APL HCMC Road Series Vol.3 : Live Updates

7:05PM: Quang Nguyen wins the Main Event!
Level 35: Blinds 125K/250K ante 30K

CLO00915 — Quang Nguyen – Main Event champion

Quang Nguyen has done it! The last hand of the Main Event has been dealt! Quang Nguyen shoved with , SJ Kim tossed in the one-chip call with , and they were off to the races. The board came down no help for Kim. The turn gave Kim more outs to overtake. But it was not to be. The river was not the black card he needed. Kim was eliminated in 2nd place and earned VND 1,134,820,000.

Quang Nguyen became the newest APL Man Event champion! He takes home the hefty VND 1,618,750,000 first place cash prize.

6:45PM: Quang Nguyen wins four; SJ Kim dropping
Level 35: Blinds 125K/250K ante 30K

Quang Nguyen picked up three rounds of blinds and antes with SJ Kim folding. The fourth pot saw Kim raise to 550k and Quang called. The flop was checked by both. The turn Quang led out for 475k and won it. Kim down to 3M, Quang up to 11M.

6:35PM: Quang Nguyen up to 10M
Level 35: Blinds 125K/250K ante 30K

Quang Nguyen starting to distance himself further. He now has a 3:1 chip lead after this hand. He raised to 550k preflop and SJ Kim called. The flop , both checked. On the turn, Kim led for 450k, called by Quang. Then the river it was back to checking. Kim showed king high but Quang had better with pair. Kim down to 4.5M, Quang at 10M.

6:25PM: Quang Nguyen takes two in new level
Level 35: Blinds 125K/250K ante 30K

Quang Nguyen claimed two pots to bring his stack upwards of 9.5M. The first winner, he raised to 575k preflop and Kim called. The flop , he c-bet 425k, Kim check-folded.

Next hand Quang called Kim’s 550k raise and saw a flop . He check-called Kim’s 350k bet, did the same on the turn for a 650k bet, then on the river, both checked it and Quang won with two pair. Kim mucked.

6:15PM: SJ Kim earns a big one
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

SJ Kim took down a big pot to close the gap between him and Quang Nguyen. He raised to 450k preflop and Quang called. At the flop , Quang checked, Kim bet 350k Quang raised to 950k, Kim three-bet to 2.595M, Quang folded.

Quang 7,670,000
Kim 6,840,000

6:00PM: Quang Nguyen scores a huge double up! Takes the lead
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

Quang Nguyen has taken the chip lead! The hand began with a 450k raise by Quang, answered with a shove by Kim. Quang tanked then found the courage to call for his tournament life.

Quang
Kim

The flop ran keeping Kim ahead. The turn gave Quang additional outs to overtake. Then on the river, Quang spiked one of those outs to ship in a massive double up. He now has 9.33M. Kim dropped to 5.18M.

5:55PM: Quang Nguyen jams for the pot
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

SJ Kim raised to 450k, Quang Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop ran , Quang checked, Kim c-bet 350k, Quang all in, Kim folded.

5:50PM: Quang Nguyen
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

SJ Kim raised to 450k and Quang Nguyen called. The flop saw Kim send out 350k and Quang check-called. On the turn and river, no bets landed and Quang won with two pair.

5:40PM: SJ Kim
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

Quang Nguyen raised to 400k, SJ Kim defended. At the flop , Kim checked, Quang c-bet 350k, Kim called. On the turn and river, no bets and Kim won with two pair.

5:35PM: Quang Nguyen
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

SJ Kim raised to 450k, Quang Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop brought more chips to the pot with Kim betting 350k and Quang check-calling. On the turn and river no bets arrived and Quang won with two pair. Kim mucked.

5:30PM: The grind….
Level 34: Blinds 100K/200K ante 30K

SJ Kim continues to grind down Quang Nguyen. Both have won their fair share of small pots. One that went Kim’s way saw him call Quang’s 475k raise. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Kim led for 375k, Quang folded.

5:15PM: SJ Kim earns two
Level 33: Blinds 80K/160K ante 20K

Two pots for SJ Kim with the first on seeing a raise preflop from Kim to 350k, called by Quang Nguyen. At the flop , he bet again and won it with Quang folding.

Next winning pot, he raised again to 350k and Quang called from the big blind. The flop , Quang checked, Kim c-bet 350k, called by Quang. The turn was checked by both and the river felted . Quang checked, Kim laid out 450k, Quang called. Kim showed his and scooped it up with Quang mucking.

5:00PM: Quang Nguyen banks a double up
Level 33: Blinds 80K/160K ante 20K

Quang Nguyen shoved with and was in danger of elimination with Kim holding . The flop ran dry , but when the turn landed, the rail roared with Vietnam’s Quang pairing up. Then with the river , his pair held to ship a double up to 5,380,000. Kim dropped to 9,130,000.

4:55PM: Heads up begins: SJ Kim vs Quang Nguyen
Level 33: Blinds 80K/160K ante 20K

CLO00568 — Heads up: Quang Nguyen vs SJ Kim

Now that all the photos have been taken, the last hurdle to the title and the VND 1,618,750,000 first prize begins! SJ Kim has a 4:1 lead over Quang Nguyen.

SJ Kim 11,640,00
Quang Nguyen 2,870,000

4:45PM: Quads over full house! Minh Le railed in 3rd place – VND 729,730,000
Level 33: Blinds 80K/160K ante 20K

Big wild and crazy hand just sent Minh Le crashing to the rail! He opened from the button to 360k and big blind SJ Kim defended. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Kim bet 250k, Minh called. On the river, Kim slid out 585k, Minh shoved his over 2M stack, Kim snap-called.

Minh full house
Kim quads

Minh’s fantastic run at the Main Event ended in 3rd place. He earned VND 729,730,000 (~US$31,200)and has set a new personal record for his largest cash and deepest Main Event run.

4:30PM: SJ Kim dominating, reaches 7.8M
Level 33: Blinds 80K/160K ante 20K

SJ Kim is taking charge of the table picking up another pot to boost his stack to 7.8M. The recent winning hand he raised to 350k from the button, both blinds called. On the flop , blinds checked, Kim bet 450k, won it with no callers.

4:25PM: SJ Kim vs Minh Le
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

Light action here…. one decent hand saw SJ Kim limp from the small blind and Minh Le check. The flop , Kim bet 125k, Minh called. On the turn, Kim bet 260k and won it with Minh folding.

4:20PM: SJ Kim shaves down Quang Nguyen
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

Quang Nguyen raised to 255k from the button, SJ Kim and Minh Le called for a three-way to the flop . The blinds checked, Quang c-bet 350k that found one caller in Kim. The turn , no bets. The river Kim bet 375k, Quang called. Kim for two pair, Quang mucked.

Kim up to 7.5M, Quang down to 2.54M. Minh 4.4M.

4:15PM: Quang Nguyen picks off the bluff
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

Quang Nguyen opened with a 260k raise, called by big blind SJ Kim. The flop and turn saw no bets. The river , Quang-check called Kim’s 275k bet and won it with pair over queen high.

4:10PM: Three pots for SJ Kim
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

SJ Kim claimed three pots with the third one fairly hefty. From small blind, he raised to 275k and Minh Le defended on the big blind. The flop , Kim c-bet 250k, called by Minh. On the turn, Kim sent out 360k, and Minh called. Then on the river , Minh folded to a 575k bet.

Kim goes up to 6.5M, Minh dropped to 4.6M. Quang at 3M.

3:55PM: Quang Nguyen taking charge
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

Quang Nguyen working to get his chips back. He raised from button position to 240k, big blind Minh Le called. The flop , Minh checked, Quang c-bet 275k, Minh folded.

3:50PM: Quang Nguyen wins the pot
Level 32: Blinds 60K/120K ante 20K

Sb Quang Nguyen limped and bb SJ Kim checked. The flop , both checked. On the turn, Quang check-called at 125k bet. On the river [9d}, Quang led for 250k and won it with Kim folding.

3:40PM: Chip count update

SJ Kim 5,735,000
Minh Le 5,695,000
Quang Nguyen 3,080,000

3:30PM: SJ Kim rises to over 5M
Level 31: Blinds 50K/100K ante 10K

Button SJ Kim raised to 225k and Quang defended on the big blind. The flop , and turn saw both check. On the river , Quang checked, Kim bet 250k, Quang paid to see and mucked to Kim’s two pair. Kim proceeded to win the next hand and rose to around 5.3M.

3:25PM: Quang Nguyen loses another pot
Level 31: Blinds 50K/100K ante 10K

Quang Nguyen is having it rough ride at the moment with SJ Kim taking a chunk from him and now Minh Le. Button Quang raised to 225k and Minh defended on the big blind. The flop , Quang check-called a 250k bet and the turn came . No bets by either and the river was felted. Minh bet 650k and Quang called. Minh opened flush and Quang mucked. Minh up to 6M, Quang dropped to 3.8M.

3:20PM: A bigger pot for SJ Kim
Level 31: Blinds 50K/100K ante 10K

SJ Kim has climbed to 4.5M after taking down another pot against Quang Nguyen. The hand saw action from button Minh Le bump it up to 250k, sb Quang called, bb Kim three-bet to 685k, Minh folded, Quang called. The flop came down , Quang checked, Kim c-bet 450k, Quang called. On the turn, check again by Quang, 850k bet from Kim, Quang folded. Quang goes down to 4.9M.

3:10PM: SJ Kim wins two from the leader
Level 31: Blinds 50K/100K ante 10K

SJ Kim won two good pots against the chip leader to bring him over 3M. The first hand, button Kim raised to 225k and big blind Quang Nguyen defended. At the flop , Quang checked, Kim c-bet 150k, and Quang called. The turn and river saw no bets and Kim won with over .

Next hand, Quang limped and Kim checked on the big blind. The flop both checked. On the turn, Quang checked, Kim bet 125k, called. Then the river saw no bets and Kim won with {4d two pair over Quang’s lower two pair.

2:55PM: Intense moment between Quang Nguyen and Minh Le
Level 31: Blinds 50K/100K ante 10K

After light action, the two biggest stacks went at it again. Quang Nguyen limped from the button and bb Minh Le checked. The flop , Minh checked, Quang bet 125k, Minh called. The turn Minh switched up and led for 275k and Quang called. On the river, Minh slowed down and checked, Quang strong-armed with a 700k bet, and Minh folded. Quang wins the pot and climbs to 6.7M.

2:45PM: Chip count update
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Quang Nguyen 6,575,000
Minh Le 5,695,000
SJ Kim 2,350,000

2:35PM: Quang Nguyen vs Minh Le
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Bb Quang Nguyen raised to 180k and Minh Le defended his big blind. At the flop , Minh checked, Quang c-bet 190k, Minh called. The turn was checked by both and the river landed. Minh checked, Quang bet 560k, and Minh folded.

2:25PM: Duy Ho finishes in 4th place – VND 521,080,000
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Duy Ho was the next to fall with Quang Nguyen delivering the axe. Action folded to sb Quang, he shoved his massive stack. Bb Duy called for his tournament life.

Quang
Duy

The board helped Quang improve to eliminate Duy in 4th place. Duy earned VND 521,080,000 for his deep finish at the Main Event. That brings us down to the final 3. Quang now up to 5.9M.

2:15PM: Chip count update
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Minh Le 6,300,000
Quang Nguyen 4,365,000
SJ Kim 2,635,000
Duy Ho 1,210,000

2:10PM Cao Ngoc Anh bows out in 5th place – VND 399,970,000
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

After losing a big pot to Minh Le, Cao Ngoc Anh met his end on the next hand. Action saw cutoff Quang Nguyen raise to 185k, both blinds called SJ Kim and Anh. At the flop , blinds checked to Quang, he bet 280k, Kim folded, Anh raised to 600k. Quang called. On the river, Anh jammed his remaining 1.1M stack, Quang called.

Anh
Quang

The river didn’t improve Anh and Quang’s higher kicker played to send Anh out in 5th place. Anh earned VND 399,970,000 for his performance at the Main Event.

We are down to the final four players.

2:00PM: Up and down for Cao Ngoc Anh
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Cao Ngoc Anh in action here. We witnessed him win some then lose some. The first pot was against SJ Kim who raised to 160k from utg, acting next was Anh who three-bet to 390k, everyone else folded and Kim called. At the flop , Kim checked, Anh bet 375k, Kim folded.

Next hand, Anh raised to 170k from utg, cutoff Minh Le called, and big blind Kim called. On the flop , action was checked to Minh, he bet 375k, Kim folded while Anh raised to 875k. Minh answered with a shove and Anh folded. Anh down to 1.9M, Minh up to 6.3M.

1:45PM: Jack En Ching Wu out in 6th place – VND 328,400,000
Level: 30: Blinds 40K/80K ante 10k

Action folded to the small blind Jack En Ching Wu and he quickly moved all in for around 700k. Big blind Quang Nguyen had him well covered and called.

Quang
Wu

The board came down . Wu was eliminated in 6th place. He earned VND 328,400,000 for his run at the Main Event.

1:40PM: SJ Kim jams again
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

From utg SJ Kim raised to 135k, small blind Quang Nguyen three-bet to 385k, Kim called. The flop , Quang jumped out with a 340k bet, Kim jammed. Quang folded.

1:35PM: Duy Ho takes some off the leader
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

Utg Duy Ho raised to 160k, button Minh Le called, and after the blinds folded the flop felted . Both players checked and the turn landed. Duy checked, Minh bet 220k, Duy called. On the river, no bets and the Duy claimed the pot with . He now has 1.3M.

1:25PM: Thien An eliminated in 7th place – VND 270,660,000
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

Fast action at the final table with 7 players now down to 6 with Thien An as the next casualty. With action folding around to the small blind Thien, he shove his 900k stack and got called by big blind Minh Le.

Thien
Minh

The board ran for a possible double up to Thien but the river slapped down for a higher pair to Minh. Thien was elminated in 7th place and earned VND 270,660,000 for his fantastic run here at the Main Event. Chip leader Minh up further to 4.2M.

1:15PM: Nguyen Thanh exits in 8th place – VND 215,830,000
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

After taking a costly hit to his stack, Nguyen Thanh was down to 300k and took a stand on the big blind. With action folding to the small blind, Duy Ho all in for over 1M, Thanh followed with all his chips in. SJ Kim folded.

Duy
Thanh

The flop helped Thanh for a pair, but with the turn and river it was a straight for Duy. Duy climbed to 1,345,000. Thanh finished in 8th place and earned VND 215,830,000 for his impressive run at the featured APL event.

1:10PM: First hand double up for SJ Kim! Nguyen Thanh plummets to 300k
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

Immediate fireworks here at the Main Event with the first hand of the day seeing an all in. It kicked off with utg Nguyen Thanh intending to raise but he didn’t put enough and the floor considered it a call. Acting next, SJ Kim raised to 185k from utg+1, everyone folded around the orbit to big blind Duy Ho, he folded, and Thanh called.

The flop , Thanh checked, Kim c-bet 210k, Thanh called. On the turn, Thanh check, Kim bet 385k, Thanh all in, Kim snap call.

Kim overpair
Thanh top pair

The river didn’t improve Thanh and Kim banked a huge double up to 2.9M. Thanh plummeted to just 300k.

1:04PM: First deal underway!
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

And we are off! The final race to the Main Event title has begun!

Welcome to the Final Day of the Main Event!

Good afternoon players and welcome to the final day of the APL Ho Chi Minh City Main Event! What started as 587 entries flooding the felt at Pro Poker Club is now down to the last 8 players. It will no doubt be an exciting race to the finish with decorated runners as the bulk of the lineup. Here are the final 8 players:

Minh Le 3,450,000
Cao Ngoc Anh 3,030,000
Quang Nguyen 2,145,000
Nguyen Thanh 1,695,000
SJ Kim 1,395,000
Thien An 975,000
Duy Ho 945,000
Jack En Ching Wu 875,000

Up for grabs is the second-ever APL championship title and the VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,300) first prize. The game resumes at Level 29 with blinds at 30K/60K ante 10k. Total chips in play is 14,510,000. Average stack is 1,813,750. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.

The Main Event drew 587 entries for a prize pool of VND 8,540,850,000 (~US$366,300). 74 players paid. Here are the final 8 payouts:

1st VND 1,618,750,000
2nd VND 1,134,820,000
3rd VND 729,730,000
4th VND 521,080,000
5th VND 399,970,000
6th VND 328,400,000
7th VND 270,660,000
8th VND 215,830,000

Somuchpoker will be onsite to provide you full coverage of the final table via our live updates. The final 8 will also stream live in the Pro Poker Club YouTube channel.

Day 3 ends! Final 8 formed! Minh Le maintains the lead

In just a few hours, the Day 3 of the Main Event wrapped up with the Final 8 players. Here they are and their chip counts

Minh Le 3,450,000
Cao Ngoc Anh 3,030,000
Quang Nguyen 2,145,000
Nguyen Thanh 1,695,000
SJ Kim 1,395,000
Thien An 975,000
Duy Ho 945,000
Jack En Ching Wu 875,000

4:05PM: Sao Bac Dau eliminated in 9th place
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

Sao Bac Dau will not be moving on to tomorrow’s final round. He was eliminated by Quang Nguyen in 9th place. It was a battle of the blinds situation. Everyone folded around to sb Quang who raised to 500k and bb Dau called with less (345k). Dau , Quang , a jack landed on the flop and Quang sent Dau out of the running. Dau earned VND 161,930,000.

4:00PM: Minh Le earns some off Duy Ho
Level 29: Blinds 30K/60K ante 10K

Duy Ho limped in from mid-position then called button player Minh Le’s 180k raise. The flop saw both check to bring on the turn. Duy checked again, Minh sent out 250k, Duy called. The river , saw both check it and Minh won with top two pair.

