Tension filled the Dragon Poker Room in Da Nang, Vietnam at Day 2 of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT. The 50 players were steaming at the heart of intense poker play as each gunned for a bigger slice of the the ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350) prize pool. After twelve hours of play, the Final 8 was determined with Filipino Jose Colada in the driver’s seat with 3,825,000 stack (55 BB) stack.
Colada was one of the chip leaders on the Day 1C flight, the heat with the most number of entries (171 entries). He maintained his big stack throughout Day 2 and closed as chip leader. Colada will be the only player waving the Filipino flag coming final day. The race for the inaugural title will take place on Sunday, March 5 starting at 11am Vietnam time.
Final 8 players
| Jose Colada | 3,825,000,000 | 55 |
| Woo Young Lee | 3,175,000,000 | 45 |
| Chan Kyung Jeon | 2,650,000,000 | 38 |
| Ha Van Thien | 2,050,000,000 | 30 |
| Vu Manh Linh | 1,850,000,000 | 26 |
| Lukasz Jankowski | 1,575,000,000 | 23 |
| Seong Il Hwang | 625,000,000 | 9 |
| Hyoung Chul Choi | 400,000,000 | 6 |
Remaining payouts
| 1 | ₫2,148,600,000 |
| 2 | ₫1,300,000,000 |
| 3 | ₫760,000,000 |
| 4 | ₫510,000,000 |
| 5 | ₫350,000,000 |
| 6 | ₫260,000,000 |
| 7 | ₫190,000,000 |
| 8 | ₫140,000,000 |
Final 18 rundown
At the final two table game play, short stacked players were seen trying to survive and big stacked players bore down on the competition to level the playing field. Check out the highlights below.
Short stacked Hyunseung Lee holding 
was taken down by Chan Kyoung Jeon with 
on a 
board, putting Lee on 18th place.
Jack Risk went all in on the river with 
on a 
board hitting trips but Lukasz Jankowski’s 
made a sneaky full house, seeding Jack Risk to 17th place.
The pre-flop all in action between Bae Jin Jun and Sung Yeoul Kang proved that Bae’s 
was dominated by Sung’s 
, and stayed that way on a Seven-high board. Bae ended at 16th place.
It took a long time for Ji Bok Park holding to call Jose Colada’s big push on the turn board 
but when Colada showed he had the goods with 
top pair, Park busted in 15th place after the river 
was of no help.
Another pre-flop all in action went down, this time with Oh Se Kyung holding and chip giant Woo Young Lee holding 
. The pocket pair held on a board 
to send Oh out in 14th place.
Anuy Voong holding second best pair with 
didn’t improve against Seong Il Hwang holdiing 
when they went all in on the turn with the board 
to fall in 13th place.
Day 2 Chip leader Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) found himself in trouble going all in on the flop with with Woo Young Lee holding . Yoon paired up at the flop but was still behind Lee. By the river 
, Lee ensured the win with a set to end Yoon in 12th place.
In the battle of the blinds, massive stacked Colada pushed short stacked big blind Jin Ho Park who risked it holding suited connectors 
. Colada’s 
prevailed on a board 
to bounce out Park in 11th place and widen his lead further.
Ham So Young with Ace-Eight was dominated by Ha Vn Thien’s Ace-Jack, relegating the former to 10th place. And finally, Sung Yeoul Kang took a bad turn, as he thought he was ahead pre-flop with against Woo Young Lee . No change in rank on the board 
to drop Kang into 9th place, just missing the final day.
Day 2 Notable Finishers
| Place | Player | Payout |
| 9th | Sung Yeoul Kang | ₫110,000,000 |
| 10th | Ham So Young | ₫90,000,000 |
| 11th | Park Jin Ho | ₫90,000,000 |
| 12th | Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) | ₫90,000,000 |
| 13th | Anuy Voong | ₫75,000,000 |
| 14th | Oh Se Kyung | ₫75,000,000 |
| 15th | Park Ji Bok | ₫75,000,000 |
| 16th | BAe Jin Jun | ₫64,000,000 |
| 17th | Jack Risk | ₫64,000,000 |
| 18th | Hyunseung Lee | ₫64,000,000 |
That completed the qualifying rounds for the first Asia Poker Championship in Da Nang, Vietnam. Games opened on February 27 at the newly opened Dragon Poker Club, owned and operated by premier Korea poker organization Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM). The weeklong event concludes on Sunday, March 5 with the first APC Da Nang Main Event champion to be crowned. The headliner drew a total of 404 entries across four entry days.
Buy in: ₫22,000,000 (~$930)
Guarantee: ₫8,000,000 (~$337,000)
Entries: 404
Prize pool: ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350)
ITM: 50 players
*Article by Amador Bongcaras
Links:
Main Event Da Nang – Chip Counts
Main Event Prizepool and Payouts
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1A
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1B
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1C / Day 1D
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 underway
Somuchpoker will 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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