HomeCatching the action on a board showing 3♠ 10♥ 2♦ 6♠ K♣ and a pot udner 40k, Pham Tien Dung jammed his 48.5k stack, Keith Ong tank-called. Pham had 2♥ 6♦ two pair, Ong mucked and paid. Pham chipped up to around 135K.
Tran Huy Hoang aka Louis Tran – 610,000
Chang Yong Suk – 560,000
Dang Duy Thanh – 400,000
Alex Lindop – 384,000
Kig Fujimoto – 330,000
Hue Dang – 300,000
Prize pool and payouts are in! Players are looking at a sweet pot of VND 7,333,200,000 (~US$ 315,540) with the top 22 places earning a piece. The minimum payout is VND 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285) but what they will be hunting is the VND 1,823,500,000 (~US$ 78,465) top prize. Good luck to all!
Championships Event
Buy in: VND 38,5000,000
Guarantee: VND 4,000,000,000
Day 1A: 63 entries
Day 1B: 94 entries
Day 2: 59 entries
Total entries: 216
Prize pool: VND 7,333,200,000 (~US$ 315,540)
ITM: 22 places
Payouts
| 1st | 1,823,500,000 |
| 2nd | 1,215,660,000 |
| 3rd | 845,110,000 |
| 4th | 610,410,000 |
| 5th | 456,490,000 |
| 6th | 352,310,000 |
| 7th | 279,770,000 |
| 8th | 227,940,000 |
| 9th | 189,950,000 |
| 10th | 158,290,000 |
| 11th-12th | 131,910,000 |
| 13th-15th | 109,930,000 |
| 16th -18th | 91,600,000 |
| 19th-22nd | 76,340,000 |
Players are on a break. The field is down to 52 players across 6 tables which means time-banks are in play. Everyone receives 5 time bank chips each worth 60 minutes.
Button player Keigo Fujimoto raised, small blind Huynh Ngoc Cuong three-bet jammed, quick call by Fujimoto. When the cards flipped open, Huynh needed help with A-6 sorely behind A-J. No help came to bust out. Fujimoto chipped up to 330k.
Utg player Dang Van Thien raised to 6500, button player Junji Matsubara three-bet to 32k, back to Dang who shoved sending Matsubara tanking for a few minutes. The clock was finally called and Matsubara risked it.
Matsubara A♦ K♦
Dang K♠ K♣
The board ran 6♠ 6♦ X? 7♣ K♥ to eliminate Matsubara and Dang to rise to 285k.
APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 2018 Championships Event winner Ngoc Anh Cao has joined the rail after his K-Q push ran into a player’s A-K. That only leaves APT Phu Quoc Main Event champion Hue Dang in the running and she is looking strong with 300K.
We’ve seen this before at the Main Event, at least a similar hand. Dao Minh Phu had it all in preflop with K♥ K♠ and Tran Huy Hoang aka Louis Tran had the other kings K♦ K♣. The board ran 7c} 9♣ 2♥ 5♣ 10♣ for a stunning flush to Tran and a painful bust to Dao. Tran now leads with a massive 635k stack.
Another decorated APT champion sent packing. At table 22, Huy Pham struggled to stay afloat and despite landing a double up, his stack was still short. He got it all in on a board 7♦ J♥ 9♥ while holding 7♥ 2♥, and was called by X? J♦ top pair. With the turn 8♠ and river 5♦, Pham failed to improve for Pan to ship it. Pan up to 180k.