3:48PM: Nguyen Thanh wins the war against Duy Ho
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Cutoff Duy Ho raised to 150k, button Nguyen Thanh three-bet to 450k, Duy Ho folded while showing . Thanh showed as well .

3:40PM: SJ Kim vs Jack Wu
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Players have been moved to the RFID table but no stream until tomorrow’s final 8. Action got underway with SJ Kim winning a pot against Jack En Ching Wu. Preflop betting began with Wu laying out 110k and bb Kim defended. At the flop turn , river , no bets arrived and Kim showed . Wu mucked.

Official: Final 9 players

Standing L-R: Thien An, Minh Le, SJ Kim, Cao Ngoc Anh
Seated L-R: Jack En Ching Wu, Quang Nguyen, Sao Bac Dau, Duy Ho, Nguyen Thanh

3:35PM: Willy Doorman falls in 10th place
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Cao Ngoc Anh has delivered another knockout with Willy Doorman falling in 10th place. Doorman qualified to the Main Event via the VND 1.65M satellite making his deep run here a very profitable one.

The hand began with cutoff Cao raising to 110k and Doorman defending on the big blind. At the flop , Doorman checked, Cao c-bet, Doorman called. On the turn, Doorman bet 200k, Cao jammed his uber-massive stack, and Doorman called for his tournament life.

Cao
Doorman

The river didn’t produce the outs Doorman needed to overtake. He earned VND 134,690,000.

With 9 remaining we are now at the official final table.

3:30PM: Tran Van Quan out in 11th place
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Tran Van Quan shoved his 385k stack and button player Jack En Ching Wu called. Quan , Wu , the board ran . Both missed to give ace high the better spread. Quan out in 11th place and earned VND 134,690,000.

3:24PM: Alex Choi downed in 12th place
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Alex Choi entered numerous pots that saw his stack swing wildly. This time around, it wasn’t able to swing upwards and met his end at the hands of Thien An. Action kicked off with Choi all in with 110k, button player Cao Ngoc Anh called followed by Thien An on the big blind. When the board ran , no bets landed. Choi opened , Cao with , and with Thien pair, it was the end for Choi in 12th place. He earned VND 134,690,000.

3:20PM: Big stacks: Minh Le vs Quang Nguyen
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Quang Nguyen raised to 125k, bb Minh Le three-bet to 350k, Quang called. At the flop , Minh fired 325k, Quang called. On the turn and river, neither fired and Mnih won the pot with flush.

3:15PM: Aces cracked! Sim Jae Kyung exits in 13th place
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Sim Jae Kyung all in for 410k holding , Quang Nguyen called with , the board ran dry at first but when the river landed, Sim Jae’s aces were cracked and he exited in 13th place. He earned VND 107,700,000.

3:12PM: Sao Bac Dau paid by Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Sao Bac Dau all in with his short stack while holding and massive stacked Cao Ngoc Anh called with . The high cards stayed ahead with the board running for a double up to Dau. He will need to double up again to get back in the running.

3:10PM: Thien An doubles up through Duy Ho
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

Thien An shoved with 265k and got called by Duy Ho. Thien , Duy Ho , the board ran .

3:05PM: Yin How Lew settles for 14th place
Level 28: Blinds 25K/50K ante 5K

APL Vietnam Main Event defending champion Yin How Lew staged a good run for a back-to-back but he couldn’t quite bring it past 14th place. He went all in with his short 200k, got called by Nguyen Thanh and lost the bout. Yin held , Thanh , the board ran for a higher pair spiked by Thanh. Yin earned VND 107,700,000.

3:03PM: Minh Le busts Nguyen Nam Duong in 15th place
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

CLO07919 — Nguyen Nam Duong – 15th place

Nam Duong all in the button with , small blind Minh Le called the 285k stack with . The board ran for two pair to both but a higher kicker to Minh. Duong busted in 15th place. He earned VND 107,700,000.

3:03PM: No flop, lots of chips
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

From utg Alex Choi raised to 100k, mid-position Cao Ngoc Anh three-bet to 230k, Minh Le four-bet to 540k, Choi folded, Cao tanked then folded as well. Minh scooped it.

3:00PM: SJ Kim send Mark Zhang packing in 16th place
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Another pot shipped by SJ Kim but this time it was railing Mark Zhang in 16th place. Kim raised to 90k, Zhang all in for just 80k, Kim called. Zhang , Kim , the board paired up Zhang but not enough to stay in the game.

2:56PM: SJ Kim reaches a million
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Late position SJ Kim raised to 90k, sb Tran Van Quan all in for 1M, with only half that stack, Kim called while putting himself at risk. Kim , Quan , the board bricked and Kim doubled up to over 1M while Quan reversed to 500k.

2:55PM: Nguyen Nam Duong happy to stay alive
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Nguyen Nam Duong was in danger of elimination with his up against Minh Le’s . With the board running , he celebrated his straight and sat back down to collect his chips. He now has over 300k.

2:50PM: Tran Van Quan doubles up through Mark Zhang
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Utg Tran Van Quan raised to 200k, Mark Zhang Wei jammed his 600k stack, Quan called for his tournament life with 510k total.

Quan
Zhang

The board came down for a double up to Quan and Zhang down to around 90k.

2:45PM: Nguyen Quang out in 17th place
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Minh Le is up to 1.8M after downsizing the field to 16 players. The latest casualty was Nguyen Quang who three-bet jammed his 520k stack on top of Minh’s 90k raise.

Minh
Nguyen

The board ran and Nguyen took 17th place. He earned VND 89,680,000.

2:40PM: Alex Choi vs Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Action packed hand began with Cao Ngoc Anh bumping it up to 85k, blinds called, Minh Le and Alex Choi. The flop , betting was sent to the aggressor Cao, he c-bet 30k. Minh folded while Choi called. On the turn, Choi switched up and bet 50k, Cao called. Then on the river, Choi beefed it up to a 300k bet and Cao called. Choi play the board with jack kicker, Cao won the pot with higher two pair.

2:35PM: Erik Billgren railed in 18th place
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Erik Billgren shoved from cutoff with his 280k short stack and Nguyen Thanh called from the big blind. Billgren , Thanh , the board ran a wild . Billgren out in 18th place. He earned VND 89,680,000.

2:30PM: Phuong Xu out 19th place
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Phuong Xu put nearly all of his chips in the middle except for a single 5k chip. Down the orbit Alex Choi called. At the flop , Xu put the 5k in and Choi called. Xu , Choi , the turn and river didn’t improve Xu and he fell in 19th place. He earned VND 75,670,000.

We are down to two tables with 18 remaining.

2:26PM: Sim Jae Kyung rails Edmund Eng
Level 27: Blinds 20K/40K ante 5K

Edmund Eng all in with 200k, Sim Jae Kyung looked him up. Eng , Sim Jae , the board ran to bounce out Eng in 20th place. He earned VND 75,670,000.

2:22PM: Hui Chieh Zhang out in 21st place
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

Hui Chieh Zhang had a spectacular rise in Day 2 going from a very short stack to tripling up to taking down big pots and becoming the chip leader for a short bit. He advanced to today’s Day 3. His run was cut short with his pocket fives running into Jack En Ching Wu’s pocket aces. He earned VND 75,670,000.

2:20PM: Quang Nguyen rails Nguyen Duc Hoang
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

Quang Nguyen is now up to 1.55M after sending Nguyen Duc Hoang to the rail. Action saw cutoff Quang raise to 75k preflop, button Hoang three-bet to 200k, Quang called. When the flop fell , Quang checked, Hoang all in, snap-call by Quang.

Quang set
Hoang overpair

The turn and river spelled the end for Hoang and he took 22nd. He earned VND 62,860,000.

2:18PM: Cao Ngoc Anh muscles Choi
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

Heavy betting preflop between Alex Choi and Cao Ngoc Anh began with utg Choi raising to 75k, Cao three-bet to 180k, Choi called. At the flop , Choi checked to the aggressor Cao who bet 185k, Choi folded.

2:15PM: Phuong Xu paid by Alex Choi
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

After booting out a player, Alex Choi proceeded to lose some of it. Phuong Xu shoved with 95k and Choi called. Xu , Choi , no help for Choi on the board for a double up to Xu to 250k.

2:10PM: Xiaosheng Zheng eliminated in 23rd place
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

Another short stack booted out. Xiaosheng Zheng all in with A-5 but ran into Alex Choi’s A-K and couldn’t improve. He finished in 24th place and earned VND 62,860,000.

2:00PM: Pham Thanh Dat out in 25th place
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

Short stacked Pham Thanh Dat had it all in with backing him up but Nguyen Quang with put the heat on. The board ran for a winning straight to the challenger and Pham busted in 25th place. He earned VND 53,470,000.

1:50PM: Huy Pham busts to Willy Doorman
Level 26: Blinds 15K/30K ante 5K

After suffering two hits to his stack, Huy Pham went all in with and Willy Doorman called with . The board ran . Huy Pham eliminated in 26th place. He earned VND 53,470,000.

1:45PM: Willy Doorman zooms to 990k
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Another player got full pay and this time it was Willy Doorman. Heavy preflop raises saw Doorman four-bet all in with 440k and Quang Nguyen called. Doorman , Quang , the board paired one of Doorman’s cards, for a double up to 900k.

1:40PM: Huy Pham pays another; Nguyen Nam Duong doubles up
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Huy Pham , Nguyen Nam Duong , the board save Duong as it ran for a double up to over 400k. Huy Pham down to 240k.

1:38PM: Nguyen Duc Hoang gets his own boost
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

After doubling up Sao Bac Dau, Nguyen Duc Hoang went all in with his 188k stack and got called by Erik Billgren. Hoang held , Billgren with , no hits on the board for either player and Hoang doubled up with his higher spread.

1:30PM: Erik Billgren doubles up through Huy Pham
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Huy Pham raised to 50k, Erik Billgren shoved his 224k stack, back to Huy Pham, he called. Billgren , Huy Pham , the board ran for a full house to Billgren and a double up to 460k.

1:25PM: Cao Ngoc Anh rails another! Abhishek Paul takes 27th
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Abhishek Paul was the next victim of the hot-handed Cao Ngoc Anh. Cao had , Abhishek with , the board threw blanks and that was it for the last Indian player in the lineup. Abhishek earned VND 53,470,000 for his deep run.

Cao now with the overwhelming chip lead of 1.8M.

1:15PM: Dang Van Hien downed by Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Dang Van Hien has dropped out of the Main Event and the man that sent him out this early was Cao Ngoc Anh. Cao raised and Dang called. Blinds folded and the flop came . Cao checked, Dang bet 170k, Cao all in, and Dang called for his tournament life.

Cao straight
Dang top pair

The turn and river finished off Dang in 28th place. He earned VND 44,410,000.

1:10PM: Jiang Yuan falls first
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Jiang Yuan shoved his short 60k stack, Tran Van Quan called. Yuan , Quan , the board offered no help to Yuan to send him out first in 29th place. He earned VND 44,410,000.

1:05PM: Opening pots
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Edmund Eng raised to 48k, Huy Pham three-bet to 128k, Eng tank-fold.

Utg Minh Le raise to 50k, Willy Doorman called, bb Xiaosheng Zheng called. At the flop , Minh bet 180k, no callers.

Raised pot preflop, flop landed , bb Minh Le checked, db Mark Zhang bet 50k, called by Minh. On the {6s| turn, Minh checked, Zhang fired 145k, Minh folded.

1:00PM: Cards in the air!
Level 25: Blinds 12K/24K ante 4K

Race to the Final 9 has begun! Good luck to all! Leading the pack is Minh Le with 1,439,000.

Day 3 of the Main Event!

Welcome to Day 3! What started as 587 entries is now down to the last 29 players. The goal today is to reach a Final 8 berth where the VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,300) awaits the eventual champion.

Here’s a quick look at the numbers again:

Total entries: 587
ITM: 74 places
Prize pool: VND 8,540,850,000 (~US$366,300)

Action resumes at 1pm starting at Level 25 with blinds 12K/24? Ante 4K. Total chips in play is 14,587,300. Average stack is 503,000. That’s about 21x the big blind.

We will bring you all the action here until the Final 9 is formed so check back for all the updates.

9:00PM: Day 2 ends with 29 remaining; Minh Le bags the chip lead

Day 2 went from 147 to 29 remaining at the end of the scheduled 10 levels. Closing the day with a monstrous big stack was Vietnam’s Minh Le with 1,439,000. Also crossing into the million range were Quang Nguyen with 1,135,000, and Duy Ho with 1,080,000. We will have a recap for you so stand by for that. Congratulations to the all the qualifiers!

8:50PM: Kim Ki Nam out
Level 24: Blinds 10K/20K ante 3K

Action folded to the button Nguyen Quang, he raised to 50k. Big blind Kim Ki Nam shoved his 213k stack. Nguyen called.

Kim
Nguyen

The board spread to eliminate Kim. Nguyen rises to 520k.

8:45PM: SJ KIm doubles up Yin How Lew
Level 24: Blinds 10K/20K ante 3K

SJ Kim raised to 45k, and bb Yin How Lew called while leaving himself just 20k behind. At the drop of the flop , Yin checked, Kim with his very big stack, and Yin went ahead and put the rest of his chips out front.

Yin straight at the flop
Kim

The turn and river finished the board and Yin claimed a double up. He is still low with 150k.

8:35PM: Quang Nguyen boots Antoine Ky Phan
Level 24: Blinds 10K/20K ante 3K

Quang Nguyen was the next player after Minh Le to cross into seven digits and he did so after booting out Antoine Ky Phan. The hand saw Quang raise to 50k, Phan shoved his 115k stack, called by Quang.

Qang
Phan

The board ran .

8:20PM: Huu Dung Nguyen falls out of the running
Level 24: Blinds 10K/20K ante 3K

Huu Dung Nguyen all in for 265k and got called by Nguyen Thanh. Huu Dung , Thanh , the board ran low for a flush to Thanh who was already ahead. Thanh up to 600k. Huu Dung eliminated.

8:10PM: Huy Pham doubles up
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Lots of all ins taking place. The next shove came from Huy Pham with and faced Phan Hoang Tu with . The board felted for a set and double up to Pham.

8:05PM: Erik Billgren hangs in there
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Erik Billgren sent his 185k stack in with and got called by Phuong Xu with . Though behind, the board favored him running . He doubled up.

8:00PM: Antonie Ky Phan doubles up
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Utg+1 Antonie Ky Phan all in for 163k, Teoh Ming Hong called from the button. Phan , Hong , the board ran for a double up to 300k to Phan.

7:55PM: Minh Le crushing
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Can Minh Le’s stack get any bigger? Apparently so. His next victim was Tran Huy Hoang. Action began with Minh raising to 38k and Hoang making the call from the big blind. At the flop , instant all in from Hoang for 150k, and snap-called by the monster stacked Minh.

Hoang
MInh set

The turn and river ended the hand and ended Hoang. Minh increases to 1.6M.

7:50PM: Huu Dung Nguyen wins the raise war
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Alex Choi raised to 42k, Huu Dung Nguyen three-bet all in for 191k, this was good enough to win the hand with Choi opting to fold.

7:40PM: Abhishek Paul gets a shaving
Level 23: Blinds 8K/16K ante 2K

Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 34k and sb Abhishek Paul three-bet to 88k. Action sent back to Cao who called. At the flop , Abhishek moved all in for a massive 500k, and the unshaken Cao snap-called.

Abhishek
Cao

The turn and river kept the small pair ahead for a towering double up to Cao. Abhishek down to 380k.

7:25PM: Linh Ran eliminated
Level 22: Blinds 6K/12K ante 2K

Tran Huy Hoang raised to 30k, Alex Choi called, Linh Ran shoved her short stack, Hoang shoved his big stack, and Choi tanked. Choi eventually folded and said he had ducks.

Linh
Hoang

Both players hit the board but Linh was still way behind . The lone lady was eliminated.

7:15PM: Cao Ngoc Anh takes from the defending champ
Level 22: Blinds 6K/12K ante 2K

Catching the action with the entire board laid out and 100k brewed, bb Yin How Lew bet 35k and Cao Ngoc Anh called. Yin opened his missed draw and Cao won with .

7:10PM: Big stacks Alex Choi vs Nguyen Thanh
Level 22: Blinds 6K/12K ante 2K

Nguyen Thanh opened the hand with a raise to 28k, Alex Choi called from the button. The flop saw a 31k c-bet from Thanh, called by Choi. The turn saw more chips go in the pile but action reversed. Thanh checked, Choi bet 88k, Thanh called. The river , Thanh checked again, Choi fired 122k, and Thanh opted to fold. Choi up to 450k.

7:00PM: Hwan Young Kim out, Minh Le rises to 1.5M
Level 22: Blinds 6K/12K ante 2K

Hwan Young Kim went head to head against the chip leader Minh Le and found himself crawling to the cash booth. The hand that knocked him out began with him raising to 35k from utg and Minh calling right beside him. At the flop , Kim bet 70k and Minh smooth-called. On the turn, Kim moved all in and Minh wasted no time calling.

Kim top two pair
Minh full house

The river completed the board and Minh shipped the pot. He now has 1.5M and is the dominating chip leader.

6:40PM: Julien Rouxel bounced out by Quang Nguyen
Level 21: Blinds 5K/10K ante 1K

According to Quang Nguyen, he shipped a big pot on a failed bluff by Julien Rouxel. The hand began with utg+1 Rouxel raising to 21k and bb Quang defending. At the flop , Quang checked, Rouxel c-bet 25k, Quang called. On the turn, Quang checked again, Rouxel bet 52k, and this time Quang raised to 120k. Rouxel called and the river was felted. Quang checked, Rouxel all in for 190k, Quang called with more behind. Rouxel held for a missed draw, and Quang shipped it with two pair.

6:25PM: Sim Jae Kyung doubles up
Level 21: Blinds 5K/10K ante 1K

On a flop , Sim Jae Kyung moved all in and big stacked Nguyen Thanh called. Kyung , Thanh . Kyung had plenty of outs to help him and help it did with the turn and river for trips.

