The Asian Poker League HCMC Main Event drew out a combined 587 entries (457 players and 150 re-entries) creating a prize pool of VND 8,540,850,000 (~US$366,300K). Out of the 147 runners into Day 2 only half will see the money with 74 places paid.
| Name | Country | Chip Count |
| Xuewei Li | China | 325,800 |
| Amanpreet Singh | India | 247,900 |
| Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | 228,100 |
| Calvin Tan | Singapore | 227,100 |
| Dang Van Hien | Vietnam | 212,900 |
| Norbert Koh | Singapore | 209,200 |
| Abhishek Paul | India | 206,600 |
| Xiaoyin He | China | 205,200 |
| Ang Boon Seng | Singapore | 202,300 |
| Qi Tiansheng | China | 185,000 |
| Phuong Xu | Vietnam | 185,000 |
| Michael Kim Falcon | Denmark | 184,300 |
| Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 179,700 |
| Alex Choi (Choi Joe Young) | Korea | 171,900 |
| Hwan Young Kim | Korea | 168,100 |
| Terence Yang | Singapore | 159,300 |
| Phan Hong Cuong (Shala) | Vietnam | 158,900 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Nghia | Vietnam | 158,200 |
| Bobby Zhang | Australia | 155,900 |
| Huy Pham | Vietnam | 155,800 |
| Jay Xuan Canh | Vietnam | 154,500 |
| Blue Tran | Vietnam | 154,400 |
| Nicholas Niel Burgers | South Africa | 152,000 |
| SJ Kim | Korea | 151,900 |
| Tran Van Cuong | Vietnam | 151,900 |
| Iori Yogo | Japan | 150,000 |
| Nam Nguyen | Vietnam | 147,200 |
| Tetsuya Tsuchikawa | Japan | 147,100 |
| Duy Ho | USA | 143,500 |
| Minh Le | Vietnam | 143,300 |
| Don Mishra | Singapore | 141,700 |
| RedKing | Vietnam | 140,900 |
| Jaeheung An | South Korea | 133,200 |
| Pegasus | Vietnam | 130,700 |
| Feng Zhao | Singapore | 130,500 |
| Tran Thai Ha | Vietnam | 127,600 |
| Jiang Yuan | China | 126,300 |
| The Anh | Vietnam | 124,400 |
| Nguyen Hoang Bach | Vietnam | 124,300 |
| Tao Tien Manh | Vietnam | 122200 |
| En Ching Wu | Taiwan | 121,000 |
| Tin Nguyen | Vietnam | 119,400 |
| Nguyen Thanh | Vietnam | 119,000 |
| Richard Mari | United Kingdom | 117,100 |
| Kjell Ove Dyb | Norway | 116,100 |
| Erik Billgren | Sweden | 115,500 |
| Tuan MoNa Co | Vietnam | 114,800 |
| Duong Nguyen | Vietnam | 113,900 |
| Rouxel Julien | France | 113,300 |
| Hansol Choi | Korea | 112,500 |
| Willy Doorman | France | 111,600 |
| Antoine Ky Phan | Vietnam | 111,100 |
| Wong Kun Kiet (Raymond) | Malaysia | 110,400 |
| Linh Tran | Vietnam | 109,700 |
| Tu Tinh Tao | Vietnam | 109,500 |
| LCH | Malaysia | 106,900 |
| Do Hoai Nam | Vietnam | 106,900 |
| Hai Chuot | Vietnam | 106,700 |
| Phua Tzai Wei | Singapore | 104,400 |
| Wen Po Chun | Taiwan | 101,400 |
| Tran Hoai Anh | Vietnam | 98,600 |
| Nguyen Nam Duong | Vietnam | 97,700 |
| Tran Van Quan | Vietnam | 97,400 |
| Johannes Felix Hoeld | Germany | 96,500 |
| Jong Young Moon | South Korea | 95,900 |
| Pham Thanh | Vietnam | 95,000 |
| Simba | USA | 93,900 |
| Dao Ngoc Nam | Vietnam | 92,200 |
| 20Feb | Vietnam | 89,700 |
| Apuweo (Nguyen Hoang Nam) | Vietnam | 89,400 |
| Huu Dung Neuyen | Vietnam | 89,400 |
| Teom Ming Fong | Malaysia | 89,200 |
| Ran Linh | Vietnam | 89,100 |
| Le Long Stephane | France | 87,500 |
| Eugene Co | Philippines | 86,800 |
| Aigars Plicvs | Latvia | 86,100 |
| Lim Yo Hwan | South Korea | 85,300 |
