APT Vietnam 2019 Championships Event

DAYS: Day 2 Day 3 Final Day

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Edward Pastoll takes the pot

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Level: 10 Blinds: 1000-1500 Ante: 1500

Three-way raised pot saw a flop run 2♥ 3♠ Q♠. Action was checked to the button who fired 4500 and got called by both opponents. On the turn J♦, all checked. On the river 4♥, bb Ruth Graham led for 6k, utg Edward Pastoll raised to 27k, button folded, Graham folded. Pastoll took the pot.


Dhaval Mudgal loses some to Huynh Tan Dung

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Level: 10 Blinds: 1000-1500 Ante: 1500

Chip leader Dhaval Mudgal dropped a bit but is still one of the heavier stacks out there. From late position he raised to 3500 and found one caller in sb Huynh Tan Dung. At the flop 6♣ 7♦ 8♠, both checked it. The turn 8♥, Huynh check-raised Mudgal’s 3k bet to make it 8k. Mudgal called. On the river A♥, Huynh c-bet 12k, Mudgal folded. Huynh was kind enough to show his 7♣ 7♠ full house. Mudgal showed 5♦ for a draw. Huynh up to 160k, Mudgal dipped to 260k.


Lok Gino doubles up, Nguyen Chi Thinh crippled

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Level: 10 Blinds: 1000-1500 Ante: 1500

Lok Gino jammed with K♣ K♠, Nguyen Chi Thinh jammed about the same stack with A♥ Q♠, the board bricked, Gino rises to 60k, Nguyen crippled to below 10k

Several hands later, Nguyen fell to Nam Hyung Suk when A-J found a jack on the river to overtake pocket sixes.


Current chip leaders

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Level: 10 Blinds: 1000-1500 Ante: 1500

Chip leaders (estimated chip counts)

Dhaval Mudgal 280k
Vincent Chauve 277k
Piet Pape 260k
Ruth Graham 260k
Kensuke Koizumi 240k
Dao Minh Phu 240k
Le Ngoc Khanh 230k
Fu Bang Huang 203k
Choi Eng Loong 215k
Soo Jo Kim 190k


Oliver Helm over 200k

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Level: 9 Blinds: 600-1200 Ante: 1200

Just before registration closed, APT Vietnam defending champion Oliver Helm railed last night’s Deep Stack Hyper Turbo winner, Yuwen Pan. Pan had Q♠ Q♣, Helm A♣ 10♣. Three clubs showed up on the board for a winning nut flush to Helm. He is now over 200k. Pan re-entered.


Registration closed! Prize pool and payouts

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Level: 10 Blinds: 1000-1500 Ante: 1500

Registration has closed! The freezeout stage begins with 99 players still seated. An additional 31 entered today which brought us up to 179 entries. As predicted, the guarantee was surpassed. Here’s a look at the numbers and the payouts.

Day 1A: 36 advanced out of 66
Day 1B: 45 advanced out of 82 entries
Day 2: 31 entries
Chips in play: 8,950,000

Total entries: 179 (130 uniques, 49 re-entries)
Prize pool: VND 6,077,050,000 (~USD 262,400)
ITM: 18 places
1st place: VND 1,576,810,000 (~USD 67,900)


Championships Event Day 2 qualifiers

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Championships Event Day 2 qualifiers – 81 players 

