APT Kick-Off Vietnam 2019 Main Event


Double squeeze by Ming Yang, Loc Nguyen railed

Level: 25 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Heavy action at table #2 kicked off by mp Mai Te with a 55k raise, cutoff Huu Tuan Nguyen called, button Loc Nguyen called, big blind Ming Yang Liu three-bet to 125k, Te called, Tuan called, Loc shoved (415k), Ming shoved (729k), Te and Tuan folded.

Loc 9 9
Ming K Q

The board ran K 3 J 4 5. Loc busted, Ming shipped it and now has 1.3m.


Zong Xin vs Daiki Horikawa

Level: 25 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Button Zong Xin raised to 51k, sb Daiki Horikawa three-bet to 125k, Zong called. On the flop Q 8 4, Daiki checked to Zong who bet 75k. Daiki called. On the 9 turn, smae action with Daiki check-calling 140k. On the river 6, both checked and Daiki’s J J won it. Zong mucked. Daiki up to 1.4m, Zong down to 1m.


Abhinav Iyer back up! Zhou Jun busts

Level: 25 Blinds: 12000-24000 Ante: 24000

Utg Abhinav Iyer raised to 50k, Duy Ho called, Zhou Jun jammed for 233k, Iyer called, and Duy got out of the way.

Iyer A A
Zhou A Q

No bad beats came, 5 8 5 6 7 and Iyer shipped it to rise to 1.45M. Zhou eliminated.


Xiaoyin He goes up then down and out

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Xiaoyin He had a whirlwind of hands that sent him up and quickly down in 19th place. A couple of those hands were against Zong Xin Liu. The first one went Xiaoyin’s way with his full house 5 5 on a board 5 7 7 4 A.

The next hand he plunged with Zong’s A 8 both hitting the board to dust his A K. The board was 4 8 Q A 7 with betting at every stage.

With just over 50k behind, Xiaoyin put it all in and had to fade two players Lin Yusheng and Mai Te. His K Q didn’t hit on a board A 6 5 2 4 and he fell to Yusheng’s A 3 straight.

We are down to the final 18 players. Two tables remaining.


Big hands tabled! Quads over full house

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Utg Duy Ho raised to 45k, action folded around to the small blind Abhinav Iyer who called, then big blind Sim Kok Wai three-bet to 145k. Back to Duy, he folded, Iyer shoved, and Wai called for his tournament life.

Iyer A Q
Wai 10 10

The board ran a nutty Q 10 5 10 Q for full house to Iyer and a rare quads to Wai. Wai doubled up to 840k, Iyer dropped to 680k.


Huu Tuan Nguyen now at 2.1M

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Huu Tuan Nguyen continues to lead the pack. He now has 2.1M after railing another player, Lim Koon Ting Daniel. Daniel was all in for 168k holding J 5, Tuan with A K, the board came 9 A K 10 10.


Ming Yang Liu’s aces earns some from Daniel

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Ming Yang Liu raised to 52k and Lim Koon Ting Daniel called. On each betting round on a board that completed 10 5 5 6 Q, Ming bet and Daniel called 55k, 65k, and 165k. Ming showed A A and Daniel mucked.


Huu Dung Nguyen

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Huu Dung Nguyen called a raise by Zong Xin Liu and both went to see a flop 9 9 3. Zong checked, Huu bet 50k, Zong answered with a 100k raise, Huu called. On the turn A, Zong led for 145k, Huu called. On the river 10, both slowed to a check. Zong with J 2 air, Huu won the pot with K 3 two pair. Zong down to 730k, Huu up to 1.56M. 


Alex Lee Lin Hwaa wins two, reaches 1M

Level: 24 Blinds: 10000-20000 Ante: 20000

Alex Lee Lin Hwaa is on the move. He won two pots to bring his stack to seven digits. The first hand saw a raise to 40k from Nguyen Chi Thinh, called by Daiki Horikawa, Lee three-bet to 130k, no callers.

Next hand Hirokawa raised to 50k, Lee three-bet to 150k, Horikawa tank-folded.