HomeDay 3 of the APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 – MAIN EVENT – kicked off with 56 players back on the hunt, and after nearly eleven hours of play, the final table of eight was established. Comprising the lineup were five Vietnamese, two Indians, and one player holding the torch for China. The finalists return to the Grand Loyal Poker Club on Tuesday, June 14 at 130pm to chase down the first ever APT Main Event Hanoi title and the enormous VN₫ 1,929,250,000 (~US$ 83,220) first prize.
Final 8 players
| Seat | Player | Flag | Chips |
| 1 | Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 355,000 |
| 2 | Ngoc Anh Cao | Vietnam | 1,780,000 |
| 3 | Pham Van Tien | Vietnam | 250,000 |
| 4 | Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 1,400,000 |
| 5 | Pham Tien Dung | Vietnam | 3,065,000 |
| 6 | Feng Yu | China | 1,400,000 |
| 7 | Ashish Munot | India | 1,400,000 |
| 8 | Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 2,125,000 |
Closing the day with the mightiest stack was Pham Tien Dung who recently made headlines for his victory at the festival’s Super High Rollers event. Pham has been running red hot. He entered the day running fifth in chips then proceeded to deny numerous players including India’s Vaibhav Sharma on the bubble. Before that fateful moment, Pham shipped a massive double up off Sharma with pocket Kings over pocket Queens. Several hands later, both faced off again, this time on the bubble round that saw Sharma’s A♠ A♥ cracked by Pham’s A♦ Q♠ straight on the turn.
Once the money flowed, short stacks ran wild leading to fast fallouts. Among those benefiting was the day’s entering chip leader, Ngoc Anh Cao with multiple knockouts to his name. Cao was also the reason the final 8 was formed. He eliminated Singaporean pro Norbert Koh in 9th place. As the day progressed, another player finding his way to the top was India’s Ashish Munot who crushed Tran Ha Hung‘s hopes with pocket Aces dominating pocket Kings. Thailand pro Phachara Wongwichit kept up with the big stacks, even earning the chip lead briefly until his K-J suited gamble couldn’t get past pocket Queens to settle for 14th place.
At ten players remaining, and two busts needed to end Day 3, a hand came down between Nguyen Van Trung and Dang Dinh Tung aka Tung Red that resulted in the biggest pot of the day. On a queen-high turn board, Tung shoved with K-Q offsuit, Nguyen called with pocket Aces to double up over 2.76M. This gave him over 40% of the chips in play. Following that hand was considerably the most crushing defeat of the night. Feng Yu‘s A♣ A♠ and Koh’s A♥ A♦ went head to head preflop that ended with four spades on the board for a flush to Yu. Koh plunged to less than 3 BB.
Read up on all the thrilling Day 3 action via our Live Updates.
Main Event info
The Main Event got underway on June 9 with three starting days and Day 2 to fuel in entries. By Day 1B, the guarantee was close to being breached, and at Day 1C, it was totally crushed. With buy in at VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 949) each, the prize pool ballooned to VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159). Coming final 8 day, the biggest cuts will be claimed along with the bragging rights first ever APT Main Event title offered in the country’s capital. Everyone is guaranteed a payout of VN₫ 241,160,000 but it’s the massive payout up top of VN₫ 1,929,250,000 that they will all be gunning for. The Final 8 race will stream live on APT YouTube, APT Twitch, and Grand Loyal Poker Club facebook page. Make sure to log on and follow all the action.
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 949)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000 (~US$ 215,685)
Entries: 471
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,137,400,000 (~US$ 394,159)
ITM: 48 places
Remaining payouts
| 1st | 1,929,250,000 |
| 2nd | 1,286,190,000 |
| 3rd | 894,140,000 |
| 4th | 645,820,000 |
| 5th | 482,970,000 |
| 6th | 372,750,000 |
| 7th | 296,000,000 |
| 8th | 241,160,000 |
Payouts 9th to 48th
| 9th | Norbert Koh | Singapore | 200,970,000 |
| 10th | Dang Dinh Tung aka Tung Red | Vietnam | 167,470,000 |
| 11th | Nguyen Hai Phong | Vietnam | 139,560,000 |
| 12th | Le Van Dien aka Kenny | Vietnam | 139,560,000 |
| 13th | Luu Danh Tuan | Vietnam | 116,300,000 |
| 14th | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 116,300,000 |
| 15th | Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 116,300,000 |
| 16th | Frank Tielens | Holland | 96,920,000 |
| 17th | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 96,920,000 |
| 18th | Tran Huy Hoang | Vietnam | 96,920,000 |
| 19th | Tran Hai Ha | Vietnam | 80,770,000 |
| 20th | Yin Mingbao | China | 80,770,000 |
| 21st | Giao Linh | Vietnam | 80,770,000 |
| 22nd | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 80,770,000 |
| 23rd | Kajornnut Prirungrueng | Thailand | 67,300,000 |
| 24th | Teddy Pham | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 25th | Tran Huy Phong aka Nam Phong | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 26th | Tran Ha Hung | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 27th | Nguyen Van Xuan | Vietnam | 67,300,000 |
| 28th | Le Duc Anh aka Tung Red | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 29th | Nguyen Huu Manh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 30th | Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 31st | Sam Nguyen | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 32nd | Nguyen Tien Son | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 33rd | Nguyen Quang Minh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 34th | Do Hoang Anh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 35th | Yuthana Boonorm | Thailand | 56,090,000 |
| 36th | Phan Trong Linh | Vietnam | 56,090,000 |
| 37th | Anuphad Khong Dechudomkul | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 38th | Takuya Sato | Japan | 46,740,000 |
| 39th | Anton Widjaya | Indonesia | 46,740,000 |
| 40th | Nguyen Quang Minh aka Mr Ngo | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 41st | Vu Quang Hai | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 42nd | Ankit Jajodia | India | 46,740,000 |
| 43rd | Nguyen Van Chien | Vietnam | 46,740,000 |
| 44th | Metasit Pratipsangkorn | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 45th | Tharit Nanthana | Thailand | 46,740,000 |
| 46th | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 38,950,000 |
| 47th | Nguyen Van Kien | Vietnam | 38,950,000 |
| 48th | Ito Akira | Japan | 38,950,000 |