Rank Name Country / Region Chips Table  Seat
1 Dhaval Mudgal India 294,200 5 3
2 Terry Nguyen Vietnam 219,000 8 1
3 Ruth Graham United States 215,400 4 7
4 Le Ngoc Khanh Vietnam 200,300 10 4
5 Fu Bang, Huang Taiwan 195,800 6 1
6 Kim Michael Enriquez Philippines 193,800 9 2
7 David Luong Australia 189,600 2 1
8 Soo Jo Kim Korea 176,700 6 2
9 Hong Kong Nguyen Canada 164,000 6 7
10 Piet Pape Germany 161,800 7 1
11 Choi Eng Loong Malaysia 153,900 8 4
12 Oliver Helm New Zealand 150,000 1 4
13 Huy Cong Kieu Netherlands 149,700 5 5
14 Chauve Vincent United Kingdom 144,800 2 3
15 Lau King Sing Hong Kong 134,000 7 7
16 Abhinav Iyer India 131,600 9 7
17 Vincent Huang Australia 131,100 5 7
18 Josh McCully Australia 126,800 4 6
19 Jerome Bradpiece United Kingdom 126,200 6 6
20 Dao Minh Phu Vietnam 123,200 1 7
21 Yasheel Doddanavar India 120,000 11 1
22 Madhav Gupta India 115,000 11 4
23 David Erquiaga Philippines 114,600 9 1
24 Yip, Kwok Chun Hong Kong 114,000 1 8
25 Ma Chun Yu Hong Kong 109,600 2 6
26 Hamish Crawshaw New Zealand 105,300 6 4
27 Tai Hsing Hsiung Taiwan 100,100 3 8
28 Vivek Rughani India 98,700 8 6
29 Johannes Hoeld Germany 96,800 1 5
30 Meherzad Munsaf India 94,300 8 5
31 Tan Nguyen Vietnam 93,800 2 2
32 Iori Yogo Japan 93,800 7 4
33 Go Mori Japan 92,700 8 2
34 Kensuke Koizumi Japan 92,600 1 3
35 Hieu Ngo Vietnam 91,000 10 5
36 Chris Leug Hong Kong 90,100 1 6
37 Edward Pastoll United Kingdom 88,300 4 8
38 Pang Cho Yi Hong Kong 87,600 9 4
39 Sahil Chutani India 82,700 2 4
40 Dinh Gia Hung Vietnam 81,400 7 3
41 Vincent Li Hong Kong 78,700 8 3
42 Nguyen Quang Huy Vietnam 78,400 6 3
43 Hari Varma Australia 77,400 11 2
44 Qian Xubo Hong Kong 76,100 3 5
45 Jorge Paredes Spain 75,000 3 1
46 Vinh Tran Vietnam 70,500 4 3
47 Saul Oliver Spain 69,000 9 3
48 Kjell-Ove Dyb Norway 68,700 8 7
49 Joakim Andersson Sweden 66,300 10 1
50 Kang Yoo Sin Korea 66,100 2 8
51 Nguyen Binh Minh Vietnam 65,900 3 3
52 Bin Zhang China 63,800 1 1
53 Tanaka Masatoshi Japan 63,000 4 1
54 Lau King Lun Alan Hong Kong 62,700 10 6
55 Tu Le  Australia 61,700 5 4
56 Kartik Ved India 57,800 6 5
57 Hoang Doi Thien Vietnam 57,500 5 6
58 Pang Leo Hong Kong 57,500 10 3
59 Nguyen Duc Bien Australia 56,900 3 6
60 Ng Cheuk Tan Hong Kong 52,300 5 1
61 Nguyen Tan Phuoc Vietnam 51,700 3 2
62 Yuwen Pan China 50,500 4 4
63 Yik “Ray” Chiu Hong Kong 48,100 9 5
64 Lok Gino Hong Kong 47,600 4 2
65 Jiang Yong Bo Singapore 47,600 7 6
66 Nam Hyung Suk Korea 45,200 10 2
67 Takao Shimizu Japan 41,700 1 2
68 Livar Dysjaland Norway 39,100 11 7
69 Sajal Gupta India 39,000 9 6
70 Min Joo Cho Korea 38,600 7 2
71 Stephane Carrier Thailand 35,200 11 5
72 Lakri Pal Singh India 32,000 11 6
73 Tomokazu Hattanda Japan 31,700 2 5
74 Takahasi Matsushita Japan 31,400 3 7
75 Duong Minh Hai (SK) Vietnam 30,700 10 7
76 Derek Wang United Kingdom 28,700 7 5
77 Nguyen Pham The Quan Vietnam 28,200 3 4
78 Nguyen Chi Thinh Vietnam 26,000 11 3
79 Pham Duy Hung Vietnam 21,200 5 2
80 Kenji Kurashina Japan 17,900 2 7
81 Yohn Paredes Peru 11,000 4 5

