After 13.5 hours of play, Day 1A of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT concluded with the first batch of Day 2 qualifiers established. Leading the seven player lineup was Korea’s An Un Song with a 39 BB stack. With no prior cashes to his name, Song may well be a newcomer to the Vietnam live scene. One of the hands that helped Song build his stack was a set of Threes over an opponent’s top pair Aces.
Just behind the leader was fellow countryman Jin Yun Bae with a 37 BB stack, and finishing in the top three was well known Vietnamese player Ta Khanh Linh aka Jack Risk with 34 BB. Linh delivered the bubble to mark the end of Day 1A. On a board that completed 
, Linh and a short stacked player were all in on the flop. Linh’s 
two pair held to dust 
missed draw.
Chip counts
| Day 1A | Stack | BB |
| An Un Song | 472,000 | 39 |
| Jin Yun Bae | 447,000 | 37 |
| Ta Khanh Linh | 410,000 | 34 |
| MK Kim | 272,000 | 23 |
| Kyung Sub Shin | 234,000 | 20 |
| Hyun Hee Jeong | 224,000 | 19 |
| Soon Rin Park | 182,000 | 15 |
Chips in play: 2,241,000
Average stack: 320,142
The first Asia Poker Championship in Vietnam has been buzzing up the newly opened Dragon Poker Club since February 27 and will do so until March 5. On its third day, the spotlight shined on the festival’s star attraction, the ₫8,000,000,000 (~$337,000) guaranteed Main Event. After nine levels of registration, a surprisingly light turnout of 56 entered with 7 later reaching ITM.
Buy in: ₫22,000,000 (~$930)
Guarantee: ₫8,000,000,000 (~$337,000)
Day 1A entries: 56
Day 1A survivors: 7
The Day 2 qualifiers have a two day break before heading back to the felt on Saturday, March 4 at 11am. They await the results of the remaining Day 1 heats. Three more are scheduled.
Remaining entry days
Day 1B: Thursday, March 2 at 11am
Day 1C: Friday, March 3 at 11am
Day 1D (Turbo): Friday, March 3 at 4pm
Links:
APC Da Nang Main Event Day 1A underway; Dong Ho Park, Dongwook Gwon win trophies
Teddy Pham wins the Warm Up
APC lights up Da Nang feat. ₫10 Billion in guarantees – Key Events
APC Da Nang – Player Guide
APC Da Nang underway
Somuchpoker will continue to provide updates of the ongoing series from start to finish.
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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