HomeCatching up with the side events, the past two days of APT Vietnam Hanoi 2022 at the Grand Loyal Poker Club saw four players pick up event trophies. The latest champions were Chu Thai Thinh at the two-day High Rollers, Nang Quang Nguyen at the High Rollers Single Day, Singapore’s Tan Wah Meng at the No Limit Holdém 1, and Mongolia’s Janag Battulga at the Short Deck event. Congratulations to the winners! To date, thirteen side events have been claimed. You can view the complete results via the link provided.
Event Results
APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 schedule
APT Player of the Series update
With the completion of the Main Event and 13 side events, the Player of the Series race is in high gear. Everyone that cashed at trophy events earned points so make sure to check your standing. The top three at the end of the series will win special prizes. For 2nd and 3rd, an APT POS trophy each and US$ 100 while the ultimate winner will win the exclusive APT POS winner’s trophy, a watch, and US$ 800. Here are the current race leaders:
Chu Thai Thinh wins the High Rollers for VN₫ 858,350,000 (~US$ 36,975)
47 runners put up the VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,800) High Rollers event buy in to build a prize pool of VN₫ 2,735,400,000 (~US$ 117,829). After a lengthy ten and a half hours of final day play Vietnam’s Chu Thai Thinh emerged victorious to lift his first ever APT trophy and the VN₫ 858,350,000 (~US$ 36,975) first prize. This was Thinh’s maiden APT win and largest career payout. He defeated UK pro Alex Lindop at heads up.
Final day action saw many decorated players sitting elbow to elbow such as Nguyen Quang Huy, Thomas Ward, Tran Huy Hoang, Huu Dung Nguyen, Chi Chung Ho, Nguyen Ngoc Dai, but none of them reached the money round. Falling one spot shy was Huynh Ngoc Cuong with K♠ Q♦ outdrawn by Florencio Campomanes‘ 10♣ 8♦ on a board of 4♣ 8♣ 10♠ Q♠ 7♦.
With the money intact, the hunt for the top prize ran another five and a half hours. A majority of that time Thinh sat on the biggest stack. At six-handed Thinh cleaned out Nguyen Nam Duong then Campomanes fell to Ng Khoa Anh with A♥ J♦ spiking the ace to outdraw pocket Queens. At four handed, a thrilling three-way showdown sent Anh out of commission with K♣ Q♣ trips lower kicker to Dennis Ng‘s A♥ Q♦ higher kicker on a board J♥ 9♣ 2♠ Q♥ Q♠. Lindop was also in the hand with A♦ K♦ that paid Ng a double up. Ng’s rise however didn’t last, falling in 3rd place to Thinh.
Heads up opened with Thinh backed by an immense advantage. Lindop doubled up to even them up. One hour in, Lindop was down again and got called all in with Q♦ 9♦ over A♥ 8♦. With the cards running 7♠ 3♠ 7♥ A♦ 7♣, it was a winning full house to Thinh.
Buy in: VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,800)
Entries: 47
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,735,400,000 (~US$ 117,829)
ITM: 8 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Chu Thai Thinh | Vietnam | 858,350,000 |
| 2nd | Alex Lindop | UK | 572,230,000 |
| 3rd | Dennis Ng | Hong Kong | 397,800,000 |
| 4th | Ng Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 287,330,000 |
| 5th | Florencio Campomanes | Philippines | 214,870,000 |
| 6th | Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 165,840,000 |
| 7th | Ngo Trong Hieu | Vietnam | 131,690,000 |
| 8th | Nguyen Duc Nhat | Vietnam | 107,290,000 |
Tan Wah Meng crushes the No Limit Holdém 1 for VN₫ 138,870,000 (~US$ 5,990)
The two-day No Limit Hold’em 1 event attracted 62 to the felt building a prize pool of VN₫ 481,120,000 (~US$ 20,754). Out of the top 11 players shaving a portion, Singapore’s Tan Wah Meng aka Roa Baxooka banked the largest chunk for his crushing victory. You can watch his final table run via APT YouTube and APT Twitch or read on below for the recap.
