APT Kick Off Vietnam 2020 Championships Event


Soo Jo Kim – 10th place – VND 134,600,000 (~US$ 5,800)

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Soo Jo Kim pushed it all with A 10 to fight with but Nguyen Thanh Binh had A K. The board ran out A 4 6 Q 3. Kim busted in10th place for VND 134,600,000. Nguyen up to 1.185M.

We are down to one table of 9 players.


David Erquiaga triple barrels Nguyen Thanh Minh

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Button David Eruiaga raised to 40k, sb Nguyen Thanh Binh called. When the board ra 9 4 6 K 10, Erquiaga bet at every street, 60k, 60k, 200k, Nguyen tank-folded on the river. Both players were out of time-banks.


Harry Duong wins another pot

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Harry Duong is now at 530k after winning another pot. Utg Peng Yang raised, button Duong called. On the flop 4 6 6, both checked. On the turn Q, Peng bet 55k, Duong raised to 130k, Peng folded.


Harry Duong survives

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Button Hwang Sang Yeon raised to 35k, sb Harry Duong tank-shoved 150k, Hwang snap-called. Hwang 9 9, Duong A 2, the board 10 A 10 2 K for a double up to Duong to 325k. Hwang dropped to 465k.


David Erquiaga shoves on Hong

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Battle of the blinds, Hyunil Hong raised to 35k, called by bb David Erquiaga. At the flop :qd} Q 4, Hong bet 30k and was called. The turn 10, Hong slowed down, Erquiaga fired 40k, Hong check-called. On the river Am another check by Hong, Erquiaga shoved, Hong tank-folded. Erquiaga up to 1.26M. Hong down to 445k.


Hwang Sang Yeon claims the pot

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Utg Terry Nguyen opened to 33k, called by sb Hwang Sang Yeon. At the flop 7 7 2, Terry c-bet 35k, Hwang check-called. No bets on the J turn. On the river 5, Hwang fired 100k, Terry folded. Hwang up to 705k.


Nguyen Thanh Binh rises to 1.13M

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Nguyen Thanh Binh scored himself two good pots to cross over a million. The first one he shaved around 200k from leader David Erquiaga with pocket aces. Hands after, he three-bet SJ Kim to bump it up from 35k to 95k. Kim folded.


Chip count update

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

10 players remaining
Chips in play 8,000,000
Average stack 800,000

Table 1
Hwang Sang Yeon 645k
Harry Duong 150k
Michal Polchlopek 1.180M
Terry Nguyen 830k
Peng Yang 1.1M

Table 2
Soo Jo Kim 270k
Xiao Yu Cheng 1M
Hyunil Hong 780k
David Erquiaga 1.1M
Nguyen Thanh Binh 1.080M


Seitaro Aso – 11th place – VND 112,160,000 (~US$ 4,800)

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12K

Cooler hand send Seitaro to the exit in 11th place. Catching the action on a full board Aso 7 6 2 6 5, bb Aso announced all in and quickly utg Peng Yang called. Aso happily showed his hand Q 8 saying “flush!” But Peng had better also exclaiming “flush!” and showed his A 10 nut flush. Aso was eliminated in 11th place to earn VND 112,160,000. Peng up to 1.1.

We are down to the final 10 players. One more bust before we reach the unofficial final table of 9.