HomeThe final day of the APT Summer Festival Hanoi at the Viet Nam Series of Poker (VSOP) saw the last of the trophies find its victors. Congratulations to Le Dinh Hai, Nguyen Quang Huy, Karen Talamayan, and Hao Seo!
NGUYEN QUANG HUY takes down the Super High Rollers
The second most expensive tournament of the festival was the two-day Super High Rollers with a hefty price tag of VN₫ 86,000,000. Registration closed in Day 2 with a total of 53 entries to generate a handsome prize pool of VN₫ 4,112,800,000. The top 9 players earned a cut with Nguyen Quang Huy banking the largest payout of VN₫ 1,249,700,000 (~US$ 53,280) for his win. Nguyen eliminated Park Yu “Sparrow” Cheung in 3rd place with J♣ J♦ set over A♠ 2♠ two pair on a board A♥ 6♠ J♠ 2♥ 10♥. The shoves were on the turn.
Kicking off heads up, Nguyen and Nishant Sharma discussed a deal but after looking at the numbers, the shorter stacked Sharma decided to play on. It didn’t take long for the final hand to come down. Nguyen Q♦ Q♠, Sharma A♦ J♥, the board was K♦ 7♦ 8♦ 8♣ 10♠. This was Nguyen’s second deep run at the series, finishing runner up at the Main Event. The win made him the largest series earner, pocketing a total of VN₫ 2,573,930,000. This was Nguyen’s career second APT title with the first one binked at the last month’s Mystery Bounty tournament.
Buy in: VN₫ 86,000,000 (~US$ 3,665)
Entries: 53
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,112,800,000 (~US$ 175,350)
ITM: 9 places
Payouts
1st Nguyen Quang Huy – Vietnam – VN₫ 1,249,700,000
2nd Nishant Sharma – India – VN₫ 833,140,000
3rd Park Yu Cheung – Hong Kong – VN₫ 579,190,000
4th Pham Tien Dung – Vietnam – VN₫ 418,330,000
5th Akshay Nasa – India – VN₫ 312,850,000
6th Nguyen Quang Minh – Vietnam – VN₫ 241,450,000
7th Dennis Ng – Hong Kong – VN₫ 191,740,000
8th Siddanth Kripalani – India – VN₫ 156,220,000
9th Hieu Ngo – Vietnam – VN₫ 130,180,000
LE DINH HAI wins the Monster Stack
Le Dinh Hai
The two-day Monster Stack event drew a big crowd of 160 entries and with buy in at VN₫ 16,500,000 each, it amassed weighty prize pool of VN₫ 2,328,000,000. Day 1 ended with 36 players remaining and the money just 9 spots away. Up top was Ankit Jajodia with a monstrous stack. Two hours into Day 2, the bubble burst when Nguyen Trung Hien 8♣ 4♣ outdrew a short stacked player 7♥ 7♠, with an eight on the river. Hien went on to cash in 12th place.
Nguyen Trung Hien after delivering the bubble
At the final table, Jajodia was all in with Ace-Queen on a Queen-high flop, Kamal Kumar Sogani tank-called with pocket Jacks, the river dropped a sick two-outer Jack to eliminated Jajodia. At five handed, Kanchan Sharma was down to 12 BB and pushed with King-Jack that ran smack into Jasven Saigal‘s pocket Aces. Sogani followed out with K♦ 6♦ two pair on a board K♥ 8♦ 8♣ 9♠ Q♦ behind Le Dinh Hai’s 8♠ 7♠ trips.
The final three players opted to deal that guaranteed each one VN₫ 371,000,000 and an extra VN₫ 31,430,000 and trophy set aside for the eventual winner. Saigal doubled up off the leader Hai but still fell in 3rd place. Another twenty minutes of play before the final hand came down. Hai had a dominating J♣ J♠ that crushed Calum Davies 2♣ 2♦.
Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 700)
Entries: 160
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,328,000,000 (~US$ 99,253)
ITM: 27 places
Final table payouts
1st Le Dinh Hai – Vietnam – VN₫ 402,430,000*
2nd Calum Peter Davies – Australia – VN₫ 371,000,000*
3rd Jasven Saigal – India – VN₫ 371,000,000*
4th Kamal Kumar Sogani – India – VN₫ 179,850,000
5th Kanchan Sharma – India – VN₫ 134,500,000
6th Nguyen Thuy Duong – Vietnam – VN₫ 103,800,000
7th Ritwik Khanna – India – VN₫ 82,430,000
8th Ankit Kumar Jajodia – India – VN₫ 67,160,000
9th Nguyen The Nuong – Vietnam – VN₫ 55,970,000
*Three way deal
Maiden victory for KAREN TALAMAYAN at the Deep Stack Turbo
The last turbo event of the series clocked in at a fast five and a half hours and emerging victorious was Karen Talamayan for her first ever poker win. Talamayan entered the event just to pass the time and was glad for doing so as she lifted the trophy and the VN₫ 98,190,000 first prize.
Leading up to her win, Talamayan lucked out at three-handed when her J♠ 10♠ landed a full house on a board 10♣ A♦ J♥ J♣ 4♥ to double up through Ha Van Thien‘s A♠ 10♦ two pair. From there, she eliminated Vamerdino Magsakay to face Thien at heads up. Early in the series, Thien won the Super Bounty Hunter and hoped to bag his second title however, it was not to be. In just three hands, Talamayan shipped it. She doubled up on the second hand with K♥ K♠ dominating Q♣ 10♣ then closed it out on the next with J♦ 6♦ over 8♥ 2♠.
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 280)
Entries: 57
Prize pool: VN₫ 331,740,000 (~US$ 14,145)
ITM: 10 places
Payouts
1st Karen Talamayan – Philippines – VN₫ 98,190,000
2nd Ha Van Thien – Vietnam – VN₫ 65,470,000
3rd Vamerdino Magsakay – Philippines – VN₫ 45,520,000
4th Pham Song Hau – Vietnam – VN₫ 32,880,000
5th Gregory Kuhnast – Germany – VN₫ 24,590,000
6th Phuong Xu – Vietnam – VN₫ 18,980,000
7th Hoang Thai Son – Vietnam – VN₫ 15,070,000
8th Chang Xiang Guang – Malaysia – VN₫ 12,280,000
9th Sean Hwa Teik Chuan – Singapore – VN₫ 10,230,000
10th Tran Thanh Hung – Vietnam – VN₫ 8,530,000
HAO SEO wins the last trophy at the High Rollers Single Day
The last trophy of the series was at the High Rollers Single Day and after 11 hours of play, Vietnam’s Hao Seo claimed it for his first ever APT title. Along with the glory was the VN₫ 572,330,000 (~US$ 24,400) first prize. The champ outlasted the 47 runners outdrawing Florent Remi at heads up. After the fall of Vu Minh Ha, Hao Seo was backed by a dominating stack but still could not finish off Florent. Instead, Florent grinded to take the lead. At the first showdown, Hao Seo was all in with J♣ 10♠ and avoided elimination against Florent’s K♣ 10♦ when a Jack landed on the turn. This sent the lead back to Hao Seo and Florent down to just 6 BB. The final hand was another bad beat for Florent with A♦ J♣ outdrawn by Q♥ 7♠ with a Queen on the turn. Among the players that reached the final table was India’s Kanchan Sharma who exited in 6th place for her second finals of the day.
Buy in: VN₫ 43,000,000 (~US$ 1,830)
Entries: 47
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,880,000,000 (~US$ 80,150)
ITM: 8 places
Final table payouts
1st Hao Seo – Vietnam – VN₫ 572,230,000
2nd Florent Remi – Cambodia – VN₫ 381,490,000
3rd Vu Minh Ha – Vietnam – VN₫ 265,200,000
4th Ham Heung Chul – Korea – VN₫ 191,550,000
5th Vu Hoai Lam – Vietnam – VN₫ 143,250,000
6th Kanchan Sharma – India – VN₫ 110,560,000
7th Joseph Talamayan – Philippines – VN₫ 87,790,000
8th Pham Duy Anh – Vietnam – VN₫ 71,530,000