HomeOpening day of the Asian Poker Tour‘s 2020 season got underway at Pro Poker Club with a light turnout at the Kick-off event. Two flights were offered with the third and final one to be held at 1pm today. Currently only 48 attended with 16 advancing to Day 2. They await the results of Flight C and return this afternoon at 530pm for the next stage of the race. Bagging up the chip lead of 71,000 was Thailand’s Chatchai Kuprujiwong. The leader amassed his stack late in the game on a double up with pocket kings. Running a very close second was China’s Li Da with 70,700.
Chatchai Kuprujiwong
Chip counts by rank
Chatchai Kuprujiwong – Thailand – 71,000
Li Da – China – 70,700
Frank Lillis – Ireland – 44,700
Nguyen Phu Danh – Vietnam – 43,100
Nguyen Thien Tam – Vietnam – 40,700
Cuong Nguyen – USA – 37,000
Prince Shek – Hong Kong – 34,100
Nguyen Quang Huy – Vietnam – 28,600
Jean Paul Bellini – Switzerland – 26,000
Yongdeok Kim – South Korea – 24,000
Kjell Ove Dyb – Norway – 19,900
Ben Ng – USA – 17,600
Michal Polchlopek – Poland – 15,100
Nguyen Chi Cong – Vietnam – 12,700
Tran Cao Tam – Vietnam – 11,000
Nguyen Van Dung – Vietnam – 10,900
Kick-off info
Flight C at 1pm today
Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~US$ 475)
Starting stack: 10,000
Opening blinds: 25 – 50
Level duration: 20 minute intervals
Day 2 at 530pm today
Opening blinds: 800 – 1600 ante 1600
Level duration: 30 minute intervals
Final 8 Day at 1pm tomorrow
Level duration: 40 minute intervals
Main Event – VND 8 Billion guaranteed
The Main Event is just one day away! This custom-crafted tournament offers the best structure in the region. It comes with a guarantee of VND 8 Billion (~US$ 345,400).
Buy-in: VND 22,000,000 (~US$ 950)
Dates: January 12 to 17
Starting stack: 25,000
Opening blinds: 50 – 100
Starting time: 1pm
Day 1A: January 12
Day 1B: January 13
Day 1C: January 14
Day 2: January 15
Day 3: January 16
Final 8 Day: January 17
Notes:
- Bubble protection in effect
- All levels run 60 minutes each
- All starting days play until end of Level 9
- Multiple stacks allowed but only best stack moves forward
- Registration closes at the start of Level 11 in Day 2
- Day 2 plays until the end of Level 17
- Day 3 plays until the final 8 players is reached
- There are four Main Event satellites offered
For Main Event Day 1A attendees only, buy-in is discounted to VND 21,000,000 (~US$ 907). Three freeroll flipouts will be held in Day 1A with US$ 4,000 in cash given away. Schedule below:
Pre-start at 1245pm: US$ 2,000 in cash awarded to the winner
First break at 2pm: US$ 1,000 in cash awarded to the winner
Second break at 410pm: US$ 1,000 in cash awarded to the winner
Full APT Kick-off Vietnam 2020 schedule
APT Player Booklet with Event Structures