APT Kickoff Vietnam 2018 Main Event


Tom Glamuzina exits

Level: 28 Blinds: 50K-100K Ante: 10K

Not much was really going for Tom Glamuzina who was seen either shoving or folding. His final hand of the Main Event arrived against Macaron Tan. Glamuzina with A 7, Tan with 8 8, the board bricked and he was out in 13th place. Glamuzina earned VND 118,883,000.


Loic Muller doubled up by Dong Anh Dung

Level: 28 Blinds: 50K-100K Ante: 10K

We haven’t seen much movement from Loic Muller with nearly every hand seeing someone all in at his table. When we finally saw him join the party, he was all in and Dong Anh Dung called.

Muller A K
Dung K 2

The board ran K 3 6 8 4 and with his pair, Muller claimed the pot for a good double up.


Sebastien Noiret ships in a happy double up

Level: 28 Blinds: 50K-100K Ante: 10K

Sebastien Noiret has been hunting for that opportune moment to ship in a double up. That moment arrived in a hand against Nguyen Hoang Anh.

Noiret 9 9
Anh K Q

The board spread out 9 J 8 5 J for a dominating full house.


Nguyen Ngoc Nghia railed by Le Hong Nghia

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

Nguyen Ngoc Nghia was all in with A 4 and Le Hong Nghia with A K. When the flop came 4 J 2, Ngoc was pumped, but with the turn K his hopes for a double up was crushed as the river fell A. He finished in 14th place and earned VND 118,833,000.


Vu Minh Tri lands two double ups

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

Vu Minh Tri is back in the game after landing two double ups nearly back-to-back. The first hand he was all in with A J and was doubled up by Nguyen Hoang Anh who decided to gamble with 10 7. The board came 5 5 7 A 5 full house to Tri.

The next double up he had


Aggressive bets award Flo Campomanes

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

Flo Campomanes initiated the action for this hand. He raised to 200k from the utg +1 seat and was matched up by db Dmitry Ilin and bb Siyoung Lee. At the flop 6 8 Q, Campomanes bet 260k, Ilin folded and Lee check-called. On the K turn, Lee checked again, Campomanes fired out 650k, and won the pot with Lee opting to fold.


Adrian Esslen scoops up a hefty one

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

From the utg seat, Siyoung Lee raised it up (?) and with action folding around the table, both blinds called, sb Dmitry Ilin and bb Adrian Esslen. At the flop 4 4 Q, betting action was passed to the initial raiser Lee who continued with a 200k bet. Ilin called and Esslen check-raised to 600k. Lee folded while Ilin called. The turn 9 and river 2 slowed both players as they checked it down. Ilin showed K[qd} two pair and Esslen with 8 4 trips. Esslen scooped up the pot.


Adrian Esslen vs Siyoung Lee

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

We missed the early action of this hand but here is what we caught. The board was 7 7 Q 5 with three players vying for the pot. Adrian Esslen had a 250k bet in front of him, Siyoung Lee called, and Lam Kim Long folded. On the river 2, Esslen fired out 575k and Lee called. Esslen won it with Q 9 as Lee mucked.


Dmitry Ilin scalps another as Maxim Kuznetsov misses

Level: 27 Blinds: 40K-80K Ante: 10K

Kicking off the new round and soon after Dmity Ilin claims another head. His 6 6 held against Maxim Kuznetsov’s K Q. With the board throwing blanks, the pocket pair held and Kuznetsov took 15th place. He earned VND 103,375,000.