APT Kick Off Vietnam 2020 Championships Event

Short stacked Hwang Sang Yeon needed to double up and was granted that with K♠ 10♥ against Nguyen Quang Minh’s J♦ 7♦. Both players missed the board 3♦ 10♠ A♦ 4♥ 8♥. Nguyen down to 204k, Hwang u p to 120k.

Sam Beesley enjoyed a rise in chips through Seitaro Aso but hands later, Peng Yang sent him plummeting to 90k. The first pot Beesley raised to 18k from the button, called by sb Aso. At the flop 8♦ A♣ 5♦, Aso check-called a 20k bet. On the turn J♥ same action with Aso check-calling 46k. The river K♠, Beesley sent out 60k, this time Aso check-folded. Beeslyey up to 410k, Aso down to 385k.

Hands after, Beesley and Peng stared down a board 4♠ 6♣ 6? with 64k built up, utg+1 Peng checked, hijack Beesley bet 33k, Peng raised to 100k, Beesley caled. On the 3♥ turn, both players checked and the river came 10♣. Peng led for 160k, Beesley tanked. Peng said ” I have nuts”. Beesley called and indeed, Peng had second nuts with 10♦ 10♥ full house. Beesley showed J♣ J♠ overpair. Beesley dropped to 90k, Peng soared to 860k.

Alex Lee has been railroading the table with successful raises and continuation bets. He won a pot against Harry Duong on a three-bet to 53k then showed pocket aces when Duong folded. Another hand, Lee four-bet Terry Nguyen bumpimg it up from 55k to 164k. However, his control was put to a halt by Xiao Yu Cheng who defended his big blind from the attacks.

From utg+1, Lee raised to 19k, called by Xiao. On the flop 2♠ 10♠ 6♦, Xiao check-raised Lee’s 22k c-bet to make it 44k. Lee called. On the 7♣ turn, Xiao bet 40k, Lee shoved, Xiao risked it all with 10♦ 9♠ top pair. Lee showed A♠ 8♦ gutshot. The river 6♥ was good for Xiao to double up to 428k. Lee dropped to 700k.

Utg+1 Seitaro Aso limped, sb Hyunil Hong limped, bb Peng Yang three-bet to 108k, no callers. Yang showed his A♠ K♠ premium hole cards.

Michitaka Sekine scored himself a double through Harry Duong. On a flop 9♠ J♥ 8♦ and 48k in the pot, a series of bets led to both all in.

Sekine 9♦ 7♠ pair / draw
Duong J♣ J♠ set

The turn 10♣ granted the gutshot straight and with the river 5♥, Sekine racked up over 300k. Duong dropped to 342k.

Ng Cheuk Fan delivered the first bust here. His J♦ J♥ dominated Quan Nguyen’s 7♣ 7♠ throughout. Ng up to 260k.

19 players remaining.

The day’s entering chip leaders, Michal Polchlopek and Alex Lee gaining chips early. Polchlopek won a sizable pot against Meherzad Munsaf to increase to 967k. On a board 3♣ 8♦ 9♦ 9♥ A♥, cutoff Polchlopek check-raised button Munsaf’s 30k bet to 105k. Munsaf called. Polchlopek won it with A♦ K♥, Munsaf with A♣ 8♣ lower kicker. Munsaf down to 270k.

Alex Lee raised to 24k, bb Xiao Yu Cheng called. Lee c-bet 25k at the flop 6♠ K♥ 8♥, Xiao folded. Lee over 800k.

Here we go! Race to the money and a final 8 seat begins!

Good morning players and welcome to Day 3 of the Championships Event! From 160 entries, we are down to the final 20. Only 16 are guaranteed to cash which means four player will walk away with no profit. Action begins at 1pm. We will bring you updates right here until the final 8 is reached.

Info

Total – 160 entries
Buy-in: VND 38,500,000
Prize pool: VND 5,820,000,000 (~US$ 250,500)
ITM: 16 places

Average stack: 400,000
Chips in play: 8,000,000
Opening blinds: 4000 – 8000 ante 8000 (Level 17)
Starting tiime: 1pm
Live reporting: 1pm
Bagging time: final 8 players

Good luck to all!