HomeCrushing performance by Vietnamese high roller Huy Quang Nguyen at the Mystery Bounty final table. Out of the final 9 players, Nguyen eliminated five which included Son Duc Tran at heads up. With seven paid kills in total, the most by any player, plus his own bounty ticket, he collected a staggering VN₫ 299,900,000 in rewards. For his victory, Nguyen shipped VN₫ 325,600,000 to walk away with a combined payout of VN₫ 625,500,000 (~US$ 26,975). In addition to the big wads of cash, Nguyen was awarded the first trophy of the inaugural APT Vietnam Hanoi 2022 at the Grand Loyal Poker Club and takes pole position in the Player of the Series leaderboard.
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The Mystery Bounty drew 293 entries across two flights to double up the advertised guarantee for a sweeter VN₫ 2,273,680,000 (~US$ 98,000) prize pool. 69 players returned to chase down the glory and the biggest bounty rewards.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 380)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,000,000,000 (~US$ 43,125)
Entries: 293
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,394,680,000
Bounty pool: VN₫ 879,000,000
ITM: 30 places
Final table payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| Rank | Player | Flag | Prize | Bounty | Total |
| 1st | Huy Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 325,600,000 | 299,900,000 | 625,500,000 |
| 2nd | Son Duc Tran | Vietnam | 217,080,000 | 39,300,000 | 256,380,000 |
| 3rd | Nhat Nguyen | Vietnam | 150,910,000 | 15,400,000 | 166,310,000 |
| 4th | Robert Kiss | USA | 109,000,000 | 186,000,000 | 295,000,000 |
| 5th | Tam Van Nguyen | Vietnam | 81,510,000 | 6,800,000 | 88,310,000 |
| 6th | Manh Hung | Vietnam | 62,910,000 | 62,910,000 | |
| 7th | Vaibhav Sharma | India | 49,960,000 | 40,700,000 | 90,660,000 |
| 8th | Cuong Vu Nguyen | Vietnam | 40,700,000 | 186,300,000 | 227,000,000 |
| 9th | Chien Van Nguyen | Vietnam | 33,920,000 | 8,100,000 | 42,020,000 |
The final day ran a lengthy twelve+ hours before the champion emerged. Among the players that fell by the wayside was Do Van Phuong A♥ Q♣ who bubbled on a bad beat delivered by Do Kwan Nam A♠ J♣ when a jack found the flop. Once the money flowed, it was instant excitement as the first to draw a mystery bounty reward, Cuong Vu Nguyen, shockingly pulled one of the top three prizes worth VN₫ 176,500,000. Cuong went on to claim another bounty reward of VN₫ 9,800,000 and finished 8th for a combined VN₫ 227,000,000 payday.
Cuong Vu Nguyen
The next lucky player who drew the coveted top mystery prize was USA’s Robert Kiss. The lone American in the field held his own against the heavy populated local force, collecting a total of three bounties amounting to VN₫ 186,000,000 before departing in 4th place. Kiss A♣ 2♣ was outdrawn by Nhat Nguyen K♥ J♥ king on the turn to plunge below 1 BB. In cash ranking, Kiss closed the day as the second highest earner.
Robert Kiss
As for Nhat, despite the big boost in chips, he couldn’t keep it intact. He pushed with K♣ 7♠ and ran smack and out into Huy Quang Nguyen’s A♦ A♥. This brought about heads up with Son Duc Tran needing a few double ups to catch the leader. He managed one but on the next showdown it ended the tournament. Nguyen A♣ 10♠ shoved his straight on the river, Tran risked it with K♥ 6♦ two pairs on a board Q♠ 6♥ J♥ K♠ 2♥.
Other players that reached the money were the day’s entering chip leader Dang Duy Thanh in 19th place, Sang Van Nguyen (17th) who delivered the only double elimination in the money round, and India’s Vaibhav Sharma who clawed his way to 7th place.
All 30 ITM players earned points towards the Player of the Series leaderboard so be on the lookout for the standings.