Dao Minh Phu maintains the chip lead throughout Main Event Day 2; Ankit Jajodia in second rank; 57 advance


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For the second day in a row, Vietnamese high roller Dao Minh Phu bagged the largest stack at the Main Event as he closed out Day 2 with an overwhelming 917,000 in chips. To give you an idea of how enormous this stack is, it is equivalent to 183 BB. Like at Day 1C, Phu bulldozed through the competition, eliminating a minimum of eight players which included two double knockouts. 

Dao Minh Phu

In addition to Phu, it was a smoking hot day for India’s Ankit Jajodia who racked up the second largest stack of 856,500 (171 BB). Jajodia opened the day ranked 11th out of the 150 qualifiers. He was seen grinding it out at Table 8 until he was moved to Table 4 where he scored two massive pots. He first called out Slade Fisher‘s bluff bet on the river then eliminated a player with his nut flush. For a brief moment, Jajodia evened up with Phu for the chip lead. 

Ankit Jajodia

End of Day 2 chip counts

Rank Name County Chips Table Seat
1 Dao Minh Phu Vietnam 917,000 3 6
2 Ankit Jajodia India 856,500 2 6
3 Nguyen Quang Huy Vietnam 480,000 6 4
4 Daniel Nguyen Vietnam 423,000 4 7
5 Nguyen Trung Hien Vietnam 402,000 4 4
6 Galaxy Vietnam 388,000 5 1
7 Huu Dung Nguyen Vietnam 359,000 6 1
8 Le Duy Anh Vietnam 316,500 7 1
9 Slade Fisher New Zealand 310,000 3 1
10 Nguyen Van Sang Vietnam 305,500 2 1
11 Nguyen Duy Thuc Vietnam 301,000 4 1
12 Minh A. Nguyen Vietnam 300,500 3 4
13 Tommy Nguyen Norway 287,500 7 3
14 Victor EM Vietnam 267,500 4 8
15 Vamerdino Magsakay Philippines 262,000 2 3
16 Nam Phong Vietnam 257,500 2 7
17 Lim Shyh Chyn Malaysia 257,000 1 8
18 Pham Duy Anh Vietnam 256,000 4 2
19 Hue Dang Vietnam 252,500 3 3
20 Jo Jung Sik Korea 245,000 6 6
21 Nguyen Vu Cuong Vietnam 238,000 7 6
22 Pickle Rick Vietnam 232,000 1 9
23 Lee Macau Vietnam 229,500 2 5
24 Jude Praveen India 226,500 2 2
25 Jasven Saigal India 201,500 3 5
26 Florent Remi Cambodia 200,000 7 4
27 William Kang Korea 193,500 5 3
28 Dinh Quang Huy Vietnam 186,500 5 4
29 Siddarth Singhvi India 147,000 4 3
30 Chien Than Vietnam 142,500 5 8
31 Dang Hoang Viet Vietnam 137,500 4 6
32 Laksh Pal Singh India 136,000 3 2
33 Seok Jin Korea 135,500 5 2
34 Akshay Nasa India 134,500 1 1
35 Sumit Sapra India 130,000 5 5
36 Erwan Regnault France 122,500 6 8
37 Do Yeon Jeong Korea 121,000 7 2
38 BZ Vietnam 121,000 4 5
39 Ngau Vietnam 112,000 2 4
40 Ngoc Anh Cao Vietnam 109,000 1 3
41 Bach Trung Hieu Vietnam 109,000 7 5
42 Long Van Quang Vietnam 107,000 5 6
43 Do Huu Phuong Vietnam 105,000 3 8
44 Choi Jung Min Korea 97,500 1 6
45 Huy Pham Vietnam 95,000 1 4
46 Bo A Vietnam 88,000 1 5
47 Lim Jonghak Korea 86,000 6 5
48 Ha Min Vietnam 81,500 1 7
49 Yee Kong Hoong Singapore 80,000 7 8
50 Moraru Catalin Romania 74,000 6 7
51 Quang Vu Vietnam 64,000 5 7
52 Benjamin Sai Singapore 61,500 1 2
53 Hagasi Vietnam 55,000 2 8
54 Khoa Anh Vietnam 50,000 7 7
55 Natthakit Suratin Thailand 44,000 3 7
56 Minh Nguyen Vietnam 37,500 6 2
57 Dang Duy Thanh Vietnam 36,500 6 3

Chips in play: 11,997,000
Average stack: 210,500 (42 BB)
Day 3 opening blinds: 2500 – 5000 – 5000 BB Ante

Main Event Day 2 review

It was wall to wall at the APT Summer Festival Hanoi – VSOP – Main Event Day 2 with 150 players returning from the three starting days. With registration open during the first two levels, it added another 91 runners to bring the overall event total to 487 entries. This was the largest Day 2 draw ever seen at the APT and with each buy in costing VN₫ 22,000,000, it shattered the ₫5 Billion guarantee for a massive VN₫ 9,447,800,000 (~US$ 402,800) prize pool. After the scheduled eight levels of play, the field trimmed to just 57 players led by Dao Minh Phu and Ankit Jajodia. 

Compared to the race leaders, the next players down the rung have significantly less however their stacks are still well above the average stack. Players that closed with over 400K were Nguyen Quang Huy, Daniel Nguyen, and Nguyen Trung Hien. Also making the cut were APT decorated champions Huu Dung Nguyen, Nguyen Van Sang, Hue Dang, Akshay Nasa, Ngoc Anh Cao, and Huy Pham.  

Ngoc Anh Cao

On the flipside, the race was unkind to numerous notable players such as Shardul Parthasarathi, Kyle Bao Diep, Si Yang Phua, Terry Nguyen, Rubin Labroo, and Ashish Munot. 

You can read up on some of the day’s action via the Live Updates. 

The money wasn’t reached in Day 2which means coming Day 3, eight players will walk away empty handed with the money starting at 49th place. Once the cash flows, the first to get paid will receive VN₫ 40,100,000, and in two day’s time, the eventual champion will claim the enormous VN₫ 1,986,320,000 (~US$ 84,685) first prize. Day 3 gets underway on Monday, July 18 at 12pm. They play until Final 8 is formed. Live updates will be running throughout. 

Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 940)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000
Day 1A: 67 entries
Day 1B: 151 entries
Day 1C: 178 entries
Day 2: 91 entries
Total entries: 487
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,447,800,000 (~US$ 402,800)
ITM: 49 places

Payouts

1st VN₫ 1,986,320,000
2nd VN₫ 1,324,230,000
3rd VN₫ 920,590,000
4th VN₫ 664,920,000
5th VN₫ 497,260,000
6th VN₫ 383,780,000
7th VN₫ 304,760,000
8th VN₫ 248,300,000
9th VN₫ 206,910,000
10th VN₫ 172,430,000
11th-12th VN₫ 143,690,000
13th-15th VN₫ 119,740,000
16th-18th VN₫ 99,790,000
19th-22nd VN₫ 83,150,000
23rd-27th VN₫ 69,300,000
28th-36th VN₫ 57,750,000
37th-45th VN₫ 48,120,000
46th-49th VN₫ 40,100,000

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