HomeAPT Kick-off Vietnam drew a large crowd of 181 runners at partner venue Pro Poker Club for the last starting day of the VND 8 billion guaranteed MAIN EVENT. Combine that with the previous days turnout, this brought the featured tournament to 328 entries. For all you fence-sitters, short stacks, bust outs, and late-comers, registration is still open for one hour in Day 2. Don’t miss your chance at winning the first APT championship title of 2020!
Buy-in: VND 22,000,000 (~US$ 950)
Starting stack: 25,000
Day 2 opening blinds: 400 – 800 ante 800 (Level 10)
Starting time: 1pm
Level intervals: 60 minutes
Registration: closes at the start of Level 11
Total entries: 328
Day 2 qualifiers: 140 players
Chips in play: 8,188,700
Average stack: 64,477
Notes:
- One double qualifier. Numbers reflect 11,300 removed from play.
- Live Reporting begins at Level 11 (start of freezeout stage)
Full list of Day 2 qualifiers by table + seat and by stack size
Top 10 players
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Sim Qi Ren | Singapore | 213,300 | 6 | 1 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 149,600 | 4 | 3 |
| Bin Zhang | China | 133,600 | 3 | 4 |
| Kwok Luen Hei | Hong Kong | 128,800 | 10 | 6 |
| Alex Lee | Singapore | 124,200 | 14 | 5 |
| Tuan Pro | Vietnam | 121,500 | 16 | 3 |
| Nguyen Huu Coo Tri | Vietnam | 118,500 | 15 | 5 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 117,500 | 10 | 3 |
| Dhaval Mudgal | India | 117,300 | 7 | 6 |
| Vu Dang | Japan | 115,700 | 6 | 3 |
Current tournament numbers
Day 1A: 80 entries
Day 1A survivors: 35
Day 1A chip leader: Bin Zhang – 133,600
Day 1B: 67 entries
Day 1B survivors: 31
Day 1B chip leader: Kwok Luen Hei – 128,800
Day 1C: 181 entries
Day 1C survivors: 75
Day 1C chip leader: Sim Qi Ren – 213,300
Day 1C recap
The last starting day stayed true to tradition as it pulled in the largest crowd of all the entry heats. 181 powered in. At the end of scheduled play, 75 remained with Sim Qi Ren amassing a monster pile of 213,300. This was equivalent to nine starting stacks. Sim will enter Day 2 as overall chip leader.
Also bagging up a hefty 149,600 was Sumit Sapra to put him second rank overall. To round out the top three was Alex Wei Xiang Lee with 124,200. Other notable players surviving were Le Ngoc Khanh, Vincent Li, David Erquiaga, Terry Nguyen, Lu Zheng Hao (NLH winner), and APT decorated champion Harry Duong.
Day 1C survivors
| Sim Qi Ren | Singapore | 213,300 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 149,600 |
| Alex Lee | Singapore | 124,200 |
| Tuan Pro | Vietnam | 121,500 |
| Nguyen Huu Coo Tri | Vietnam | 118,500 |
| Dhaval Mudgal | India | 117,300 |
| Ong Guan Heng | Singapore | 115,100 |
| Edgar Antezana | Africa | 113,800 |
| Kang Yoo Sin | Korea | 113,800 |
| Ng Ka Shing | Malaysia | 103,500 |
| Nguyen Vuan Hung | Vietnam | 102,700 |
| Wanchana | Thailand | 97,900 |
| Siow Kim Foh | Malaysia | 97,500 |
| Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 95,100 |
| Im Sangguk | Korea | 95,000 |
| Quan Nguyen | Vietnam | 87,200 |
| Tran Hong Chuong | Vietnam | 85,000 |
| William Kang | Vietnam | 83,500 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | India | 82,500 |
| Qian Xubo | Hong Kong | 78,300 |
| Thien Phu | Vietnam | 77,500 |
| Kim Dung Kyu | Korea | 74,500 |
| Dinh Xuan Dinh | Vietnam | 68,500 |
| Daniel Sinaguglia | Canada | 67,000 |
| Vincent Li | Hong Kong | 67,000 |
| Huu Tuan Nguyen | Vietnam | 64,800 |
| Yuwen Pan | China | 64,100 |
| Sam Beesley | England | 63,400 |
| Matt Belcher | England | 63,100 |
| Kim Geong Hoon | Korea | 61,500 |
| Hwang Hyun Sub | Korea | 61,100 |
| David Erquiaga | Philippines | 59,100 |
| Nguyen Huu Duc | Vietnam | 58,900 |
| Nguyen Thi Linh | Vietnam | 56,700 |
| Dong Seok Kwon | Korea | 55,800 |
| Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 54,400 |
| Ng Cheuk Fan | Hong Kong | 53,900 |
| Foo Yong Cheong Ricky | Singapore | 50,000 |
| Seitaro Aso | Japan | 48,900 |
| Burke Ken | United Kingdom | 48,000 |
| Lee Deok Yeong | Korea | 47,900 |
| Justin Skoulvolt | United States | 47,200 |
| Siu Terry Yuk Lau | Australia | 46,800 |
| Cona Joseph | New Caledonia | 46,200 |
| Jin Yong | Malaysia | 46,100 |
| Jerome Bradpiece | United Kingdom | 43,300 |
| Jang Se Hyun | Korea | 42,800 |
| Choi Eng Loong | Malaysia | 39,900 |
| Hieu Ngo | Vietnam | 39,600 |
| Kwon Ki Jun | Korea | 39,200 |
| Nguyen Duy Khanh | Vietnam | 39,000 |
| Harry Duong | Vietnam | 38,700 |
| Nguyen Thanh | Vietnam | 37,900 |
| Nam Phong | Vietnam | 36,800 |
| Antonie Follet | France | 35,200 |
| Jang Hosung | Korea | 35,100 |
| Huy Coshet | Vietnam | 35,000 |
| Linh Phan | Vietnam | 31,400 |
| Vijaykumar Ramasamy | Malaysia | 31,200 |
| Kim YeongJoo | Korea | 30,000 |
| Wenlong Ma | China | 29,200 |
| Alexander Okruzhnoy | Russia | 27,600 |
| Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 26,100 |
| Cao Hoang Anh | Vietnam | 25,300 |
| Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 24,700 |
| Rayhaan Adam | Korea | 22,700 |
| Lu Zheng Hao | Singapore | 21,900 |
| Hyunil Hong | Korea | 20,800 |
| Yosuke Iwata | Japan | 20,400 |
| Leong Mun Kit James | Singapore | 19,000 |
| Keon Yong Ma | Korea | 18,100 |
| Yusuke Moriyama | Japan | 17,800 |
| Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 17,000 |
| Michitaka Sekine | Japan | 16,400 |
| Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 900 |