Today: Main Event race to the Final 8; CoinPoker High Rollers 2; Chang Gon Lee wins event trophy

Expect another exciting day at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships with the Main Event race coming down to the wire. The final 53 players will be hunting down a Final 8 seat to bring them one heat closer to the title and the VND 1,636,720,000 first prize.

Main Day 2

Once again the APT took Vietnam by storm. The tour amassed the largest Main Event prize pool of VND 9,680,600,000 ever seen in the country with 499 entries at VND 22M each. At yesterday’s Day 2, pockets were being padded starting at 84^th place.

Today’s round kicks off promptly at 1pm at the Pro Poker Club. Blinds are at 3000-6000 ante 1000. Average stack is 235,009. Total chips in play is 12,455,500. A small reminder to CoinPoker promo players, make sure to keep the patch on throughout the entire day to continue to be eligible for the Last Man Standing prize.

To bring you the action, we will have Live Updates throughout Day 3. 

CoinPoker High Rollers 2

Speaking of CoinPoker, running alongside the main today is the CoinPoker High Rollers 2. This is the only side event joining the floor. Buyin is VND 43,000,000. Cards in the air at 4pm.

Chang Gon Lee wins the NLH Single Day

Chang Gon Lee

Late last night, Korea’s Chang Gon Lee overcame a deficit at heads up against Charles Lesmana to seize the NLH Single Day event and pocket the VND 163,670,000 first prize along with the event trophy. There were 146 entries for this event with 25 places paid. The final 8 players were moved to the RFID feature table which means, you can watch and relive the action in APT Twitch and APT YouTube.

Final 8 of the NLH Single Day

For a brief recap of the action, Lesmana held a commanding chip lead entering heads up after he knocked out Kim Hae Seung (5th), Nguyen Heu Ha (4th), and Le Hoai Nam (3rd). He seemed to be on the road to victory when he was all in at heads up with 9♥ 5♣ on a board of Q♣ 7♦ 9♠ against Lee’s J♦ 7♥. The board however had other plans as the turn felted J♥ for two pair to Lee, and the  8♣ river secured the double up. 

Not long after, the final hand came. Lesmana shoved with 7-6 and Lee called wit Q-10. The board ran 5-A-7-10-2 for a higher pair to Lee to eliminate and capture the win. 

Final 8 payouts
Prize pool: VND 708,100,000 – Buyin: VND 5.5M – ITM: 25 places
1^st Chang Gon Lee – Korea – VND 163,670,000
2^nd Charles Lesmana – Indonesia – VND 109,110,000
3^rd Le Hoai Nam – Vietnam – VND 76,180,000
4^th Nguyen Heu Ha – Vietnam – VND 55,450,000
5^th Kim Hae Seung – Korea – VND 41,910,000
6^th Truong Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – VND 32,750,000
7^th Cao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – VND 26,380,000
8^th Tran Minh Quan – Vietnam – VND 21,820,000

Full APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships schedule 

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  Championships Event Day 3 ends with the Final 8 established; Kit Kwan Kwok seeks 2nd title

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  Another round of eliminations took place at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships – Championships Event – with 29 players out of the 213 total entries back at the felt hunting down a coveted seat to the final day.... Read more

  
  
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  94 players return for Championships Event Day 2; Paul Hong bags the biggest at Day 1B

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  The APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships 2018 – Championships Event – resumes today with 94 players returning to Pro Poker Club for the next stage to the coveted title. Over the past two days, the VND 33,000,000 buy-in highlight... Read more

  
  
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  Gavin Flynn wins first event of the series; sets the bar for the APT Player of the Series race

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  The APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh Championships concluded its first event of the series with Gavin Flynn emerging victorious at the Monster Stack event. This was Flynn’s first-ever APT victory. He defeated Viet Hung Nguyen at the heads up round... Read more