HomeAPT Kick-off Vietnam 2020 held Day 2 of the featured VND 8 billion guaranteed Main Event. 140 qualifiers out of the 328 entrants returned to partner venue Pro Poker Club. With registration open one last hour, another 37 joined the action bringing the total entries to 365.
Day 2 closed with 50 players remaining. Frenchman Francis Garson drove his stack north to 430,500 to earn him the chip leader status. He enters the next heat with 86 bbs. Unfortunately we weren’t able to catch any of Garson’s winning moments however we will be on the lookout coming Day 3.
Francis Garson
Racking up the second largest stack was also another Frenchman, Antoine Follet, with 423,000. Follet shipped all of Kaki Kudo’s chips on the last hand with a lucky set on the river.
Antoine Follet
And to round out the top three was Rayhaan Adam who brought in 419,000 after railing APT decorated champion Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. Adam was a force to reckon with all day and at one point hit the 500k marker.
Rayhaan Adam
You can read up on the Day 2 action via our live posts —-> Live Updates
The day’s survivors resume at 1pm on Thursday, January 16. They race to the money – 37 places – then to a seat to the Final 8 Day. Minimum payout is VND 41,950,00 (~US$ 1,800). The top prize is VND 1,731,440,000 (~US$ 74,600). You can follow the action via our Day 3 live posts.
Remaining: 50 players
Chips in play: 9,113,700
Average stack: 182,274
Day 3 opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 ante 5000 (Level 18)
Bagging time: Final 8 players
Total Main Event entries: 365
Buy-in: VND 22,000,000 (~US$ 950)
Entries: 365 (254 unique, 111 re-entries)
Prize pool: VND 7,760,000,000 (~US$ 335,600)
ITM: 37 places
Detailed breakdown:
Day 1A: 80 entries
Day 1A survivors: 35
Day 1A chip leader: Bin Zhang – 133,600
Day 1B: 67 entries
Day 1B survivors: 31
Day 1B chip leader: Kwok Luen Hei – 128,800
Day 1C: 181 entries
Day 1C survivors: 75
Day 1C chip leader: Sim Qi Ren – 213,300
Day 2 entries: 37
Day 2 survivors: 50 players
Day 2 chip leader: Francis Garson – 430,500
Chip counts by table/seat
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Johannes Felix Hoeld | Germany | 71,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 142,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Qian Xubo | Hong Kong | 409,500 | 1 | 3 |
| Benjamin Song (DB) | Singapore | 74,500 | 1 | 4 |
| Lin , Chen-Kun (SB) | Taiwan | 309,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Meherzad Munsaf (BB) | India | 82,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Ng Ka Shing | Malaysia | 162,500 | 1 | 7 |
| Prince Shek | Hong Kong | 275,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Nguyen Duc Bien | Australiia | 79,000 | 1 | 9 |
| Yuwen Pan | China | 163,500 | 2 | 1 |
| Kim Dong Kyu | Korea | 119,500 | 2 | 2 |
| Dhaval Mudgal (DB) | India | 87,500 | 2 | 3 |
| David Erquiaga (SB) | Philippines | 245,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Tran Cao Tam (BB) | Vietnam | 83,500 | 2 | 5 |
| Xiao Yucheng | China | 152,500 | 2 | 6 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 77,500 | 2 | 7 |
| Zhang Lei | China | 280,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Jet Zhang Liang | China | 376,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Huu Tuan Nguyan (DB) | Vietnam | 251,500 | 3 | 1 |
| Le Ngoc Khanh (SB) | Vietnam | 94,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Francis (BB) | France | 430,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Bin Zhang | China | 174,000 | 3 | 4 |
| James Leong | Singapore | 184,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 118,500 | 3 | 6 |
| Linh Tran | Vietnam | 201,500 | 3 | 7 |
| Harry Duong | Vietnam | 132,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Lok Ching Li | Hong Kong | 49,500 | 3 | 9 |
| Justin Skovholt (DB) | United States | 119,500 | 4 | 1 |
| Sumit Sapra (1BB) | India | 256,500 | 4 | 3 |
| Lee Deok Yeong | Korea | 127,500 | 4 | 4 |
| Brandon Mifsud | Malta | 202,500 | 4 | 5 |