6:05PM: Alex Choi vs Do Hoai Nam
Level 21: Blinds 5K/10K ante 1K

Utg Alex Choi raised to 25k and sb player Do Hoai Nam called. At the flop , Nam checked to the aggressor Choi who fired 26k. Nam called. On the turn, action was the same with a 56k bet called. On the river both checked it and Choi won with over Nam’s missed draw. Choi up to 450k.

6:00PM: Minh Le jams
Level 20: Blinds 4K/8K ante 1K

Utg player raised to 26k and around the orbit to the sb player Minh Le called. On the flop , Minh checked, utg bet 20k, Minh called. On the turn (blank card) another bet by utg and this time Minh check-raised to 100k. He was called. On the river (blank), Minh jammed and utg fold-showed . Minh showed his flush.

5:50PM: Duy Ho doubles up and more
Level 20: Blinds 4K/8K ante 1K

Utg player raised to 23k, button player Duy Ho all in for 200k, sb Manh Hoang called, utg called with 80k total.

Utg
Duy Ho {
Hoang

No hits on the board for the big slicks and Duy shipped it while sending one out in the process.

5:48PM: Edmund Eng ships a big double
Level 20: Blinds 4K/8K ante 1K

Yin How Lew raised to 18k from hijack, cutoff Edmund Eng jammed his 100k, small blind Teoh Ming Hong joined with his 440k stack, and back to Yin who surrendered his hand.

Eng
Hong

No hits for Hong came to overtake Eng as it ran , and he doubled up.

5:35PM: Abhishek Paul rails Apu Weo
Level 20: Blinds 4K/8K ante 1K

Action folded around to the small blind Apu Weo, he limped. Big blind Abhishek Paul shoved with 280k. Apu Weo called putting himself at risk.

Apu Weo A-Q
Abhishek A-K

The board ran 10-4-2-K-4. Apu Weo.

5:25PM: Nguyen Thanh charges up to 620k
Level 20: Blinds 4K/8K ante 1K

Preflop action saw Cuong Trinh all in with two players making the call, Nicholas Burgers and Nguyen Thanh to beef up the pot to 80k. The flop Burgers bet 20k for a side pot and Thanh called. On the turn, another 31k from Burgers but this time Thanh raised to 80k. Burgers called. On the river , Burgers checked, Thanh bet 150k, Burgers folded. Side pot to Thanh.

Thanh held , Trinh . With neither hitting the board, Trinh busted and Thanh shipped it. He now has 620k.

5:20PM: Dang Van Hien ships it all
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

The board completed to with a 180k pot already brewed. Raymond Wong checked, Dang Van Hien announced all in with his massive stack wll covering Wong. Wong obliged.

Wong
Hien flush

Wong eliminated. Hien up to 600k.

5:15PM: Cao Ngoc Anh back to 250k
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

On a flop and a 33k pot in the middle, sb Cao Ngoc Anh bet 15k, utg Aigars Plicvs raised to 60k, Quang Nguyen folded, Cao all in for 108k, called by Aigars.

Cao straight
Aigars

The turn and river were not the outs Aigars needed to overtake giving Cao a double up to 250k.

5:10PM: Linh Ran four-bet jams
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

Julien Rouxel raised to 13k, Xiaoyin He called, Wind Tran three-bet to 36k, Linh Ran four-bet to 90k, everyone folded.

5:00PM: Phuong Xu doubles up Duy Ho
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

Phuong Xu raised to 13k, Duy Ho all in for 68k, Xu called. Duy Ho , Xu . Both players missed the board for a double up to Duy.

4:55PM: Bubble bursts!
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

CLO02127 — Johannes Felix Hoeld and Minh Le

Last July at a different Asian tour event at Pro Poker Club, Johannes Felix Hoeld was eliminated by Minh Le in 14th place. Once again the German met his end at the hands of Minh but this time he missed out on any profit, falling on the bubble. Hoeld shoved from mid-position with , Minh with , the board dragged out .

With that, the room erupted with everyone now in the money.

4:50PM: Bubble time!
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

Bubble time brought several all ins. Here are those hands with at-risk players doubling up.

Nguyen Quang all in with called by Dan Van Hien with . The board came for a winning set.

Tung Nguyen all in with and doubled up through Julien Rouxel with with the board .

Tran Thai Ha all in (20k) with and doubled up through Dang Van Hien with the board running .

4:41PM: Do Hoai Nam saved by the river
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

The fall of La Anh Tuan signalled the start of the bubble round however there was still one hand running with Do Hoai Nam all in. Action began with Alex Choi bumping it up to 17k, Nam all in for 12k, bb Raymond Wong called, Choi called. At the flop , Wong checked, Choi c-bet 12k, Wong called. On the turn, check again from Wong, 32k bet from Choi, and Wong opted to fold giving up his stake on the side pot.

Choi
Nam

The river changed Nam’s fate with the showing up to improve him to a pair and score a double up.

4:40PM: Tran Huy Hoang rails La Anh Tuan
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

Tran Huy Hoang denied La Anh Tuan a double up with landing a set defeat top pair turned top two pair on a board of .

We have reached the bubble round! 75 remaining! We are going hand-for-hand.

4:35PM: Aigars Plicvs vs Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

The board completed to with 130k brewed. No bets came and Aigars won with with Cao Ngoc mucking.

4:20PM: Manh Hoang doubles through Stephane
Level 19: Blinds 3K/6K ante 1K

Utg raised to 18k, sb Manh Hoang three-bet all in 56k, bb Stephane Le Long four-bet all in 100k, utg folded. Hoang , Stephane , the board ran dry at first but with the river , Hoang overtook and doubled up.

4:05PM: Dang Van Hien zooms to 600k
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

Preflop action formed a 40k pot between three players, Alex Choi, Dang Van Hien, and a lo-jack player. The flop sent the action to button Hien who bet 23k, sb Choi called while lo-jack folded. On the turn, no bets. On the river no bets again and Hien won with Q-8 over Choi’s 2-4.

3:55PM: Denis Pham railed by Zheng Chuan
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

Denis Pham all in for 39.5k, Zheng Chuan raised to 90k isolating Pham. No callers and it was a showdown. Pham , Chuan , board ran . Pham eliminated.

3:50PM: Quang Nguyen wins some off Xiaoyin He
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

Big stacked Quang Nguyen is very active at his table. He raised from utg to 12k and button Xiaoyin He called. The flop saw Quang with an 11k c-bet, Xiaoyin called. On the turn, Quang sent out 18k and was still called. On the river, both players checked it and Quang won with two pair.

3:40PM: Lim Yohwan eliminated by Huy Pham
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

On a completed board and 50k in the middle, Lim Yohwan bet 44.5k, Huy Pham tank-shoved, Yohwan called for his tournament life. Yohwan trips, Huy Pham full house. Yohwan eliminated, Huy Pham zooms to 350k.

3:38PM: Cao Ngoc Anh back in the game
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

Up against Quang Nguyen again, with heavy betting to the river, , Cao Ngoc Anh shoved his 86k stack onto an 80k pot and Quang tank-called. Anh showed full house for a double up. Quang mucked.

3:35PM: Calvin Tan busts!
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

Stacks keep swinging here with another start of the day leader going down. The latest casualty was Calvin Tan. Tan’s stack dropped along the way and he moved all in with . Nguyen The Anh called with . The board favored Anh running for a straight to Anh and the exit for Tan. Anh up to 240k.

3:25PM: Dang Van Hien doubles up through Choi
Level 18: Blinds 2500/500 ante 500

A massive pot was already in the middle and action was between Alex Choi and Dang Van Hien. The board was 9-10-9-6-3, Hien was all in for 84.5k and Choi tanked. Choi eventually called and had to pay up with his A-Q no good against A-10 pair.

3:22PM: Nguyen Nam Duong doubles up
Level 17: Blinds 2K/4K ante 500

Naz Sibaei raised to 9500, Nguyen Nam Duong three-bet to 21k, bb Phuong Xu four-bet to 100k, Sibaei folded, Duong all in for 78.5k. Duong , Xu , no improvement on the board for Xu and Duong doubled up.

3:20PM: Jack Wu wins preflop
Level 17: Blinds 2K/4K ante 500

Lim Yohwan raised to 8.5k, Jack Wu three-bet to 22k, Yohwan four-bet to 56k, Wu all in, Yohwan tank-folded.

3:15PM: Nguyen Thanh in the lead with 630k
Level 17: Blinds 2K/4K ante 500

We aren’t sure how Nguyen Thanh earned his stack but we did see him pick up another big pot to bring his stack from 470k to 630k. The hand was against Amanpreet Singh, the day’s entering second chip leader. Singh raised to 13k, Thanh three-bet, Singh shoved, snap-called.

Singh
Thanh

The board ran blanks to eliminate Singh.

3:10PM: Redking falls to Hui Chieh Chang
Level 17: Blinds 2K/4K ante 500

What a great day Hui Chieh Chang is having! After his triple up earlier with his short stack, he has only been moving upwards. He recently railed Redking to storm up to over 450k. The hand saw him raise to 9k, Redking three-bet to 21k, Chang called.

At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Chang led for 20k, Redking raised to 40k, Chang called. On the river, Chang checked, Redking jammed his 140k stack, and Chang called. Chang eliminated Redking with two pair over .

3:00PM: Tzai Wei Phua eliminates Jong Young Moon
Level 17: Blinds 2K/4K ante 500

Tzai Wei Phua is up to 180k which part of it he earned by busting out Jong Young Moon. The hand saw Phua raise to 8.5k, hi-jack called, Moon shoved 54.5k, Tzai called and hi-jack folded.

Phua
Moon The board ran dry and Tzai shipped it.

2:42PM: Hui Chieh Chang muscles Xuewei Li
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Not long after his triple up, Hui Chieh Chang raised to 8k and button Xuewei Li called. At the flop , Chang checked, Li bet 10k, Chang raised to 30k, Li called. On the turn, Chang fired 45k, Li tanked then folded while showing top pair.

2:40PM: Big pot for Alex Choi off Jaeheung An
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Catching the action on a full board , intense look at the board for both Jaeheung An and Alex Choi. Both opted to fold, An opened miss, and Choi won the 130k pot with .

2:35PM: Linh Tran busts to Qi Ziansheng
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Qi Ziansheng raised to 7.5k, Linh Tran all in for 59.5k, action folded around and back to Qi who tanked. He found the courage to call and was happy to see Tran’s drawing cards while he himself had . The board threw blanks to eliminate a champion. Qi goes up to 140k.

2:30PM: Cao Ngoc Anh below 100k
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Another big stack has taken a beating here. Cao Ngoc Anh is below 100k and by the looks of it, Quang Nguyen benefited with nearly 400k. We caught a hand between them on a full board , bb Cao Ngoc bet 50k, Quang tanked then called. Cao Ngoc bluff, Quang won it with set.

2:25PM: Three way goes to Hui Chieh Chang
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Short stacked Hui Chieh Chang shoved from utg for around 30k+, Redking called, Nguyen Chi Thanh all in for an additional 42k, Redking tanks then calls.

Chang
Thanh
Redking

The board ran . Chang tripled, Thanh busted, Redking wins the side pot.

2:15PM: Norbert Koh crippled! Teoh Ming Hong to 420K
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Norbert Koh started the day as one of the leaders and now is in danger of elimination this early. He raised to 7k preflop and sb Teoh Ming Hong called. At the flop , Ming bet 7k, Koh called. On the turn, Hong bet 18k, Koh raised to 65k, Hong jammed his 191k stack sending Koh tanking. With about even stacks, he eventually found the guts to call.

Koh overpair
Hong set

The river further improve Hong to quads and clearly shipped this massive pot. Koh down to 10k. Hong charged to 420k.

Hong went on to rail Koh with over on a board .

2:10PM: Huu Dung Nguyen claims one
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Lo-jack player Huu Dung Nguyen limped, sb Pegasus raised to 6500, HHuu Dung called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Huu Dung bet 6k, Pegasus check-called. On the river , Pegasus checked again then folded to an 8k bet. Huu Dung takes it.

2:05PM: Thanh Hung doubles up through Nguyen Hoang Bach
Level 16: Blinds 1500/3000 ante 500

Lo-jack opened to 6500, Thanh Hung all in for 55.5k, sb Nguyen Hoang Bach all in for 100k, back to lj got out of the way. Hung , Bach , the board sent out a queen on the flop and Hung paired up. It held for a double up.

1:38PM: Japanese pros go at it
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

With a 40k pot already formed, the flop showed . Iori Yogo and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa checked. On the turn, Tsuchikawa bet 20k, Yogo called. On the river, Tsuchikawa bet 37k and Yogo folded. Tsuchikawa showed his nuts. Tsuchikawa up to 198k.

1:37PM: Nguyen Duc Hoang earns some off Falcon
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

On a full board and a 60k pot already weighing the middle, Hoang checked, Falcon bet 35.1k, Hoang called. Falcon showed second pair and Hoang won it with top pair.

1:35PM: Cao Ngoc Anh busts one
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

One of the big stacks out there has just gotten fatter. Cao Ngoc Anh railed Do Cuong. Action started with a raise by Cao Ngoc to 5100 and bb Cuong called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Cuong checked, Cao Nog bet 6k, Cuong jammed his 30k stack, Cao Ngoc called.

Cao Ngoc straight
Cuong two pair

The river completed the board and Cuong busted.

1:30PM: Hai Chuot tanks Burgers
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Nicholas Burgers raised to 7500 and Hai Chuot defended on the big blind. The flop , Hai checked to the aggressor who fired 6500, Hai called. On the turn, Hia checked, Burgers bet 15.5k, Hai raised to 31k sending Burgers tanking, He eventually folded.

1:25PM: Apu Weo wins some off Dyb
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Kjell Ove Dyb opened with 6k and cutoff Apu Weo called. The flop saw no bets to bring on the turn. Dyb checked, Apu Weo bet 3k, Dyb called. On the river, Dyb sent out 7500, got raised to 15k, Dyb folded.

1:18PM: Nice pot for Nguyen The Anh
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Action for this pot began with utg Nguyen Hoang Bach raising to 5.5k, five players called and the flop spread . Four players checked and cutoff Lee Seung Su bet 16.4k. Button folded, bb Nguyen The Anh called, and the rest folded for heads up. The turn Anh bet 69k, Lee tanked then folded.

1:15PM: Calvin Tan vs Yin How Lew
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Calvin Tan raised to 5.5k, Yin How Lew three-bet to 16.5k, called. The board ran out with no bets seen. Tan showed and lost to the defending champion’s .

1:10PM: Quick bust for Ray
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Button player Quang Nguyen raised to 6k, sb Ray Chiu all in with his short 24.5k, Quang called. Quang , Chiu . The board ran for a winning flush to Quang and Chiu the exit. `

1:05PM: Du Ngoc Tian Anh wins first pot
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

First deal of the day, action folded to the button, the chip leader Xuewei Li raised to 5200, got called by sb Duy Ho, bb Du Ngoc Tian Anh three-bet to 16.4k, Li folded, and Duy called. At the flop {5d], Duy checked, Anh bet 23k and won it with no challenge.

1:00PM: Cards in the air for Day 2!
Level 15: Blinds 1200/2400 ante 400

Action underway here at the Main Event! Live updates coming your way.

Welcome to Day 2 of the APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 MAIN EVENT! We are kicking off at 1pm. 147 players out of the 587 entries return for another round to reach the top. The prize pool exceeded the guarantee. Players are looking at a VND 8,540,850,000 (~US$366,300K) pot. Only half will see the money with 74 places paid. The lowest payout is a mincash of VND 21,610,000 but what everyone will be gunning for is the VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,300) first prize.

Coming in with the overall largest stack from the starting heats is China’s Xuewei Li with 325,800. He will have his hands full with Korean pro SJ Kim at his table. Also seated with him are Phan Trong Linh and the lone Filipino player in the field, Eugene Co.

Plenty of decorated champions and notable pros will be scattered around the room today. Among them are the defending champion Yin How Lew, Tzai Phua Wei, Linh Tran, Cao Ngoc Anh, Huy Pham, Feng Zhao, Huu Dung Nguyen, Iori Yogo, and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa.

The game resumes at Level 15 with blinds at 1200-2400 ante 400. They will play 10 levels but longer if the money is not reached. The estimated total chips in play is around 14,587,300, we will confirm that. Average stack is 99,233.

Good luck to all!

Stick with us here as we bring you the fresh updates of the Main Event.

12:00AM: Day 1D all bagged up! 56 qualified

The final starting day drew in a towering 238 entries and after the 14 scheduled rounds, only 56 remained. Amassing a monstrous stack was Xuewei Li with 325,800. Li will be the overall chip leader entering Day 2. We will have recap shortly so stand by for that. For now enjoy the updates we were able to capture throughout the day.

11:50PM: And the rich get richer.. Xuewei Li enters 300k
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Chip leader Xuewe Li raised to 4400, bb SJ Kim called, then bb Wayne Yang all in for 28.1k. Li called, Kim folded.

Li
Yang

The board ran . Yang busted. Li into 300k.

11:45PM: Wild board sends Thach Tran falling to Tran Hoai Anh
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Thach Tran all in with , Tran Hoai Anh looked him up with , the board ran a nutty for a straight to Thach, but with the turn and river , it was a full house for Anh. Thach eliminated. Anh up to 98k.

11:40PM: Le Ngoc Khanh eliminated
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

After several attempts in previous starting days and today, Le Ngoc Khanh couldn’t get past the day. He was eliminated at the hands of Nguyen Nam Duong today. His last hand was K-Q over 8-8 on a board of 8-9-3-5-7. Duong rises to 103k.

11:35PM: Lights out!

The lights have gone out at Pro Poker Club with just minutes before the final hands were to be called.

