APT Kickoff Vietnam 2018 Main Event


Pham Van Trung celebrates a double up

Level: 24 Blinds: 20K-40K Ante: 5K

Pham Van Trung could be heard from across the room with his celebratory hurrah after landing a double up. He raised to 100k from the utg seat, bb Tan Tai Dinh shoved, Pham called.

Tan 8 8
Pham J J

The board fell J 10 K 7 7 for a sweet full house to Pham who had the edge the whole ride.


Harry Duong doubles up but not out of the woods

Level: 23 Blinds: 15K-30K Ante: 5K

Ha Duong entered the day as one of the shorter stacks of the bunch, and got even lower after losing a small pot. He finally pushed his remaining 335k and was called by Tom Glamuzina.

Duong K J
Glamuzina 9 9

The board rained some diamonds Duong’s way 7 4 8 J 7 for a double up to 760k. He is not out of the hole yet. The decorated champion will have to get another mil to reach average stack.


Late-comer Po Han Huang doubles up

Level: 23 Blinds: 15K-30K Ante: 5K

Taiwan’s Po Han Huang missed three hands before sitting down at his table and quickly moved all in with his below average stack. He was called by Okruzhnoy Alexander.

Huang Q J
Alexander 9 9

The board spread Q 3 6 6 4 for a higher pair to Huang and a double up to inch closer to average stack. He now has 1.1M.


Nguyen Thanh Sang out 27th

Level: 23 Blinds: 15K-30K Ante: 5K

The first casualty has arrived quickly with Nguyen Thanh Sang risking it all with 6 6 but Nguyen Hoang Anh had K K and sent Sang packing after the board bricked. Sang earned VND 76,323,000 for his finish.


Race to the title begins!!

From a record-breaking 664 entries down to 27 players…. Welcome to the Final Day of the Main Event! Sometime today we will be crowning the first APT Main Event champion for our inaugural event here in Ho Chi Minh City. It has been a very exciting week with the 3BN guarantee tripled to VND 9,661,200,000. This is the biggest APT field in history and we can’t wait to see who will rise to victory and claim the title, the APT Championship Ring, the trophy, and the VND 1,313,920,000 first place purse.

Good luck to all! Cards are now in the air!