HomeAfter five days of Main Event action that kicked off on June 19 at the Grand Loyal Poker Club, it is down to the Final 8 players! Sometime today, the first ever APT Vietnam Hanoi Main Event champion will be crowned and will pocked the massive VN₫ 1,929,250,000 (~US$ 83,220) first prize. The winner will also receive the APT Main Event Trophy and APT Championship Ring. Cards start flying at 130pm. You can watch it live on site or via APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
The Main Event attracted 471 entries for a prize pool of VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159). 40 players have already claimed their cut with the biggest portions to be awarded today.
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 949)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000 (~US$ 215,685)
Entries: 471
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159)
ITM: 48 places
Chips in play: 11,775,000
Average stack: 1,471,875
Blinds: 20K – 40K BB Ante 40K (42:10 remaining)
Final 8 by rank
| Pham Tien Dung | Vietnam | 3,065,000 |
| Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 2,125,000 |
| Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 1,780,000 |
| Ashish Munot | India | 1,400,000 |
| Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 1,400,000 |
| Feng Yu | China | 1,400,000 |
| Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 355,000 |
| Pham Van Tien | Vietnam | 250,000 |
Final 8 by seat
| Seat | Player | Flag | Chips |
| 1 | Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 355,000 |
| 2 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 1,780,000 |
| 3 | Pham Van Tien | Vietnam | 250,000 |
| 4 | Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 1,400,000 |
| 5 | Pham Tien Dung | Vietnam | 3,065,000 |
| 6 | Feng Yu | China | 1,400,000 |
| 7 | Ashish Munot | India | 1,400,000 |
| 8 | Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 2,125,000 |
Payouts
| 1st | 1,929,250,000 |
| 2nd | 1,286,190,000 |
| 3rd | 894,140,000 |
| 4th | 645,820,000 |
| 5th | 482,970,000 |
| 6th | 372,750,000 |
| 7th | 296,000,000 |
| 8th | 241,160,000 |
Leading in the crew is Vietnam’s Pham Tien Dung with a massive 76 BB stack, / 3,065,000. He was the only player that crossed the 3M mark and was partly due to cleaning out Dang Dinh Tung aka Tung Red in 10th place. Pham is running red hot this series; he already lifted his first ever APT title with a dramatic finish at the Super High Rollers event.
Pham Tien Dung 3,065,000 (76 BB)
The next two players down the rung are also from the host country, Nguyen Van Trung and Ngoc Anh Cao. The latter Cao entered Day 3 as chip leader and is also a decorated 2018 APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships Event title-holder. To close out Day 3, Ngoc eliminated Singapore’s Norbert Koh in 9th place. He has 1,780,000 (44 BB), which puts him third in the count.
Ngoc Anh Cao – 1,780,000 (44 BB)
Running second rank is Nguyen Van Trung who has yet to win his first ever career title and it may as well be the best one. Nguyen is credited for having won the biggest pot of Day 3, doubling up through Tung Red with pocket Aces. He is also on a rush, having recently placed 3rd at a major event in Hanoi. He enters with 2,125,000 (53 BB)
Nguyen Van Trung – 2,125,000 (53 BB)
Next three down the list all have the same stack of 1,400,000 (35 BB) – Indian players Ashish Munot, Shardul Parthasarathi, and China’s Feng Yu. Of the three, only Munot has had prior APT cashes while the other two are newcomers. The most shocking hand of the day was delivered by Yu at 10-handed when his A♣ A♠ defeated Koh’s A♦ A♥ after four spades were at the runout. Parthasarathi also got very lucky at 10-handed with A-J spiking the ace to survive Terry Nguyen’s pocket Jacks.
Ashish Munot
Shardul Parthasarathi
Feng Yu
Bringing up the rear with stacks in the danger zone are Tien Than Nguyen aka Terry Nguyen 355,000 (8 BB) and Pham Van Tien with 250,000 (6 BB). Nguyen is an APT regular who won the festival’s second installment of the High Rollers Single Day. Nguyen is no stranger to APT final tables. Back in 2019, he placed 4th at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Main Event and in early 2020, he finished 2nd at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships Event. Despite being short stacked, Nguyen is in familiar territory having been down to 6 BB at Day 1C to reaching the Final 8. For Pham, no matter where he finishes, it is his first ever APT cash and if he reaches minimum 6th place, it will be his largest live score.
Terry Nguyen – 355,000 (8 BB)
Pham Van Tien
Good luck to all the players! You can read up on their road to the Final 8 via our Live Updates.
