APT Phu Quoc Vietnam 2022 Main Event

The lone Singaporean at the final 8 has been eliminated in 8th place. Several hands prior, Tong lost a flip against Minh Nguyen to cripple is stack down to 1.5BB. On his next showdown, it was a split pot. His last all in he faced big blind Benjamin Schoepfer. Tong had A♦ 4♣, Schoepfer 6♦ 4♠, the board ran 8♦ 5♣ 2♠ 7♣ 10♣ for a straight to Schoepfer. Tong earned VN₫ 152,680,000 for his deep run.

Hand #38: Tan Tong forced all in on the big blind, hijack Nguyen Quang Huy raised to 80k, no callers. Tong had 10♠ 5♥, Huy J♦ 10♦, the board ran 8♣ 4♥ Q♦ J♣ 9♥ for a straight to both. Split pot.

Hand #39: Button Jules Blondel raised 100k, no callers

Hand #40: Utg Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 85k, no callers

Hand #41: Button Hue Dan raised to 100k, small blind Minh Nguyen called. At the flop J♣ K♥ 5♦, Dang c-bet 60k, Nguyen check-raised to 135k, Dang called. On the turn 5♠ Nguyen led for 200k, Dang folded.

Hand 342: Mid position Jules Blondel limped, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy checked, the flop ran K♠ 8♥ 3♦. Blondel c-bet 55k, Huy check-called. On the turn 2♥, same action. Blondel bet 110k, Huy check-called. On the river 10♠, Blondel jammed his remaining 585k, Huy gave up.

Minh Nguyen

Utg player Tan Ton raised to 100k, two spots over Minh Nguyen shoved his 665k stack, Tong tank-called leaving himself 55k.

Tong 7♣ 7♠
Nguyen A♣ K♠

The board ran 4♥ K♥ J♠ 2♥ Q♣ for a big double up to Nguyen to 1.43M.

BLinds up!

Hand #25: Button Hue Dang limped, big blind Cao Ngoc Anh checked. The flop 9♥ 5♠ K♥, Cao checked, Dang bet 50k and won the pot.

Hand #26: Button Minh Nguyen jammed, no callers

Hand #27: Button Cao Ngoc raised to 85k, big blind Benjamin Schoepfer shoved, Cao called. Schoepfer A♣ 10♦, Cao A♠ 9♥, the board ran 4♦ 6♦ 5♣ 4♠ 6♥ for a split pot.

Hand #28: Cutoff Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 85k, no callers

Nand #29: Jules Blondel gets his third walk

Hand #30: Small blind Jules Blondel raised to 100k, no callers

Hand #31, Cutoff Truong Vu Tran Khanh raised to 70k, no callers

Hand #32: Mid position Benjamin Schoepfer jammed 535k, no callers

Hand #33: Cutoff Tan Tong jammed, no callers

Hand #34: Button Minh Nguyen shoved, no callers

Hand #35: Cutoff Minh Nguyen shoved, no callers

Hand #36: Truong Vu Tran Khanh walked

Hand #10: Cao Ngoc Anh raises, no callers

Hand #11: Button Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 65k, no callers

Hand #12: Hijack Minh Nguyen raised to 65k, button Nguyen Quang Huy called. The flop ran 8♦ Q♥ 7♣, Minh check-called 80k. On the turn 4♣ both checked. On the river 3♠, Minh fired 110k, Huy folded.

Hand #13: Jules Blondel gets a second walk

Hand #14: Hijack Nguyen Quang Huy raised to 65k, big blind Tan Tong defended. At the flop Q♥ 10♦ 4♦, Huy c-bet 50k, Tong check-folded.

Hand #15: From cutoff, Trung Vu Tran Khanh raised to 65k, big blind Hue Dang defended. At the flop 7♣ 9♠ 10♥ and turn J♦, both checked. On the river 4♣, Dang led for 75k, Truong folded.

