Brandon Koh Eliminated in 2nd Place (VND2,055,000,000/$82,738)

Brandon Koh changed his strategy once again when he limped the and Minh Anh Nguyen checked his option with the . The flop was bet by Nguyen for 300,000 and Koh called.

Sure enough, the followed on the turn as Nguyen made his flush. He checked and Koh bet 500,000 for Nguyen to just check-call and set the trap. The river was the and Nguyen checked once again. Koh bet 2,000,000 with 6,200,000 behind and Nguyen vaulted out of his chair to study the stack of his opponent.

Nguyen took two minutes before he pushed all-in and now it was Koh who double-checked just one of his cards while staring at the board, then counted his remaining stack behind.

Ultimately, Koh couldn't get away from his aces with the nut flush blocker and was eliminated in second place for a cruel end to his comeback story from a single blind on the last two tables.