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Day 1A of the Championships Event got on the floor today with 78 signing up for a chance at the juicy VN₫ 4 Billion guarantee. This was the second featured event of the ongoing APT Summer Festival Hanoi – VSOP 2022. Among the players in attendance was the first ever winner of this event, Vietnam’s Huu Dung Nguyen. He ended the day as one of the 28 survivors. Also pulling through the scheduled eight rounds was Dao Minh Phu who stole the Main Event headlines numerous times and finished in 4th place. He bagged up the third largest stack. The starting heat concluded with Korea’s Ham Heung Chul bagging a monstrous 422,800 stack. Chul set the bar very high for players entering Day 1B.
Just before the last number of hands was called, Chul won a big pot that started as a three-way with Bach Hoang Nguyen and Slade Fisher. At the flop J♦ 10♣ 4♣, action was checked to Fisher who bet 12k onto a 25k pot. Both Chul and Nguyen called. No bets landed on the turn 5♣ to see a free river K♥. Chul led for 30k, Nguyen tank-called, Fisher folded, back to Chul who showed his K♣ 3♣ flush. Nguyen was visibly disappointed while showing his A♣ Q♦ straight.
End of Day 1A chip counts
| Ham Heung Chul | Korea | 422,800 |
| Vu Van Lich | Vietnam | 266,700 |
| Dao Minh Phu | Vietnam | 228,300 |
| Hao Seo | Vietnam | 222,800 |
| Royal Flush | Vietnam | 216,300 |
| Andre Mabille | France | 216,200 |
| Ngau | Vietnam | 179,300 |
| Nguyen The Nhuong | Vietnam | 147,100 |
| Henry Tran | Vietnam | 146,700 |
| Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 145,000 |
| Quach Chi Cong | Vietnam | 136,900 |
| Tran Van Tai | Vietnam | 133,100 |
| Peter Kiem | United States | 132,200 |
| Lim Jong Hak | Korea | 127,100 |
| William Kang | Vietnam | 124,100 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 123,900 |
| Robert Kiss | United States | 114,700 |
| Slade Fisher | New Zealand | 114,300 |
| Anuj Yadav | India | 105,000 |
| Florent Remi | Cambodia | 95,000 |
| Ritwik Khanna | India | 92,000 |
| Kim Yanh Tae | Korea | 82,000 |
| Thanh Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 71,300 |
| Nguyen Tien Cong | Vietnam | 70,500 |
| Hieu Ngo | Vietnam | 67,100 |
| Regnault Erwan | France | 60,000 |
| Kamal Kumar Sogani | India | 51,800 |
| Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 47,200 |
Chips in play: 3,900,000
Average stack: 139,300
Day 2 opening blinds: 600 – 1200 – 1200 (BB Ante)
The Day 1A survivors have a two night break before they head back for Day 2 which takes place on Friday, July 22 at 1pm. For those looking to jump in, Day 1B kicks off at 11am on Thursday, July 21. Make sure to get there early to have a very healthy 250 BB stack to start with and to be eligible for the APT Bubble Protection.
Dates: July 20 to 24
Buy in: VN₫ 38,500,000 (~US$ 1,640)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~US$ 172,300)
Starting stack: 50,000
Level 1: 100 – 200
Level intervals: 60 minutes
Day 1A: 28 advanced out of 78 entries
Day 1B: Thursday, July 21 @11am
Day 1 bagging time: end of Level 8
Day 2: Friday, July 22 @1pm
Day 3: Saturday, July 23 @11am
Final 8: Sunday, July 24 @12n
APT Summer Festival Hanoi – VSOP 2022 schedule
Bubble protection
To spice thing’s up, the APT extends an incentive for all the early birds, the Bubble Protection. This is a very powerful perk to have. In the unfortunate event that you find yourself busting on the bubble, the APT will give you back your buy in in the form of APT credits. To qualify for Bubble Protection all that’s required are these simple steps:
- Pre-register
- Draw for your seat
- Have your chips in play by the first deal of Level 1
