APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Main Event 2018


Day 2 closes with 53 players

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

Nguyen Van Dung

From 203 players that started Day 2, the field trimmed down to only 53 players at bagging time. Nguyen Van Dung holds the lead with 787,000 and Choong Kian Weng close behind with 755,000. We will have the official tally for you shortly along with a recap.

Congratulations to all the players in the money. Listed below are the current payouts:

54th Phan Dinh Nam – Vietnam – VND 44,990,000

Eliminations 55th – 63rd – VND 38,460,000

55th Ngueyn Thanh Phong – Vietnam
56th Feng Zhiya – China
57th Mark Lloyd – Australia
58th Park Daesung – Korea
59th Huynh Tan Dung – Vietnam
60th Phamas – UK
61st Yar Gin Wee – Singapore
62nd Ying Lin Chua – Malaysia
63rd Jack Ng Yow Hui – Singapore

Eliminations 64th – 81st – VND 32,870,000

64th Josh McCully – Australia
65th Yin Wei Cheng – Taiwan
66th Hoang Thanh Tung – Vietnam
67th Gabriel Carter – UK
68th Tran Trung Hieu – Vietnam
69th Phua Tzai Wai – Singapore
70th Nguyen Hoang Bach – Vietnam
71st Nguyen Hien Hoa – Vietnam
72nd Duong Chi Hieu – Vietnam
73rd Nguyen Duy Tung – Vietnam
74th Hoang Dai Thien – Vietnam
75th Frederic Bolliet – France
76th He Yue Gi – Netherlands
77th Chan Kai Tai Jackson – Hong Kong
78th Chung Ken Marcus
79th Kwok Ting Shum – Hong Kong
80th Kang Suk Hyun – Korea
81st Pham Thanh Tung – Vietnam

Eliminations 82nd -84th – VND 28,090,000

82nd Wang Choon Hong – Malaysia
83rd Nguyen Trung Kien – Vietnam
84th Piet Pape – Germany


Alex Lee doubles up through Norbert Koh

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

Alex Lee

Norbert Koh built himself a nice hefty stack throughout Day 2 but in one of the closing hands, he lost a large chunk of it to Alex Lee. It was all in preflop, Koh with 8 8, Lee with A K the board ran 6 A 7 4 7 for a higher pair spiked and a double up.


A stunned table sees Nguyen Van Dung ship in a monster pot

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

If there was one hand that had everyone stumped at the table it was the one between Phan Dinh Nam and Nguyen Van Dung. The hand kicked off with a raise to 11.5k by Phan on utg and Nguyen called. On the flop 9 8 5, Phan c-bet 11.5k and once again Nguyen flat-called. On the 2 turn, another lead out bet by Phan of 22.5k, Nguyen raised to 65k, Phan three-bet 140k, and Nguyen four-bet shoved. This sent Phan tanking for some time until the clock was called. He called.

Phan Dinh Nam (L) – Nguyen Van Dung (R)

Nguyen opened J J overpair while Phan had A K that completely stunned the players. The river 2 ended the hand and Phan was railed himself out of the Main Event. Nguyen zoomed to nearly 800k.


Eliminations 64th – 81st – VND 32,870,000

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

64th Josh McCully – Australia
65th Yin Wei Cheng – Taiwan
66th Hoang Thanh Tung – Vietnam
67th Gabriel Carter – UK
68th Tran Trung Hieu – Vietnam
69th Phua Tzai Wai – Singapore
70th Nguyen Hoang Bach – Vietnam
71st Nguyen Hien Hoa – Vietnam
72nd Duong Chi Hieu – Vietnam
73rd Nguyen Duy Tung – Vietnam
74th Hoang Dai Thien – Vietnam
75th Frederic Bolliet – France
76th He Yue Gi –
77th Chan Kai Tai Jackson – Hong Kong
78th Chung Ken Marcus
79th Kwok Ting Shum – Hong Kong
80th Kang Suk Hyun – Korea
81st Pham Thanh Tung – Vietnam


Josh McCully railed by Choong Kian Weng

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

On a raised pot preflop, the board felted 9-9-Q and Josh McCully quickly jammed all in with 10-10. Big stacked Choong Kian Weng called with A-J. The turn saw a jack drop in to award Choong the higher pair which held to the finish to send McCully out of the Main Event.


Hai Chuot rivers it

Level: 18 Blinds: 2500-5000 Ante: 500

On a flop 9 8 Q, a short stacked player shoved the rest of his stack in front of him and Hai Chuot tossed in the call. The short stack had Q 10 top pair, Chuot with K J gutshot draw. The turn 9 added more outs for Chuot, and on the river landed one of them with the 10 awarding him the straight.


Choong Kian Weng ships in a big one

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 500

Choong Kian Weng (R)

Choong Kian Weng has been sporting a big stack all day and it just got much much bigger. Catching the action on a complete board 2 10 4 9 5, Choong faced a huge all in by his opponent. He tanked for a bit then called. His opponent held J 8 bluff and while Choong had 10 10 set. He now has around 590K.


Devesh Thapar one of the big stacks

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 500

Devesh Thapar

With players dropping like dominoes, one player capitalizing was Devesh Thapar. Thapar railed Bastien Blumenrother pre-bubble round then claimed another just moments ago to rise over 500K. Thapar had A-9 that outdrew a player’s 7-7 with the ace showing up on the board.


Eliminations 82nd -84th – VND 28,090,000

Level: 17 Blinds: 2000-4000 Ante: 500

82nd Wang Choon Hong – Malaysia
83rd Nguyen Trung Kien – Vietnam
84th Piet Pape – Germany