Main Event (VND10,000,000,000 GTD) Day 1bc | 2022 Poker Dream Vietnam

10-21-2022 22:00 UTC+7

Assorted Counts and Bustouts

Christian Zetzsche

Level 11 : Blinds 1,000/2,000, 2,000 ante

Player	Chips	Progress
Zhi Yi Ning	310,000
Winfred Yu	280,000
Hamish Crawshaw	200,000
Anh Quoc Nguyen	200,000
Minh Ngoc Le	180,000
Duy Hai Ngoc Nguyen	165,000
Minh Quang Nguyen	150,000
An Bao Thi Nguyen	110,000
Sanat Mehrotra	90,000
Jeffrey Lo	50,000
Men Nguyen	Busted

John Phan	Busted
Jack Wu	Busted
Kunal Patni	Busted
Kartik Ved	Busted

Level: 12

Blinds: 1,000/2,500

Ante: 2,500

10-21-2022 22:08 UTC+7

Bao Busts to Nguyen

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Down to the last 17,000, Jaeho Bao moved all-in and was called by Dai Ngoc Nguyen to create the following showdown.

Jaeho Bao:
Dai Ngoc Nguyen:

The board gave Nguyen trips and that spelled the end for Bao, who may jump into the turbo heat 1c.

Player	Chips	Progress
Dai Ngoc Nguyen	130,000 130,000	130,000
Jaeho Bao	Busted

Tags: Dai Ngoc Nguyen Jaeho Bao

10-21-2022 22:15 UTC+7

Lee Busts Bang With a Bang

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Nang Quang Nguyen had raised and Changhwan Lee three-bet in the cutoff. Hung Quang Bang then four-bet all-in for the last 38,000 and was called by both opponents. Nguyen led the flop for 30,000 only for Lee to shove for 110,500 in total.

"Are you trapping? Aces?" Nguyen asked, took 30 seconds and folded.

Hung Quang Bang:
Changhwan Lee:

The turn and river were not significant anymore as Bang was unable to spike running aces,

Player	Chips	Progress
Changhwan Lee	250,000 100,000	100,000
Nang Quang Nguyen	150,000 -30,000	-30,000
Hung Quang Bang	Busted

Tags: Changhwan Lee Hung Quang Bang Nang Quang Nguyen

10-21-2022 22:23 UTC+7

Late Double for Wong on Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Mark Wong raised to 5,000 from under the gun and received one caller. Hoang Huy Tran then three-bet to 25,000 in the small blind and Wong pushed for 48,000. That got rid of the cold caller while Tran called.

Mark Wong:
Hoang Huy Tran:

The superior pair held on the board for Wong to double. Tran was left with around half the average and then jammed a turn to win some chips back when his table neighbour folded, as he exposed his .

Player	Chips	Progress
Mark Wong	110,000 110,000	110,000
Hoang Huy Tran	95,000 -25,000	-25,000

Tags: Hoang Huy Tran Mark Wong

10-21-2022 22:29 UTC+7

Tran Bets Big Into Ning

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Two of the bigger stacks clashed over on table two with the turn showing . Zhi Yi Ning was in the tank for a long time and the clock was called on him when facing a bet worth 91,500 by Chuong Hong Tran, the only one to damage his stack significantly.

Thirty seconds ran down and Ning's hand was declared dead as Tran raked in the pot. The latter mentioned in table chat after he had king-queen.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chuong Hong Tran	275,000 275,000	275,000
Zhi Yi Ning	260,000 -50,000	-50,000

Tags: Chuong Hong Tran Zhi Yi Ning

10-21-2022 22:33 UTC+7

Seven More Hands for Day 1b

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

While Day 1c is busy with 96 players out of 128 entries remaining, the regular heat 1b has reached the final hands of the night with 15 minutes left on the clock. The number was drawn and seven more hands will be played for tonight.

10-21-2022 22:38 UTC+7

Koh Doubles Through Crawshaw

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

During the final hands of the night, Hsien Ren Koh was all-in for around half the average and had the superior pair in showdown versus table neighbour Hamish Crawshaw.

Hsien Ren Koh:
Hamish Crawshaw:

The board delivered no upset and both stacks were nearly even after it was all done and dusted.

Player	Chips	Progress
Brandon Koh	120,000 120,000	120,000
Hamish Crawshaw	115,000 -85,000	-85,000

Tags: Hamish Crawshaw Hsien Ren Koh

10-21-2022 22:40 UTC+7

Tran Among Last Casualties of the Night

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

With all but one or two more hands to go, a short-stacked Tung Thanh Tran got the last of it into the middle holding the . He was looked up by Chung Yi Ho who had two live cards in .

The board ran out and the jack fell on the river to eliminate Tran.

Player	Chips	Progress
Chung Yi Ho	70,000 -30,000	-30,000
Tung Thanh Tran	Busted

Tags: Chung Yi Ho Tung Thanh Tran

10-21-2022 22:42 UTC+7

Day 1b Completed

Christian Zetzsche

Level 12 : Blinds 1,000/2,500, 2,500 ante

Fewer than 100 players bagged up chips at the end of Day 1b as the tournament info shows 97 survivors for the time being. Assorted counts are to follow, the full chip counts and a recap of today's action will be published later tonight after Day 1c has concluded.