APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 Championships Event


Bluff exposed! Ankit Jajodia wins the pot

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

On a board 4 9 3 A 10, Son Hoang laid out a 125k bet onto a pot of about 115k. This tanked Ankit Jajodia who eventually called. Hoang showed Q J cold stone bluff, Jajodia won it with A 10 two pair. Hoang dropped to 470k, Jajodia chipped up to 712k.


Sumit Sapra and Tran Nam Trung go at it

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

Sumit Sapra and Tran Nam Trung went at it with two shoves nearly back to back. On the first bout, Sapra’s Q Q dominated Tran’s 5 5 throughout for a double up. Following that hand, the next showdown saw a flop 5 3 2. Tran was all in with 6 6, Sapra had him sweating with A K, the turn 10 and river J was good for a double up to Tran. He recovered the lost chips and zoomed to 1.1M. Sapra dropped to 439k.


Le Van Dien aka Kenny out in 20th place for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285)

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

Le Van Dien’s stack swung all day, paying out and shipping it but never increasing enough to be a major threat to the big stacks. His final hand arrived with K Q unable to crack Dinh Tien Thanh’s A A. He finished 20th for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285).


Last champion out as Hue Dang busts 21st for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285)

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

Hue Dang was all in for her last 81k and had to fade off two players to stay in the running for a second title. Not the case though as the three way showdown ended in a lucky win for Tran Huy Hoang who nearly joined the champion at the rail.

Hue Dang 5 6
Tran Huy Hoang 10 10
Rijad Hasani K K

The board ran 7 3 Q A 10 for rivered set to Tran. He zoomed to 510k, the chip leader dropped to 1.2M (still leading), and Dang earned VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285) for her 21st place run.


Nguyen Van Sang’s quads earn the maximum

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12k

Catching the action on the river betting 3 8 9 5 8, Dang Duy Thanh snap called all Nguyen Van Sang’s shove then quickly showed his J 9 two pair. Nguyen opened his big hand 8 8 and shipped the double up to 380k. Dang dropped to 620k.


Battle of the blinds: Katsu bests Hue Dang

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12k

Small blind Hue Dang A 5 and big blind Katsu A K found themselves all in. When the board ran Q 7 A 2 4, Katsu had the better five card spread for a double up to 138k. Dang slipped down to 82k.


Teddy Pham’s overpair gets full pay

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12k

On a flop 5 2 10, and a raised pot built preflop, Le Anh Minh engaged in a betting war that resulted in Pham at risk. However, Pham had K K overpair against Le’s Q 10, the turn A and river J were kind to Pham to ship the double up to 330k. Le dropped to 775k.


Dinh Duc Linh chunks down Le Van Dien

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12k

Action folded around to small blind Dinh Duc Linh who shoved his short stack with A 8. Big blind Le Van Dien aka Kenny was also short and looked down at Q J and risked it. With the board running 5 5 6 A 8, it was a double up for Dinh to 365k and down to 4 BB for Kenny.


Thomas Ward can’t let go, busts in 22nd place – VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285)

Level: 19 Blinds: 6K-12K Ante: 12k

Action folded around to the small blind Thomas Ward who raised it up three times to 36k, big blind Rijad Hasani wasted no time counting out a three-bet and just jammed his massive pile. This sent Ward tanking then opted to risk his over 30 BB stack.

Ward A Q
Hasani A K

The board ran 10 4 6 2 4. Ward exited in 22nd place for VN₫ 76,340,000 (~US$ 3,285). Hasani zoomed to over 1.5M and is continues to lead the final 21 players.