11:30PM: Calvin Tan doubles up to 240k
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Calvin Tan charged up the rung with a huge double up. The hand began with a 5500 raise by Tran Duc Phuong, called by Do Cuong and bb Tan. At the flop , Tan checked, Phuong bet 8k, Cuong folded, Tan raised to 26k, and Phuong called. On the river, Tan bet 25k, Phuong all in for 80k, Tan called with his remaining 77k.

Phuong draw
Tan set

Phuong missed his draw on the river and dropped to 3k. Tan zoomed to 240k.

11:25PM: Tran Thai Ha busts Duy Lam
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

On a flop and 9k in the middle, sb bet 3800, utg Tran Thai Ha called, hijack Duy Lam raised to 10k, sb called and Ha joined. On the turn, action was checked to Lam who jammed his 43.6k stack. Sb folded, Ha called with more chips.

Ha
Lam

The river completed the board and Lam busted. Ha up to 140k.

11:00PM: Son Putin busts to Naz Sibaei
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Before Son Putin’s fall, he lost some chips to Phan Hung Cuong. The hand began with utg player raising to 3300, Son Putin three-bet to 13k, sb Cuong called, and utg folded. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Cuong all in with his massive 150k, Son Putin folded.

Not long after, Son Putin fell to big stacked Naz Sibaei. Putin was all in with but couldn’t get past Sibael’s .

10:50PM: Do Thanh Duy hangs in there
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Short stacked Do Thanh Duy all in for 11.9k and doubled up with donig the job over bb player’s . The board ran .

10:25PM: Xuewei Li
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

On a board and 16.8k in the middle, sb Xuewei Li bet 5700 and his lone opponent on the button called. On the river , both checked it and Li won with straight. He is at 230k.

Li lost some of his chips against Apu Weo. Li raised to 3400, button Apu Weo called, sb SJ Kim called. The flop of saw all three check. On the turn, Kim checked, Li bet 7k, Apu Weo called, Kim folded. On the river, it was back to checking and Li showed a meek that lost to Apu Weo’s pair.

10:15PM: Big double up for Quang Nguyen off Bradpiece
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Heavy preflop action began with Quang Nguyen bumping it up to 2500, one player called, Jerome Bradpiece three-bet to 11k, Quang four-bet to 25k, initial caller folded, Bradpiece all in and Quang called for his tournament life.

Quang
Bradpiece

The board ran for a full house to Quang to dust kings. Quang zoomed to 215k.

10:10PM: Aces no good for La Anh Tuan
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

On a flop and a 22k pot already brewed preflop, sb La Anh Tuan bet 15.2k, Tran Thai Ha all in for 23.3k, snap call by Tuan. Tran opened set, Tuan with , the turn and river didn’t improve aces and Tran doubled up.

9:55PM: Ladies do the job for Quoc Vu
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Lo-jack Quoc Vu raised to 3k and bb Van Cuong called. At the flop no bet arrived. On the turn, Quoc Vu bet 4k and Cuong check-called. On the river, Cuong bet 6k, Quoc Vu raised to 16k, Cuong called. Quoc Vu opened for a winning set.

9:40PM: Phuong Xu tank-calls Quoc Vu
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

The board showed with a 35k pot already brewed, Phuong Vu checked, Quoc Vu bet 16k, Phuong tanked until the clock was eventually called. He called and Quoc Vu quickly mucked. Though not needed, Phuong showed his . He now has 135k.

9:35PM: Pham Bao busts on a cooler
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Pham Bao’s run at the Main Event has fallen way short. He was just eliminated by Steve Arnold with aces over kings with the preflop betting seeing a five-bet shove called.

9:30PM: Ang Boon Seng storms to 240k
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Ang Boon Seng has taken the lead here after shipping in a huge double up. On a turn board and 40k in the middle, Seng bet 24k, Chen jammed his 95k, Seng with the snap-call.

Seng set
Chen

The river didn’t help Chen and he plummeted to 4k. Seng soared to 240k.

9:25PM: Cooler awards Nguyen Chi Thinh a double
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

After a preflop war went down between Nguyen Chi Thinh and Vu Tu, both their stacks were out front. Thinh with , Vu Tu . Though Thinh was behind, the board came for a king spiked on river. He doubled up with his full house and now has 90k.

9:20PM: Abhishek Paul tanks Amanpreet Singh
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

On a flop and a 25k pot brewed preflop, lo-jack Amanpreet Singh bet 13.8k, Abhishek Paul shoved his 60k, Singh tanked then folded when the clock was called.

9:15PM: Wei Hsun Chen
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Flop , pot 15k, lo-jack Wei Hsun Chen checked, hi-jack Jaeheung An bet 7k, Chen shoved (27k), no call.

8:55PM: Jiang Yuan denies Yong Mun Keong twice
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Utg+1 Yong Mun Keong raised to 2100, called by four players. The flop ran , Yong bet 3k, Jiang Yuan on the button raised to 8k, other players folded, Yong called. On the turn, check from Yong, 9400 bet from Yuan, Yong folded.

Several hands later, the blinds increased to 500/1000 ante 100, utg Yuan raised to 2200, Huy Pham called, Macaron Tran called, Yong three-bet to 7k, Yuan jammed, two folds followed then Yong all in. Yuan , Yong . The board threw blanks and Yong busted. Yuan up to 100k.

8:45PM: Nguyen Nam Duong paid by David Tsai
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

We caught the action only at the shipping with the board showing . The dealer was counting out a double up for Nguyen Nam Duong for his winning quads over Tsai’s . Nguyen was on the button in this hand while Tsai was in mid-position. According to Tsai the all in happened on the river. Nguyen up to 87k.

8:40PM: Linh Tran vs Long Lam
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

On a flop and 5100 pot already splashed in the center, cutoff Linh Tran bet 2500, button Long Lam raised to 6k, Tran tanked then called. On the turn, Tran checked, Lam bet 6500, Tran called. On the river it was checked by both and Tran won with .

8:35PM: Trung Nguyen delivers Harry Duong a bad beat
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Trung Nguyen raised to 2k, lo-jack called, hi-jack Harry Duong three-bet to 7300, Trung four-bet to 15k, Duong all in for 23k, Trung called. Duong , Trung , the board dropped a jack on the board and the was it for Duong. He was eliminated from the Main Event. Trung up to 85k.

8:30PM: Hoai Anh doubles up
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Utg Natalie Segon raised to 2k, next to her Hoai Anh three-bet, down the orbit one player shoved, Segon folded, Hoai called for all his chips. Hoai , initial shover , the board ran and jacks held for a double up. Segon said she folded pocket fours.

8:25PM: Cao Ngoc Anh vs Chang Hui Chieh
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Cao Ngoc Anh and Chang Hui Chieh stared down a board . Anh bet 12.5k, Chieh check-called. On the river , Anh bet and a fold from Chieh.

A few hands later these two players met again. Anh raised to 1800 from utg, Chieh called from the button, Jin Yong called from the big blind. At the flop everyone checked. On the turn, Jin checked, Anh checked, Chieh bet 2500, Jin folded, Anh called. On the river , both checked and Chieh won it this time with over Anh’s missed draw.

8:20PM: Registration is officially closed!

Official numbers:

Day 1A – 82 entries – 24 qualified to Day 2
Day 1B – 88 entries – 22 qualified to Day 2
Day 1C – 179 entries – 47 qualified to Day 2
Day 1D – 238 entries –

Total entries – 587 entries
Prize pool – VND 8,540,850,000 (~US$366,110)
ITM – 74 places
1st – VND 1,618,750,000 (~US$69,374)

7:35PM: Dinner break; last 40 minutes to join the Main Event

We are on a dinner break. Play resumes at 815pm. Last chance to get in the Main Event. The VND 8 Billion Guaranteed has been crushed with 230 entries so far. We will have the official tally once registration closes. Here are the top 3 leaders at the break:

Huy Pham – 128K
Xuewei Li – 179.9K
Cao Ngoc Anh – 151.1K

7:30PM: Cao Ngoc Anh doubles up through Huy Nguyen
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 1500 from cutoff, Huy Nguyen three-bet to 3200 from the button, Anh called. At the flop , Anh checked, Huy c-bet 4800, called. On the turn, Anh bet 13.5k, Huy raised to 22k, Anh all in for 66k, and Huy joined in with his 70k stack.

Anh straight
Huy

The river ended the hand for a double up to Anh to 150k.

7:25PM: Big double up for Xuewei Li off Tran Xuan Dinh
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Utg Xuewei Li raised to 1600, Tran Xuan Dinh three-bet to 4200, Li called. The flop saw Li check, Dinh bet 5300, Li called. On the turn, action was the same with Dinh pumping up the pot another 12k. This time Li raised to 40k, Dinh jammed his 80k stack, Li with the snap-call.

Dinh
Li

The river didn’t improve Dinh and Li doubled up to a huge 170k.

7:15PM: Anthony Nguyen busts to SJ Kim
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

On a board and a pot of 5k brewed, Anthony Nguyen bet 4100 and SJ Kim called. On the river, Nguyen checked, Kim bet 10k, Nguyen all in for 20.2k, Kim called. Nguyen two pair falls to Kim’s trips. Kim up to 90k.

7:10PM: In and out for Amanpreet Singh; Do Thanh Duy gets lucky
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

On a turn board , Amanpreet Singh bet 3600, Vietnamese player and Abhishek Paul called. On the river , Singh checked, Vietnamese player checked, Paul bet 8k, Sing called, Vietnamese player folded. Paul showed two pair, Singh won with flush. Singh with 113k.

Next hand, Paul raised to 1800, Singh three-bet to 6800, Do Thanh Duy all in, Paul out, Singh called. Duy , Singh , the board ran for a set spiked on the river for a double up to Duy. Duy now up to 32k.

7:00PM: Luen Hei Kwok busts
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Luen Hei Kwok raised to 1500, cutoff Phua Si Yang three-bet to 4250, Luen called. At the flop , Luen check-called 5125. On the turn, Luen check-called 6k. Then on the river, Luen checked, Phua bet 10k (covering Luen’s stack), Luen called for his tournament life. Luen opened overpair but still behind Phua’s .

6:55PM: Wayne Yuan with big bets
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Mid-position player raised to 1500, db SJ Kim called, sb Wayne Yuan three-bet to 4700, mp and Kim called. On the flop , Yuan c-bet 10k but got no action. He won the pot.

6:40PM: Long Lam doubles up
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

On a flop and a 20k pot already formed, utg Long Lam checked, Duy Ho bet 35.4k, Lam tanked then found the guts to call for his tournament life (17.3k). Lam , Duy , the turn and river kept Lam ahead for a double up.

6:20PM: Quoc Vu jumps to 76k
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Heavy preflop action kicked off with lo-jack raising to 1200, cutoff called, button Han Seung Young three-bet to 4k, sb Quoc Vu four-bet to 12k, lj and co folded, Young called. The flop came down , Quoc Vu all in for 40k, Young called for his tournament life (8k).

Quoc Vu top pair
Young

The turn and river completed the board and Quoc Vu shipped it while booting Young in the process.

6:05PM: Straight to the pot for Hang Van Manh
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Utg raised to 1k, cutoff Hang Van Manh and sb Quang Ngoc called. The flop ran , Ngoc checked, utg c-bet 2k, Manh raised to 5600, Ngoc called, utg folded. On the turn, both checked it and the river fell . Ngoc checked, Manh bet 4700, and Ngoc called. Manh straight and claimed the pot.

5:45PM: Natalie Segon crashes, Dong Hyun Kim and Mark Zhang paid
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Back to back hands sent Natalie Segon crashing down. The first pot she paid was a double up to Mark Zhang who had trip-tens on the board with his K-10. She dropped to 25k starting stack.

The hand right after Segon raised to 1100, Zhang called, another player called, Dong Hyun Kim three-bet to 6500, Segon and Zhang called while the last player folded. At the flop , Segon checked, Zhang bet 4500, Kim shoved, Segon shoved (with less), Zhang had them both covered and called.

Kim top set
Segon bottom set
Zhang top pair

The turn was and river and Kim shipped a triple up with his dominating full house. Segon busted.

5:30PM: Josh Tan wins two consecutive pots
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Hi-jack Josh Tan raised to 1100, cutoff called, sb three-bet to 3350, bb folded, back to Tan who jammed his 13k stack, cutoff folded, and sb called. Tan , sb , the board ran for a double up to Tan.

Next hand Tan raised to 1100, bb Huy Pham called. The flop , Pham checked, Tan c-bet 1800, Pham folded.

5:10PM: Guarantee surpassed!
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

We are now at 188 entries which means the guarantee has been surpassed! Registration is still open until the start of Level 10 so for all of those on the fence, there’s time to get in on this lucrative pot.

5:05PM: Ng Jiunn Yang triples up
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Action board began with three players staring down a flop . Do Hoai Nam shoved 15k, Do Hoang Long and Ng Jiunn Yang check-called. On the turn, Long checked, Yang all in for 10.2K, Long called.

Nam draw
Yang top pair higher diamond draw
Long club draw

The river was a miss for Nam and Long and Yang tripled up. Nam busted.

5:00PM: Abhishek Paul
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Hyper Turbo champion Abhishek Paul has climbed to 55k. He is seated at the nearest table to the media but unfortunately we missed the hands that helped him get there. What we do know is he railed two players in separate hands.

4:50PM: Apu Weo “No gamble no future”
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Apu Weo is in the house. The hard-hitting “no gamble no future” player earned a good pot. On a flop , all four players checked. On the turn, sb Quang Vu bet 1k, mp Apu Weo called, followed by two folds. On the river, Vu bet 2300, Apu Weo called. Vu with but Apu Weo had better ace high.

4:40PM: Natalie Teh busts two shorts
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Shyh Chyn Lim raised to 525, hi-jack Natalie Teh three-bet to 1525, bb all in for 8k, back to Lim who also moved all in for 12k, Teh called.

Lim
Teh
BB

The board bricked for a double KO to Teh.

4:30PM: Son Putin gets aggressive
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Lo-jack Son Putin raised to 600 and three players called to see a flop . Son c-bet 725, cutoff Nguyen Thanh Tung raised to 2100, two folds followed, back to Son who three-bet to 6800, and Tung tank-folded.

4:25PM: Jerome Bradpiece claims a sizable pot
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

CLO00252 — From L-R: Benedict Koh, Jerome Bradpiece, Shyh Chyn Lim

Utg player Jerome Bradpiece raised to 525 and found three callers to join him at the flop . Betting round followed with Bradpiece sliding out 1k, called by Shyh Chyn Lim, fold from cutoff, check-called by bb Benedict Koh. On the turn, check Koh, check Bradpiece, Lim fired 2800. He was called by both players. On the river, check from Koh, check from Bradpiece, bet 6200 by Lim, Koh called, Bradpiece shoved with a stack that covered both players. Lim and Koh folded.

4:20PM: Son Putin three-bets Cao Ngoc Anh
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Cutoff player Cao Ngoc Anh raised to 500, button called, big blind Son Putin three-bet to 2800, Anh sized up Son’s stack then folded. Button player did the same.

4:18PM: Quang Ngoc up to 80k
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Quang Ngoc raised to 450 from the button, sb Duy Ho three-bet to 1100, Ngoc called. At the flop , Duy bet 1k, Ngoc called. On the turn, Duy bet 3100, Ngoc called. On the river, Duy bet 8100, Ngoc raised to 20k, Duy all in for 28k, called by Ngoc. Duy top pair, Ngoc straight. Duy busts, Ngoc ships it and reaches 80k.

4:15PM: William Ysmael bets on every street
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Four players were in on a limped pot, the flop spread , sb checked, bb William Ysmael bet 375, two folds followed, then a call from the sb player. On the turn, sb checked, Ysmael bet 900, called. On the river, sb checked again, Ysmael fired again, but this time sb opted to fold and Ysmael scooped it up.

4:10PM: Pham Bao rails one, goes up to 40k
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Mid-position raised to 1150, cutoff Pham Bao called, button Nguyen Thanh Trung three-bet to 2400, mp folded, Pham called. At the flop , check Pham, all in by Trung for 8k, Pham called. Trung , Pham , Trung , the turn and river kept Pham ahead with his kicker to eliminate Trung and climb to 40k.

4:05PM: Mel Judah wins the splash
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Six-way limped pot, the flop landed . Action folded to cutoff Mel Judah who bet 800. He found one caller from mid-position. On the turn, mp player checked, Judah bet 1600 and won it with mp folding.

4:00PM: Checking on the defending champion
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Having a look at how the defending champion Yin How Lew is faring out there, looks like he is still at starting stack. We stuck around to see him in a pot. Yin raised to 500, was called by hijack and big blind Quoc Vu. At the flop, Quoc Vu checked, Yin c-bet 700, hj folded, and Quoc Vu raised to 2100. Yin folded.

3:45PM: Tu Tinh Tao’s turn to shove
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Checking back at table 9, we caught a flop and a pot of 1500 already formed. Utg bet 650, lo-jack Nguyen Duy called, cutoff Tu Tinh Tao raised to 3350, utg folded, and Duy called. The turn Duy checked, Tao all in for 11.2K, Duy folded.

3:35PM: Quang Ngoc jams it
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Utg raised to 350, mid-position Tu Tinh Tao three-bet to 1250, cutoff Quang Ngoc four-bet to 3650, utg folded, Tao called. At the flop , Tao checked, Ngoc bet 5k, Tao called. On the turn, check again by Tao, Ngoc all in, Tao folded while showing .

3:30PM: Natalie Segon’s aces cracked
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Action kicked off with mid-position raising to 425, hi-jack called, button called, sb SJ Kim three-bet to 2475, bb Natalie Segon four-bet to 5500, this was followed by three folds sending the action back to Kim. He shoved his 28k stack and Segon called.

Kim
Segon

The board came was unkind to Segon as it ran for a full house to Kim to crack her aces. Kim up to 58k, Segon down to 35k.

