HomeWhat a day at the MAIN EVENT races!
A total of 236 runners – 169 players and 67 re-entries – were in action at Day 1C of the APT Vietnam 2018 MAIN EVENT here at Pro Poker Club. The room was filled to capacity with players rubbing elbows all throughout the day. At the end of the scheduled nine rounds, 105 bagged up. Our chip leader was a new face at the APT tables, Mei San Ang with 292,200 in chips.
Meisan Ang
Sitting at the same table as the leader was Nick Gorman. He racked up a fine stack as well amassing the second largest of 279,000.
Nick Gorman
And to round out the top three of the day was Pham Van Thang with 273,600.
Pham Van Thang
There were many notable players also surviving the day’s challenges. Five decorated APT Main Event champions were part of that list: Sam Razavi, Iori Yogo, Linh Tran, Feng Zhao, and defending champion, Dang Xuan Canh.
Dang Xuan Canh, defending champion
Recent winners, CoinPoker Super High Rollers champion Victor Chong and Monster Stack winner Duong Vi Khoa also made it through. Chong built up the fifth largest of the day of 237,700 and Vi Khoa a healthy 183,000.
Among the Indian contingent scattered around the room, Nishant Sharma ended the day with the heftiest stack of 213,200.
Nishant Sharma
Day 1C had the biggest turnout of the three starting days. As it stands, the entry days have a combined total of 471 entries with 195 players advancing to Day 2 on Tuesday, October 9, 2018. The prize pool is currently in the ballpark of VND 9 Billion. We will have the official numbers for you at the close of registration tomorrow at 1pm.
Day 1C Chip Counts
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips |
| 1 | Ang Mei San | Singapore | 292,200 |
| 2 | Nick Gorman | USA | 279,000 |
| 3 | Pham Van Thang | Vietnam | 273,600 |
| 4 | Mak Wai Cheong | Malaysia | 246,400 |
| 5 | Victor Chong | Malaysia | 237,700 |
| 6 | Golfy | Thailand | 235,600 |
| 7 | Anthony Bui | Canada | 235,000 |
| 8 | Nishant Sharma | India | 213,200 |
| 9 | Daniel Tang | Hong Kong | 209,700 |
| 10 | Hoang Long | Vietnam | 199,700 |
| 11 | Anuphad Khongdecho | Thailand | 197,900 |
| 12 | Tran Kim Dong | Vietnam | 194,000 |
| 13 | Simon Burns | United Kingdom | 188,400 |
| 14 | Huy Coshet | Vietnam | 184,600 |
| 15 | Vi Khoa | Vietnam | 183,000 |
| 16 | Pham Bao | Vietnam | 181,900 |
| 17 | Dang Xuan Canh | Vietnam | 172,000 |
| 18 | Alex Nguyen | Vietnam | 166,000 |
| 19 | Nguyen Tien Duc | Vietnam | 160,000 |
| 20 | Tzu Chieh Lo | Taiwan | 158,000 |
| 21 | Tac Tien Manh | Vietnam | 157,400 |
| 22 | Go Mori | Japan | 157,100 |
| 23 | Asheque Elahi | Bangladesh | 153,200 |
| 24 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 151,000 |
| 25 | Hotsauce Marquez | Philippines | 147,400 |
| 26 | Thi Pham | Vietnam | 145,000 |
| 27 | William Ysmael | Philippines | 142,100 |
| 28 | Vi Van Phuc | Vietnam | 141,400 |
| 29 | Phan Tuan Vinh | Vietnam | 138,800 |
| 30 | Nguyen Chi Thanh | Vietnam | 138,700 |
| 31 | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 138,600 |
| 32 | Tran Thai Ha | Vietnam | 138,100 |
| 33 | Tuan Monaco | Vietnam | 137,100 |
