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The Asian Poker Tour will see a new MAIN EVENT champion crowned today at partner venue Vietnam Series of Poker (VSOP). Leading the way is Dao Minh Phu who has been unstoppable since his victory at the Superstar Challenge. For the past three days, he has topped the headlines having bagged a commanding stack at Day 1C, Day 2, and at Day 3. When they return to the felt today, Phu will bring in a massive 183 BB stack which is over a third of the chips in play.
| Player | Flag | Chips | BB |
| Dao Minh Phu | Vietnam | 4,585,000 | 183.4 |
| Nguyen Vu Cuong | Vietnam | 1,725,000 | 69 |
| Ankit Jajodia | India | 1,290,000 | 51.6 |
| Tommy Nguyen | Norway | 1,170,000 | 46.8 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 970,000 | 38.8 |
| Dang Thanh Luong | Vietnam | 950,000 | 38 |
| Vamerdino Magsakay | Philippines | 835,000 | 33.4 |
| Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu | Vietnam | 460,000 | 18.4 |
The rest of the pack have a difficult climb ahead if they plan to chase the leader. In second rank is Nguyen Vu Cuong with 69 BB. Cuong is well remembered for having drawn the largest mystery bounty reward on the first draw at APT Vietnam Loyal. He went on to reach the final table in 8th place. In third rank is the lone player from India, Ankit Jajodia with 51.6 BB. Jajodia joined his first APT last month and landed four final tables including 5th place at the festival’s Championships Event. The hot run continued in this series with Jajodia already seen at two side event final tables prior to securing the coveted Main Event Final 8 seat. Right at Jajodia’s tail is Norway’s Tommy Nguyen with 46.8 BB. Tommy Nguyen already has one side event under his belt with a victory at the festival’s Pot Limit Omaha. During the bubble to the final table, he survived a shove with Ace-King over Ace-Queen to double up and earn his spot to today’s big race.
The bottom half of the ranking is led by well known local high roller Nguyen Quang Huy who placed 4th at the APT Main Event in Phu Quoc. Among his other deep runs was a victory at the APT Vietnam Loyal Mystery Bounty event. He carries in a 38.8 BB stack. Sitting on a similar stack is Danh Thanh Luong aka Victor EM who has cashed at a couple of past APT Main Events and finally reached the final table. At Day 3, Luong used up all of his time 5 banks in a hand against Pham Duy Anh. He dropped to 24 BB then quickly recovered. He later chunked down Chien Than to amass his big stack.
Filipino player Vamerdino Magsakay is ranked 7th. Magsakay came close to an APT Main Event victory in 2019 in the Philippines but fell short in 3rd place. At APT Phu Quoc, Magsakay was a wrecking ball, winning three High Roller events and the Player of the Series title on his first ever APT event outside of his home country. Magsakay built his massive stack by railing several players that included Jude Kumar and Le Minh Thuc (Day 1B chip leader). Down to the final nine players, Magsakay dropped below 10 BB when he called a big river raise bet by Phu who had a full house that beat his straight. Just before the final 8 was formed, Magsakay doubled up to 33.4 BB. Bringing up the rear is Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu aka Pickle Rick who was seen consistently chipping up throughout Day 3. He survived an all in at the final table of nine with pocket Aces getting full pay to bag up 18.4 BB.
The remaining players are all guaranteed to pocket VN₫ 248,300,000 (~US$ 10,585) but what they will be gunning for is the VN₫ 1,986,320,000 (~US$ 84,687) first prize. The champion will also receive an APT Main Event trophy and APT Championship Ring. Cards start flying at 12pm. Catch the live stream on APT media channels APT YouTube and APT Twitch.
Remaining payouts
| 1st | VN₫ 1,986,320,000 |
| 2nd | VN₫ 1,324,230,000 |
| 3rd | VN₫ 920,590,000 |
| 4th | VN₫ 664,920,000 |
| 5th | VN₫ 497,260,000 |
| 6th | VN₫ 383,780,000 |
| 7th | VN₫ 304,760,000 |
| 8th | VN₫ 248,300,000 |
The Main Event drew 487 total entries at VN₫ 22,000,000 buy in a piece for a prize pool of VN₫ 9,447,800,000 (~US$ 402,800). The top 49 earn a piece of it with the biggest cuts to be claimed by the final 8 contenders.
Dates: July 14 to 19
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 940)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000
Total entries: 487
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,447,800,000 (~US$ 402,800)
ITM: 49 places
ROBERT KISS ships the two-day No Limit Hold’em event
The two-day No Limit Hold’em event drew 83 runner for a prize pool of VN₫ 644,080,000 (~US$ 27,460). Day 1 ended with USA’s Robert Kiss chip leading the final 9 players. It was a rough race to the finish with short stacks chipping up resulting in crashes for some of the big stacks such as Ankit Wadhawan who entered Day 2 third in chips then left in 9th place. On the up side, Wu Jun Hao charged from second to the bottom to face Kiss at heads up. In the end, Kiss prevailed to claim the APT trophy and a cool VN₫ 174,930,000 (~US$ 7,460). This was his second ever APT career side event title.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 375)
Entries: 83
Prize pool: VN₫ 644,080,000 (~US$ 27,460)
ITM: 14 places
Finl day payouts
1st Robert Kiss – USA – VN₫ 174,930,000
2nd Wu Jun Hao – Singapore – VN₫ 116,630,000
3rd Terence Lim – Singapore – VN₫ 81,080,000
4th Kannan Kalidasan – Singapore – VN₫ 58,560,000
5th Gilbert Goh – Singapore – VN₫ 43,790,000
6th Ng Wei Chao – Singapore – VN₫ 33,800,000
7th Kevin Lim – China – VN₫ 26,840,000
8th Tran Ha Hung – Vietnam – VN₫ 21,870,000
9th Ankit Wadhawan – India – VN₫ 18,220,000
VO MANH LINH wins first APT trophy at Short Deck
21 entered the Short Deck event for a prize pool of VN₫ 203,700,000 (~US$ 8,685). Malaysia’s Chang Xiang Guang has been hot on the hunt for the APT Player of the Series title deciding to attack the side events to accumulate points. During the bubble round, he was down to just 1 BB then clawed his way to cash in 3rd place. The title was between Vo Manh Linh and Tran Manh Hung with the former starting the final duel with the biggest stack. One of Tran’s double ups was with a straight flush but it still wasn’t enough to overtake the leader Linh. Linh shipped it with Q♥ Q♦ staying ahead of A♥ 6♥. Linh earned his first ever APT title and the VN₫ 99,640,000 (~US$ 4,250) first prize payout.
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Entries: 21
Prize pool: VN₫ 203,700,000 (~US$ 8,685)
ITM: 4 places
1st Vo Manh Linh – Vietnam – VN₫ 99,640,000
2nd Tran Manh Hung – Vietnam – VN₫ 53,440,000
3rd Chang Xiang Guang – Malaysia – VN₫ 31,060,000
4th Ng Wei Chao – Singapore – VN₫ 19,560,000
APT Player of the Series update
Here are the top 10 in the standings after 13 completed side events. Mystery Bounty winner Kyle Bao Diep continues to have a tight grip on the lead, Singapore’s Wu Jun Hao reached his third final table, taking runner up at the NLH. He jumped up several notches into second rank. To round out the top three is France’s Erwan Regnault who earned his third series cash at the Main Event.
More events to earn points towards the race! Today features three trophy events. Make sure to check the schedule for the details.
APT Summer Festival Hanoi – VSOP 2022
Tournament structures