Billiards: Chiem Hong Thai launched an impressive series of big shots but was unfortunately eliminated.

Chiem Hong Thai scored 14 points

On October 2, the HBSF billiards tournament, round 3 of the 2025 Min Table Cup, continued to take place simultaneously in 4 categories: men's 3-cushion carom, women's 3-cushion carom, men's 9-cushion pool and women's 9-cushion pool. In the men's 3-cushion carom event, this is the second round of the official round. With the participation of many famous players, this competition day witnessed exciting developments as well as many surprises.

In Group B, Vietnam's top young talent Chiem Hong Thai made his mark with two consecutive victories against Tran Tien Phong and Nguyen Phuoc Huy to qualify for the next round. Notably, in the 35-12 victory after 16 rounds against Tien Phong, Hong Thai had a 14-point shot, thereby temporarily rising to the top of the list of "excellent series" awards.

Billiards: Chiêm Hồng Thái tung sê-ri lớn ấn tượng vẫn bị loại đáng tiếc- Ảnh 1. — Chiem Hong Thai regrettably stopped at the HBSF stage 3 in 2025

In Group L, the former 2024 national champion Le Thanh Tien lost his opening match to Nguyen Van Tri with a score of 18-35 after 31 turns. This meant that even though Thanh Tien won 35-23 after only 11 turns against Hoi Hoang Huan in the remaining match, he still could not qualify for the next round. Thanh Tien's index of 3,182 points/turn against Hoang Huan is also temporarily leading the "best game" award.

Some veteran players also had 2 wins to pass round 2 such as Nguyen Thanh That, Le Quoc Ho, Ho Hoang Hung, Tran Chi Thanh, Pham Quoc Thuan, Doan Minh Kiet...

On October 3, the final round of the 3-cushion carom event will take place in round 3, with the participation of many Vietnamese players such as Tran Quyet Chien, Bao Phuong Vinh, Tran Thanh Luc, Nguyen Tran Thanh Tu, Dao Van Ly...

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