APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh 2019 Main Event


Day 2 ends! 63 players remaining

Day 2 is a wrap! 63 players survived. The money wasn’t reached. Five players bagged up over 400k. We will have a recap for you shortly. For now, enjoy the live action we caught throughout the day. 

Chip leaders:

Lee Boon Han 431,000
Low Zi Cheng 427,500
Tso Wei 424,000
Manoj Pentakota 413,000
Le Long Stephane 408,500

Prize pool and payouts 

Day 2 survivors

Rank Name Country  Chips Table  Seat
1 Lee Boon Han Malaysia 431,000 3 4
2 Low Zi Cheng Singapore 427,500 6 9
3 Tso Wei Hong Kong 424,000 7 2
4 Manoj Pentakota India 413,000 7 3
5 Le Long Stephane France 408,500 3 9
6 Zhou Jiu Ping China 364,000 2 1
7 Jeong Bong Kil Korea 353,000 6 6
8 Guan Tian Liang China 351,500 1 5
9 Kajornnut Prirungreung Thailand 307,500 7 7
10 Hwang Seong Il Korea 305,000 7 4
11 Kenta Hino Japan 304,500 3 1
12 Chan Wei Hong Malaysia 301,500 5 9
13 Quang Nguyen Vietnam 289,500 1 9
14 Ryusuke Kasawaki Japan 284,500 5 1
15 Nguyen Pham Duy Khanh Vietnam 270,000 4 6
16 Kong Seong Su Korea 266,000 1 1
17 Oli Helm New Zealand 251,500 2 9
18 Miao Jia China 244,000 6 1
19 Kannapong Thanarattakul Thailand 226,500 7 5
20 Soojo Kim Korea 225,000 2 6
21 Chin Wei Khong Singapore 212,500 6 8
22 Reynold Ng Singapore 211,500 6 3
23 Rubin Labroo India 203,500 5 7
24 Zannik Boesche Germany 194,000 5 8
25 Tobias Napel Netherlands 188,000 3 3
26 Aaron Sing Keung Li Australia 184,000 6 5
27 Tai Hsing Hsiung Taiwan 171,500 5 5
28 Terry Nguyen Vietnam 163,500 4 8
29 Soeren Korgo Toernquist Denmark 162,500 3 7
30 Loo JunZhong Malaysia 158,500 2 2
31 David Erquiaga Philippines 156,000 4 4
32 Je Hun Hong Korea 151,500 4 3
33 Lu Zheng Hao Singapore 150,500 7 6
34 Hisashi Ogi Japan 149,000 5 4
35 Nguyen Dai Hop Vietnam 147,500 1 7
36 Tung Nguyen Vietnam 145,000 7 9
37 Antonio Martins Portugal 139,500 1 6
38 Nguyen Thanh Vietnam 137,000 2 5
39 Vu Duc Trung Vietnam 135,000 4 5
40 Andrew Tai Singapore 130,500 2 3
41 Suh Seong Hyun Korea 130,000 3 2
42 Zhang Lei China 122,500 7 8
43 Marius Zalpys Lithuania 122,000 3 5
44 Timothy Goh Singapore 120,000 6 2
45 Harry Duong Vietnam 118,000 2 4
46 David Wai Ho UK 105,500 7 1
47 Nguyen Dan Long Vietnam 98,000 6 4
48 Nguyen Nam Duong Vietnam 89,000 4 1
49 Jimmy Yar Singapore 79,500 1 4
50 Cao Ngoc Anh Vietnam 78,000 6 7
51 Lim Chor Heng Singapore 74,000 4 7
52 Pengyu Lin China 72,000 1 8
53 Nong Mitchell United States 68,000 2 8
54 Lok Gino Hong Kong 66,000 4 9
55 Tran Huy Hoang Vietnam 61,500 1 3
56 Sachaswan United States 60,000 5 6
57 Nguyen Huu Duc Vietnam 56,000 5 3
58 La Anh Tuan Vietnam 49,500 1 2
59 Huynh Thuy Thach Thao Vietnam 41,500 2 7
60 Fan Chi Fu Taiwan 37,500 5 2
61 Tzu Ting Su Taiwan 37,000 4 2
62 Sunrise Nguyen Minh Vietnam 33,500 3 6
63 Huu Dung Nguyen Vietnam 21,500 3 8

Dhanesh Chainani falls to Quang Nguyen

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Dhanesh Chainani didn’t survive the last hand of the day. Cutoff Quang Nguyen opened to 7500, button Chainani three-bet to 23.5k, Quang shoved, Chainani risked it with less.

Chainani A Q
Quang 9 9

The board ran K 10 K 64c} to close the day with the fall of Chainani and Quang a boost to 289.5k.


Guan Tian Liang ships Nguyen Thanh Phong’s stack

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Nguyen Thanh Phong raised to 7500, Guan Tian Liang three-bet to 22.5k, Nguyen tank-called. At the flop 9 9 6, Nguyen checked, Guan c-bet 40k, Nguyen jammed his 80k stack, called by Guan.

Nguyen 8 7
Guan K K

With the turn 2 and river A, Guan shipped it and Nguyen filed out. Guan up to 340k.


Manoj Pentakota rails Sumit Sapra

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Two players from India went head to head, Manoj Pentakota with A K and Sumit Sapra with K J. Both players missed the board to send Sapra out of the running. Pentakota bumped up to 420k.


Big pot for Pham Nguyen Duy Khanh

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Cutoff Pham Nguyen Duy Khanh raised to 6500, button player Lim Chor Heng called. The flop 4 2 Q saw Pham c-bet 7k, Lim called. On the turn K, both players checked and the river came 2. Betting resumed. Pham checked, Lim bet 39k, Pham raised to 90k, he was tank-called. Pham showed 4 4 full house, Lim mucked.


Jeong Bong Kil sends Wayne Heung packing

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Jeong Bong Kil claimed all of Wayne Heung’s stack to rise to around 350k. The hand saw Jeong’s pocket jacks hold against ace-queen offsuit. The queen hit the flop but so did a jack for winning set.


Aces cracked! Kenta Hino spikes a lucky two-outer

Level: 16 Blinds: 1500-3000 Ante: 3000

Utg Kenta Hino raised to 8k, The Vinh three-bet to 19k, Tran Huy Hoang four-bet to 40k, Hino shoved his 142k, Vinh joined with 113k, Tran folded.

Kenta J J
Vinh A A

The board slapped down 8 J 10 7 3 for a crushing set to Hino. Aces were cracked and Vinh was eliminated. Hino rose to 260k.


Big stack update

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

We are entering the last level of Day 2…. current big stacks are:

Tso Wei 510,000
Hwang Seong Il 440,000
Le Long Stephane 330,000
Jeon Bong Kil 300,000
Soo Jo Kim 270,000
Manoj Pentakota 270,000

81 players remaining
Total chips in play: 11,450,000
Average stack: 141,400


Kannapong Thanarattrakul lands a double

Level: 15 Blinds: 1200-2400 Ante: 2400

Mp player raised to 6500, hijack called, button Kannapong Thanarattrakul called, bb Conor O’Driscoll three-bet to 40.4k, mp and hj folded, Kannapong all in for 109k. O’Driscoll called.

Kannapong A K
O’Driscoll K Q

The board ran low for a double up to Kannapong to over 200k.