3:25PM: Murphy Govind earns a little off Pham Bao
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Lo-jack Murphy Govind raised to 350, cutoff Pham Bao called, big blind called. At the flop , Govind bet 550, Pham called, bb check-folded. On the turn, Govind sent 1200 out front and again Pham called. The river saw 4100 come out of Govind’s stack and he won the pot with Pham opting to fold.

3:05PM: 122 entries and counting…

We are on the first break of the day. The screens are flashing 122 entries. The goal is to surpass the 534 entries needed to reach the guarantee. Looks like the event is in fine shape to crack it very soon. Among the faces today are defending champion Yin How Lew, Indian pro Sumit Sapra, SJ Kim, Linh Tran, Benedict Koh, and Filipino rising player William Ysmael. Ysmael s looking to score his first cash / title outside of home turf.

2:50PM: Naz Sibaei goes up, Quoc Vu plummets
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Six players called before the big blind Naz Sibaei shoved his 12,225 stack. Everyone folded except for the small blind Quoc Vu who called with just over 14k. Quoc Vu , Sibaei , the board ran for a double up to Sibaei to 26k and Quoc Vu down to 2k.

2:30PM: Three locals in action
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Utg Macaron Tran, Quang Vu, and Quoc Vu stared down a full board with an 18k pot already weighing down the middle. Macaraon checked, Quang Vu bet 8k, Quoc Vu folded, Macaron tank-folded. Quang Vu showed nut flush.

2:20PM: Tran Kim Dong vs Qi Ziansheng
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

On a turn board , Tran Kim Dong bet 2200 onto a 6k pot, Qi Ziansheng called. On the river, Dong bet 3k, and again Ziansheng called. Dong won with .

2:10PM: Naz Sibaei folds aces to Macaron Tran
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

We got to this hand with the flop already felted and a pot of 3400 in the middle. According to the players, a mid-position player limped, Sibaei raised to 1100, sb Macaron Tran called, and mp player called. At the flop , Macaron and mp checked, Sibaei bet 2k, Macaron raised t o7k, mp folded, and Sibaei called. On the turn, Macaron all in for 12.4k, Sibaei folded while showing .

1:50PM: Vietnam pride
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

The locals are once again out in full force with notables scattered all around the room. Here are some of the players in action: Le Ngoc Khanh, Trinh Huy Thong, Do Thanh Duy, Nguyen Quoc Vu, Tran Kim Dong, Cao Ngoc Anh, Do Hoang Long, and La Anh Tuan.

1:30PM: Mel Judah and Natalie Segon in the house
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Natalie Segon has taken her seat here at the main. Segon finished 2nd at the inaugural APL Vietnam Main Event back in May for her largest-ever career cash of around US$45,000. Good luck to her!

Australian pro Mel Judah is also heating things up out there. He is veteran player with a long list of live tournament stats dating three decades back. Among his numerous victories were two WSOP titles and a WPT Main Event. He has yet to win a major title in Asia.

1:15PM: Day 1D underway
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The game is on! Seen at the tables are Macaron Tran Thach Tran, Shyh Chyn Lim, Hisashi Ogi, Dong Hyun Kim, and Jaeheung An.

Last starting day of the Main Event – VND 8 Billion Guaranteed

We have reached the final starting day of the Main Event where the prize pool is guaranteed at VND 8 Billion (US$343,000)! Action is already underway with five tables running. Buy-in is VND 16.5M (US$707).

The past three starting days drew in a combined 349 entries with Day 1C pulling in the biggest field of 179 entries. Of that, 93 advanced. It is very likely that the guarantee will be exceeded today.

For those just entering, keep in mind, registration closes at the start of Level 10, right after the dinner break. Opening stack is 25,000. Unlimited re-entries. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. Remaining players bag up at the end of Level 14. If you’ve qualified to Day 2 with multiple stacks, only your best stack moves forward.

Somuchpoker will bring you the action via our Live Updates so check back with us right here.

Day 1C ends! 47 players survive Day

Day 1C is a wrap! It was a big day with 179 entries at the races. That was more than the combined starting two flights. At the end of the scheduled 14 rounds, only 49 survived. Claiming the leader’s status was Dang Van Hien with 212,900. We will have a recap for you shortly. For now, have a read through the updates for some of the day’s action.

11:30PM: Quang Nguyen rails Pham Bao
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Quang Nguyen , Pham Bao , the board fell . Pham busts. Quang up to 77k.

11:20PM: Don Mishra rails Hwang Sang Yeon
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Hwang Sang Yeon busted before the end of the day with Don Mishra delivering the blow. Hwang , Mishra , the board ran a dramatic and with the river , Mishra’s set prevailed.

11:15PM: Nguyen Hoang Bach gets from Phua
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Tzai Wei Phua raised to 5k, button player Nguyen Hoang Bach three-bet to 12.5k, Phua called. At the flop , both checked. On the turn, Phua checked, Bach bet 13.5k, Phua folded.

11:00PM: Don Mishra climbing, up to 130k
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Mid-position player raised to 3500, called by three players. The flop , action checked to the button player Don Mishra, he bet 7k. Sb Hwang Sang Yeon called and cutoff Jong Young Moon called. On the turn, all checked. On the river river, Mishra bet 16k and both opponents check-folded. Mishra up to 130k.

10:50:PM: Alex Choi up to 200K
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Mid position player raised to 3600 and down the orbit, four players called. At the flop , three players checked, Alex Choi bet 3600, button folded followed by all the rest. Choi climbed to 200k.

10:45PM: Huu Dung Nguyen
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Preflop action saw utg limp, button raise to 6600, sb Huu Dung Nguyen call, utg fold. At the flop and turn turn it was checked by both. On the river , Huu bet 5500, button raised to 12k, Huu all in for 21.6k and won it with no call.

10:40PM: Kjell Ove Dyb doubles up
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Tzai Wei Phua raised to 3500, Nguyen Hoang Bach three-bet to 9500, sb Kjell Ove Dyb all in for 50.5k, Phua folded, Bach called.

Dyb
Bach

No bad beat came for aces to hold and a double up to Kjell. He now has 105k.

10:20PM: Top 5 chip leaders; 61 remaining
Level 12: Blinds 800/1600 ante 300

Dang Van Hien 203,200
Alex Choi 154,000
Julie Rouxel 152,500
Tran Huy Hoang 141,500
Nguyen Thanh 138,500

10:18PM: Pham Bao’s aces cracked
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Recounting the hand as provided by Pham Bao, action folded to the sb player Dung Khoai who raised to 4200. Big blind Pham shoved his 26k. Khoai called. Pham , Khoai . The board ran improving Khoai to a full house to crack Pham’s aces and eliminate him.

10:15PM: Bigwind wins the raise war
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Utg Vi Khoa raised to 2700, Bigwind called, sb Hoang Tu called, bb three-bet to 8500, Vi Khoa folded, Bigwind shoved, Tu folded, and bb folded after the clock was called.

10:10PM: Nguyen Quang vs SJ Kim
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

On a board and a 16k pot in the middle, late position SJ Kim bet 5300, button Nguyen Quang called. On the river, Kim betr 7200, Quang raised to 50k, Kim folded. Quang up to 85k, Kim down to around 30k.

10:05PM: Splitsville!
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Looking down at aces preflop comes with a special kind of excitement and especially when heavy betting follows before reaching the flop. That was the story between Men Nguyen and Nguyen Duc Thinh. Utg Men raised to 1200, Thinh three-bet to 4500, Men four-bet to 11.2k, Thinh shoved, Men snap-called. As it turns out, both players had aces. After a rainbow flop, it pretty much was a split pot.

10:00PM: Yongsun Park earns a good pot
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Catching the action on the river betting and a 25k pot already weighing down the middle, Yongsun Park bet a light 3500, Duy Ho raised to 20k, Park called. Park showed , Duy mucked.

9:50PM: Dang Van Hien rails one
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Preflop action, Dang Van Hien limped from mid-position, sb player limped, bb jammed 16.1k, Hien called, and sb folded. Hien , bb , the board came down . Hien shipped it while sending a player packing. Hien up to 120k.

9:40PM: Feng Zhao up to 140k
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Utg raised to 2500, Feng Zhao three-bet to 7k, button called, and utg folded. The flop , Zhao bet 4600, button raised to 10k, Zhao called. On the turn, Zhao checked, button bet 10k, Zhao called. On the river , both checked. Zhao showed top pair, button player mucked.

9:20PM: Sim Jae Kyung with trips
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Action folded to the button who raised to 2500, both blinds called. At the flop and turn no bets landed. On the river , sb bet 4k, bb Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba called, button called. Sb held for two pair, Simba for trips. Db mucked.

9:15PM: Hard-betting Hwang Sang Yeon
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

DSO Vietnam champion Hwang Sang Yeon raised to 2500 from the utg seat and found two callers. At the flop , he c-bet 4k and one player called. On the turn, Hwang moved all in for 16.5k and won it.

9:00PM: Nice hand for Nguyen Hoang Bach
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Yongsun Park raised to 2100 and got called by both blinds to see the flop . Action checked to Park who c-bet 2200. He was called by both. On the turn , no bets landed. The river , Bach bet 6200, big blind called, Park folded. Bach won with straight. He is now up to 120k.

8:50PM: Boxer denies the double up
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Catching the action only on the turn, the board showed 6-club-club-6. One player was all in with trips ace kicker and faced Lim Yohwan “Boxer” with trips queen kicker but with a flush draw. The river came down, the player momentarily celebrated what he thought was a win but was denied by the flush. Boxer up to 130k.

8:45PM: Xiaosheng Zheng wins the three-way
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Heavy four-way action saw a preflop pot grow to 8500. The flop landed , sb player Xiaosheng Zheng checked, bb player checked, Huu Dung Nguyen bet 5k, db player shoved 27.8k, back to Zheng who went all in for 19.7k, bb player folded, and Huu tank-called covering both players.

Huu overpair
Zheng set
Db top pair flush draw

The turn and river were good for Zheng to scoop up a triple, Huu took the side pot, and one player busted.

8:35PM: Alex Choi climbs to 160k
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Catching the action on a flop with one player all in, big blind Alex Choi bet 12k for a side pot and lo-jack player called. On the turn, Choi fired 8k, called. On the river, Choi sent out 15k, and again he got the call. Choi opened for a full house and both players mucked.

8:25PM: Benedict Koh doubles up
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Denis Pham raised to 2200, Benedict Koh all in with his short 9400, action folded around back to Pham who called. Pham , Koh . The board fell for a double up to Koh.

8:20PM: Erik Billgren bust Huy Pham
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

On a flop , sb Erik Billgren checked, bb player checked, late position Huy Pham bet 1600. Billgren raised to 14.1k, bb folded, Pham all in for another 200 to Billgren who called.

Pham set
Billgren draw

The turn awarded Billgren one of his outs to improve to a flush and with the river no help to Pham, he busted.

8:20PM: Offiicial numbers for Day 1C
Level 10: 400/800 ante 100

With level 10 underway, registration is officially closed. There were a total of 179 entries for this flight with 147 remaining. They will play until the end of Level 14.

Break time: Registration closes at 8:15PM

Quick reminder for all the players out there, registration closes at 8:15pm local time.

7:35PM: Tran Huy Hoang zooms to 150k
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

On the last hand before the scheduled 40-minute dinner break, Tran Huy Hoang and Do Hoang Long stared down a board . This led to Hoang all in with set and Long with straight. The turn came down improving Hoang to a full house. The river ended the hand for a big double up to Hoang. He zoomed to 151.3k and is our chip leader entering the dinner break.

7:00PM: Nguyen Quang ships it
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Heavy preflop action began with lo-jack Nguyen Quang limping in, hi-jack Tran Duc Phuong raising to 1700, button and big blind called, back to Quang who three-bet to 5600, four-bet by Phuong to 11.7k, fold by button and bb, called by Quang. At the flop , check by Quang, shove by Phuong, called.

Quang
Phuong

The turn and river ended the hand and ended Phuong as well.

6:45PM: Van Cuong up to 100k
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

On a flop and a 3k raised pot in the middle, sb Van Cuong bet 2300, lo-jack raised to 5100, Hai Chuot from cutoff called, back to Cuong who called. On the turn, no bets came to bring on the river . Cuong bet 7100, no callers. He now has 100k.

6:35PM: Cooler busts Yin How Lew
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Defending champion Yin How Lew looked down at a pair of kings but it still wasn’t strong enough with Alex Choi holding aces. Lew was all in preflop, Choi had him covered, the board bricked. Lew busted.

6:20PM: Ki Junhyoung good with the ladies
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Natalie Teh shoved with , Ki Junhyoung all in with . No magic for Teh on the board and Ki doubled up.

6:10PM: Nguyen Quoc Vu bounced out
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

NLH 1 champion Nguyen Quoc Vu returned for a second attempt after falling in Day 1B but once again, he met the rail. From cutoff, Vu went all in with his 9k stack and big blind Kjell Ove Dyb (APL Top Gun winner) called. Vu , Kjell , the board offered no help and Kjell shipped it.

6:00PM: Xu Guo bags a double through Do Thanh Duy
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Do Thanh Duy limped from utg, Xu Guo all in with 11.8k, bb Do Hoang Lon called, back to Duy who jammed his 60k stack, Long folded.

Duy
Guo

The board bricked for a double up to Guo.

5:55PM: Quang Ngoc pays another double up
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Quang Ngoc has been seeing good cards but others have better that he’s been the ATM machine the past two hands. Having just doubled up Chinnarut Tamprapeet, he did the same to Nguyen Duc Hoang. Action preflop, Ngoc raised to 1k, Hoang three-bet to 3200, Ngoc all in, Hoang called putting him at risk.

Ngoc
Hoang

The board ran . Ngoc down to around 8k. Hoang doubled up to 58k.

5:50PM: Chinnarut Tamprapeet doubles up through Quang Ngoc
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Big blind Chinnarut Tamprapeet called cutoff Quang Ngoc’s 2200 raise and the flop came . Tamprapeet checked, Ngoc c-bet 2400, called. On the turn, check again by Tamprapeet, 6125 bet by Ngoc, Tamprapeet shoved his 19,375 stack, Ngoc tanked then made the call. Both had an overpair.

Tamprapeet
Ngoc

The river didn’t improve Ngoc and Tamprapeet doubled up.

5:40PM: Huu Dung Nguyen rises to 115k
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Already backed by a big stack, Huu Dung Nguyen proceeded to collect more to bump him up to 115k. On a board , Huu Dung bet 12k which was just over half the 23k pot in the middle. Vi Khoa tanked then surrendered his hand.

5:30PM: Big stacks update; 172 entries
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

We are currently up to 172 entries here. Among the larger stacks are Van Cuong 100k, Huu Dung Nguyen 90k, and Christopher Mateo 80k.

5:20PM: Duong Nguyen cracks aces
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Duong Nguyen sent a player out very unhappy with his pocket queens improving to a set to crack aces.

5:10PM: Tzai Wei Phua busts to Mateo
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 25

Utg limped, Quang Nguyen raised to 1200, sb Christopher Mateo called, bb Tzai Wei Phua three-bet to 4k, utg folded, Quang and Mateo called. At the flop , Mateo checked, Phua bet 4k, Quang folded, Mateo all in, and Phua went all in as well with a lesser stack. Mateo flush draw, Phua ace high, the turn and river favored Mateo to grant him the flush and the pot. Phua busted. Mateo up to 60k.

4:55PM: Rockets cracked, Nguyen Hoang Bach doubles up
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 25

Utg Henry Cuong raised to 700, Nguyen Hoang Bach three-bet to 2700, Cuong called. At the flop , Cuong checked, Bach bet 2500, Cuong three-bet to 7k, and Bach called. On the turn, Cuong all in, Bach called.

Cuong two pair
Bach draw

The river granted Bach the flush he needed to win the hand and double up.

4:45PM: Hai Chuot takes it
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 25

Hai Chuot busted on the last hand of Day 1B and is back today in the hopes of having a better result. In a three-way look at the flop , Hai checked to utg, then cutoff Duy Ho bet 500. Hai and utg called. On the turn, no bets arrived. On the river, action was checked to Duy, he took a stab with 6500, only Hai called. Hai two pair, Duy mucked.

4:35PM: Quang Ngoc finds the courage
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Jerome Bradpiece put the heat on Quang Ngoc in this hand then had to pay the double up. The hand began with Ngoc raising to 800, called by Linh Ran and bb Bradpiece. At the flop , Bradpiece checked, Ngoc c-bet 1525, Ran folded, and Bradpiece called. On the turn, Bradpiece checked again, Ngoc bet 2600, Bradpiece raised to 7600, and Ngoc called. On the river, Bradpiece shoved with a stack the well covered Ngoc. This sent Ngoc tanking until he found the courage to call for his tournament life. It was a good call. Bradpiece held pair, Ngoc higher pair with . He doubled up.

4:10PM: Player update
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Seen at the felt… Tetsuya Tsuchikawa, Huu Dung Nguyen, SJ Kim, Benedict Koh, Natalie Teh, Nguyen Hoang Bach, Dang Van Hien, Tran Kim Dong, Eugene Co, Hai Chuot, and Men “the Master” Nguyen.

4:00PM: Hoang Hong Giang triples up to 33k
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Hoang Hong Giang lost an earlier pot that led to his stack dropping low. Prior to putting it all in, Nguyen Vu raised to 650, mid-position called, Quang Hung all in for 5,250, Giang all in for 23,325, Vu called whiled mp player folded.

Vu
Hung
Giang

The board ran for a winning set to Giang. He tripled up to 33k.

3:45PM: Van Cuong triples up to 55k
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

On a flop three players moved it all out front. Nguyen Dang Long , Duy Ho , Van Cuong . The turn and river improved Cuong to a straight to ship in a tripled up to 55k.

