APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Charles Pansoy opened under the gun to 3,200, receiving calls from Giorgios Skarparis in the cutoff and Xin Tang in the big blind. The flop came 7♥ 8♥ T♦ .

Tang checked to Pansoy, who continued with a 6,200 bet, which both Skarparis and Tang called. On the turn 7♦ , Tang checked again, and Pansoy kept up the pressure with a 9,000 bet. This time, only Skarparis called as Tang folded.

The river brought the 4♣ , and Pansoy fired 20,000. Skarparis eventually folded face-up, showing A♦ 9♦ and commenting, "It didn't come out." In response, Pansoy showed one card—the T♠ .

Flight A of VND 36,000,000 APT Main Event has concluded with 189 entries (142 unique) generated following ten 60-minute levels, with only 70 hopefuls successfully bagging up their chips and moving on to Day 2 on Thursday, Nov. 14th.

India’s Deepankur Gupta sits at the top of the leaderboard after navigating the day’s play and accumulating 307,800 chips, maintaining his momentum from an early level with strategic moves, including a key shove holding an eight.

The one close behind is Vietnam’s Dong Van Tan, an APT regular, who has also amassed a healthy stack of 290,500 for Day 2. Nguyen Trung Quan, winner of the 2023 APT Phu Quoc Super High Roller, has likewise maneuvered his way into a stellar position with 243,900 chips.

After grabbing the title of the 2024 APT Jeju Super Hyper Turbo – Win The Button, Philippines’ Charles Pansoy (226,800) is not going to let go of the chance to add another trophy to his record. He kept his ambition high and claimed yet another elimination by going all in with his pocket fours against Jennifer Cassel’s ace-deuce.

Motoyoshi Okamura (134,800), the 2022 APT Korea Incheon High Rollers champion, scored a thrilling double-up at the end of the last level, with his jack-nine blossoming into quads by the end of the hand.

Other notables to managed it to Day 2 include Taiwan’s Chi Jen “Justin” Chu (147,300), China’s Peng Chen (144,500), France’s Adrien Favre (122,500), and South Korea’s Gab Yong Kim (97,600).

TOP TEN FLIGHT A CHIP COUNTS

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Van Dan Nguyen opend the cut-off with a bet of 2,500 to be called by Charles Pansoy on the button. Jia Han Lin, however, had other things in mind and decided to raise the heat by three-betting to 8,500. Both Nguyen and Pansoy called to see a flop.

The flop came down 3♦ T♥ 9♠ , and Lin led out with a bet of 7,500. Nguyen folded, but Pansoy applied pressure with a raise to 15,000. Lin gave him a perplexed look before making the call.

Both players checked the turn A♥ . Then, on the 2♠ river, Lin fired out 22,800. Pansoy separated 22,800 from his stack and considered his action, shuffling his chips thoughtfully. He then carefully set aside another 22,800, making it a raise to 45,600.

Lin went into the tank, visibly struggling to piece together what Pansoy might be holding. After a long pause, he reluctantly folded. Pansoy showed the T♦ and asked, "Two pair—good?" Lin stayed quiet, shaking his head.