Hand #16: Utg Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 65k, big blind Minh called. At the flop Q♠ 8♦ K♣, Cao c-bet 65k, Nguyen check-folded.

Hand #17: Utg Nguyen Quang Huy raised to 65k, big blind Cao Ngoc Anh defended. At the flop 10♣ 7♦ Q♥, Huy c-bet 65k, Cao check-folded.

Hand #18: Mid position Jules Blondel raised to 60k, small blind Cao Ngoc Anh three-bet to 170k, Blondel responded with a shove for 575k total, Cao folded.

Hand #19: Hijack Hue Dang raised to 65k, no callers

Hand #20: Action folded to small blind Benjamin Schoepfer who limped, big blind Truong Vu Tran Khanh raised to 130k, no call.

Hand #21: Utg Tan Tong raised to 70k, next to him Hue Dang called, and after the rest folded the flop ran 9♥ 2♦ 9♣. Both players checked. The turn J♥ brought on a 40k bet from Tong, Dang called. On the river 4♣, both checked and showed K-Q for a split pot.

Hand #22: Lo-jack Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 65k, hijack Nguyen Quang Huy and big blind Tan Tong called. At the flop 9♥ Q♦ 5♥, action was checked to Huy who bet 80k, no callers.

Hand #23: Cutoff Truong Vu Tran Khanh raised to 65k, small blind Tan Tong called. The flop K♥ 4♦ Q♦, Truong c-bet 135k, Tong folded.

Hand #24: Button Tan Tong jammed, no callers

First hand seeing the entering leaders go at it. From lo-jack Truong Vu Tran Khanh raised to 65k, big blind Cao Ngoc Anh called. On the flop 7♠ 9♥ 7♦, Truong c-bet 135k, Cao check-raised to 335k, Truong used one time bank then folded.

Chip leader Cao is up to 2.745M, Truong dropped to 1.48M.

Hand #1: Button player Hue Dang raised to 70k, sb Minh Nguyen and bb Cao Ngoc Anh called. At the flop 9♦ J♦ 10♦, all checked. On the turn J♥, Minh fired 100k and won it with no contest.

Hand #2: Button Minh Nguyen raised to 70K, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy three-bet to 200k, Nguyen folded.

Hand #3: Action folded to the blinds, Nguyen Quang Huy limped, bb Benjamin Schoepfer checked, the flop came 4♦ 3♦ 5♥, Nguyen checked, Schoepfer bet 40k, Nguyen folded.

Hand #4: Cutoff Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 65k, sb Benjamin Schoepfer three-bet to 175k, back to Cao who four-bet to 360k, Schoepfer folded.

Hand #5: Big blind Jules Blondel gets a walk

Hand #6: Utg Hue Dang raised to 65k, lo-jack Cao Ngoc Anh and big blind Tan Tong called. At the flop 8♠ 10♥ A♠, two checks then Cao bet 95k, no callers.

Hand #7: Action folded to the small blind Tan Tong, he jammed, no caller.

Hand #8: Button player Tan Tong raised to 60k, small blind Hue Dan three-bet to 200k, Tong shoved for another 395k to call, Dang used one time bank then folded.

After five days of stiff competition, the APT Vietnam Phu Quoc Main Event is down to its final 8 players. The inaugural event attracted 378 entries for a guarantee crushing prize pool of VN₫ 5,499,900. The players are guaranteed a minimum of VN₫ 187,270,000 but what they will be eyeing is the VN₫ 1,220,590,000 up top and the prestigious APT title. Follow the action via our live updates.

Good luck to all the players!

Chips in play: 9,410,000
Average stack: 1,176,250
Final Day opening blinds: 15K – 30K (Level 26)

Remaining payouts

1st VN₫ 1,220,590,000
2nd VN₫ 813,710,000
3rd VN₫ 565,660,000
4th VN₫ 408,590,000
5th VN₫ 305,570,000
6th VN₫ 233,840,0000
7th VN₫ 187,270,000
8th VN₫ 152,680,000