2022 Poker Dream Vietnam
Level: 19
Blinds: 6,000/12,000
Ante: 12,000
Down to the last 62 players, the field has been sent on a scheduled 50-minute dinner break. Another six levels are scheduled for tonight unless the nine-handed final table is reached prior to that.
An Bao Thi Nguyen was all-in for what appeared to be around 260,000 and she was flipping against table neighbour Ha Tuong Manh.
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The classic flip saw a board of ![]()
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after which Nguyen was sent to the payout desk in 62nd place. When she was asked if a different preflop action would have changed anything, Nguyen replied "I am not folding anyways".
Over on the live stream feature table, Kunal Patni open-shoved for the last 111,000 in the cutoff and was looked up by fellow countryman Shardul Parthasarathi on the button.
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board secured the double up of Patni while both players from India remain short-stacked.
Grant Gardner had finished the job he previously started and knocked out Trung Van Nguyen to boost his stack further, joining the biggest stacks in the room.
The same table then also lost Vincent Huang, who was down to 15 big blinds when he got it in with the ![]()
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and an ace-high flop left Huang with just a gutshot. Two blanks later the field lost another well-known contender.
Huyen Kinh Nguyen was all-in for 119,000 with the ![]()
and only had one overcard to fear, as he was up against the ![]()
of Hojin Kim.
The board ran out ![]()
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and that kept Nguyen in contention.
Anh Tuan Nguyen raised to 20,000 and was called by Linh Khanh Ta. Sehoon Han then pushed all-in for 58,000 and was called both ways.
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, Nguyen increased his bet size a notch on each street. The first bet of 20,000 was doubled to 40,000 and the final bet was worth 60,000. Ta reluctantly called and the cards were revealed.
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had missed, as Nguyen had the ![]()
for nines and fours. That also beat the ![]()
of Ta, who dropped to half the average.