HomeAnother crushing day at the races with APT Vietnam 2019 – CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT – denying many players at Day 2. By the end of regulation play, 26 remained. Series Main Event runner-up Vincent Chauve bagged up the largest of 759,000.
Read up on the thrilling Day 2 action via our Live Updates.
Throughout the day, Chauve was parked in the upper tier dropping only as low as 4th rank. During the last level of play, he shipped his biggest pot on a double up through Sahil Chutani. It was a battle of the blinds that led to a four-bet jam called by Chauve. His Q♠ Q♦ held against A♠ K♣.
Bagging up a close second in chips was Japan’s Go Mori with 724,000. Mori sent fellow countryman Tanaka Masatoshi to his knees when pocket eights turned set held against Masatoshi’s flush draw.
Rounding out the top three was Australia’s Tu Le with 714,000. Tu Le was on a steady rise throughout the day when he shipped all of Madhav Gupta’s chips with A-K over A-Q to send him straight into the leader’s zone.
Also making it through was the Day 2 entering chip leader, Dhaval Mudgal with 432,000 bagged. Mudgal collected a couple of sizable pots in the early rounds, one against Vu Hoai Lam with A-A over A-K and another against Huynh Tan Dung with J-J over 9-9.
Two local players displaying top notch performance today were Dao Minh Phu (591,000) and late entry Ta Duy Quoc Chinh (690,000). Read up on their big hands via our live posts.
The fallen
On the flip side, among today’s fallen were decorated APT champions. Defending champion Oliver Helm had a strong start then suffered a couple of big hits to depart early. Late-entry player Akshay Nasa (Main Event champion) also had a promising start bringing his stack from 50k to nearly 200k, however, he dropped out just as fast in two crushing defeats. APT Macau Main Event champion Soo Jo Kim met his end at the hands of Ta Duy Quoc Chinh whose hunt for the gutshot materialized on the river to quash Kim’s set of kings. No decorated APT champions advanced to Day 3.
Championships Event numbers
Championships Event Day 2 kicked off with 81 returning out of the 148 entries from the Day 1 flights. With registration open for one final hour, another 31 jumped in to bring the final tally to 179 entries. Here’s a look a the numbers and payouts:
Day 1A: 36 advanced out of 66 entries
Day 1B: 45 advanced out of 82 entries
Day 2: 31 entries
Total: 179 entries
Buy-in: VND 38,500,000 (~USD 1,700)
Prize pool: VND 6,077,050,000 (~USD 262,000)
ITM: 18 places
Day 3 info
Players: 26 remaining
Entries: 179
Chips in play: 8,950,000
Average stack: 344,230
Starting time: 1pm
Bagging time: Final 8 players
With only 18 paid, eight players will walk away empty-handed. Track all the action via our Live Updates.
Chip counts by rank
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Chauve Vincent | United Kingdom | 759,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 2 | Go Mori | Japan | 724,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 3 | Tu Le | Australia | 714,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Ta Duy Quoc Chinh | Vietnam | 690,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Dao Minh Phu | Vietnam | 591,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 6 | Laksh Pal Singh | India | 559,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 7 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 432,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Jerome Bradpiece | United Kingdom | 417,000 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Kang-Feng Lien | Taiwan | 378,000 | 3 | 9 |
| 10 | Fu Bang Huang (SB) | Taiwan | 345,000 | 1 | 5 |
| 11 | Vincent Huang | Australia | 340,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 12 | Tan Nguyen | Vietnam | 329,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 13 | Piet Pape | Germany | 323,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Kensuke Koizumi | Japan | 322,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 15 | Lau King Lun Alan | Hong Kong | 296,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 16 | Edward Pastoll | United Kingdom | 280,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 17 | Yik “Ray” Chiu | Hong Kong | 270,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 18 | Duong Minh Hai “SK” | Vietnam | 239,000 | 1 | 2 |
| 19 | Kim Michael Enriquez | Philippines | 174,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 20 | Tai Hsing Hsiung | Taiwan | 144,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 21 | Nam Hyung Suk | Korea | 129,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 22 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 128,000 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 | Ma Chun Yu | Hong Kong | 113,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Lok Gino | Hong Kong | 107,000 | 1 | 9 |
| 25 | Nguyen Tan Phuoc | Vietnam | 88,000 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Tien Quyet Pham | Vietnam | 63,000 | 3 | 4 |
Chip counts by table
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 5 | Dao Minh Phu | Vietnam | 591,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 18 | Duong Minh Hai “SK” | Vietnam | 239,000 | 1 | 2 |
| 8 | Jerome Bradpiece | United Kingdom | 417,000 | 1 | 3 |
| 19 | Kim Michael Enriquez (DB) | Philippines | 174,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Fu Bang Huang (SB) | Taiwan | 345,000 | 1 | 5 |
| 15 | Lau King Lun Alan (BB) | Hong Kong | 296,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 20 | Tai Hsing Hsiung | Taiwan | 144,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 24 | Lok Gino | Hong Kong | 107,000 | 1 | 9 |
| 2 | Go Mori | Japan | 724,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 7 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 432,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Ma Chun Yu | Hong Kong | 113,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 21 | Nam Hyung Suk | Korea | 129,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Laksh Pal Singh (DB) | India | 559,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 13 | Piet Pape (SB) | Germany | 323,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 14 | Kensuke Koizumi (BB) | Japan | 322,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 1 | Chauve Vincent | United Kingdom | 759,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 3 | Tu Le | Australia | 714,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 11 | Vincent Huang | Australia | 340,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 17 | Yik “Ray” Chiu | Hong Kong | 270,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 25 | Nguyen Tan Phuoc | Vietnam | 88,000 | 3 | 3 |
| 26 | Tien Quyet Pham | Vietnam | 63,000 | 3 | 4 |
| 16 | Edward Pastoll (DB) | United Kingdom | 280,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 12 | Tan Nguyen (SB) | Vietnam | 329,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 4 | Ta Duy Quoc Chinh (BB) | Vietnam | 690,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 22 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 128,000 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Kang-Feng Lien | Taiwan | 378,000 | 3 | 9 |