APT Kick-Off Vietnam 2019 Championships Event


Huu Dung Nguyen defends his big blind

Level: 13 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Cutoff player Huynh Vinh Quang raised to 7k, button Michael Allen called, short stacked bb player Huu Dung Nguyen called. At the flop A 4 2, Huu checked, Quang c-bet 7k, Allen called, and Huu called. The turn 3, Huu switched up and led for 15.5k, fold-fold, and won the pot.


Average stack… prize pool…

Level: 13 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Total chips in play: 12,400,000
Average stack: 165,333
75 players remaining

ITM: 25 paid

Once again the prize pool and payouts:


Steve Yea doubles up through Sharma

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Steve Yea is much healthier than he was two hands ago. he now has over 180k after winning back to back pots. His first win was a double through Nishant Sharma. On a full board K 10 7 10 5 and a 63k pot already brewed, Yea had his 55k stack pushed out front. Sharma tanked then called. Yea won with A 9 nut flush. Sharma dropped to 57k.

Next hand Yea raised to 6k and found two callers. At the flop he bet and won it with both folding.


Stephen Schumacher rails Edward Yam

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Stephen Schumacher continues to distance himself from the pack. He shipped all of Edward Yam’s chips to climb to 568k. Yam had [ad} 10, Schumacher A K, the board bricked.


Chip count update

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Current leaders:

Stephen Schumacher 500K
Ajitpal Singh 490K
Lim Yohwan 430K
Nam Nguyen 420K
Tung Nguyen 385K

APT Champions

Linh Tran 284K
Iori Yogo 197K
SJ Kim 97K
Tetsuya Tsuchikawa 86K
Cao Ngoc Anh 70K
Huu Dung Nguyen 53K


Lim Yohwan banks a big one off Huu Dung Nguyen

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Catching the action only at the shipping, the board was 2 3 3 8 A and around 48k in the middle. Lim Yohwan had a 100k bet laid out and Huu Dung Nguyen called. Yohwan opened A 3 full house and got paid with Huu mucking. Yohwan up to 330k.


And the rich get richer…. Ajitpal Singh nears 490k

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Ajitpal Singh has been one of the leaders since the opening round today and after claiming two pots, he is now in the lead with 487k. The first pot saw SJ Kim min-raise to 4k, called by Jaysen de San Miguel, three-bet by small blind Singh to 13.5k, called by both. At the flop 2 4 Q, Singh c-bet 18.5k, no callers.

Two hands after, Singh shipped a big one on a player’s bluff. Action began with utg raising to 5500, called by Singh and the bb player. At the flop 2 3 10, bb checked, utg c-bet 8500, Singh raised to 18.5k, bb folded, and utg called. On the turn 2, utg led again sending out 22.5k and Singh flat-called. On the river Q, utg shoved and Singh with the snap-call.

Utg A 6 bluff
Singh 3 3 set

And just like that… he shipped it.


Back to back double ups for Keon Yong Ma

Level: 12 Blinds: 1500-2500 Ante: 2500

Short-stacked Keon Yong Ma is back in the game having doubled up his short stack in back to back hands. His first one was through Edgar Kim who raised from late position then called Keon’s small all in Keon’s A K landed top pair against 10 9 on a board 8 5 7 A 8.

Next hand he shoved again and got a caller in Tobias Bu. This time Keon had A A while Tobias showed A Q. The board ran 5 7 4 Q 6. Keon now at around 140k.


Son Nguyen claims one

Level: 11 Blinds: 1000-2000 Ante: 2000

Dhaval Mudgal raised to 4500, Dinh Xuan Dinh called, Son Nguyen three-bet to 12k, back to Mudgal and Dinh, both called. On the flop 2 A 3, action was checked to Son, he fired 15k and won it with no callers.