Championships Event – Day 1A – 36 players

1 Terry Nguyen Vietnam 219,000
2 Kim Michael Enriquez Philippines 193,800
3 David Luong Australia 189,600
4 Soo Jo Kim Korea 176,700
5 Oliver Helm New Zealand 150,000
6 Lau King Sing Hong Kong 134,000
7 Abhinav Iyer India 131,600
8 Vincent Huang Australia 131,100
9 Josh McCully Australia 126,800
10 Dao Minh Phu Vietnam 123,200
11 Yasheel Doddanavar India 120,000
12 Hamish Crawshaw New Zealand 105,300
13 Vivek Rughani India 98,700
14 Meherzad Munsaf India 94,300
15 Chris Leug Hong Kong 90,100
16 Edward Pastoll United Kingdom 88,300
17 Pang Cho Yi Hong Kong 87,600
18 Dinh Gia Hung Vietnam 81,400
19 Nguyen Quang Huy Vietnam 78,400
20 Hari Varma Australia 77,400
21 Jorge Pareja Espana 75,000
22 Kjell-Ove Dyb Norway 68,700
23 Joakim Andersson Sweden 66,300
24 Kang Yoo Sin Korea 66,100
25 Lau King Lun Alan Hong Kong 62,700
26 Tu Le  Australia 61,700
27 Nguyen Duc Bien Australia 56,900
28 Ng Cheuk Tan Hong Kong 52,300
29 Nguyen Tan Phuoc Vietnam 51,700
30 Yuwen Pan China 50,500
31 Lok Gino Hong Kong 47,600
32 Livar Dysjaland Norway 39,100
33 Laksh Pal Singh India 32,000
34 Tomokazu Hattanda Japan 31,700
35 Derek Wang United Kingdom 28,700
36 Nguyen Pham The Quan Vietnam 28,200


Championships Event – Day 1B – 45 players

Name Country Chips
Dhaval Mudgal India 294,200
Ruth Graham United States 215,400
Le Ngoc Khanh Vietnam 200,300
Fu Bang, Huang Taiwan 195,800
Hong Kong Nguyen Canada 164,000
Piet Pape Germany 161,800
Choi Eng Loong Malaysia 153,900
Huy Cong Kieu Netherlands 149,700
Chauve Vincent United Kingdom 144,800
Jerome Bradpiece United Kingdom 126,200
Madhav Gupta India 115,000
David Erquiaga Philippines 114,600
Yip, Kwok Chun Hong Kong 114,000
Ma Chun Yu Hong Kong 109,600
Tai Hsing Hsiung Taiwan 100,100
Johannes Hoeld Germany 96,800
Tan Nguyen Vietnam 93,800
Iori Yogo Japan 93,800
Go Mori Japan 92,700
Kensuke Koizumi Japan 92,600
Hieu Ngo Vietnam 91,000
Sahil Chutani India 82,700
Vincent Li Hong Kong 78,700
Qian Xubo Hong Kong 76,100
Vinh Tran Vietnam 70,500
Saul Oliver Spain 69,000
Nguyen Binh Minh Vietnam 65,900
Bin Zhang China 63,800
Tanaka Mastoshi Japan 63,000
Kartik Ved India 57,800
Hoang Doi Thien Vietnam 57,500
Pang Leo Hong Kong 57,500
Yik “Ray” Chiu Hong Kong 48,100
Jiang Yong Bo Singapore 47,600
Nam Hyung Suk Korea 45,200
Takao Shimizu Japan 41,700
Sajal Gupta India 39,000
Min Joo Cho Korea 38,600
Stephane Carrier Thailand 35,200
Takahasi Matsushita Japan 31,400
Duong Minh Hai (SK) Vietnam 30,700
Nguyen Chi Thinh Vietnam 26,000
Pham Duy Hung Vietnam 21,200
Kenji Kurashina Japan 17,900
Yohn Paredes Peru 11,000



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