APL HCMC: Main Event Day 1C draws 179 entries; Dang Van Hien leads the 47 survivors

The APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 hit the ground running today at Pro Poker Club with tables quickly filling up for Day 1C of the Main Event. At the close of registration, 179 entries had saddled up which was more than the entries of the two starting days combined. Among the attendees were many newcomers and decorated champions with several making it through the scheduled 14 rounds.

As in the previous days, the locals dominated in numbers. Though many fell, successfully driving his stack to the forefront of the day’s 47 survivors was Dang Van Hien. Hien closed with 219,200 setting a new bar for the final starting day to come.

Another player high in the chip rung was Korea’s Alex Choi (Choi Young) with the second best stack of 171,900. To add in a bit of info on Choi, he finished 8th at the APL Road Series Vol.1 Philippines Main Event back in February.

In addition to the leaders, Asian circuit Main Event champions were well represented in the day’s final lineup namely Feng Zhao, Lim Yo Hwan, Sim Jae Kyung, Huu Dung Nguyen, Tzai Wei Phua, and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. For the latter Tsuchikawa, he won his first-ever APT Main Event title at the Pro Poker Club just last month. He also has a WPT and PokerStars championship title under his belt and is looking to land his first APL. 

The field was also graced by the APL Vietnam defending champion, Yin How Lew. Lew fired two bullets but was still denied a spot in Day 2. Other decorated players missing the mark were Linh Tran, Huy Pham, Hung Sheng Lin, and SJ Kim. Luckily there is still one more flight to get back in the game.

Players can also attempt for multiple stacks. According to the reports Vincent Li qualified in Day 1A and Day 1C. By the looks of it, both of his stacks were short. He can still attempt to bag a bigger one in the final heat.

Day 1D gets underway on Wednesday, November 21. With an overall total of 349 entries and many players still expected, it is likely that the VND 8 Billion Guaranteed prize pool will be surpassed. Buy-in is VND 16.5M. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.

You can read up on the Main Event action in the Live Updates. Somuchpoker will continue to provide full coverage of the ongoing festival so stick with us here for all the latest news.

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Day 1C – Chip counts

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 Bach – 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 – 20Feb – 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

Article by Tricia David