| 34 | Richard Mari | United Kingdom | 135,200 |
| 35 | Tran Hong Hai | Vietnam | 128,900 |
| 36 | Nguyen Vin Dung | Vietnam | 127,000 |
| 37 | Lee Chin Yong | Malaysia | 125,500 |
| 38 | Tommy Luong | Vietnam | 124,800 |
| 39 | Pete Yen Han Chen | Taiwan | 124,300 |
| 40 | Kajornnut | Thailand | 123,900 |
| 41 | Radikariuss Violetta | Russia | 123,500 |
| 42 | Phan Dih Nam | Vietnam | 122,800 |
| 43 | Chi Chung Ho | Hong Kong | 122,700 |
| 44 | Le Hoan Cong | Vietnam | 122,300 |
| 45 | Sajal Gupta | India | 120,100 |
| 46 | Chua Shan Hui | Singapore | 117,600 |
| 47 | Nguyen Phu Danh | Vietnam | 113,500 |
| 48 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 113,200 |
| 49 | Foo Lai Heng | Malaysia | 110,500 |
| 50 | Sahil Agarwal | India | 110,400 |
| 51 | Aman Dhamija | India | 107,600 |
| 52 | Simon Avratis | Australia | 106,400 |
| 53 | Jerry Phan | Vietnam | 102,800 |
| 54 | Huang Ming | China | 101,900 |
| 55 | Jul Tran | Vietnam | 101,700 |
| 56 | Yarvan Tumroy | India | 101,500 |
| 57 | Jarod Minghini | USA | 101,300 |
| 58 | Piet Pape | Germany | 98,600 |
| 59 | Gonzva Benjamin | Thailand | 97,900 |
| 60 | Vu Hai Phong | Vietnam | 97,200 |
| 61 | Ong Jingxiang | Singapore | 95,200 |
| 62 | Tim Frazin | USA | 92,100 |
| 63 | Dong Anh Dung | Vietnam | 91,000 |
| 64 | Tran Ui Thanh | Vietnam | 88,900 |
| 65 | Ngeon Chung Rai | Malaysia | 88,900 |
| 66 | Li Rongshan | China | 87,300 |
| 67 | Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 81,000 |
| 68 | Thong Trinh | Vietnam | 78,100 |
| 69 | Truong Mong Hoang | Vietnam | 76,900 |
| 70 | Le Long Stephane | France | 76,500 |
| 71 | Rubin Labroo | India | 76,100 |
| 72 | Song Wen Cong | China | 74,900 |
| 73 | Shyh Chyn Lim | Malaysia | 70,900 |
| 74 | Akshay Nasa | India | 67,500 |
| 75 | Banman | India | 66,700 |
| 76 | Tuyen Le | Vietnam | 64,000 |
| 77 | Sun Tan | Malaysia | 60,800 |
| 78 | Redking | Vietnam | 60,700 |
| 79 | Tran Son Thoch | Vietnam | 58,700 |
| 80 | Rahul Marwaha | India | 55,400 |
| 81 | Sumit Sapra | India | 55,200 |
| 82 | M. Seiji | Japan | 54,100 |
| 83 | Feng Zhao | Singapore | 53,500 |
| 84 | Yu Jae Joon | Korea | 53,200 |
| 85 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 51,500 |
| 86 | Thomas Gicquel | France | 50,600 |
| 87 | Alok Birewar | India | 50,000 |
| 88 | Sam Razavi | United Kingdom | 48,000 |
| 89 | Nguyen Hoa Thinh | Vietnam | 47,500 |
| 90 | Robert Kaggerud | Norway | 47,500 |
| 91 | Leo Mai En Wei | China | 47,100 |
| 92 | Michael Grisaffi | Australia | 47,000 |
| 93 | Sung Min Oh | Korea | 46,900 |
| 94 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 46,500 |
| 95 | Nguyen Hoang Bach | Vietnam | 45,000 |
| 96 | Hong Nguy | Vietnam | 42,100 |
| 97 | Paul Hong | New Zealand | 38,400 |
| 98 | Tomomitso Ono | Japan | 38,200 |
| 99 | Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 37,700 |
| 100 | Jan Louren Buck | Germany | 37,000 |
| 101 | Tran Anh Trung | Vietnam | 36,900 |
| 102 | Cheli Lin | Taiwan | 33,200 |
| 103 | Paawan Bansal | India | 29,200 |
| 104 | Dang Van Hien | Vietnam | 28,700 |
| 105 | Chauve Vincent | Thailand | 26,000 |