APT delivers record prize pool for Vietnam; Day 1C draws 252 entries: Lim Yohwan wins the WLS event

The Asian Poker Tour continues to set the bar in Vietnam amassing a record-breaking VND 9,680,600,000 prize pool at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships MAIN EVENT. As the first international brand in Vietnam, the tour broke its own record set back in January at partner and host venue, Pro Poker Club. 

Main Event Day 1C

Today’s heated action was Day 1C, the last entry flight to join the featured event. Crowds of players stormed in that by midway into the second hour, the VND 6 Billion guarantee was completely obliterated. At the close of day, there were a total of 252 entries strong with 107 remaining at bagging time.

Some of the notable players making it through were APT decorated Main Event champions Hisashi Ogi, Huu Dung Nguyen, and Iori Yogo, however none of them would rise as high as Korea’s Kang Suk Hyun. Hyun bagged up the chip lead of 190,900.

Kang Suk Hyun, Day 1C chip leader

Just behind the leader was Vietnam’s own Nguyen Van Dung who had a late game rush to bag up the second-largest stack of 189,300. To round out the top three was China’s Handi Yu with 180,000. Below are the top 10 leaders of Day 1C. You can view the full chip counts in the APT Facebook page.

All of the day’s survivors will merge with the combined 97 qualifiers of Day 1A and Day 1B for Day 2 taking place at 1pm on Monday, July 16^th. They will play until the end of Level 18.

Day 1A results
Day 1B results

Lim Yohwan aka Boxer wins the WeLoveSport event

Korea’s Lim Yohwan aka Boxer powered through the lightning-paced WeLoveSport Deep Stack Turbo event and closed it out with quads to capture his first trophy of the series along with VND 93,480,000 in cash. You can watch Boxer’s final 8 road to victory in APT Twitch and in APT YouTube. For our readers, we’ve got a recap for you below.

LIm Yohwan – WeLoveSport champion

The WeloveSport.com event was a two-day affair that saw a total of 107 entries for a prize pool of VND 415,160,000. On the first day, the bubble burst with Tran Tuan Long’s K♣ J♦ outdrawing a player’s J♠ J♥ on a board of 9♦ A♣ K♥ 5♦ 10♥.

Bubble bursts!

With 18 remaining and everyone secured some cash, eliminations were quick.  The official final table of 8 was formed after Adrien Choux was railed in a three-way showdown. Choux had 9♦ 9♥, chip leader Boxer also had 9♣ 9♠, and Sung Woong Lee with A♥ K♥ that improved to broadway on a board of 10♦ 4♦ Q♣ J♥ J♦.

Final 8 WeLoveSport Deep Stack Turbo

On the second day, the final 8 players returned. Boxer came out firing, booting out Gao Ngoc Anh (8^th) on the first hand. He then followed it up with a double elimination, sending Tran Tuan Long (7^th) and Kang Feng Lien (6^th) out simultaneously. Boxer held A♠ Q♠, Tran with K♣ Q♦, and Kang with A♥ 6♠. The board felted 7♥ 8♦ Q♠ J♦ 10♣.

Hisashi Ogi was the next casualty of the final table, railed by Lee in 5^th place. From there, the chip lead moved around the table.  Lee took it away from Boxer after busting Ji Woon Kim (4^th). Wu grabbed it next on a big double up against Lee with A-10 over A-6. Then Boxer joined the race, taking back the high status with a double up through Wu. Heads up arrived after Lee railed Wu (3^rd) with A♥ A♣ over 2♣ 2♠.

Heads up – Sung Woong Lee (L) – Lim Yohwan (R)

The final hurdle to the trophy began with Lee up in chips but briefly. Boxer landed a double up with 9♥ 8♣ trips on a board of 9♠ 10♣ 9♦ 3♥ 4♠ to slide back up top which he never relinquished. The final hand came with Lee pushing his short stack with 9♥ 9♠ and Boxer calling with 10♣ 3♦. The board felted 8♦ 10♠ 10♦ Q♠ 10♥ for a game-ending quads.

Final 8 payouts
Prize pool: VND 415,160,000 – Buyin: VND 4,400,000 – ITM: 18 places
1^st Lim Yohwan – Korea – VND 93,480,000 (deal made)
2^nd Sung Woong Lee – Korea – VND 80,000,000 (deal made)
3^rd En Ching Wu – Taiwan – VND 48,450,000
4^th Kim Ji Woon – Korea – VND 35,270,000
5^th Hisashi Ogi – Japan – VND 26,650,000
6^th Kang Feng Lien – Taiwan – VND 20,830,000
7^th Tran Tuan Long – Vietnam – VND 16,780,000
8^th Gao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – VND 13,880,000