Hiroshi Nishiyama tops Championships Event Day 1B; Quang Nguyen and Francis Miller win trophies

Day 1B brought in 101 entries to the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 2019 – CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT – with only 49 surviving the eight rounds. Impressively, bagging up the two largest stacks were Japan’s Hiroshi Nishiyama (249,800) and Vietnam’s Cao Ngoc Anh (243,900). Both were fresh from winning respective side events last night. 

Hiroshi Nishiyama

Cao Ngoc Anh

Between the two, Cao Ngoc is an APT major title-holder. He also finished 40th at this series Main Event. Other decorated APT champions qualifying to Day 2 were Christopher Mateo (58,700), Linh Tran (47,500), and Punnat Punsri (142,500). Punsri initially qualified in Day 1A but with a lower stack which will be removed from play coming Day 2. 

Other strong contenders bagging up very healthy stacks were Oliver Helm (219,000), Richard Marquez (188,800), and Le Ngoc Khanh (171,700). 

Day 1B Chip Count

Rank Name Country Chips
1 Hiroshi Nishiyama Japan 249,800
2 Cao Ngoc Anh Vietnam 243,900
3 Oliver Helm New Zealand 219,000
4 Huynh Tan Dung Vietnam 207,500
5 Tobias Napel Netherlands 190,400
6 Richard Marquez Philippines 188,800
7 Le Ngoc Khanh Vietnam 171,700
8 Chen Dajza China 169,700
9 Binh Minh Vietnam 163,000
10 Tran Son Thach Vietnam 159,200
11 Bobby Zhuo Xinghua Singapore 151,600
12 Nguyen Dane Long Vietnam 145,300
13 Punnat Punsri Thailand 142,500
14 Tanaka Masatoshi Japan 137,300
15 Dave Erquiaga Philippines 132,800
16 Mansour Matloubi United Kingdom 128,000
17 Terry Nguyen Vietnam 126,000
18 Nguyen Nam Duong Vietnam 120,200
19 Iy-Wey Xie Germany 116,100
20 Yong Hyun Yoo Korea 113,500
21 Sumit Sapra India 108,700
22 Daniel Smith New Zealand 104,900
23 Macaron Tran Vietnam 104,000
24 Yoichi Uesugi Japan 98,400
25 Yu Dang Japan 95,700
26 Eugene Co Philippines 94,400
27 Pham Bao  Vietnam 93,900
28 Soo Han Ryn Korea 88,200
29 Kim Hakdo Korea 87,400
30 Yang Peng (King) China 84,300
31 Vyn Vietnam 81,000
32 Satheshkumar Muthu Singapore 63,500
33 Vamerdino Magsakay Philippines 63,500
34 Van Phinh Nguyen Vietnam 62,900
35 Hrai Duong Vietnam 60,600
36 Christopher Mateo Philippines 58,700
37 Thananat Therdtakoonrat Thailand 47,700
38 Linh Tran Vietnam 47,500
39 Vu Duc Trung Vietnam 41,800
40 Pham Hui Minh Tz Vietnam 40,800
41 Tran Huy Tien Vietnam 39,300
42 Nguyen Quang Huy Vietnam 37,100
43 Jimmie Javier Philippines 36,600
44 Pham Quoc Anh Vietnam 35,300
45 Choi Invtce Korea 30,000
46 Lauren May Watts England 26,200
47 Solomon Lee Malaysia 24,500
48 Khom Phan Vietnam 24,000
49 Long Lam Vietnam 14,700

The 49 Day 1B survivors merge with the 23 from Day 1A for a total of 72 players into Day 2. Championships Event action resumes on Friday, July 12 at 1pm at Pro Poker Club.

Day 2 info 

Opening blinds: 600 – 1200 ante 1200 (Level 9)
Level duration: 60 minutes
Total chips in play: 7,974,700
Average stack: 110,759
Game time: 1pm

Day 2 chip count + seat draw

The starting days drew a combined 161 entries (60 from Day 1A and 101 from Day 1B) which means the VND 6 Billion guarantee is very close to being breached. For those not in the Day 2 list, make sure to jump in to have a chance at a big payday. Registration is still open but will close at the start of Level 10. Buy-in is VND 38,500,000. 

Side Event winners

Two side events ran alongside today’s main feature. Below are the latest winners of the series. For all the ITM finishers, make sure to check your standing in the APT Player of the Series race. 

Queen Cards Super Deep Stack Turbo results

73 entrants turned up for the Queen Cards Super Deep Stack Turbo to generate a prize pool of VND 495,670,000. Buy-in was VND 7,700,000. The top 13 places got paid with Vietnamese pro Nang Quang Nguyen overcoming a deficit at heads up to seize the title and the VND 137,740,000 first prize.

The winning hand, Quang 7 9, Vo Dat A 5, the board 4 A 10 K 7 flush. Watch the final 8 action via APT Twitch and APT YouTube. 

Quang Nguyen – Queen Cards Super Deep Stack Turbo champion

Payouts
1st Nang Quang Nguyen – Vietnam – VND 137,340,000
2nd Vo Dat – Vietnam – VND 91,550,000
3rd Yam Chun Ho – Hong Kong – VND 63,650,000
4th Tom Henricus Vergruggen – Nethterlands – VND 45,970,000
5th Tam Ka Ki – Hong Kong – VND 34,380,000
6th Konstantin Pogodin – Russia – VND 26,530,000
7th John Paredes – Peru – VND 21,070,000
8th Kong Seong Su – Korea – VND 17,170,000
9th Mitchell Nong – Vietnam – VND 14,310,000
10th Phan Tri Cuong – Vietnam – VND 11,920,000
11th Willie Portier – France – VND 11,920,000
12th Tran Thanh Vinh – Vietnam – VND 9,930,000
13th Richard Marquez – Philippines – VND 9,930,000

Deep Stack Hyper Turbo #1 results

The Deep Stack Hyper Turbo #1 had 42 join at VND 5,500,000 each. Only seven players earned a piece of the VND 203,700,000 prize pool. Winning his first-ever APT title was UK’s Francis John Miller after defeating Feng Chan Kao at heads up. The final hand was Miller’s Q J running a better spread against Kao’s Q 10 on a board of 2 9 8 7 9. Miller claimed the VND 70,010,000 first prize and event trophy. 

Francis John Miller – Deep Stack Hyper Turbo #1 champion

Payouts
1st Francis John Miller – UK – VND 70,010,000
2nd Feng Chan Kao – China – VND 44,990,000
3rd Masuda Tomoki – Japan – VND 30,330,000
4th Sean Hwa – VND 21,370,000
5th Maulik Shukla – India – VND 15,680,000
6th Hoang Nguyen – Vietnam – VND 11,930,000
7th Lee Seok Young – Korea – VND 9,390,000