A swinging Kim Dongkyu denied Bin Zhang a double up with Q♦ Q♣ winning the flip against A♥ J♦. He climbed to 175k. A couple hands after, he dropped to 120k after paying full price to Jeonggyu Cho whose J♦ J♥ set crushed Kim’s 7♣ 5♥ two pairs on a board 5♠ 7♦ J♥ Q♥ 10♣. The shoves were seen on the turn. Cho up to 145k.
Freezeout stage has begun. A look around the room for the big stacks. The day’s entering chip leader, Seitaro Aso, continues to hold the top spot with around 318k.
Total entries – 160
Chips in play: 8,000,000
Remaining: 61
Average stack: 131,147
Big stacks
Seitaro Aso 318k
Nguyen Thanh Binh 305k
*Christopher Mateo 265k
*Harry Duong 255k
Terry Tien Thanh Nguyen 255k
Zhewen Hu 245k
Choi Eng Loong 230k
David Erquiaga 230k
Nguyen Van Viet 225k
Meherzad Munsaf 210k
Do Hoang Long 200k
*APT decorated champions
*Iori Yogo 144k
*Yohwan Lim 110k
*Soo Jo Kim 97k
*Rayhaan Adam 90k
*Zhou Yueyang 88k
*Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 76k
*Punnat Punsri 58k
That’s it! Registration has closed! The Championships Event brought in another 23 in Day 2 for a total of 160 entries. That wasn’t enough to reach the guarantee which means remaining players are looking at an overlay. Here’s a look at the numbers and the official payouts.
Prize pool: VND 5,820,000,000 (3% deducted for staff charge)
ITM: 16 places
1st prize: VND 1,550,520,000 (~US$ 66,800)

Day 1A – 76 entries
Day 1B – 61 entries
Day 2 – 23 entries
Total entries – 160
Chips in play: 8,000,000
Remaining: 61
Average stack: 131,147
Day 2 plays a total of 8 rounds. Remaining players bag up at the end of Level 16.
Championships Event Day 2 by table/seat
| Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| Choi Eng Loong | Malaysia | 137,100 | 1 | 1 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | India | 99,700 | 1 | 2 |
| Piet Pape | Germany | 53,200 | 1 | 3 |
| Peng Yang (King) | China | 57,700 | 1 | 4 |
| Huu Duc Nguyen | Vietnam | 97,800 | 1 | 5 |
| Li Shuo | China | 54,300 | 1 | 6 |
| Zhewen Hu | China | 248,300 | 1 | 7 |
| Dhaval Mudgal | India | 24,000 | 1 | 8 |
| Johannes Hoeld | Germany | 60,000 | 2 | 1 |
| David Erquiaga | Philippines | 153,800 | 2 | 2 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 111,800 | 2 | 3 |
| Lim Yo Hwan | Korea | 56,600 | 2 | 4 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 68,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Vincent Li | Hong Kong | 136,700 | 2 | 6 |
| Frank Lillis | Ireland | 158,800 | 2 | 7 |
| Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 58,600 | 3 | 1 |
| Alex Lee | Singapore | 185,900 | 3 | 2 |
| Pang Cho Yi | Hong Kong | 96,400 | 3 | 3 |
| Iori Yogo | Japan | 177,400 | 3 | 4 |
| Terry Nguyen (Nguyen Tien Thanh) | Vietnam | 309,200 | 3 | 5 |
| Andres Korn | Argentina | 73,700 | 3 | 6 |
| Nguyen Van Viet | Vietnam | 66,100 | 3 | 7 |
| Tautvydas Jonikas | United States | 50,100 | 4 | 1 |
| Si Yang Phua | Singapore | 80,300 | 4 | 2 |
| William Kang | United Kingdom | 40,100 | 4 | 3 |
| Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 44,700 | 4 | 4 |
| Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 59,600 | 4 | 5 |
| Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 118,800 | 4 | 6 |
| Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | 25,500 | 4 | 7 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 150,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Keon Yong Ma | Korea | 143,200 | 5 | 2 |
| Su Tianhong | China | 58,200 | 5 | 3 |
| Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 39,800 | 5 | 4 |
| Im Sangguk | Korea | 112,300 | 5 | 5 |
| Lok Ching Li | Hong Kong | 55,200 | 5 | 6 |
| Lin Chen-Kun | Taiwan | 81,100 | 5 | 7 |
| Mr Ngo (Nguyen Quang Minh) | Vietnam | 132,100 | 6 | 1 |
| Nguyen Duc Bien | Australia | 48,500 | 6 | 2 |
| Nguyen Thanh Binh | Vietnam | 196,200 | 6 | 3 |
| Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 38,900 | 6 | 4 |
| Kim Dongkyu | Korea | 204,500 | 6 | 5 |
| Yueyang Zhou | China | 22,100 | 6 | 6 |
| Jeonggyu Cho | Korea | 61,600 | 6 | 7 |
| Jc Estrella | Philippines | 21,600 | 7 | 1 |
| Hieu Ngo | Vietnam | 82,100 | 7 | 2 |
| Sam Beesley | England | 78,400 | 7 | 3 |
| Quan Nguyen | Vietnam | 93,000 | 7 | 4 |
| Lu Zheng Hao | Singapore | 106,900 | 7 | 5 |
| Harry Duong | Vietnam | 231,600 | 7 | 6 |
| Mohammed Ladau | United Kingdom | 39,400 | 7 | 7 |
| Song Daewoong | Korea | 113,400 | 8 | 1 |
| Nguyen Van Dung | Vietnam | 91,400 | 8 | 2 |
| Lei Yu | China | 49,500 | 8 | 3 |
| Linh Tran | Vietnam | 49,800 | 8 | 4 |
| Alexander Okruzhuoy | Russia | 103,000 | 8 | 5 |
| Hyunil Hong | Korea | 70,100 | 8 | 6 |
| Justin Skovholt | United States | 62,300 | 8 | 7 |
| Do Hoang Long | Vietnam | 156,000 | 9 | 1 |
| Ng Cheuk Fan | Hong Kong | 136,200 | 9 | 2 |
| Seitaro Aso | Japan | 319,600 | 9 | 3 |
| Go Mori | Japan | 34,900 | 9 | 4 |
| Yuho Doh | Korea | 36,600 | 9 | 5 |
| Ray Chiu (Yik Chiu) | Hong Kong | 42,400 | 9 | 6 |
| Zheng Xiaosheng | China | 105,900 | 9 | 7 |
| Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 169,200 | 10 | 1 |
| Michal Polchlopek | Poland | 77,700 | 10 | 2 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 76,900 | 10 | 3 |
| Jose Espinoza | Peru | 22,200 | 10 | 4 |
| Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 96,600 | 10 | 5 |
| Michitaka Sekine | Japan | 56,700 | 10 | 6 |
| Chun Yu Ma | Hong Kong | 138,800 | 10 | 7 |
Championships Event Day 2 by rank
| Rank | Name | Country | Chips | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Seitaro Aso | Japan | 319,600 | 9 | 3 |
| 2 | Terry Nguyen (Nguyen Tien Thanh) | Vietnam | 309,200 | 3 | 5 |
| 3 | Zhewen Hu | China | 248,300 | 1 | 7 |
| 4 | Harry Duong | Vietnam | 231,600 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Kim Dongkyu | Korea | 204,500 | 6 | 5 |
| 6 | Nguyen Thanh Binh | Vietnam | 196,200 | 6 | 3 |
| 7 | Alex Lee | Singapore | 185,900 | 3 | 2 |
| 8 | Iori Yogo | Japan | 177,400 | 3 | 4 |
| 9 | Christopher Mateo | Philippines | 169,200 | 10 | 1 |
| 10 | Frank Lillis | Ireland | 158,800 | 2 | 7 |
| 11 | Do Hoang Long | Vietnam | 156,000 | 9 | 1 |
| 12 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 153,800 | 2 | 2 |
| 13 | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 150,000 | 5 | 1 |
