HomeWall to wall action at the inaugural APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 with Day 2 of the Main Event packing the Grand Loyal Poker Club. Doors opened with the 160 Day 1 survivors back on the felt, and with late registration available for two final hours, another 81 ponied up to bring the total entries to 471. This massive turnout easily dusted the advertised guarantee for a richer VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 83,220) prize pool. In two day’s time the largest payouts will be claimed with the eventual champion pocketing a hefty VN₫ 1,929,250,000 (~US$ 83,220).
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 949)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000 (~US$ 215,685)
Entries: 471
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159)
ITM: 48 places
1st place: VN₫ 1,929,250,000
*Breakdown of payouts at the bottom of the page
After eight hours of scheduled play, the field trimmed to 56 players led by Vietnamese pro Ngoc Anh Cao with 676,500 in chips. Among Ngoc’s early pots was off Norbert Koh with a flush on the river. Koh also fared well with 275,500 bagged putting him in the top 15 of the counts.
Ngoc Anh Cao
Thailand pro Phachara Wongwichit closed the day second best with 540,000, though quite a distance from the leader. Wongwichit’s rise was largely due to a double up off the day’s entering front runner Pan Yue Feng who was unable to recover. India’s Ashish Munot saw his stack swing all day until a double up through Super High Roller champion Pham Tien Dung sent it soaring to bag up the third largest of 522,500. Pham also finished strong with 481,000 just below Huynh Ngoc Cuong with 507,000. Other notable players surviving the heat were Day 1A chip leader Huu Dung Nguyen, India’s Vaibhav Sharma, New Zealand’s Thomas Ward, Nguyen Quang Huy, and Terry Nguyen. You can read up on some of the day’s biggest pots via the Live Updates.
The 56 remaining players return on Monday, June 13 at 12 noon where they will race to the money which is just eight spots away. From there, they chase down a Final 8 seat, and be one step closer to the first ever APT Main Event title in Hanoi.
Day 2 survivors – 56 players
| Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 676,500 | 22 | 2 |
| Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 540,000 | 23 | 8 |
| Ashish Munot | India | 522,500 | 31 | 7 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 507,000 | 21 | 8 |
| Pham Tien Dung | Vietnam | 481,000 | 32 | 8 |
| Nam Phong | Vietnam | 398,000 | 20 | 8 |
| Nguyen Quang Minh | Vietnam | 345,000 | 21 | 6 |
| Vaibhav Sharma | India | 341,500 | 32 | 4 |
| Ankit Kumar Jajodia | India | 318,500 | 30 | 1 |
| Yuthana Boonorm | Thailand | 292,000 | 20 | 3 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 286,000 | 32 | 2 |
| Frank Tielens | Holland | 276,000 | 22 | 7 |
| Norbert Koh | Singapore | 275,500 | 23 | 3 |
| Phan Trong Linh | Vietnam | 275,000 | 22 | 6 |
| Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 275,000 | 20 | 5 |
| Feng Yu | China | 262,500 | 32 | 3 |
| Yin Mingbao | China | 260,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Kenny | Vietnam | 246,500 | 31 | 6 |
| Choai | Vietnam | 244,500 | 31 | 1 |
| Tran Hai Ha | Vietnam | 222,000 | 31 | 3 |
| Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 209,500 | 30 | 8 |
| Tian Ha Hung | Vietnam | 200,000 | 23 | 5 |
| Teddy Pham | Vietnam | 199,000 | 20 | 6 |
| Thien Ha | Vietnam | 198,500 | 31 | 8 |
| Nguyen Van Xuan | Vietnam | 184,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Quang Vu | Vietnam | 182,000 | 23 | 4 |
| Tung Red | Vietnam | 182,000 | 32 | 7 |
| Tran Huy Hoang | Vietnam | 177,000 | 30 | 6 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 174,000 | 21 | 7 |
| Hoang Anh Tuan | Vietnam | 174,000 | 32 | 1 |
| Metasit Pratipsangkom | Thailand | 169,500 | 21 | 1 |
| Anuphad Khong Dechudomkol | Thailand | 167,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Giao Linh | Vietnam | 166,000 | 21 | 5 |
| Nguyen Hai Phong | Vietnam | 155,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Sam Nguyen | Vietnam | 154,500 | 30 | 5 |
| Do Hoang Anh | Vietnam | 152,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Kajornnut Prirungrueng | Thailand | 151,500 | 32 | 6 |
| Akira Ito | Japan | 135,000 | 20 | 4 |
| Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | 130,500 | 22 | 8 |
| Pham Van Tien | Vietnam | 122,000 | 32 | 5 |
| Royal Flush | Vietnam | 120,000 | 20 | 7 |
| KSY | Vietnam | 118,000 | 21 | 3 |
| Nguyen Van Chien | Vietnam | 109,000 | 30 | 2 |
| Plam Huy Hoang | Vietnam | 104,000 | 31 | 4 |
| Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 102,000 | 21 | 4 |
| Dc Nguyen | Vietnam | 101,000 | 22 | 3 |
| Nguyen Hai Manh | Vietnam | 98,500 | 23 | 7 |
| Nguyen Tien Son | Vietnam | 97,000 | 31 | 2 |
| Khoi Nguyen | Vietnam | 73,500 | 30 | 7 |
| Vu Duc Trung | Vietnam | 70,000 | 30 | 3 |
| Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 68,000 | 21 | 2 |
| He He | Vietnam | 65,000 | 23 | 2 |
| Tharit Nanthana | Thailand | 63,500 | 20 | 1 |
| Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 47,500 | 20 | 2 |
| Takuya Sato | Japan | 35,500 | 31 | 5 |
| Vu Minh Hai | Vietnam | 95,000 | 30 | 4 |
Payouts
| 1st | 1,929,250,000 |
| 2nd | 1,286,190,000 |
| 3rd | 894,140,000 |
| 4th | 645,820,000 |
| 5th | 482,970,000 |
| 6th | 372,750,000 |
| 7th | 296,000,000 |
| 8th | 241,160,000 |
| 9th | 200,970,000 |
| 10th | 167,470,000 |
| 11th-12th | 139,560,000 |
| 13th-15th | 116,300,000 |
| 16th-18th | 96,920,000 |
| 19th-22nd | 80,770,000 |
| 23rd-27th | 67,300,000 |
| 28th36th | 56,090,000 |
| 37th-45th | 46,740,000 |
| 46th-48th | 38,950,000 |