Chi Thinh Nguyen Eliminated in 15th Place (PHP285,000)

Finland’s Antti Halme eliminated Chi Thinh Nguyen with a one-two combo punch to bring the field down to the final 14 during the last five hands.

Halme was the pre-flop aggressor in the first hand, raising to 55,000 from early position with Nguyen making the call from the cutoff.

The Finn continuation bet half pot on the flop, with Nguyen making the call and the came in on the turn. This brought another bet from Halme, this one for 185,000 and Nguyen made the call once more.

The river saw the Finn bet big, making 275,000 to go to put Nguyen to a difficult decision as, with 375,000 behind, the call represented a significant portion of his chips. After tanking for at least five minutes Nguyen called, but could only fold his ace-king when Halme turned over to scoop the sizable pot and climb to 1.9 million.

The very next hand Nguyen’s tournament was over, with Halme finishing off what he started the hand before. Nguyen moved all-in pre-flop with for his last 100,000 and Halme made the call from the big blind with .

Unfortunately for Nguyen the Finn paired his six on the flop and while the Vietnamese player had a straight draw it did not come in with the turn and river bringing Nguyen’s tournament to a close.