3:50PM: Sweet board for Boxer
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

Preflop betting led to a pot of 11k and a board . No bets and the turn fell . Hai Ha bet 7k, Lim Yohwan “Boxer” tank-called. On the river , Hai Ha bet 12k and Boxer called. Hai Ha , Boxer . Boxer won the pot with trips over two-pair.

3:30PM: Good pot for Kim Hae Seung
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

With a pot of 38k in the middle and a full board , Thach Tran and Kim Hae Seung opted to check it. Kim won with pocket queens over Tran’s pocket eights. Kim now has 35k.

3:20PM: Defending champion Yin Lew arrives
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

Defending champion Yin How Lew has just taken his seat! The first APL Vietnam Main Event took place in late-May this year with a record 864 entries. Overcoming the massive turnout was Lew. He shipped VND 1,476,360,000 (US$64,570). Good luck to him today!

3:10PM: Winners at table 4
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

CLO08687 — Abhishek Paul and Christopher Mateo

Two side event winner are seated side by side at table 4, Abhishek Paul – Hyper Turbo 1 winner and Christopher Mateo – Deepstack Hyper Turbo winner.

3:00PM: Break time

Players are on the first break of the day. There are 104 entries so far with one re-entry. 12 tables are running with more about to open seeing there’s a line at registration.

2:55PM: Vi Khoa rails Choi
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Cutoff player Vi Khoa raised to 900 and found three callers to join him to the flop . Action was checked to Vi Khoa, he bet 2k and only one player called, Jungho Choi. At the turn, Choi tank-called a 3500 bet. On the river, Choi checked again, Vi Khoa laid out an 11k bet that summed up Choi’s stack. Choi tanked then eventually called for his tournament life. Vi Khoa two pair which was good enough to defeat Choi’s . Vi Khoa up to 45k.

2:35PM: Do Thanh Duy finds a staight
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Do Thanh Duy is in the house. The Vietnamese player won the NLH 1 BB Ante event and is looking to now do the same at the main. He earned a good pot in this hand to help him boost his stack. From hijack, Vu Tu limped, button Duy raised to 550, Vu Tu called. At the flop , Vu Tu checked, Duy c-bet 600, called. On the turn, same action with Vu Tu checking, Duy firing out a 1500 bet, called. On the river, check by Vu Tu, 5100 bet by Duy, called. Duy opened straight and claim the pot.

2:25PM: Tran Huy Hoang gets lucky
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

A few players have already busted here and some doubling up. One player getting full pay on a lucky river was Tran Huy Hoang. In a hand against Hoang Hong Giang, Hoang three-bet Giang’s 1k raise to make it 3k. Giang four-bet to 12k, Hoang five-bet shoved, Giang called.

Hoang {ah
Giang

The board ran for a straight to Hoang. He now has 50k.

2:15PM: Dinh Thanh gains from Jungho Choi
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

We picked up action between Dinh Thanh and Jungho Choi. The flop was felted and 1250 already brewed. Four players were initially in. Action folded to the button who bet 700. Sb player called, Thanh called, Choi raised to 2500, two folds followed and a call by Thanh. At the turn, both checked. On the river , Thanh bet 5100 and Choi called. Thanh showed for top pair and Choi mucked.

2:10PM: International pros
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Not just the locals have come out to play, pros from other nations are also slugging it out at the felt. Tzai Wei Phua, Feng Zhao, Hung Sheng Lin, Shyh Chyn Lim, and Erik Billgren are in the action.

1:40PM: Locals out in full force
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Tables are filling up in rapid pace. We are at 8 tables. Many locals have flooded the scene. Among them are Linh Tran, Pham Bao, Nguyen Quoc Vu, Macaron Tran, La Anh Tuan, Tran Huy Hoang, Duong Vi Khoa, and NLH BB ante champion Do Thanh Duy.

1:00:PM: Cards in the air for Day 1C
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

And we are off! The first deal is underway here at Pro Poker Club for Day 1C of the Main Event! This is the Asia Poker League’s featured tournament and it comes with an VND 8 Billion Guaranteed prize pool. The tables are filling up! Live updates will be running throughout the day so check back for a read on the action.

Welcome to Day 1C of the APL HCMC – Main Event VND 8 Billion Guaranteed!

The games are back on at Pro Poker with the third starting day heating things up. The past two days drew a combined 170 entries with 46 through to Day 2. The man at the helm is currently Norbert Koh with 209,200. That’s the mark to beat.

If you are just getting in, buy-in is VND 16.5M with unlimited re-entries until the start of Level 10. That should give everyone plenty of chances to be part of the action.

Players start with a 25,000 stack. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. There will be a dinner break at the end of Level 9. Remaining players will bag up at the end of Level 14. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.

12:20AM: Day 1B ends with 22 remaining; Norbert Koh bags the lead

Day 1B is over and bagged up! 22 players out of the 88 entrants survived. Earning the chip leader status was Singaporean pro Norbert Koh with 209,200 in chips. We will have a recap for you shortly along with the day’s chip counts.

12:15AM: Last hand of the day excitement
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

The final hand of the day at table 2 was full of excitement with three players all in starting with Minh Le (46.6K), Hai Chuot (75.5K), and Tuan Anh as the largest of the three.

Minh
Hai
Anh

The board ran . Minh’s pocket pair held, Hai missed entirely and busted to Anh’s higher five-card spread.

11:55PM: SJ Kim falls to Iori Yogo
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Iori Yogo raised to 5k, SJ Kim all in for 30k, Yogo snap-call. Yogo , Kim , the board ran . Kim eliminated. Yogo back up to 150k.

11:45PM: Steffen Endres holds on
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Steffen Endres three-bet shoved hos 22.8k stack on top of Norbert Koh’s 6500 raise. Koh called. The board ran dry, , for a double up to Endres.

11:20PM: Hwang Sang Yeon doubles up his short stack
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

DSO Vietnam champion Hwang Sang Yeon shoved his remaining short stack (17.8k) with and avoided the rail against Norbert Koh’s with the board running . He now has 40k.

11:00PM: Bobby Zhang finishes off Pegasus
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

After losing a majority of his big stack to Nicholas Burgers, Pegasus entered another hand and still couldn’t win. The rest of his chips were claimed by Bobby Zhang. Pegasus raised to 2700 and got called by both SJ Kim and Zhang. At the flop , Zhang checked, Pegasus c-bet 9k, Kim folded, Zhang shoved, and Pegasus went all in as well with less chips.

Zhang top pair
Pegasus draw

No help came for Pegasus on the turn and river and he was eliminated.

10:50PM: Nicholas Burgers outkicks Pegasus, takes the lead
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Pegasus raised to 2700 from cutoff, got called by sb SJ Kim and bb Nicholas Burgers. At the fllop , the blinds checked to Pegasus who sent out 6100. Kim folded while Burger raised to 17k. Pegasus replied with a three-bet to 36k, Burgers shoved his 105k stack, and Pegasus called with his big stack.

Pegasus trips
Burgers trips higher kicker

The turn and river ended the hand. Burgers doubled up and we have a changing of the guard. Burgers currently leads with 220k.

10:45PM: Lim Yohwan eliminated
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Lim Yohwan entered a preflop raise war against Tuan Anh that led to him all in and Anh making the call. Yohwan had , Anh , the board ran blanks and Yohwan busted.

10:45PM: Ng Pui Cheung goes up
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Ng Pui Cheung three-bet shoved his 17.2 short stack and got called by initial raiser Cuong Trinh. Cheung had , Trinh , the board was a scare for Cheung but he managed to stay ahead for a double up to 36k.

10:40PM: Jack Wu adds more to his big stack
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Three players saw a flop after boosting up the pot to 12k. Phan Trong Linh checked, Julien Tran checked, Jack Wu bet 5k, and got called by both players. On the turn and river, all three checked it down and Wu won with over Linh’s and Tran’s .

10:15PM: Iori Yogo charges to 170k
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Iori Yogo continues his late game ascent. He is now sitting with 170k after railing Quoc Chinh. The hand saw Nguyen The Anh raise to 2600, Chinh shoved 42.2k, Yogo called, and Anh folded.

Chinh
Yogo

The board ran .

10:10PM: Norbert Koh crosses 200k
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

By the rate Norbert Koh is picking up chips during these last rounds, he may well surpass the Day 1A chip leader, Xiaoyin He who bagged up 205,200. As of now, Koh sits with around 205k after winning this pot against Quoc Chinh. The hand initially had three in the pot. On the flop and a 24k pot brewed, utg Koh checked, mid-position checked, hijack bet 11.1k, Koh raised to 24k, mp folded, hijack jammed 50k, and Koh called.

Koh
Hijack

The turn and river blank ended the hand and Koh shipped it just like that.

9:45PM: Julien Tran doubles up with the nuts
Level 11: Blinds 500/100 ante 100

Getting to the action on the river betting, the board showed . A 35k pot was already weighing down the middle. Julien Tran shoved his short stack from utg+1 seat and got called by mid-position Cuong Trinh. Tran doubled up with nuts straight. Trinh mucked. Tran up to 65k, Trinh down to 110k.

9:35PM: SJ survives the Endres heat
Level 11: Blinds 500/100 ante 100

The heat is on here with only four tables remaining. Next to double up was SJ Kim but he had to sweat it first. The hand began with Tuan Anh bumping it up to 2200, Steffen Endres three-bet to 9k, Kim shoved for 22k, Anh folded but Endres with the call.

Kim
Endres

When the flop landed it was an instant boat for Kim but still not out of the woods. Endres had trips and could improve. With the turn and river , Kim was safe from elimination and doubled up to 48k.

9:20PM: Full house over full house; Desmond You doubles up
Level 11: Blinds 500/100 ante 100

On a full board and a 19k pot in the middle, Desmond You checked, his opponent bet 7k, Desmond shoved for 39k, and got the call. Desmond showed which was a better full house than his opponent’s . Desmond up to 100k.

9:10PM: Hai Chuot bumps heads with Tuan Anh
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Hai Chuot went head to head against the chip leader Tuan Anh and turned the tides his direction. On a flop and 13k in the middle, Hai bet 6500, Anh shoved his massive stack, and Hai called for his tournament life. Hai top pair, Anh open ended / flush draw, the turn and river were none of Anh’s outs and Hai doubled up to 125k. Anh tumbled down to 70k.

Hai claimed another pot, he railed Le Ngoc Khanh with spiking a queen on the river to burn Khanh’s .

9:00PM: Iori Yogo ascending
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Iori Yogo won two pots that sent his stack well over 100k and one player packing. The first pot he won was up against Quoc Chinh who raised to 2300 from cutoff, Yogo three-bet to 7k on the button, Chinh called. At the flop , Chinh checked, Yogo bet 5500, Chinh folded. The next hand Yogo’s completed a nut flush on the river to boot a player.

8:55PM: Nice set for Ting Shum Kwok
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Ting Shum Kwok earned himself a hefty pot against Phan Trong Linh. The two had built up a 12k pot by the turn and it grew even further. At this betting stage, Ting checked, Linh bet 5200, Ting raised to 13.6k, Linh called. On the river , Ting led for 13.3k and Linh called. Ting revealed his set to rise to 78k.

8:50PM: Cuong Trinh at 175k
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

On a board and a pot of 25k already in the middle, utg Chi Thanh bet 13.6k, Cuong Trinh shoved with a stack that well covered Thanh. Thanh tank-folded. Trinh climbs to 175k.

8:45PM: Norbert Koh calls with ace high
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Norbert Koh earned himself a sizable pot by calling down with just ace high. We only saw the action on the river but one player helped fill in some of the details. Action folded around the orbit to the button player, he raised. Sb player Koh three-bet, and back to db who called. At the flop , Koh led for 2500, db called. On the turn , Koh slowed down and checked, db switched up bet 6500, Koh called. On the river, Koh checked again, db bet 8700, Koh thought about it then called. Db showed miss, and Koh won with ace high.

7:50PM: Chip leader update
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante75

We are on a break. Current chip leaders are:

Tuan Anh 149K
Pegasus 141.1K
Cuong Trinh 121.6K

Late registration will close in 20 minutes so all you railbirds jump on in. If you miss this chance, Day 1C and Day 1D are up the next two days.

7:30PM: Pros in action
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante75

Big guns have been stationed at table 7 for some time but we seem to miss the good pots. One decent hand we caught the board was , Bobby Zhang checked, Hai Chuot checked, Lim Yohwan bet 4k onto a 9k pot. Zhang called, Hai raised to 15k, Yohwan folded, then back to Zhang who called. The river saw no bets and Hai won with two pair over Zhang’s .

7:25PM: Tuan Anh climbs to 130k
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Tuan Anh claimed a sizable pot against Thanh Hai to bring his stack to 130k. Action began with utg Hai rasing to 2200. He was called by three players that included Anh. At the flop , Hai bet 4200 and only Anh called. On the turn, Hai checked, Anh bet 12.2k, Hai called. On the river, Hai fired out 31k and Anh called. Anh showed his two pair and Hai mucked.

7:10PM: SJ Kim doubles up Jiang Yuan
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Utg player SJ Kim raised to 1200, hijack player called, big blind Jiang Yuan three-bet to 3800, Kim shoved, hijack folded, Yuan called for his tournament life. Kim , Yuan . Already ahead, Yuan continued to improve when the board ran . Kim dropped to 50k, Yuan up to 55k.

7:05PM: Norbert Koh rails Quoc Vu
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

We only caught the action on the flop 6-7-8 with Quoc Vu all in holding K-K and Norbert Koh putting the heat on with 9-8. The turn 9 and river 8 improved Koh to a full house to ship in the pot and boot out Vu.

6:50PM: Minh Le tanks Tuan Anh
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

On a raised pot preflop to 10k, the board felted , both Minh Le and Tuan Anh checked. On the turn, Anh bet 6200, Minh raised to 15.2k, Anh tanked then eventually folded.

6:40PM: Pegasus up to 125k
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Pegasus called an 800 raise and two players also joined before flop . Initial raiser c-bet 5600, Pegasus and one player called while the other folded. On the turn, the aggressor shoved his 35k stack and only Pegasus called. All in player had J-9 top pair, Pegasus 3-3 set, Pegasus shipped it while the aggressor shipped out. Pegasus up to 125k.

6:20PM: Tan Wah Meng vs Huy Coshet
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

From mid-position, Huy Coshet raised to 900, was called by the small blind, but big blind Tan Wah Meng raised it to a huge 5k bet. Huy Coshet called and sb folded. At the flop , Meng shoved his 40k stack sending Huy Coshet tanking. Meng eventually won the pot with no call. Meng up to 55k.

6:10PM: Julien Tran’s aces cracked!
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Julien Tran plummeted on this hand down to just 6k while the player on the receiving end, Cuong Trinh, zoomed to 80k. Trinh kicked off the hand with a raise to 1100 from utg. Tran three-bet to 3600 from cutoff, and Trinh called. At the flop A-J-3, both checked. The turn was a 6. Tran bet 3500 and Trinh check-called. The on the King river Trinh initiated the betting with 11k, Tran shoved, and Trinh went all in as well. Tran with A-A set, Trinh Q-10 straight.

6:00PM: Natalie Teh railed by Jack Wu
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Natalie Teh quickly re-entered after falling at the hands of Jack En-Ching Wu. Preflop action saw a 1k raise from Wu, called by two players before reaching sb Teh who three-bet to 5500. Wu called followed by two folds for a one-on-one. At the flop , Teh c-bet 6k and Wu flat-called. On the turn, Teh bet 11k and Wu called. On the river, Teh shoved her 20k stack and Wu matched it right up. Teh showed bottom pair missed draw and was way behind Wu’s . Wu climbed to 85k.

5:25PM: Pegasus triples up
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Three-way all in on a turn board of with everyone holding a Queen for a straight. However, Pegasus had for the nut flush draw. The river completed the board, Pegasus landed the spade and tripled up to 35k.

5:10PM: Iori Yogo vs Lim Yohwan
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Iori Yogo and Lim Yohwan faced off preflop that saw multiple raises leading to shoves. When the cards were opened, Yogo held , Yohwan .The board ran for a double up to Yogo to 55k. Yohwan dropped to 30k.

4:55PM: Phan Trong Linh edges Kim Jun Han
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

On a completed board of and 16k pot already in the middle, Kim Jun Han bet 15k and Phan Trong Linh tank-called. Kim showed overpair while Linh had the edge with to win the pot and rise to 75k. Kim dropped to 45k.

4:45PM: Nicholas Burgers sends two packing
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Two short stacks bit the dust simultaneously with Nicholas Burgers laying down the hatchet. Burgers limped from the button, sb player raised to 3300, bb Kevin Law shoved his 6250 stack, Burgers called, and back to sb who decided to join all in with less chips.

Sb
Law
Burgers

The board ran for a dominating full house to Burgers.

4:40PM: Julien Tran doubles up through Simba
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Julien Tran kicked off the hand with a 500 raise, Tan Wah Meng called, Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba three-bet to 1500, Luen Hei Kwok called. Action back to Tran, he four-bet to 3800, Meng folded, Simba called, and Kwok folded. At the flop , Tran moved all in and was called. Tran held that was way a head of . The turn and river ended the hand for a double up.

4:35PM: Fellow Koreans battle
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

We’ve got quite a nice turnout of Koreans in Day 1B with two of them recently going head to head for a pot. Action began with Junho Lee raising to 1100 and button Kim Hwan Young making the call. At the flop , Lee bet 7k, Kim shoved just over double, and Lee called.

Lee
Kim

The turn and river didn’t help Lee and Kim shipped a double up to 41k.

4:30PM: Le Ngoc Khanh down to 10k
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Catching the action on a full board and a pot of 8k in the middle, Thanh Hai was all in for 12.5k sending Le Ngoc Khanh tanking especially that he had only 10k behind. Khanh eventually folded.

