APT Vietnam 2019 Championships Event


Day 3 ends! Final 8 formed!

From 436 entries down to the Final 8 players!

Players by rank

Fu Bang Huang 2,270,000
Dhaval Mudgal 1,425,000
Kensuke Koizumi 1,320,000
Vincent Chauve 1,285,000
Kang Feng Lien 935,000
Tien Quyet Pham 700,000
Go Mori 545,000
Vincent Huang 470,000

Players by seat

Seat 1: Vincent Chauve 1,285,000
Seat 2: Vincent Huang 470,000
Seat 3: Kensuke Koizumi 1,320,000
Seat 4: Tien Quyet Pham 700,000
Seat 5: Fu Bang Huang 2,270,000
Seat 6: Kang Feng Lien 935,000
Seat 7: Go Mori 545,000
Seat 8: Dhaval Mudgal 1,425,000

The finalists return on Sunday, November 17 at 130pm for the race to the title! The event will stream live on APT Twitch and APT YouTube starting at 2pm.

Chips in play: 8,950,000
Average stack: 1,118,750
Final Day opening blinds: 15K – 30K ante 30K

Remaining payouts
1st VND 1,576,810,000 (~USD 67,800)
2nd VND 1,051,200,000 (~USD 45,200)
3rd VND 730,780,000 (~USD 31,400)
4th VND 527,830,000 (~USD 22,700)
5th VND 394,730,000 (~USD 17,000)
6th VND 304,650,000 (~USD 13,000
7th VND 241,920,000 (~USD 10,400)


Hsing Hsiung Tai exits in 9th place – VND 164,250,000 (~USD 7,000)

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

Hsing Hsiung Tai will not be present at tomorrow’s final day having fallen in 9th place to Vincent Chauve. He moved all in with his remaining 105k, Vincent Chauve three-bet to 180k, sb Kensuke Koizumi called. At the flop 3 2 8, Koizumi folded to Chuave’s c-bet. Chauve won the side pot.

Tai A 8
Chauve 10 10

The turn 10 secured the win for Chauve, the river was 4. Tai earned VND 164,250,000 (~USD 7,000).

With that, Day 3 ends! Final 8 players formed!


Vincent Huang doubles up to 470k

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

With Hsing Hsiung Tai down to 105k, Vincent Huang is no longer the shortest stack however he is not out of the woods with 6 bbs. Fu Bang Huang raised to 65k, button Dhaval Mudgal called, bb Vincent Huang joined in. At the flop K 3 7, Vincent put it all out front, Fu Bang folded while Mudgal called.

Mudgal 9 9
Vincent K 2

The turn and river 8 5 completed the board for a double up to Vincent to 470k.


Dhaval Mudgal scores a huge double up, Tai crippled

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

Button Hsing Hsiung Tai raised to min-raised to 60k then faced a shove of 775k from sb Dhaval Mudgal. Tai tank-called.

Tai K Q
Mudgal A K

The board ran clean to send a huge double up to Mdugal to 1.610M. Tai nosedived to 105k.


Estimated chip counts

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

Vincent Chauve 1.075M
Vincent Huang 215k
Kensuke Koizumi 1.73M
Tien Quyet Pham 760k
Fu Bang Huang 2.1M
Kang Feng Lien 935k
Go More 445k
Hsing Hsiung Tai 760k
Dhaval Mudgal 840k

Average stack 944,444
Chips in play 8,950,000


Vincent Chauve vs Fu Bang Huang

Level: 22 Blinds: 12K-24K Ante: 24K

Preflop utg+1 Fu Bang Huang raised, button Vincent Chauve called. On the flop J 8 A, Huang c-bet and Chauve called. By then the pot was 137k. On the turn Q Huang bet 95k, Chauve called again. On the river 10, Huang bet 105k, Chauve raised to 320k, Huang folded. Chauve up to 1.040M, Huang dipped to 2.23M.


Dhaval Mudgal doubles up through Lien

Level: 22 Blinds: 12K-24K Ante: 24K

Three way action saw a raised pot to around 192k, the flop ran J 10 4. Sb Dhaval Mudgal checked, utg+1 Kensuke Koizumi checked, late position Kang Feng Lien bet 79k, Mudgal jammed 324k, Koizumi folded and Lien called.

Mudgal 4 4 set
Lien A 10 pair

The turn 7 and river 10 completed the board. Mudgal doubled up to 940k, Lien dipped below average to 850k.


Vincent Huang loses a big one, Fu Bang Huang rises to 2.5M

Level: 22 Blinds: 12K-24K Ante: 24K

Fireworks on the first hand of the unofficial final table of 9 players. 264k was built by the turn board 9 5 A 8. Cutoff Vincent Huang bet 150k, Fu Bang Huang called. On the river 3, Fu Bang bet 200k, Vincent called .Fu Bang showed 6 7 straight, Vincent mucked. Fu Bang up to 2.5M, Vincent down to 164k.


9 players remaining

Level: 22 Blinds: 12K-24K Ante: 24K

We are down to the final 9 players. One more bust before Day 3 wraps up.

Average stack 994,444
Chips in play 8,950,000

Vincent Chauve 900
Vincent Huang 624k
Kensuke Koizumi 1.8M
Tien Quyen Pham 860k
Fu Bang Huang 1.980M
Kang Feng Lien 1.415M
Go Mori 340k
Hsing Hsiung Tai 740k
Dhaval Mudgal 403k