With the APT Vietnam 2018 – MAIN EVENT – grabbing all the headlines, we’ve missed out on reporting all the recent winners of our side events. Here’s a look at them below. Congratulations to all of the latest victors!
Here are the lastest APT Player of the Series standings after these events. Full results here.
Tetsuya Enoki wins another trophy
Two days ago Japan’s Tetsuya Enoki won the NLH Single Day 2 event topping a field of 101 entries. Last night, Enoki once again navigated through a big field, overcoming the 121 runners of the No Limit Hold’em 1 event to win the VND 198,300,000 first prize. He defeated Vietnam’s Tran Duc Nghia at heads up to ship in a second event trophy. As it stands, Enoki is the only player that has captured two titles at the series. You can watch the final action here at APT Twitch.
For a brief recap of the bubble action, Richard Mari railed a player with A♠ 8♣ over K♦ Q♦ on a board of K♣ A♣ 7♦ 3♦ J♠. Payouts began at 21st places. Total prizepool: VND 821,590,000 – Buyin: VND 7,700,000
Among the notables in the money were Hisashi Ogi (4th), Kazuma Inotsume (5th), Piet Pape (6th), Yohn Paredes (7th), Christopher Mateo (7th), and En Ching Wu (17th).
Andreas Rauh wins the WeLoveSport.com event
The WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Hyper Turbo attracted 78 runners to the tables with Andreas Rauh denying Tony Ngeow Chung Fai the title. This was the second time Tony was in this position having missed the title by one spot against Vi Khoa at the Monster Stack opening event. Rauh earned VND 103,170,000 in winnings. Total prizepool: VND 378,300,000 – Buyin: VND 5,500,000 – 13 places paid. You can watch the final action right here at APT Twitch.
Among the notable players in the money, Tran Hong Hai 3rd), Go Mori (5th), Dhanesh Chainani (6th), Dhaval Mudgal (8th), Do Hoang Quan (9th), and Samad Razavi (13th).
Hisashi Ogi wins the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo 2
Hisashi Ogi captured the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo 2 trophy defeating Thanisorn Saelor at heads up. Like Tony above, we’ve seen Saelor in this position days ago having busted in second place to Feng Zhao at the NLH event. The event attracted only 30 runners with each one tossing in VND 5,500,000 for a prize pool of VND 145,500,000. 5 places paid.
The final hand saw Ogi land a lucky two pair on the river with his A-6 offsuit to beat Saelor’s pocket jacks. You can watch the final table action right here at APT Twitch.
Philemon Ip wins the No Limit Hold’em 2
The No Limit Hold’em 2 event concluded its two-day run with Hong Kong’s Philemon Ip crushing the competition to seize the VND 172,350,000 cash and the event trophy.
The heads up match saw Ip with a dominating lead against He Xiayin.
The final, Xiayin pushed with Q♣ 8♥ and Ip called with A♦ 2♠. The board ran K♣ 5♣ 3♥ A♣ 7♦.
Payouts
Prizepool: VND 644,080,000 – Buyin: VND 8,800,000 – Entries: 83
1st Philemon Ip – VND 172,350,000
2nd He Xiayin – VND 114,900,000
3rd Nguyen Huu Huan – VND 80,220,000
4th Le Ngoc Khanh – VND 58,390,000
5th Samad Razavi – VND 44,130,000
6th Nguyen Duy Anh – VND 34,490,000
7th Tran Huy Hoang – VND 27,780,000
8th Angeline Cho – VND 22,980,000
9th Tim Frazin – VND 19,460,000
10th Michael Shell – VND 16,640,000
11th Bui Huu Tai – VND 14,220,000
12th Ruth Graham – VND 14,220,000
13th Orathai Nasathaen – VND 12,150,000
14th Yik Yin Ray Chiu – VND 12,150,000