HomeToday is going to be an exceptionally fun day at APT Vietnam 2018 with lots in store from start to finish. We open up with the featured tournament, the MAIN EVENT. Registration is still open but not for long. It will close as soon as the first deal of the day is felted at 1pm.
We are currently at 471 entries, and with each buy-in at VND 22,000,000, we are looking at a prize pool of over VND 9 Billion and climbing. So make your way to Pro Poker Club and secure your seat.
Day 2 action picks up at Level 10 blinds 800 – 1600 ante 1600. For those jumping in, starting stack is 50,000. Blinds increase every 60 minutes.
194 players advanced to Day 2. Average stack is 121,172 with 23,507,400 total chips in play. Starting days info below:
Day 1A: 38 out of 95 entries advanced to Day 2 (recap)
Day 1B: 52 out of 140 entries advanced to Day 2 (recap)
Day 1C: 105 out of 236 advanced to Day 2 (recap)
*Official prize pool will be available as soon as registration closes.
You can view the CHIP COUNTS here. We will also have LIVE UPDATES running throughout the day so you can keep up wth some of the thrilling action.
Here’s a look at the top 5 leaders:
Nikita Luther – India – 422,300
Soo Jo Kim – Korea – 365,700
Tzai Wei Phua – Singapore – 341,400
Quang Nguyen – 301,100
Mei San Ang – 292,200
In addition to the big stacks above, there’s an extensive list of players we will also be keeping tabs on: defending champion Dang Xuan Canh, CoinPoker Super High Rollers winner Victor Chong, Monster Stack winner Duong Vi Khoa, and all the decorated APT Main Event champions including two-time winners Samad Razavi, Iori Yogo, and Henrik Tollefsen.
Good luck to all the players!
SIDE EVENTS
Not every seat in the house will be taken up by the Main Event. We also have a couple of fun side events joining on the floor. Depending on the size of the Main Event, time may be adjusted for the first one.
14:00: No Limit Hold’em 1 – Buyin: VND 7,700,000
18:00: WeLoveSport.com Deep Stack Hyper Turbo – Buyin: VND 5,500,000
Full APT Vietnam 2018 schedule
We’ve also uploaded highlights of the ongoing festival in our APT YouTube channel. Check that out along with the final table action of some of the completed events.
CoinPoker Players Party
To complete a rockin’ day at the felt, it’s time to also have fun off the felt! Tonight is the CoinPoker Players Party at Xing Xing Night Club. Everyone’s invited. Just get your party passes from the ladies at the APT registration. Dress accordingly: Night Club attire. Doors open at 1030pm.
SIDE EVENT winners
Last night, two players won respective side events. Tetsuya Enoki won the NLH Single Day 2 and Tang Kok Wei won the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo 1. Here’s a brief recap on the closing action.
Tetsuya Enoki wins the NLH Single Day 2
Tetsuya Enoki
While the main was slowly expanding to take over a majority of the tables, the NLH Single Day 2 event downsized fast that in just five hours, the 101 entries dropped to the bubble round of 18 players. After just four hands, the money was reached with Wanchana Valaikarok knocking out a player with A♥ Q♣ winning over K♥ 2♥ on a board of 6♦ Q♥ 8♦ 7♥ 3♠.
Wanchana (seat 9), bubble player standing (seat 3)
With the money flowing, the official final table was quickly reached.
The event wrapped up with Tetsuya Enoki defeating Dhanesh Chainani at heads up. The final hand was A♣ 8♥ over A♠ 7♥ with the board running 3♣ 10♦ 8♠ K♥ Q♣. Enoki captured the APT trophy and the VND 149,640,000 first place cash.
Final 8 payouts
Prizepool: VND 587,820,000 – Buyin: VND 6,600,000 – Entries: 101 – ITM: 17 places
1st Tetsuya Enoki – VND 149,640,000
2nd Dhanesh Chainani – VND 99,760,000
3rd Cheng Xiong – VND 69,650,000
4th Shigeho Yoshioka – VND 50,700,000
5th Ying Lin Chua – VND 38,320,000
6th Chou Kai Jan – VND 29,950,000
7th Dang Cao Thang – VND 24,120,000
8th Do Quang Tien – VND 19,950
Tang Kok Wei wins the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo
With the main filled to the brim, and the NLH Single Day also attracting a big field, the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo had a lighter turnout with only 49 getting on the felt. The event ended with Singapore’s Tang Kok Wei defeating Germany’s Steffen Endres at heads up.
Tang Kok Wei
Tang came from behind, doubling up with Q♣ 10♠ over A♦ 9♣ on a board of 10♥ 4♦ 7♠ 5♣ 6♥. Then went on to win it with 5♦ 5♣ holding against K♥ J♠ on a final spread 3♠ 10♣ 6♥ 4♦ 8♣.
Payouts
Prizepool: VND 237,650,000 – Buyin: VND 5,500,000 – Entries: 49 – ITM: 9 places
1st Tang Kok Wei – VND 71,720,000
2nd Steffen Endres – VND 47,510,000
3rd Ngo Van Quy – VND 33,170,000
4th Nguyen Chi Thinh – VND 24,150,000
5th Juan Salgado – VND 18,250,000
6th Tran Huy Hoang – VND 14,260,000
7th Chew Zi Chee – VND 11,490,000
8th Michael Grisaffi – VND 9,500,000
9th Oliver Helm – VND 8,050,000