HomeAnother three players were under the paparazzi spotlight at APT Kick-Off Vietnam each one standing proud with their brand new APT trophies. The champions were Lu Zheng Hao – the first player to win two side events – Nguyen Quang Minh, and Jin Pyeonggyu. Players that cashed in these events received points towards the APT Player of the Series race. With his two wins and two other cashes, Hao is currently point leader. You can view the standings here.
APT Kick-Off Vietnam event results
Second trophy for Lu Zheng Hao
Just days after winning his first trophy at the No Limit Hold’em 1 event, Singapore’s Lu Zheng Hao earned himself anothter title. 114 turned up for the third Deep Stack Turbo event. Down to four-handed, the players opted for an ICM deal. Hao had the most chips and was immediately granted the win and the biggest payout.
Buy-in: VND 6,600,000 (~US$ 285)
Entries: 114
Prize pool: VND 663,480,000 (~US$ 28,600)
ITM: 19 places
Payouts
1st Lu Zheng Hao – Singapore – VND 119,940,000 (~US$ 5,200) deal made
2nd Takuya Ohara – Japan – VND 106,610,000 (deal made)
3rd David Erquiaga – Philippines – VND 99,100,000 (deal made)
4th Cheuk Fan Ng – Hong Kong SAR – VND 85,950,000 (deal made)
5th Chock Ming Kiat – Malaysia – VND 42,810,000
6th Choi Eng Loong – Malaysia – VND 32,270,000
7th Koki Kudo – Japan – VND 25,620,000
8th Jeonggyu Cho – Korea – VND 20,870,000
9th Leung Mun Kit – Singapore – VND 17,400,000
10th Cuong Nguyen – Vietnam – VND 14,500,000
11th Nam Nguyen Hoai – Vietnam – VND 14,500,000
12th Naruyasu Ota – Japan – VND 12,080,000
13th Yondeok Kim – Japan – VND 12,080,000
14th Keon Yong Ma – Korea – VND 12,080,000
15th Hong Chuong – Vietnam – VND 10,070,000
16th Hieu Ngo – Vietnam – VND 10,070,000
17th Taegeun Kim – Korea – VND 10,070,000
18th Phanh Anh Kieu – Vietnam – VND 10,070,000
19th Shuhei Ikushiba – Japan – VND 8,390,000
Nguyen Quang Minh wins the Bounty tournament
73 head hunters stormed in for the Bounty event. In the aftermath, the last player standing was Nguyen Quang Minh. He railed Tanja Vojanic on the first heads up hand with J♦ J♣ holding against A♥ K♣. Nguyen claimed four heads at the final table for a total of 10 bounty rewards worth VND 2,200,00 each. You can watch the final 8 race via our media channels APT Twitch and APT YouTube.
Buy-in: VND 8,800,000 (~US$ 380)
Entries: 73
Prize pool: VND 420,480,000 (~US$ 18,100)
ITM: 13 places
Payouts
1st Nguyen Quang Minh – Vietnam – VND 116,500,000 (~US$ 5,000)
2nd Tanja Vojanic – Australia – VND 77,670,000
3rd Kong Chisung – Korea – VND 53,990,000
4th Robert Sherwood – Ireland – VND 39,000,000
5th Piet Pape – Germany – VND 29,160,000
6th Tan Ken Yong – Singapore – VND 22,510,000
7th John Charles Estrella – Philippines – VND 17,870,000
8th Christopher Foldnes – Norway – VND 14,560,000
9th Chin Xuan Ming – Singapore – VND 12,140,000
10th Christopher Mateo – Philippines – VND 10,110,000
11th Huu Duc Nguyen – Vietnam – VND 10,110,000
12th Aleksei Varashev – Russia – VND 8,430,000
13th Lu Zheng Hao – Singapore – VND 8,430,000
Jin Pyeonggyu ships the Pot Limit Omaha Hi
The second Pot Limit Omaha event offered drew 49 to the scene. Nine players earned a piece of the pie with Korea’s Jin Pyeonggyu grabbing the largest share for his triumph. This was Jin’s career second APT side event win. You can watch the final 8 race via our media channels APT Twitch and APT YouTube.
Buy-in:VND 9,900,000 (~US$ 425)
Entries: 49
Prize pool: VND 427,770,000 (~US$ 18,400)
ITM: 9 places
Payouts
1st Jin Pyeonggyu – Korea – VND 129,990,000 (~US$ 5,600)
2nd Daniel Colien – USA – VND 86,650,000
3rd Pierre Faivre – France – VND 60,240,000
4th Jerome Bradpiece – UK – VND 43,510,000
5th Nguyen Tien Thanh – Vietnam – VND 32,540,000
6th Im Sangguk – Korea – VND 25,110,000
7th Tanja Vojanic – Australia – VND 19,940,000
8th Punnat Punsri – Thailand – VND 16,250,000
9th Richard Alleson – Canada – VND 13,540,000