4:25PM: SJ Kim vs Quoc Vu
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Tracking the Korean pro SJ Kim, he claimed a much bigger pot than earlier. Action began with a 550 raise by Quoc Vu, called by button player Kim Jun Han, three-bet to 2600 by sb SJ. Back to Vu, he called while Kim folded. At the flop , SJ bet 3300, Vu raised to 7800, SJ shoved, and Vu opted to fold. Vu down to 7k, SJ goes up to 38k.

4:10PM: Small pot for SJ Kim
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Korean pro SJ Kim raised to 800 and sb Nguye Quoc Hung called. At the flop , action was checked to Kim, he c-bet 1k. Hung answered with a raise to 2k, Kim called. On the turn, both checked it for a river . Hung checked, Kim bet 3300, Hung folded.

4:00PM: Kim Jun Han scoops up and rails another
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Heavy preflop action led to the end of Kevin Law at the hands of Kim Jun Han. Kicking off the bout was Phan Trong Linh with a 450 raise. This was followed by Law with a three-bet from cutoff to 950, Kim four-bet to 3500, Linh folded, Law five-bet to 18.2k, Kim all in, and Law put it all in for a total of 22k.

Law
Kim

The board felted for a winning set to Kim.

3:55PM: Chen Tian Ai eliminated by Phan Trong Linh
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Phan Trong Linh was one of the finalists of the inaugural DeepStack Open Vietnam event. He is back at the races looking to secure another good score. He recently doubled up to help him build his stack to get there. On a turn board and 18k already brewed, Linh checked, Chen Tian Ai shoved 14,525, and Linh called. Chen held ace-high and Linh was ahead with top pair. Linh shipped it after the river . He now has 42k.

3:50PM: Norbert Koh rails Shyh Chyn Lim
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Hyper Turbo winner Shyh Chyn Lim sent the rest of his short stack in the middle with to hopefully help him get back up but he couldn’t get past Norbert Koh’s . Lim quckly got up and re-entered.

3:45PM: Van Cuong earns a good pot
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Six players were in on a min-raised pot preflop and the cards landed . Action was checked all the way to the button player Jaeheung An. He bet 875 and found one caller in Van Cuong. At the turn , Cuong checked, An bet 1325, and Cuong called. On the river, Cuong led for 2400 and won it with An folding.

3:35PM: Kim Jun Han rails one
Level 4: 75/150 ante 25

Returning from his fall in Day 1A, Kim Jun Han has already doubled his starting stack. On a completed board 6-5-10-8-Q, Quoc Vu held 10-7, short stacked player 8-7, and Kim with 5-6. Kim won with two pair while booting out one player. He now has 50k.

3:20PM: 7 tables running
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

The screens show 65 players at the moment spread across seven tables. Lots of chip shuffling going on. Some names to add, Iori Yogo, Natalie Teh, Phan Trong Linh, Ting Shum Kwok, and Luen Hei Kwok.

3:00PM: Heavy action pot goes to Steffen Endres
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Utg Nguyen Chi Thinh limped, mid-position Hai Ha raised 350, lo-jack player three-bet to 1100, cutoff Steffen Endres four-bet to 3500, sb player called, back to Thinh who folded, Hai Ha folded, lo-jack called.

At the flop , all checked. On the turn, Endres bet 8k and won the pot with no callers.

2:40PM: Lim Yohwan chunks down Pham Bao
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

Pham Bao’s stack took a beating in this hand and delivering the heavy blow was Lim Yohwan aka Boxer. On a flop and a 5k pot pre-brewed, Thien Phu checked, Boxer checked, Pham bet 2300, Phu called, Boxer raised to 7600, Pham called, and Phu folded. On the turn , Boxer shoved and at about even stack, Pham called. Boxer showed flush, Pham , Boxer doubled up to 50k while Pham dropped to 2k.

2:15PM: Six tables and climbing
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Another batch of notable pros have taken their seats, among them were Trinh Huy Thang, Le Ngoc Khanh, Lim Yo Hwan aka “Boxer”, Pham Bao, Ignatius Meng, and side event winners Shyh Chyn Lim and Kim Ki Nam.

2:00PM: A rare sighting… Sim Jae Kyung aka “Simba”
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

More notable players have arrived. One of them was Sim Jae Kyung aka Simba. Simba was instrumental in bringing a Korean force to the Asian live circuit. He was one of the top Korean pros until he pursued other dreams outside of poker. We will be tracking his progress throughout the day.

1:35PM: Nguyen Quoc Vu in the house and outkicks
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Nguyen Quoc Vu – DSO Vietnam 3rd placer / No Limit Hold’em champion – is at the table early as well and already making moves. He recently won a pot against Van Cuong. The hand kicked off with 8 players limping in. At the flop , Vu bet 200 from utg and only found one caller in cutoff player Cuong. On the turn, Vu checked, Cuong bet 450, Vu raised to 1200, and Cuong called. The river Vu switched up again and bet 2800, Cuong called. Vu won with trips higher kicker over Cuong’s .

1:30PM: No Limit Hold’em 1 – BB Ante resumes

CLO07689 — No Limit Hold’em 1 – BB Ante – Final table

Yesterday’s No Limit Hold’em BB Ante event resumed from a night’s break with the final 8 players on the feature table. There were 63 entries for a prize pool of VND 305,550,000 (US$13,100). The eventual winner will receive over a third of the pot – VND 110,000,000. You can watch the live stream via the Pro Poker Club YouTube channel.

1:20PM: Seen at the felt
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Another table has opened up. We are now at 35 players. Among those here early are a mix of new players and re-entries from Day 1A… Julien Tran, Nguyen Trong Liem, Hai Chuot, Nguyen Chi Thinh, Steffen Endres, Jaeheung An, Bobby Zhang, Nguyen The Anh, Denis Pham and Willy Doorman.

1:00PM: Cards in the air for Day 1B
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

The first shuffle has been announced for Day 1B! Game on! We currently have three tables running with more players trickling in. Good luck to all!

Welcome to Day 1B of the APL HCMC Road Series Vol.3 – Main Event VND 8 Billion Guaranteed!

This is the second of four starting days offered. For a buy-in of VND 16.5M, players receive a 25,000 starting stack with opening blinds at 25/50. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. For late-comers, registration closes at the start of Level 10. There will be a dinner break just before that at the end of Level 9.

At yesterday’s Day 1A heat, out of the 82 that entered, only 24 made the cut to Day 2. China’s Xiaoyin He bagged up the lead with 205,200 in chips. Michael Kim Falcon earned second rank with 184,300, and Vietnam’s own Dang Xuan Canh in third position with 154,500. Players can attempt for multiple stacks but keep in mind, only your best stack advances.

Once again, Somuchpoker will be in the thick of the action to bring you live updates and all the of the day’s thrilling stories so stick with us right here.

12:10AM: Day 1A ends! Xiaoyin He leads 24 survivors
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Day 1A is a wrap! Only 24 survived out of the 82 total entries. Bagging up the chip lead was China’s Xiaoyin He with 205,200. In second rank was Michael Kim Falcon with 184,300.

12:05AM: Michael Kim Falcon wins two against Hansol Choi
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

During the last hands called, Michael Kim Falcon faced the chip leader at his table, Korean player Hansol Choi, and won both meetings. The first one ran to the river with Falcon shoving on a queen high board. Hansol folded. The next hand, on a flop , Falcon bet 30k, Hansol called. On the turn, Falcon jammed over 80k, Hansol tanked and said he had overpair, but couldn’t bring himself to call. Falcon won the pot and showed his set.

12:00AM: Xiaoyin He rails one
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Xiaoying He shipped all of a player’s chips with unable to improve against . Xiaoyin climbs to 200k.

11:50PM: Truc Tran denied by the river
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Truc Tran looked like he was about to send Dang Xuan Canh to the exit however the river had other plans, chunking him down instead. The hand saw a raise to 4100 by Truc from the lo-jack seat and big blind Dang called. At the flop , Dang checked, Truc c-bet 6k, Dang raised to 16k, Truc three-bet to 36k, and Dang moved all in for 75k. Truc called.

Truc top pair
Dang second pair

The turn kept Truc ahead but the river improved Dang to trips to overtake and double up to 160k.

11:27PM: Antoine Ky Phan avoids the rail
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Action folded around to the small blind Nguyen Van Trung, he raised to 5100. Big blind moved all in for 54k. Van called.

Phan
Van

The board ran for a pair spiked by Phan to avoid the rail and double up to 110k.

11:20PM Long Lam falls to Sao Bac Dau’s aces
Level 14: Blinds 1K/2K ante 300

Long Lam raisedto 4400 and Sao Bac Dau flat-called. At the flop , Long bet 6500, Sao raised to 13k, Long shoved his 40k, and a snap-call from Sao. Long had top pair and was dominated by Sao’s . The turn and river finished off Long and Sao shipped it. He now has 120k.

11:15PM: Hansol Choi leads with 180k
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

With a 10k pot in the middle, Korean player Hansol Choi bet 6k onto a flop , Nam Nguyen raised t o16k, Hansol answered back with a 36k three-bet, Nam folded. Hansol climbed to 180k.

11:10PM: Ray Chiu earns a good pot
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Ray Chiu and Dang Xuan Canh stared down a board with 10k already in the middle. Acting first, Dang checked, Chiu bet 4100, Dang three-bet to 12k, Chiu called. On the turn no bets. Then on the river , Dang checked to Chiu who sent out 12.5k, Dang folded.

10:55PM: Michael Kim Falcon up to 171k
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

On a board and a 13k pot brewed, lo-jack Michael Kim Falcon bet 6k, hi-jack Van Quan raised to 16k, Falcon three-bet to 36k, Van called. On the river, both checked it and Falcon won with straight. Van mucked.

10:50PM: Sao Bac Dau aggressive
Level 13: Blinds 800/1600 ante 200

Mid-position player Nam Nguyen raised to 3600, Van Quan called from cutoff, bb Sao Bac Dau three-bet to 12k, and Nam and Van called. At the flop , Sau wasted no time and jammed his 42.2k. He won the pot with no callers. He showed .

10:30PM: Dang Xuan Canh dusts two
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Hijack player Dang Xuan Canh limped in, button player shoved to 15.1k, big blind all in for 12k, back to Dang who called. Despite Dang initially behind with his against and , when the board ran , he had a winning flush to boot out two at once. Dang goes up to 85k.

10:20PM: Xiaoyin He sends another packing
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Xiaoyin He is staging a late game run sending another player packing. The recent casualty was Bounab Hakim. On a flop and a pot of 9k already brewed, Xiaoyin checked, Bounab bet 8k, Xiaoyin raised to 21k, Bounab called. The turn Xiaoyin checked, Bounab shoved 55.1k, Xiaoyin called.

Bounab top pair
Xiaoyin straight

The river completed the board and Xiaoyin shipped it.

10:00PM: Xiaoyin He busts Iori Yogo and Minh Le
Level 12: Blinds 600/1200 ante 200

Three-way all in with Minh Le , Iori Yogo , Xiaoyin He . The board ran dry, and Xiaoyin shipped it while sending two out simultaneously.

9:50PM: Tran Phuc Tai vs Dao Ngoc Nam
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Action began with Han Sol raised to 2500, Dao Ngoc Nam and Nam Nguyen called, Tran Phuc Tai three-bet 10k, Han Sol folded, Dao four-bet to 42.5k, Nam folded, Tran all in for 40.5k. Dao , Tran , the board ran for a set to Dao but still behind Tran’s flush. Dao dropped to 80k, Tran up to 110k.

9:35PM: Van Quan and Dung God go at it again
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Another heated moment between Van Quan and Dung God that started with utg Tuan Monaco raising to 2200 and both of those players calling. At the flop , Tuan checked, Van bet 3k, God raised to 13k, Tuan folded, Van re-raised to 24k, Dung shoved, and Van called for his tournament life.

Van
God

The turn and river kept aces ahead and Van doubled up to 125k while God dropped to 55k.

9:30PM: Kim Jun Han busts to Tuan Monaco
Level 11: Blinds 500/1000 ante 100

Kim Jun Han was booted out of the running here in Day 1A with Tuan Monaco getting the better spread. From mid-position, Kim raised to 2k and Tuan called from the hijack seat. At the flop , Kim c-bet 7k, Tuan raised to 16k, Kim shoved, and a quick-call from Tuan. Kim , Tuan straight, the turn and river completed the board.

9:15PM: Dung God puts the heat on Van Quan
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

One of the bigger stacks out there right now is Dung God. He picked up another pile to add to it. From utg, God raised to 2600. Everyone folded to the big blind Van Quan who called. At the flop , Van led for 3500, Dung raised to 13.8k, Van called. On the turn, it was checked by both to bring on the river . Van led for 6k, Dung shoved. Van folded. Dung showed his bottom pair. He is now up to 150k.

9:10PM: Natalie Teh busts again
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Natalie Teh was on her second bullet but still it didn’t get her into Day 2. With action folding around to her on the button, she moved all in for her last 13.7k. She was called by the small blind Dao Ngoc Nam. Teh held , Dao with , the board felted for a winning flush to Dao.

9:00PM: Bounab Hakim busts Hwang Sang Yeon
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Hwang Sang Yeon held a stack below starting stack for a large part of the day. Looking down at , he risked it all and got called by Bounab Hakim with . The board ran to send Hwang packing up.

8:50PM: Kim Jun Han pays Ng Pui Cheung
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Kim Jun Han and Ng Pui Cheung engaged in a preflop raise war that led to a showdown. Kim with , Ng with , the board fell for a double up to Ng. He now has 42k while Kim dropped to 38k.

8:40PM: Michael Kim Falcon rises to 160k
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

MIchael Kim Falcon has risen to 160k and is now our chip leader. Here’s a small pot that he won to help him get there. Phuoc Vinh limped in, Falcon limped in, sb player shoved under 5k, Phuoc Vinh called, Falcon shoved, Vinh called for his tournament life.

Sb
Vinh
Falcon

The board came down for a full house to the sb player. He tripled up. The side pot went to Falcon for his nut flush. Vinh busted.

8:30PM: Dang Xuan Canh rails Pham Bao with nine-high
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

Pham Bao was just booted out in a stunning nine-high call by Dang Xuan Canh. The hand began with Dang raising to 2k from hijack, and Pham defending on the big blind. Both players checked all the way to the river . Pham shoved his 12.3k stack sending Dang tanking. Dang somehow found the courage to call and it was shockingly a good one. Pham had which meant he played the board while Dang held for a nine-high win. Dang!

8:25PM: Registration closed for Day 1A
Level 10: Blinds 400/800 ante 100

That’s it! Registration is closed for Day 1A. There were 65 players and 17 re-entries for 82 entries total.

7:40PM: Sao Bac Dau goes up to 135k
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Sao Bac Dau raised to 2600 then called Phuoc Vinh’s 6k three-bet. At the flop , Sao bet 12k and Vinh called. On the turn, Sao jammed and won the pot with Vinh folding up. Sao up to 135k.

7:20PM: Truc Tran spikes a two-outer
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Ten minutes ago Truc Tran scored a double off SJ Kim. He landed another stack boost this time in a shocking two-outer against Long Lam. Long raised to 1800 from mid-position, Truc three-bet to 3125, Long called. At the flop , Long checked, Truc bet 2500, Long raised to 5500, Truc shoved, and a snap call from Long.

Long set
Truc overpair

Though Truc was behind, the turn immediately changed that awarding him the two-outer to overtake. The river ended the hand and ended Long as well. Truc up to 120k.

7:15PM: Sao Bac Dau banks a double
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

From mid position Nam Nguyen limped, lowjack Tran Phuc Tai raised to 1700, sb Sao Bac Dau called, bb Phuc Vinh called, and back to Nam who called. On the flop everyone checked. On the turn, Sao led for 2800, Vinh and Nam called, Tran raised to 9400, Sao all in for 54k, fold from the blinds, then called by Tran.

Tran set
Sao straight

The river didn’t improve Tran. Sao doubled up to 110k.

7:10PM: SJ Kim nosedives to Truc Tran
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Utg Truc Tran raised to 1400 and button player SJ Kim called. At the flop , heaby betting ensued with Kim betting, Tran raising, Kim three-betting, Tran all in for 34,575 total and Kim with the call.

Tran set
Kim two pair

The turn and river , secured the win for Tran for a double up. Kim plummeted to a very short stack.

7:05:PM: Long Lam pushes out Kim Jun Han
Level 9: Blinds 300/600 ante 75

Heated action between Kim Jun Han and Long Lam for this pot. Kim limped from cutoff, Long raised to 2100 from button position, Kim called. The flop , Kim bet 2500, Long raised to 6500, Kim re-raised to 15.5k, Long shoved 23,750, Kim called. Long showed him a queen.

6:55PM: Chip leader update
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Five players have roughly the same stacks of 110k namely Nam Nguyen, Tuan Monaco, Dung God, Harry Tran, and Tran Phuc Tai. They currently lead the pack.

6:50PM: Xuan Hung vs Pham Bao
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

The hand kicked off with utg raising to 1250, cutoff called, sb Xuan Hung called, then bb Pham Bao three-bet to 4700. Utg and cutoff folded while Xuan called. At the flop , Xuan bet 1500 and Pham called. On the turn, Xuan bet 2500, Pham called again. On the river, another 3500 sliding out of Xuan’s section, Pham called. Xuan showed and won the pot after Pham mucked.

6:45:PM: Double KO for Nam Nguyen
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

Bang bang! Another two go down at the hands of Nam Nguyen. Nam recently railed Natalie Teh and this time, Go Mori and Le Hong got the boot. Mori shoved his remaining 10350 stack, Nam called. Le shoved from the big blind with 20k, and Nam called.

Mori
Le
Nam

The board fell . Nam rose to 110k.