| Nguyen Chi Thanh | Vietnam | 85,300 |
| Coong Trinh | Vietnam | 84,500 |
| Du Ngoc Tuan Anh | Vietnam | 84,000 |
| Desmond Yow Jiqwei | Singapore | 83,100 |
| Hoang Uai Manh | Vietnam | 83100 |
| Xiaosheng Zheng | China | 83,000 |
| Phan Hoang Tu | China | 81,400 |
| Tran Phuc Tai | Vietnam | 80,800 |
| Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 80,600 |
| Ting Shum Kwok | Hong Kong | 80,600 |
| Lew Yin How | Singapore | 80,500 |
| Ki Junh Young | Korea | 80,000 |
| Nguyen Duc Hoang | Vietnam | 79,900 |
| Mark 888 Zhang | China | 79,400 |
| Yongsun Park | Korea | 79,300 |
| Nguyen Quang | Vietnam | 77,200 |
| Yosuke Iwata | Japan | 77,100 |
| Nguyen Van Dung | Vietnam | 76,600 |
| Guan Guang Xiao | China | 75,800 |
| Nguyen Van Trung | Vietnam | 75,500 |
| Jul Tran | Vietnam | 74,200 |
| Sao Bac Dau | Vietnam | 73,500 |
| Huynh Van Tan | Vietnam | 71,100 |
| Thinh Nguyen | Vietnam | 71,000 |
| Azusa Maeda | Japan | 68,300 |
| Hui Chieh Chang | Taiwan | 68,200 |
| Nguyen Thanh Hung | Vietnam | 67,800 |
| Ling Weng Tai | Malaysia | 64,600 |
| Phan Trong Linh | Vietnam | 64,400 |
| Duong Ngoc Tuyen | Vietnam | 63,200 |
| Tran Uy Thanh | Vietnam | 62,900 |
| Zheng Chuan | China | 61,300 |
| Thienan | Vietnam | 59900 |
| Nguyen Thanh Dat | Vietnam | 59,400 |
| Pham Thun Dat | Vietnam | 58,800 |
| Steve Arnold | USA | 58,000 |
| Chane Kampanatsanyakorn | Thailand | 58000 |
| He Zhong Chi | Taiwan | 57,700 |
| Nghiem Quang Huy | Vietnam | 56,600 |
| Lee Seung Su | Korea | 56,400 |
| La Anh Tuan | Vietnam | 54,700 |
| Chang Huan Bin | Malaysia | 54,100 |
| Hoaing Hong Giang | Vietnam | 53,900 |
| Mel Judah | Australia | 52400 |
| Si Yang Phua | Singapore | 52,400 |
| Edmund Eng | Singapore | 52,300 |
| Kim Kinam | Korea | 50,000 |
| Harry Tran | Vietnam | 49,100 |
| Tommy Kim Dong Hyun | Korea | 48,600 |
| Le | France | 46,900 |
| Steffen Endres | Germany | 46,700 |
| Dinh Van Thanh | Vietnam | 46,500 |
| Trung Nguyen | Vietnam | 44,600 |
| Nguyen Dang Long | Vietnam | 44,400 |
| Nguyen Men | Vietnam | 38,600 |
| Long Lam | Vietnam | 34,800 |
| Hwang Sang Yeon | Hong Kong | 33,900 |
| Li Kwon Ngai Vincent | Hong Kong | 33,800 |
| Daruma | Vietnam | 30,100 |
| Jun-Long Jian | Taiwan | 29,900 |
| Wei Cheng Yin | Taiwan | 28,700 |
| Hoang Chien | Vietnam | 27,800 |
| Ray Chiu | Hong Kong | 27,700 |
| Ng Pui Cheung | Hong Kong | 26,700 |
| Clarence Toh | Singapore | 26,300 |
| Alvin Tan Kok Chuen | Singapore | 22,500 |
| Do Cuong | Vietnam | 21,700 |
| Tran Xuan Truc | Vietnam | 20,800 |
| Lee Chin Yong | Malaysia | 15,400 |
| Cao Hoang Anh | Vietnam | 11,800 |
| Li Kwun Ngai Vincent | Hong Kong | 10,400 |
Louis Hartwell
Graduated in Media Communication at the University of Lausanne, Louis Hartman is a co-founder of somuchpoker.com. He began his career in Cambodia as freelance journalist. In same time he was making his living by playing poker every night at that time. Intense learner, he read dozens of poker strategy books to improve his skills during many years. With a strong interest about poker "behind the scene" in Asia and his communication skills, Louis launched Somuchpoker in 2014.
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