HomeDay 1 of the inaugural APT Vietnam Phu Quoc is in the books! Completing first was the Deep Stack Turbo event. At the close of late registration, Vietnam’s Phan Phuc Duc “Jerry” proceeded to wipe out all of his opponents in four quick hands. He became the first ever APT side event champion awarded on the island. Big applause to Phan! He shipped the VN₫ 119,400,000 first prize and now leads the APT Player of the Series race with 118.80 points. The event attracted four players.
Phan Phuc Duc – Deep Stack Turbo champion
Closing up later in the night was the series opener Mystery Bounty event. Despite the cancellation of the VN₫ 1 Billion guarantee, it still drew 48 entrants with 12 advancing to the final day. Flight A chip leader Ng Chow Han will enter as overall chip leader with 54 BB. At his heels is Flight B chip leader Dennis Ng with 52.5 BB, and rounding out the top three is Nguyen Minh Cong with 52 BB.
Ng Chow Han
Buy in: VN₫ 7,700,000
Entries: 48
Main cash pool: VN₫ 229,920,000
Mystery Bounty pool: VN₫ 96,000,000
Chip counts – 12 players
| Players | Country | Stack | Table | Seat |
| Ng Chow Han | Malaysia | 162,500 | 3 | 4 |
| Dennis Ng | Hong Kong | 157,500 | 2 | 4 |
| Nguyen Minh Cong | Vietnam | 156,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Yik “Ray” Chiu | Hong Kong | 125,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Nguyen Tan Phat | Vietnam | 115,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | Vietnam | 96,500 | 3 | 7 |
| Dinh Hoang Duy | Vietnam | 84,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Nguyen Quang Minh (Mr Ngo) | Vietnam | 69,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Dang Duy Thanh | Vietnam | 67,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Satoshi Kuriga | Japan | 59,500 | 2 | 8 |
| Vincent Chauve | France | 55,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Yoann Gimenez | France | 52,500 | 3 | 9 |
Chips in play: 1,199,500
Average stack: 99,958
Final day opening blinds: 1500 – 3000 – 3000 BB ante
When play resumes at 12pm on Saturday April 9, only 5 out of the remaining 12 players will reach the money round with the champion guaranteed to pocket VN₫ 98,230,000. The final five will also have a chance at winning Mystery Bounty prizes.
Payouts
1st VN₫ 98,230,000
2nd VN₫ 56,940,000
3rd VN₫ 35,240,000
4th VN₫ 23,240,000
5th VN₫ 16,270,000
Mystery Bounty prizes
VN₫ 30,150,000
VN₫ 28,470,000
VN₫ 17,620,000
VN₫ 11,620,000
VN₫ 8,140,000
As the series continues, plenty of cash and trophies yet to be won with games running through April 17 at Corona Resort & Casino. In partnership with Pearl Island Poker Tour, a total of 22 games fill the schedule. Day 2 will see Event 3: Open Face Chinese Poker Progressive 27 Max at 2pm with buy in of VN₫ 8,800,000, and to cap the day is another VN₫ 5,500,000 buy in Deep Stack Turbo starting at 5pm. Check the schedule for all the details and event structures.
APT Vietnam Phu Quoc schedule
Event structures