MAIN EVENT: Bin Zhang rules Day 1A; chips counts inside; two starting days remain; promo winners


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Day 3 of APT Kick-Off Vietnam opened with the star of the festival, the VND 8 billion guaranteed MAIN EVENT. 80 runners took advantage of the discounted VND 21,00,000 buy-in. Among the 35 survivors were APT decorated champions Iori Yogo, Soo Jo Kim, Linh Tran, and reigning tour champion China’s Zhou Yueyang. Zhou had a rough day, needing two bullets to secure a Day 2 seat. He bagged up the shortest stack of 12,400. 

On the other end of the pole was Zhou’s fellow countryman, Bin Zhang, wrapping up the day with 133,600. One of the final hands called saw Zhang spike a set of fives on the river to claim a decent pot. 

Bin Zhang

The survivors have a two-day break before returning on Wednesday, January 15. For short stacks, you can attempt for multiple stacks however only your best stack advances. For those that missed the mark today or have yet to join the action, there are two starting days left. 

Day 1B: Monday, January 13 at 1pm
Day 1C: Tuesday, January 14 at 1pm 

If those days, don’t work, your last chance is on Day 2. Registration closes at the start of Level 11. You can read up on all the Main Event details via the link below. 

Everything on the Main Event 

Main Event Day 1A survivors 

1 Bin Zhang China 133,600
2 Vu Dang Japan 115,700
3 Brandon Mifsud Malta 107,100
4 Jang Won-Seo Korea 99,300
5 Johannes Felix Hoeld Germany 91,100
6 Linh Tran Vietnam 90,000
7 Xiaosheng Zheng China 81,400
8 Hendra Adiputra Choandri Indonesia 78,000
9 Sahni Vikas India 74,700
10 Siyang Phua Singapore 74,000
11 Hoang Dai Thien Vietnam 71,000
12 Soo Jo Kim Korea 69,100
13 Kaki Kudo Japan 68,800
14 Trinh Anh Dung Vietnam 67,100
15 Benjamin Song Singapore 61,200
16 Michal Polchlopek Poland 55,700
17 Minh Le Vietnam 50,000
18 Jet Zhang Liang China 47,500
19 Francis Garson France 45,500
20 Kjell-Ove Dyb Norway 45,000
21 Bellini Jean Marc Switzerland 43,700
22 Mohammed Ladau United Kingdom 43,500
23 Ngoc Anh Vietnam 39,200
24 Pang Cho Yi Hong Kong 37,500
25 Nguyen Van Phinh Vietnam 37,300
26 Lam Lai Lun William Hong Kong 35,600
27 Zhewen Hu China 33,000
28 Hyeon Jun Ho Korea 32,900
29 Iori Yogo Japan 30,600
30 Ray Chiu (Yik Chiu) Hong Kong 28,800
31 Kim Yong Hee Korea 27,400
32 Tran Cao Tam Vietnam 26,300
33 Tautvydas Jnikas Lithuania 26,100
34 Lei Yu China 21,600
35 Zhou Yue Yang China 12,400


APT – Pro Poker Club Promo – Freeroll Flipout winners

The APT – Pro Poker Club Promo awarded three lucky players with a nice wad all for free. These players were part of a freerool flipout eligible only for Main Event Day 1A registrants. 

Fifteen minutes before cards were in the air was the first flipout at 1245pm. Scooping up the big kahuna US$ 2,000 top prize was Iwata Yosuke from Japan. 

The second flipout was at 3pm. Singapore’s Benjamin Song Junde won US$ 1,000. 

And the third lucky flipout winner was APT regular Seitaro Aso from Japan. He won US$ 1,000. 

The next freeroll flipout with also US$ 4,000 to be given away will take place at Day 1A of the Championships Event on January 18 starting at 1245pm. 


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