On the first day, with nine players on the bubble round to the final table, Thailand’s Rungrot Nuannoi was all in with Q♠ Q♥ and was called by Chu Quang Dung A♣ J♣, the board ran a doozy A♠ A♥ A♦ 5♥ 9♥ for quads to Dung and a double up. Nuannoi was down to crumbs and got it all in on a four-way won by the leader Roa Bazooka.
At the final table, Roa Bazooka was up in the count until he ran into a big hand against Le Minh Phuc who stole the top spot. Roa Bazooka recovered by sending the axe down on Dejima Yua, Bui Ngoc Quoc Linh, and eventually Phuc to face Dung at heads up. Roa Bazooka was up 35 BB to 4 BB. Dung landed one double up but on his next push, it was over. Roa Bazooka had K♣ K♠ that easily crushed Dung’s K♦ 7♣
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 380)asjd
Entries: 62
Prize pool: VN₫ 481,120,000 (~US$ 20,754)
ITM: 11 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Tan Wah Meng | Singapore | 138,870,000 |
| 2nd | Chu Quang Dung | Vietnam | 92,580,000 |
| 3rd | Le Minh Phuc | Vietnam | 64,360,000 |
| 4th | Radev Vasil Radoslavov | Vietnam | 46,480,000 |
| 5th | Bui Ngoc Quoc Linh | Vietnam | 34,760,000 |
| 6th | Dejima Yuta | Japan | 26,830,000 |
| 7th | Daiki Kohagi | Japan | 21,310,000 |
| 8th | Hisashi Ogi | Japan | 17,360,000 |
| 9th | Rungrot Nuannoi | Thailand | 14,470,000 |
| 10th | Hyeokki Lee | Korea | 12,050,000 |
| 11th | Thanakrit Lachaima | Thailand | 12,050,000 |
Janag Battulga wins first ever APT trophy at Short Deck event
One day after finishing 3rd at the High Rollers Single Day event, Mongolia’s Janag Battulga sought redemption and found it at the Short Deck event. Out of the 27 that took interest, the title came down between Battulga and Hoang Thai Son who was on his third final table. With big hands always felted in this type of Hold’em variant, both players exchanged blows and the lead bounced multiple times. Battulga was finally able to close it out with A♠ 6♠ flush over A♥ 6♥ trips on a board A♦ 8♠ 10♠ A♣ 7♠
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 475)
Entries: 27
Prize pool: VN₫ 261,900,000 (~US$ 11,300)
ITM: 5 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Janag Battulga | Mongolia | 111,890,000 |
| 2nd | Hoang Thai Son | Vietnam | 64,850,000 |
| 3rd | Nguyen Anh Minh | Vietnam | 40,150,000 |
| 4th | Tran Huy Manh | Vietnam | 26,480,000 |
| 5th | Nguyen Minh Hoang | Vietnam | 18,530,000 |
Nang Quang Nguyen bank the High Rollers Single Day
Another High Rollers Single Day event buzzed up the night with 20 taking interest. This version had a slightly higher buy in of VN₫ 43 Million to generate a prize pool of VN₫ 776,000,000 (~US$ 33,427). Only four players dipped in the pot with highly decorated pro Nang Quang Nguyen scooping up the biggest cut. After the fall of Phachara Wongwichit in 4th place, Nguyen booted short stacked Tran Duc Son next, to bring about the final stage to the trophy. Despite Nguyen having the chip advantage, it was short stacked specialist Florent Benlloch putting him to the test. Benlloch’s relentless pursuit earned a double up but still stayed behind the leader. When the final hand arrived, it was Nguyen 10♠ 10♥, Benlloch A♣ 2♦, the board ran 6♥ 10♣ 3♣ J♥ 9♥.
Buy in: VN₫ 43,000,000 (~US$ 1,852)
Entries: 20
Prize pool: VN₫ 776,000,000 (~US$ 33,427)
ITM: 4 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Nang Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 379,570,000 |
| 2nd | Florent Benlloch | France | 203,600,000 |
| 3rd | Tran Duc Son | Vietnam | 118,310,000 |
| 4th | Phachara Wongwichit | Thailand | 74,250,000 |