| Rayhaan Adam | Africa | 419,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Alexander Okruzhnoy | Russia | 195,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Edgar Antezana | Africa | 243,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Siow Kim Foh | Malaysia | 260,500 | 4 | 9 |
| Ray Chiu (Yik Chiu) | Hong Kong | 89,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Seitaro Aso (SB) | Japan | 111,500 | 5 | 4 |
| Pham Trung Kien (BB) | Vietnam | 157,000 | 5 | 5 |
| Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 71,000 | 5 | 6 |
| Simba | Korea | 45,000 | 5 | 7 |
| Tuan Pro | Vietnam | 400,000 | 5 | 8 |
| Antoine Follet | France | 423,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh | Vietnam | 133,500 | 6 | 1 |
| Michitaka Sekine (DB) | Japan | 58,500 | 6 | 2 |
| Yu Dang (SB) | Japan | 144,000 | 6 | 3 |
| Xiaosheng Zheng (BB) | China | 133,500 | 6 | 4 |
| Hwang Hyun Sub | Korea | 160,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Kovantsev Viacheslov | Russia | 239,000 | 6 | 6 |
| Siyang Phua | Singapore | 188,000 | 6 | 8 |
| Minh Le | Vietnam | 126,000 | 6 | 9 |
Chip counts by stack size
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Francis (BB) | France | 430,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Antoine Follet | France | 423,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Rayhaan Adam | Africa | 419,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Qian Xubo | Hong Kong | 409,500 | 1 | 3 |
| Tuan Pro | Vietnam | 400,000 | 5 | 8 |
| Jet Zhang Liang | China | 376,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Lin , Chen-Kun (SB) | Taiwan | 309,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Zhang Lei | China | 280,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Prince Shek | Hong Kong | 275,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Siow Kim Foh | Malaysia | 260,500 | 4 | 9 |
| Sumit Sapra (1BB) | India | 256,500 | 4 | 3 |
| Huu Tuan Nguyan (DB) | Vietnam | 251,500 | 3 | 1 |
| David Erquiaga (SB) | Philippines | 245,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Edgar Antezana | Africa | 243,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Kovantsev Viacheslov | Russia | 239,000 | 6 | 6 |
| Brandon Mifsud | Malta | 202,500 | 4 | 5 |
| Linh Tran | Vietnam | 201,500 | 3 | 7 |
| Alexander Okruzhnoy | Russia | 195,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Siyang Phua | Singapore | 188,000 | 6 | 8 |
| James Leong | Singapore | 184,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Bin Zhang | China | 174,000 | 3 | 4 |
| Yuwen Pan | China | 163,500 | 2 | 1 |
| Ng Ka Shing | Malaysia | 162,500 | 1 | 7 |
| Hwang Hyun Sub | Korea | 160,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Pham Trung Kien (BB) | Vietnam | 157,000 | 5 | 5 |
| Xiao Yucheng | China | 152,500 | 2 | 6 |
| Yu Dang (SB) | Japan | 144,000 | 6 | 3 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 142,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh | Vietnam | 133,500 | 6 | 1 |
| Xiaosheng Zheng (BB) | China | 133,500 | 6 | 4 |
| Harry Duong | Vietnam | 132,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Lee Deok Yeong | Korea | 127,500 | 4 | 4 |
| Minh Le | Vietnam | 126,000 | 6 | 9 |
| Kim Dong Kyu | Korea | 119,500 | 2 | 2 |
| Justin Skovholt (DB) | United States | 119,500 | 4 | 1 |
| Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 118,500 | 3 | 6 |
| Seitaro Aso (SB) | Japan | 111,500 | 5 | 4 |
| Le Ngoc Khanh (SB) | Vietnam | 94,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Ray Chiu (Yik Chiu) | Hong Kong | 89,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Dhaval Mudgal (DB) | India | 87,500 | 2 | 3 |
| Tran Cao Tam (BB) | Vietnam | 83,500 | 2 | 5 |
| Meherzad Munsaf (BB) | India | 82,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Nguyen Duc Bien | Australiia | 79,000 | 1 | 9 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 77,500 | 2 | 7 |
| Benjamin Song (DB) | Singapore | 74,500 | 1 | 4 |
| Johannes Felix Hoeld | Germany | 71,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 71,000 | 5 | 6 |
| Michitaka Sekine (DB) | Japan | 58,500 | 6 | 2 |
| Lok Ching Li | Hong Kong | 49,500 | 3 | 9 |
| Simba | Korea | 45,000 | 5 | 7 |