6:20PM: Vincent Li spikes a two-outer to chunk Falcon
Level 8: Blinds 250/500 ante 75

A very lucky two-outer for Vincent Li keeps him in the running while simultaneously chunking down Michael Kim Falcon. The hand began with two limpers before button player Falcon raised to 1100. Sb Li three-bet to 6k and back to Falcon who called. At the flop , Li shoved his 15,950 stack and a snap-call from Falcon.

Li two pair
Falcon trips

The turn gave Li a flush draw, but the river gave him a two-outer full house instead to double up. Falcon dropped to 15k.

Next hand, Falcon was all in with against Dung God with . After the flop came, he was walking away but returned when it completed to for a split pot.

6:00PM: Tran Phuc Tai rails Aigars, climbs to 90k
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Sao Bac Dau kicked off the hand with a 1600 raise, and was called by three players – db, sb, and bb. Athe flop , action was checked to Sao, he c-bet 3200, db Tran Phu Tai called, sb Aigars check-raised to 8k, bb folded, Sao folded, and Phuc Tai called. On the turn, Aigars all in and snap-call by Phuc Tai. Aigars pair with outs for a gutshot and a flush, Phuc Tai with straight. The river didn’t help Aigars to send him to the rail. Phuc Tai up to 90k.

5:45:PM: Full house over full house sends Natalie Teh re-entering
Level 7: Blinds 200/400 ante 50

Natalie Teh and Nam Nguyen engaged in a pot that saw the latter raise from mid-position and Teh calling from the button. At the flop , Nam bet 5500 and Teh called. On the turn both checked. The river Nam bet 11.5k, Teh jammed, and Nam snap-called. The showed full house but Nam had better to boot her out. She quickly re-entered.

5:30PM: Current chip leaders
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Kim Jun Han – 101,000
Han Sol – 92,800
Nguyen Van Trung – 90,000

5:25PM: Natalie Teh doubles up
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Malaysian pro Natalie Teh opened the betting with an 800 raise. She was called by the blinds Aigars Plicvs and Le Hong. At the flop {, she c-bet 1950 and both blinds check-called. On the turn, she bet 3500 and this time only Aigars joined while Le folded. On the river Teh shoved her remaining 6500 and Aigars check-called once more. Teh showed full house for a double up. Aigars showed his pocket tens.

5:10PM: Straight on the flop for Dang Xuan Canh
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

Nguyen Chi Thinh raised to 800 and three players called. AT the flop , sb player bet 2k, two players folded, cutoff Dang Xuan Canh raised to 6k, and sb called. On the turn, sb shoved his 17k stack and Dang called. Sb showed which was way behind Dang’s straight. The river sent sb out and Dang shipped it. He sits with 70k.

5:00PM: Nguyen Van Trung stacks up
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

One of the headliners of the DSO event was Nguyen Van Trung who racked up the overall big stack on opening day. He eventually made the money in 20th place. Back on the felt, Van is at it again and is currently sitting with around 70k. He won some of those chips on this hand. He raised to 700 and found four callers to join him at the flop . Action was checked to him, he c-bet 1900 and the button player called. On the turn, no bets landed. On the river , Van bet 2k, got called, then won the pot with .

4:45PM: Steffen Endres doubles up through DSO winner
Level 6: Blinds 150/300 ante 50

DeepStack Open champion Hwang Sang Yeon and Steffen Endres reached the river on this hand wit a pot of 18k already brewed. Hwang checked, Endres moved all in for 14,675, Hwang decided to call showing his ace high. Endres won it with flush for a double up.

4:20PM: Ace high good for Aigars Plivcs
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Aigars Plivcs raised to 600, cut-off Le Hong three bet to 1600, big blind Phuoc Vinh called, and back to Aigars who joined in. At the flop , Le bet 7500. Vinh check-raised to 6k, Aigars check-called, and Le called. On the turn and river, no bet landed and Aigars won it with ace high.

4:00PM: Three-way all in goes to Tran Phuc Tai
Level 5: Blinds 100/200 ante 25

Three-way all in began with a limp by the utg player. Middle position player Sao Bac Dau raised to 700, button Tran Phuc Tai called, back to utg who shoved his short 14k. Phuc Tai moved all in as well for 25k, and Sao joined the party with his 75k stack.

Utg
Sao
Phuc Tai

The board ran for a straight to Phuc Tai. Utg busted, and Sao dropped to 45k. Phuc Tai climbed to 63k.

3:50PM: Alex Tung doubles up
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

Alex Tung and Frederic Bolliet stared down a board and a pot of around 13k already brewed. Tung checked, Bolliet bet 4500, Tung check-raised to 11k, Bolliet shoved, and Tung called. Tung , Bolliet , the river ended the hand and Tung doubled up.

3:45:PM: Dang Xuan Canh in the house
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

Dang Xuan Canh is in action here and will be looking to better his 3rd place finish at the first APL Vietnam Main Event back in May. We recently caught him win a sizable pot to bring his stack up to 40k.

From utg, Dang opened with a raise and found three callers to join him to the flop . After the blinds checked, Dang c-bet 700, a mid-position player raised to 1600, sb folded, bb called, and back to Dang who re-raised to 5200. Both players called. On the turn, bb checked, Dang slid out 22.4k which was enough to cover the stacks of both of his opponents, and he won the pot with both folding. Dang showed one card .

3:25PM: Heavy hitting Phoc Vinh
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

Phoc Vinh put some muscle in for this pot. He raised from mid position then faced a three-bet of 1900 from the button player. Action rolled back to Vinh and he pumped it up to over 5K, and db called. On the flop and turn , both checked. On the river Vinh bet 11k and won it with no call. Vinh showed his hole cards.

3:15PM: More notable players
Level 4: Blinds 75/150 ante 25

With more tables filling up, among the notables seen we have Hung Sheng Lin, Minh Le, Ray Chiu, and DeepStack Open winner Hwang Sang Yeon.

2:55:PM: Sao Bac Dau wins sick three-way showdown
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

On a flop , three players were all in. One with overpair, another with two pair, and Sao Boc Dau with set. The turn and river sent the massive pile to Sao who zoomed to 60k. Two players were knocked out.

2:40PM: Kim Jun Han and Long Lam in consecutive pots
Level 3: Blinds 75/150

At table 5, heavy action took place between a couple of players, namely Kim Jun Han and Long Lam. The first hand utg Long Lam raised to 450, button Christopher Mateo three-bet to 1200, big blind Kim Jun Han called. At the flop , action was checked to Mateo, he c-bet 1125. Kim called, Long check-raised to 3800, Mateo folded, and back to Kim who called. On the river Kim checked, Long bet 8500, and won it with no challenge from Kim.

Next hand, four players in on a raised pot preflop. Everyone checked the flop to bring on a turn board of . Big blind Long bet 700 onto the 2k pot, Erik Billgren called, one player folded, sb Kim check-raised to 3100, called by both Long and Billgren. On the turn, Kim fired out 8k and won it with both Lam and Billgren folding.

2:15PM: Michael Kim Falcon in action
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Hard-punching Michael Kim Falcon dropped down to a short 5k stack and pushed all in with . He was called by a player with . The board ran giving him a straight for a double up. Several hands later, his continued aggression sent him to the rail and quickly re-entered.

At the new table with blinds having increased to 75/150, we caught him win a pot. He raised to 500 preflop and found three callers. At the flop , Falcon c-bet 1k and only Christopher Mateo called. On the turn, both checked. Then on the river, Falcon fired 3k and Mateo folded.

2:10PM: Pham Bao arrives and quickly wins one
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

As soon as Pham Bao arrived, he was on the big blind and immediately defended his big blind calling Jaeheung An’s 400 raise. At the flop , Pham checked, An c-bet 350k, Pham called. On the turn, Pham switched up and led for 1100, An smiled sent his cards to the muck.

2:00PM: More players, up to 5 tables
Level 2: Blinds 50/100

Here we go, another two tables have been opened. Strutting in on this level are Alex Tung, Xiaoxin He, Christopher Mateo, Dung “God”, Iori Yogo, Azusa Maeda, and one lone female, Malaysian pro Natalie Teh.

1:30PM: Players in action early
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Only a few tables so far but players are trickling in. Seen at the felt early are Jaeheung An, Nguyen Chi Thinh, Nguyen Van Trung, Kjell Ove Dyb, Johannes Felix Hoeld, Frederic Boillet, and Michael Kim Falcon.

1:00PM: Shuffle up and deal!
Level 1: Blinds 25/50

Cards are in the air for Day 1A of the Main Event! They play a total of 14 levels with blinds increasing every 40 minutes.

Welcome to Main Event Day 1A!

Welcome players! Today the APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 kicks off the much-awaited MAIN EVENT – VND 8 Billion (US$343,000) Guaranteed! Day 1A get running at 1pm local time. This is first of four starting days to join the action. Buy-in is VND 16,600,000. Registration stays open until the start of Level 10.

Players begin with a 25,000 stack, opening blinds at 25/50. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. Bagging time at the end of Level 14. There will be a 40-minute dinner break at the end of Level 9.

We will bring you the action live here at Somuchpoker.com so stick with us for all the exciting stories.

1 - Minh Le - 3,450,000
2 - Cao Ngoc Anh - 3,030,000
3 - Quang Nguyen - 2,145,000
4 - Nguyen Thanh - 1,695,000
5 - SJ Kim - 1,395,000
6 - Thien An - 975,000
7 - Duy Ho - 945,000
8 - Jack En Ching Wu - 875,000

1 - Minh Le - 1439000
2 - Quang Nguyen - 1135000
3 - Duy Ho - 1080000
4 - Cao Ngoc Anh - 993000
5 - SJ Kim - 707000
6 - Mark Zhang Lei - 681000
7 - Nguyen Quang - 681000
8 - Dang Van Hien - 622000
9 - Alex Choi - 609000
10 - Nguyen Thanh - 570000
11 - Huy Pham - 549000
12 - Tran Van Quan - 531000
13 - Edmund Eng - 480000
14 - En Ching Wu - 478000
15 - Willy Portier "Doorman" - 462000
16 - Nguyen Duc Hoang - 417000
17 - Thien An - 384000
18 - Phuong Xu - 382000
19 - Chang Hui Chieh - 347000
20 - Erik Billgren - 314000
21 - Abhishek Paul - 311000
22 - Nguyen Nam Duong - 260000
23 - Jae Kyung Sim - 250000
24 - Harry "Wind" Tran - 231000
25 - Sao Bac Dau - 227000
26 - Lew Yin How - 162000
27 - Xiaosheng Zheng - 150000
28 - Pham Thanh Dat - 142000
29 - Jiang Yuan - 72000

1 - Xuewei Li - 325800
2 - Amanpreet Singh - 247900
3 - Cao Ngoc Anh - 228100
4 - Calvin Tan - 227100
5 - Abhishek Paul - 206600
6 - Ang Boon Seng - 202300
7 - Phuong Xu - 185000
8 - Qi Ziansheng - 185000
9 - Quang Nguyen - 179700
10 - Phan Hong Cuong (Shala) - 158900
11 - Nguyen Ngoc Nghia - 158200
12 - Huy Pham - 155800
13 - SJ Kim - 151900
14 - Duy Ho - 143500
15 - Jaehung An - 133200
16 - Pegasus - 130700
17 - Tran Thai Ha - 127600
18 - Jiang Yuan - 126300
19 - Tao Tien Manh - 122200
20 - Tin Nguyen - 119400
21 - Wong Kun Kiet (Raymond) - 110400
22 - Linh Tran - 109700
23 - Tu Tinh Tao - 109500
24 - LCH - 106900
25 - Do Hoai Nam - 106900
26 - Wen Po Chun - 101400
27 - Tran Hoai Anh - 98600
28 - Nguyen Nam Duong - 97700
29 - Apuweo (Nguyen Hoang Nam) - 89400
30 - Eugene Co - 86800
31 - Hoang Uai Manh - 83100
32 - Lew Yin How - 80500
33 - Mark 888 Zhang - 79400
34 - Yosuke Iwata - 77100
35 - Guan Guang Xiao - 75800
36 - Thinh Nguyen - 71000
37 - Hui Chieh Chang - 68200
38 - Duong Ngoc Tuyen - 63200
39 - Thienan - 59900
40 - Steve Arnold - 58000
41 - Chane Kampanatsanyakorn - 58000
42 - He Zhong Chi - 57700
43 - La Anh Tuan - 54700
44 - Chang Huan Bin - 54100
45 - Hoaing Hong Giang - 53900
46 - Mel Judah - 52400
47 - Si Yang Phua - 52400
48 - Tommy Kim Dong Hyun - 48600
49 - Le - 46900
50 - Trung Nguyen - 44600
51 - Long Lam - 34800
52 - Daruma - 30100
53 - Clarence Toh - 26300
54 - Do Cuong - 21700
55 - Lee Chin Yong - 15400
56 - Cao Hoang Anh - 11800

1 - Dang Van Hien - 212900
2 - Alex Choi (Choi Joe Young) - 171900
3 - Terence Yang - 159300
4 - Blue Tran - 154400
5 - Tran Van Cuong - 151900
6 - Tetsuya Tsuchikawa - 147100
7 - Don Mishra - 141700
8 - RedKing - 140900
9 - Feng Zhao - 130500
10 - Nguyen Hoang Bao - 124300
11 - Nguyen Thanh - 119000
12 - Richard Mari - 117100
13 - Kjell Ove Dyb - 116100
14 - Erik Billgren - 115500
15 - Duong Nguyen - 113900
16 - Rouxel Julien - 113300
17 - Hai Chuot - 106700
18 - Phua Tzai Wei - 104400
19 - Jong Young Moon - 95900
20 - Pham Thanh Duy - 95000
21 - Simba - 93900
22 - No Name - 89700
23 - Huu Dung Nguyen - 89400
24 - Teom Ming Fong - 89200
25 - Ran Linh - 89100
26 - Aigars Plicvs - 86100
27 - Lim Yo Hwan - 85300
28 - Xiaosheng Zheng - 83000
29 - Phan Hoang Tu - 81400
30 - Ki Junh Young - 80000
31 - Nguyen Duc Hoang - 79900
32 - Yongsun Park - 79300
33 - Quang Nguyen - 77300
34 - Nguyen Quang - 77200
35 - Huynh Van Tan - 71100
36 - Azusa Maeda - 68300
37 - Ling Weng Tai - 64600
38 - Zheng Chuan - 61300
39 - Pham Thanh Dat - 58800
40 - Lee Seung Su - 56400
41 - Edmund Eng - 52300
42 - Dinh Van Thanh - 46500
43 - Nguyen Dang Long - 44400
44 - Nguyen Men - 38600
45 - Li Kwon Ngai Vincent - 33800
46 - Jun-Long Jian - 29900
47 - Hoang Chien - 27800

1 - Norbert Koh - 209200
2 - Hwan Young Kim - 168100
3 - Bobby Zhang 155900
4 - Nicholas Niel Burgers - 152000
5 - Iori Yogo - 150000
6 - Minh Le - 143300
7 - The Anh - 124400
8 - En Ching Wu - 121000
9 - Willy Portier "Doorman" - 111600
10 - Le Long Stephane - 87500
11 - Nguyen Chi Thinh - 85300
12 - Cuong Trinh - 84500
13 - Du Ngoc Tian Anh - 84000
14 - Desmond Yow Jiqwei - 83100
15 - Ting Shum Kwok - 80600
16 - Julian Tran - 74200
17 - Phan Trong Linh - 64400
18 - Nghiem Quang Huy - 56600
19 - Kim Ki Nam - 50000
20 - Steffen Endres - 46700
21 - Hwang Sang Yeon - 33900
22 - Wei Cheng Yin - 28700

1 - Xiaoyin He - 205200
2 - Michael Kim Falcon - 184300
3- Dang Xuan Canh - 154500
4 - Nam Nguyen - 147200
5 - Tuan Monaco - 114800
6 - Hansol Choi Undeclared est. - 112K
7 - Antoine Ky Phan - 111100
8 - Tran Van Quan - 97400
9 - Johannes Felix Hoeld - 96500
10 - Dao Ngoc Nam - 92200
11 - Tran Phuc Tai - 80800
12 - Tung Nguyen - 80600
13 - Nguyen Van Dung “GOD” - 76600
14 - Nguyen Van Trung - 75500
15 - Sao Bac Dau - 73500
16 - Nguyen Thanh Hung - 67800
17 - Tran Uy Thanh - 62900
18 - Nguyen Thanh Dat - 59400
19 - Harry Tran - 49100
20 - Ray Chiu - 27700
21 - Ng Pui Cheung - 26700
22 - Alvin Tan Kok Chuen - 22500
23 - Tran Xuan Truc - 20800
24 - Li Kwun Ngai Vincent - 10400

1st - VND 1,618,750,000
2nd - VND 1,134,820,000
3rd - VND 729,730,000
4th - VND 521,000,000
5th - VND 399,970,000
6th - VND 328,400,000
7th - VND 270,660,000
8th - VND 215,830,000
9th - Sao Bac Dau - VND 161,930,000
10th - Willy Portier "Doorman" - VND 134,690,000
11th - Tran Van Quan - VND 134,690,000
12th - Alex Choi - VND 134,690,000
13th - Sim Jae Kyung - VND 107,700,000
14th - Yin How Lew - VND 107,700,000
15th - Nguyen Nam Duong - VND 107,700,000
16th - Mark Zhang - VND 89,680,000
17th - Nguyen Quang - VND 89,680,000
18th - Erik Billgren - VND 89,680,000
19th - Phuong Xu - VND 75,670,000
20th - Edmund Eng - VND 75,670,000
21th - Hui Chieh Zhang - VND 75,670,000
22th - Nguye Duc Hoang - VND 62,860,000
23th - Xiaosheng Zheng - VND 62,860,000
25th - Pham Thanh Dat - VND 62,860,000
26th - Huy Pham - VND 53,470,000
27th - Abhishek Paul - VND 53,470,000