| 14 | Keon Yong Ma | Korea | 143,200 | 5 | 2 |
| 15 | Chun Yu Ma | Hong Kong | 138,800 | 10 | 7 |
| 16 | Choi Eng Loong | Malaysia | 137,100 | 1 | 1 |
| 17 | Vincent Li | Hong Kong | 136,700 | 2 | 6 |
| 18 | Ng Cheuk Fan | Hong Kong | 136,200 | 9 | 2 |
| 19 | Mr Ngo (Nguyen Quang Minh) | Vietnam | 132,100 | 6 | 1 |
| 20 | Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 118,800 | 4 | 6 |
| 21 | Song Daewoong | Korea | 113,400 | 8 | 1 |
| 22 | Im Sangguk | Korea | 112,300 | 5 | 5 |
| 23 | Sumit Sapra | India | 111,800 | 2 | 3 |
| 24 | Lu Zheng Hao | Singapore | 106,900 | 7 | 5 |
| 25 | Zheng Xiaosheng | China | 105,900 | 9 | 7 |
| 26 | Alexander Okruzhuoy | Russia | 103,000 | 8 | 5 |
| 27 | Meherzad Munsaf | India | 99,700 | 1 | 2 |
| 28 | Huu Duc Nguyen | Vietnam | 97,800 | 1 | 5 |
| 29 | Slaven Popov | Bulgaria | 96,600 | 10 | 5 |
| 30 | Pang Cho Yi | Hong Kong | 96,400 | 3 | 3 |
| 31 | Quan Nguyen | Vietnam | 93,000 | 7 | 4 |
| 32 | Nguyen Van Dung | Vietnam | 91,400 | 8 | 2 |
| 33 | Hieu Ngo | Vietnam | 82,100 | 7 | 2 |
| 34 | Lin Chen-Kun | Taiwan | 81,100 | 5 | 7 |
| 35 | Si Yang Phua | Singapore | 80,300 | 4 | 2 |
| 36 | Sam Beesley | England | 78,400 | 7 | 3 |
| 37 | Michal Polchlopek | Poland | 77,700 | 10 | 2 |
| 38 | Hwang Sang Yeon | Korea | 76,900 | 10 | 3 |
| 39 | Andres Korn | Argentina | 73,700 | 3 | 6 |
| 40 | Hyunil Hong | Korea | 70,100 | 8 | 6 |
| 41 | Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 68,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 42 | Nguyen Van Viet | Vietnam | 66,100 | 3 | 7 |
| 43 | Justin Skovholt | United States | 62,300 | 8 | 7 |
| 44 | Jeonggyu Cho | Korea | 61,600 | 6 | 7 |
| 45 | Johannes Hoeld | Germany | 60,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 46 | Le Ngoc Khanh | Vietnam | 59,600 | 4 | 5 |
| 47 | Punnat Punsri | Thailand | 58,600 | 3 | 1 |
| 48 | Su Tianhong | China | 58,200 | 5 | 3 |
| 49 | Peng Yang (King) | China | 57,700 | 1 | 4 |
| 50 | Michitaka Sekine | Japan | 56,700 | 10 | 6 |
| 51 | Lim Yo Hwan | Korea | 56,600 | 2 | 4 |
| 52 | Lok Ching Li | Hong Kong | 55,200 | 5 | 6 |
| 53 | Li Shuo | China | 54,300 | 1 | 6 |
| 54 | Piet Pape | Germany | 53,200 | 1 | 3 |
| 55 | Tautvydas Jonikas | United States | 50,100 | 4 | 1 |
| 56 | Linh Tran | Vietnam | 49,800 | 8 | 4 |
| 57 | Lei Yu | China | 49,500 | 8 | 3 |
| 58 | Nguyen Duc Bien | Australia | 48,500 | 6 | 2 |
| 59 | Kenichi Takarabe | Japan | 44,700 | 4 | 4 |
| 60 | Ray Chiu (Yik Chiu) | Hong Kong | 42,400 | 9 | 6 |
| 61 | William Kang | United Kingdom | 40,100 | 4 | 3 |
| 62 | Soo Jo Kim | Korea | 39,800 | 5 | 4 |
| 63 | Mohammed Ladau | United Kingdom | 39,400 | 7 | 7 |
| 64 | Tanja Vujanic | Australia | 38,900 | 6 | 4 |
| 65 | Yuho Doh | Korea | 36,600 | 9 | 5 |
| 66 | Go Mori | Japan | 34,900 | 9 | 4 |
| 67 | Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | 25,500 | 4 | 7 |
| 68 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 24,000 | 1 | 8 |
| 69 | Jose Espinoza | Peru | 22,200 | 10 | 4 |
| 70 | Yueyang Zhou | China | 22,100 | 6 | 6 |
| 71 | Jc Estrella | Philippines | 21,600 | 7 | 1 |
