APT Vietnam 2018


Minh Le survives, cracks Hai Chuot’s aces

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

Minh Le was ready to walk away having moved all in with Q Q only to run into Hai Chuot’s A A. The board sat him back down when it ran Q 8 10 K 3 for a winning set. He is up to 400k.


More eliminations…

Level: 18 Blinds: 5000-10000 Ante: 10000

63rd Ruth Graham – VND 38,490,000
64th Phachara Wongwichit – VND 32,900,000
65th Fu-Bang Huang – VND 32,900,000
66th Anupad Khongdechudomkul – VND 32,900,000
67th Matthew Mortensen – VND 32,900,000
68th Zhang Yu – VND 32,900,000
69th Nick Gorman – VND 32,900,000
79th Shashank Jain – VND 32,900,000
71st Zurvan Tumboli – VND 32,900,000
72nd Luen Hei Kwok – VND 32,900,000
73rd Charles Ambrogi – VND 32,900,000


Nikita Luther puts the heat on Tran Huy Hoang

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

On a raised pot preflop with around 60k in the middle, the flop landed 6 K 3. Utg Nikita Luther checked, button player Tran Huy Hoang bet 26k, and Luther called. On the 2 turn, Luther checked again, Tran bet 42k, Luther switched up and raised to 115k, Tran tank-folded.


Daniel Tang doubles up through Nguyen Hanh Phong

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Daniel Tang raised to 17k preflop and Nguyen Hanh Phong called. At the flop Q 6 3, Tang checked, Phong fired 30k, Tang called. On the 5 turn, Tang checked again, Phong bet 75k, Tang all in for 106k total, and Phong called.

Tang Q 10
Phong A 7

The river 2 completed the board for a double up to Tang.


Nguyen Phu Danh rails Zhang Yu

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

More players have left the field. We are down to 65 players. One of the busts we caught was Zhang Yu falling to Nguyen Phu Danh. On a raised pot preflop, betting continued on a flop 3 J 8. Yu bet 40k, Danh raised to 100k, and snap-call by Yu. On the K turn, check by Yu, shove by Danh, another snap call by Yu to put his tournament life at risk.

Yu J 9 top pair
Danh Q Q over pair

The river 6 completed the board and Yu was railed.


Quang Nguyen banks a double through Nick Gorman

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Nick Gorman was not a happy camper after the result of this hand. He raised from utg, Quang Nguyen three-bet, back to Gorman who shoved, sending Quang tanking. Quang found the courage to call for his tournament life and opened A Q. Gorman had K K. The board ran Q 8 4 A A for crushing full house to Quang and a big double up to near 500k. Gorman plummeted to 60k.


Phachara Wongwichit double up through Min Dan

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Min Dan raised to 20k, Duy Ho called, Phachara Wongwichit shoved, Min called, and Duy got out of the way. Min A K, Wongwichit 7 7, the board threw blanks for a double up to Wongwichit.


Anthony Bui takes it down

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

Anthony Bui opened the betting with a 20k raise, called by Jarod Minghini and bb Aysee Nguyen. At the flop J 10 2, action was checked to Minghini who bet 28k, check-called by Aysee, check-raised by Bui to 79k. No callers.


Eliminations galore…

Level: 17 Blinds: 4000-8000 Ante: 8000

We’ve had some fast dropouts once the money flowed. Here are the first list of busts:

74th Michele Limongi – VND 32,900,000
75th Nguyen Chi Thinh – VND 32,900,000
76th Phuong Nguyen – VND 32,900,000
77th Kjell Ove – VND 32,900,000
78th Pham Van Thang – VND 32,900,000
79th Nguyen Tien Duc – VND 32,900,000
80th Michael Stecker – VND 32,900,000
81st – Steffen Endres – VND 32,900,000
82nd Tran Kim Dong – VND 28,120,000
83rd Nguyen Tien Thanh – VND 28,120,00

One of the hands we caught was Nguyen Chi Thinh getting called on his second shove. His A K fell to Dang Toan Nguyen’s A 2 with a two showing up on the board.