Summer action isn’t over just yet with the tournament poker grind across Asia continuing to keep players wrapped up from month to month. This end of July, Asia Poker Championship backed by premier organizer Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM), returns to its homebase location in Da Nang, Vietnam from July 31 to August 6 for one week of action-packed games. Entitled Danang Series of Poker, the festival brings in a total of DP 10 Billion (~US$ 422K) in guaranteed prizes to be awarded throughout the course of the series, with 10 thrilling events yet again completing the schedule.
The upcoming festival will be the brand’s second offering in its very own first overseas poker club, Dragon Poker. Situated at the Han Market Square Building, the opening of the Club earlier this February came in celebration of APC’s debut on Vietnam soil. The previous edition similarly hosted DP 10 Billion (~US$ 422K) in guaranteed prizes across ten events with Philippines’ Jose Colada bringing home the Main Event title. Colada bested the 404 entry field and beat Korea’s Woo Young Lee in heads up battle to claim the ₫2,148,600,000 (~$90.5K) top prize.
DSOP x APC Highlights
Looking back at the APC Da Nang March festivities, only two events contributed to the guaranteed pot – the APC Main Event, and the High Roller tournament. This time around, an increased eight guaranteed events is shown on schedule, the largest one being the Main Event amounting to DP 6.5 Billion (~US$ 274,320).
Joining the guaranteed list this season are side events Warm Up, Warm Up Turbo, APC Super Stack, Hyper Turbo, Single Day High Roller, APC Monster Stack, and APC Closer Turbo. Buy-ins remain relatively the same ranging from DP 3.3 Million (~US$ 140) to its most expensive two-day Super High Roller event for DP 55 Million (~US$ 2,321).
APC Main Event
Buy in: DP 22,000,000 (~US$ 928)
Guarantee: DP 6,500,000,000 (~US$ 274,320)
Date/s: August 2-6, 2023
Day 1A: Wednesday, August 2 at 11:00
Day 1B: Thursday, August 3 at 11:00
Day 1C: Friday, August 4 at 11:00
Day 1D (Turbo): Friday, August 4 at 17:30
Day 2: Saturday, August 5 at 11:00
Day 3: Sunday, August 6 at 10:00
Notes:
- Day 1A, Day 1B, and Day 1C will see blinds increase every 40 minutes
- Day 1D runs a Turbo format with blinds increasing every 25 minutes
- Opening blinds 100-200, 200 BB Ante, starting stack 40,000
- Registration closes at the start of Level 10
- Final table blind levels increase every 60 minutes up until heads up which then changes to 30 minute intervals
- Tournament pays out 12.5% of the field
For greater value, players can enter the Main Event at a fraction of the price via a number of satellites available on schedule. There are six satellites lined up for a more modest buy-in of DP 2,500,000 (~$105).
Super High Roller 2 Day
Buy in: DP 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,321)
Guarantee: DP 1,500,000,000 (~US$ 63,304)
Date/s: August 5-6, 2023
Day 1: Saturday, August 5 at 15:00 (Registration open all day – play until level 11)
Day 2: Sunday, August 6 at 13:00(Registration until level 13)
Other Guaranteed Events
Monday, July 31, 2023
Warm Up at 14:00
Buy-in DP 6,600,000 (~US$ 278)
Guarantee: DP 300,000,000 (~US$ 12,660)
Warm Up Turbo at 19:00
Buy-in DP 6,600,000 (~US$ 278)
Guarantee: DP 300,000,000 (~US$ 12,660)
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
APC Super Stack at 12:00
Buy-in DP 8,800,000 (~US$ 371)
Guarantee: DP 400,000,000 (~US$ 16,881)
Hyper Turbo at 17:00
Buy-in DP 8,800,000 (~US$ 371)
Guarantee: DP 400,000,000 (~US$ 16,881)
Wednesday, August 2, 2023
Single High Roller at 16:30
Buy-in DP 25,000,000 (~US$ 1,055)
Guarantee: DP 500,000,000 (~US$ 21,101)
Thursday, August 3, 2023
APC Monster Stack at 17:00
Buy-in DP 8,800,000 (~US$ 371)
Guarantee: DP 300,000,000 (~US$ 12,660)
Sunday, August 6, 2023
APC Closer Turbo at 14:00
Buy-in DP 4,400,000 (~US$ 185)
Guarantee: DP 200,000,000 (~US$ 8,440)
APC Da Nang – Player Guide
Venue: Dragon Poker Club
Address: 8th floor, 18-20 Phạm Phú Thứ, Hải Châu District, Da Nang City, Vietnam
Hot Line: 093.495.0047
