APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 Championships Event


Le Anh Minh falls to the leader in 15th place – VN₫ 109,930,000 (~US$ 4,730)

Level: 21 Blinds: 10K-20K Ante: 20K

Le Anh Minh busted out in 15th place for a pay jump to VN₫ 109,930,000 (~US$ 4,730). With his short stack, he jammed with A 3, chip leader Dang Duy Thanh had better A 10, the board ran 2 4 8 6 A.


Tran Nam Trung eliminated in 16th place – VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940)

Level: 21 Blinds: 10K-20K Ante: 20K

Tran Nam Trung saw his stack swing wildly all day until he faced Robert Kiss who drained him down to 1 BB. Tran was all in with pocket Tens that ran into Kiss’s pocket Aces. No hits on the board for a double up to Kiss to 666k and Tran down to 21K. Two hands later, Tran busted in 16th place for VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940).


Norbert Koh eliminated in 17th place – VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940)

Level: 21 Blinds: 10K-20K Ante: 20K

Three players built a pot of 150k, the flop came 8 4 3, small blind Jiang Yongbo checked, big blind Norbert Koh bet 161k leaving himself 30k behind, cutoff Son Hoang folded, back to Yongbo who put Koh all in. Koh reluctantly tossed in the rest of his chips.

Koh 8 6 top pair
Yongbo 10 10 overpair

The turn A and river 10 further improved Yongbo to send Koh out in 17th place. Koh earned VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940) for his deep run.


Current chip leaders

Level: 21 Blinds: 10K-20K Ante: 20K

17 players remaining. Dang Duy Thanh leads with 1.3M, Dinh Tien Thanh at his heels with 1.15M, Ankit Jajodia and Rijad Hasani both sitting on around 1.1M.


David Erquiaga doubles up through Dinh Van Tien

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

The once upon four hours past, David Erquiaga was chip leader but with players draining his stack, he was at risk during the all in against Dinh Van Tien. Erquiaga had J J, Dinh with 10 10, the princes held for a scoop to 305k. Dinh dropped to 240k.


Dang Duy Thanh hits two-outer to survive and take the lead

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

All in preflop with Dang Duy Thanh at risk holding J J dominated by Tran Nam Trung’s K K. However, the spread was on Dang’s side as it felted 2 8 5 J A for winning set and a double up to 1.3M. Tran dropped to 500k.


Katsuhito Kawai exits in 18th place – VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940)

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Blinds versus blinds, Dinh Tien Thanh with A J, Katsuhito Kawai at risk with K 8, no happiness on the board for Kawai as it ran Q 10 A 5 7 to exit in 18th place for VN₫ 91,600,000 (~US$ 3,940).


Teddy Pham eliminated in 19th place – VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285)

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Teddy Pham had it all out front with A K to battle with but Ankit Jajodia had A A that dominated Pham throughout. Pham busted in 19th place for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285). Jajodia zoomed to over 1M.

The field is down to 18 players across two tables. Rijad Hasani and Dinh Tien Thanh lead with around 1.2M followed by Jajodia.


Dinh Van Tien rivers the flush against Robert Kiss

Level: 20 Blinds: 8K-16K Ante: 16K

Dinh Van Tien was all in on a flop 2 A 3 and was at risk of exiting against Robert Kiss’s A K. The turn 9 was no help but the river 9 was one of the outs he needed to land the flush and stay in the running. He climbed to 520k, Kiss dropped to 375k.