yita Choong: 9♠ 9♦

It was a classic coin flip, and Siarhei was hoping to come out on top. The flop came 2♠ 2♦ 5♠, keeping Choong in the lead with his pair of nines. The turn 6♣ and the river K♦ didn’t change the outcome, eliminating Siarhei from the tournament.

Junseok Oh

Junseok Oh from Korea is having fun being this deep in the main event. He can be observed in lot of hands today, most of them going his way. In his most recent hands, being in middle-position he first got three-bet by the small-blind Tianhao Zheng, who fired out a 45,00 continuation bet on 8♦ 7♣ 3♦.

Oh called and the turn brought the 7♥. Zheng checked and Oh quickly bet 65,000 from his 150,000 stack. Zheng folded.

Then shortly after, he opened from early-position and Min Sung Lee defended his big-blind. The flop came out J♦ 3♥ 2♣ and Oh bet 20,000 which Lee raised to 55,000- Oh went nowhere and quickly called. The turn brought the K♠ and Lee slowed down and checked. Oh instantly bet 60,000, and once more he won the pot on the turn. Easy money for him.

David "Spade" Erquiaga

David Erquiaga opened under the gun for 24,000, and Nang Quang Nguyen, sitting directly to his left, three-bet to 100,000. Gia Trung Nguyen then decided to up the stakes further with a four-bet to 210,000.

Erquiaga folded quickly, while Nang Nguyen glanced at Gia Nguyen with a perplexed expression, carefully separating the 210,000 from his stack before ultimately folding.

As Gia Nguyen raked in the pot, Toung Tran Khac leaned over to his seatmate Shardul Aramudha, remarking that he didn’t want to shove with king-jack but, given the other players’ stack sizes, he might have no choice if the opportunity arose.

Everyone folded to the blinds, and Gia Trung Nguyen raised to 106,000 from the small blind. Dong Van Tan, in the big blind, responded by shoving all-in for his tournament life.

Dong Van Tan: K♠ 6♥

Gia Trung Nguyen: A♠ K♥

Seeing Nguyen’s dominating hand, Tan let out a frustrated sigh, anticipating a tough outcome. The flop came 8♣ 2♥ Q♥, keeping Nguyen ahead with ace-high. The turn 9♠ changed nothing, and the river K♦ sealed Tan’s fate, sending him out of the tournament.