HomeTwo starting days in the bag, we now head to MAIN EVENT Day 1C! This is the last starting day to enter. Make sure to get your chips in play on the first deal of the day to be eligible for Bubble Protection. Players can also register for the Dafabet APT Survivor promo. By simply wearing the Dafabet patch throughout the Main Event, participating players have a chance to win a Main Event seat to APT Korea Incheon.
For a brief review on the Main Event so far:
Day 1A: 20 advanced out of 45 entries
Day 1B: 56 advanced out of 114 entries
The APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 2019 – MAIN EVENT – comes with a guarantee of VND 8 Billion (~USD 344,000). Buy-in is VND 22,000,000. Day 1C action begins at 1pm sharp at Pro Poker Club. Today plays out 8 levels of 60-minute each. See structure here. Registration closes at the start of Level 10 in Day 2.
Linh Hoai Duong wins the Pot Limit Omaha Hi Single Day
Canada picked up its first trophy of the series with Linh Hoai Duong awarded the win at the Pot Limit Omaha Hi Single Day event. At heads up against Philippine player Eugene Co, both were even in chips and opted to play a one hand flip for the trophy. Duong won it. In addition to the title, he pocketed VND 83,900,000 while Co took VND 83,000,000. The event drew 47 runners at VND 9,900,000 each for a prize pool of VND 319,130,000 (~USD 13,500).
Payouts
1st Linh Hoai Duong – Canada – VND 83,900,000
2nd Eugene Co – Philippines – VND 83,000,000
3rd Kentaro Hayashi – Japan – VND 46,410,000
4th Christoph Friesinger – Australia – VND 33,520,000
5th Lok Gino – China – VND 25,070,000
6th Ryan Revai – Canada – VND 19,350,000
7th Andreas Rauh – Germany – VND 15,360,000
8th Woon Yoke Wei – Malaysia – VND 12,520,000
Christopher Mateo wins the Deep Stack Turbo #1
The first fast-paced tournament – the Deep Stack Turbo #1 – drew 85 runners. At VND 6,600,000 each, the prize pool came to worthy VND 494,700,000 (~USD 21,000). Instead of the top 15 earning a piece, 16 players got a cut with the bottom two sharing the 15th place payout due to a double knockout on the bubble round.
On the opposite end of the cash was Philippine pro Christopher Mateo. He shipped the VND 132,210,000 (~USD 5,700) first prize and another APT trophy to add to his collection.
Payouts
1st Christopher Mateo – Philippines – VND 132,210,000
2nd Tran Son Thach – Vietnam – VND 88,140,000
3rd Vo Minh Dat – Vietnam – VND 61,270,000
4th Yeo May Sum – Malaysia – VND 44,250,000
5th Nguyen Thanh Hung – Vietnam – VND 33,100,000
6th Nguyen Tien Thanh – Vietnam – VND 25,540,000
7th Hiroshi Nishiyama – Japan – VND 20,280,000
8th Lee Seok Young – Korea – VND 16,530,000
9th Nguyen Huy Huan – Vietnam – VND 13,770,000
10th Chen Shih Yen – Taiwan – VND 11,480,000
11th Antoine Phan – Vietnam – VND 11,480,000
12th Iy Wey Xie – VND 9,560,000
13th Nguyen Minh Hoang – Vietnam – VND 9,560,000
14th Casper Wong – Singapore – VND 9,560,000
15th Chanki Park – Korea – VND 3,985,000
16th Ray Koh Lin Jun – Singapore – VND 3,985,000
These latest winners and ITM placers earn points towards the APT Player of the Series leaderboard. Make sure to check your standing.
Congratulations to the latest winners!