FINAL 8 race to the first 2019 APT Main Event title!

The past five days of the APT Kickoff 2019 Vietnam was witness to a jam-packed Pro Poker Club with players flocking to take part in the MAIN EVENT. In the aftermath, it drew 576 entries for a guarantee smashing prize pool of VND 11,174,400 (~USD 481,700). Only 58 were destined for a piece with the top three places earning big cuts. At yesterday’s Day 3, the money bubble burst and the Final 8 was formed. 

You can read up on all the action in our Live Updates posts and about the players in our Final 8 review.

Below are the Final 8 players of the Main Event and remaining payouts:

Abhinav Iyer – India – 4,825,000

Mai Te – China – 2,105,000

Daiki Horikawa – Japan – 1,740,000

Ming Yang Liu – China – 1,625,000

Huu Tuan Nguyen – Vietnam – 1,235,000

Mark Gruendemann – Ireland – 1,060,000

Sim Kok Wai – Malaysia – 895,000

Hak Do Kim – 895,000

Action will resume at 130pm. One of these players will become the first APT Main Event champion of 2019! 

Average stack: 1,800,000
Chips in play: 14,400,000
Level 29: Blinds 30K-60K ante 60K – the clock counting down from 31:04

The Final 8 will stream live on APT Twitch and APT YouTube on a one hour delay. 

Final 8 payouts
1st VND 2,269,092,000
2nd VND 1,512,731,000
3rd VND 1,051,629,000
4th VND 759,571,000
5th VND 568,039,000
6th VND 438,408,000
7th VND 348,137,000
8th VND 283,642,000

Congratulations to Abhinav Iyer, Daiki Horikawa, and Huu Tuan Nguyen. They were the last three players standing in the Dafabet APT Survivor contest. They each win a Main Event seat to APT Japan 2019.