APT Kick-Off Vietnam 2019 Championships Event


Yoichi Uesugi doubles up; Koh plummets

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Yoichi Uesugi

Utg Norbert Koh raised to 23k, action folded around to the big blind Yoichi Uesugi who three-bet to 50k. Koh answered with a shove and Uesugi with the snap call.

Koh Q Q
Uesugi A A

No bad beat on the board for a double up to Uesugi to 400k. Koh dropped to 93k.


Eliminations….

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

We are getting closer to reaching the money. Five players have already dropped out:

Lim Yohwan eliminated Huu Dung Nguyen (34th) and Tuan Monaco (31st). Yohwan now around 1.3M.

Ryusuke Kasawaki eliminated short stacked Phachara Wongwichit (33rd). Ksawaki into 600k.

Son Nguyen (32nd) eliminated by Le Ngoc Khanh. Khanh now at 1.12M.

Tetsuya Tsuchikawa fell to Nguyen Chi Thinh. On a flop 9 7 5, Tsuchikawa was all in with A 10, Thinh with 7 7 set, the turn 6 and river 9 completed the board.

All of these railed players busted before the money. We are down to 29 players. ITM at 25 places.


Ajitpal Singh shoves for the first time

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Massive chip leader Ajitpal Singh was all in for the first time since he sat to play the event a few days ago. The hand kicked off with SJ Kim raising to 18k, three-bet by Nam Nguyen to 58k, sb Singh called, and Kim joined as well. At the flop A} 9 8, all checked. On the 10 turn, Singh shoved, Kim folded, Nam folded while showing Q Q.


Ryusuke Kawawaki picks up 200k

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Ryususke Kasawaki won the first hand at his table, denying both Ajitpal Singh and Nam Nguyen who were both vying for the pot. With betting at every stage, the board completed 4 2 8 3 9 with a pot of aroudn 120k brewed. Nam fired 78k, Kasawaki shoved, Nguyen folded. Kasawaki up to 550k.


Day 3 begins! Race to the Final 8

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Here we go! Shuffle up and deal! The race is on reach the money and a seat to the Final 8! We will have all the blow by blow updates for you right here for all the action.

34 players remaining, 25 to the money. Average stack is 364,235 with 12,384,000 total chips in play. Blinds open at Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000. Good luck to all!

 


Day 3 chip counts

Day 3 chip counts

Rank Name Country  Chips Table  Seat
1 Ajit Singh (BB) Singapore 915,000 1 1
24 Huynh Vinh Quang United States 207,000 1 2
13 Ryusuke Kasawaki Japan 354,000 1 3
12 SJK Korea 378,000 1 4
31 Phachara Wongwichit Thailand 135,000 1 6
10 Dragon Chinh Vietnam 425,000 1 7
8 Nam Nguyen (DB) Vietnam 540,000 1 8
32 Madhav Gupta (SB) India 133,000 1 9
           
28 Tetsuya Tsuchikawa Japan 149,000 2 1
4 Kwon Eunho (DB) Korea 657,000 2 2
14 Nguyen Chi Thinh (SB) Vietnam 350,000 2 3
16 Linh Tran (BB) Vietnam 337,000 2 4
9 Chi Chung Ho Hong Kong 486,000 2 5
29 Yoichi Uesugi Japan 148,000 2 6
20 Norbert Koh Singapore 269,000 2 7
18 Atuan La Vietnam 304,000 2 8
30 Keon Yong Ma Korea 140,000 2 9
           
15 Tuan Monaco Vietnam 350,000 3 1
26 Andres Korn Argentina 177,000 3 2
2 Lim Yo Hwan Korea 856,000 3 3
17 Son Nguyen Vietnam 337,000 3 4
19 Eugene Co Philippines 292,000 3 5
5 Le Ngoc Khanh (DB) Vietnam 630,000 3 6
11 Gu Huidong (SB) Macau 419,000 3 7
34 Huu Dung Nguyen (BB) Vietnam 105,000 3 8
6 Laven Popov Bulgaria 610,000 3 9
           
33 Quang Nguyen Vietnam 120,000 4 1
21 Tung Nguyen Vietnam 262,000 4 2
23 Romit Advani (DB) India 218,000 4 3
7 He Hao (SB) China 600,000 4 5
27 Kunal Patni (BB) India 176,000 4 6
25 Kwok Ting Shum Hong Kong 191,000 4 7
22 Erik Billgren Sweden 259,000 4 8
3 Stephen Schumacher United States 845,000 4 9
           
Day 1A = 123 / Day 1B = 99 / Day 2 = 26 / Total Entries = 248
34 Players Qualify to Day 3 / 12,384,000 Chips in Play 
16,000 Taken Out of Play 2X Qualifier / 364,235  Average Chip Stack