HomeAnother knockout day at the races with APT Kick-Off Vietnam running Day 2 of the CHAMPIONSHIPS EVENT. It opened with two hours of late registration available drawing an additional 23 to settle at 160 total entries. This resulted in an overlay on the advertised guarantee.
Day 1A – 76 entries
Day 1B – 61 entries
Day 2 – 23 entries
Total – 160 entries
Buy-in: VND 38,500,000
Prize pool: VND 5,820,000,000 (~US$ 250,500)
ITM: 16 places
At the end of Day 2 play, 20 survived with Michal Polchlopek amassing 800,000 and Alex Lee less than one bb behind with 790,000. You can read up on the day’s action via the Live Updates.
Michal Polchlopek
Alex Lee
Also through to the next stage were two APT decorated champions, Harry Duong (513,000) and Soo Jo Kim (310,000). Listed below are chip counts by table/seat and by rank. When the remaining players return for Day 3, they will be gunning for a piece of the pot and a seat to the final day. Only 16 are guaranteed to money which means Day 3 will see four players walk away empty-handed. Prize pool at the bottom of the page.
Average stack: 400,000
Chips in play: 8,000,000
Opening blinds: 4000 – 8000 ante 8000 (Level 17)
Starting tiime: 1pm
Live reporting: 1pm
Bagging time: final 8 players
Chip Counts by table / seat
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 310,000 | 1 | 1 |
| Mr. Mgo (Nguyen Quang Minh) (DB) | Vietnam | 198,000 | 1 | 2 |
| Hyunil Hong (SB) | Korea | 208,000 | 1 | 3 |
| Peng Yang (King) (BB) | China | 668,000 | 1 | 4 |
| Sam Beesley | England | 426,000 | 1 | 5 |
| Seitaro Aso | Japan | 691,000 | 1 | 6 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 153,000 | 1 | 7 |
| Meherzad Munsaf (SB) | India | 389,000 | 2 | 1 |
| David Erquiaga (BB) | Philippines | 523,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 300,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Ng Cheuk Fan | Hong Kong | 149,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Quan Nguyen | Vietnam | 124,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Nguyen Thanh Binh | Vietnam | 546,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Michal Polchlopek (DB) | Poland | 800,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Harry Duong | Vietnam | 513,000 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Lee (DB) | Singapore | 790,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Michitaka Sekine (SB) | Japan | 134,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Terry Nguyen (BB) | Vietnam | 575,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Lok Ching, Li | Hong Kong | 111,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 298,000 | 3 | 9 |
Chip Counts by rank
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Michal Polchlopek | Poland | 800,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 2 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 790,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 3 | Seitaro Aso | Japan | 691,000 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | Peng Yang (King) | China | 668,000 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 575,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 6 | Nguyen Thanh Binh | Vietnam | 546,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 7 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 523,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | Harry Duong | Vietnam | 513,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 9 | Sam Beesley | England | 426,000 | 1 | 5 |
| 10 | Meherzad Munsaf | India | 389,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 11 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 310,000 | 1 | 1 |
| 12 | Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 300,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 13 | Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 298,000 | 3 | 9 |
| 14 | Hyunil Hong | Korea | 208,000 | 1 | 3 |
| 15 | Mr. Mgo (Nguyen Quang Minh) | Vietnam | 198,000 | 1 | 2 |
| 16 | Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 153,000 | 1 | 7 |
| 17 | Ng Cheuk Fan | Hong Kong | 149,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 18 | Michitaka Sekine | Japan | 134,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 19 | Quan Nguyen | Vietnam | 124,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 20 | Lok Ching, Li | Hong Kong | 111,000 | 3 | 8 |
