APT Main Event

Action folded to the blinds when small blind Dylan Foster took a peek at his cards and jammed all-in for 634,000. Big blind Sakan Dhangwatnotai liked what he saw with his cards and risked his tournament life and his last 160,000 with a call.

Dylan Foster: J♣ 9♥

Sakan Dhangwatnotai: A♣ 7♥

The flop came A♥ 2♠ 8♣ to give Dhangwatnotai the lead with top-pair ace. The turn threw a J♠ to add some nervous energy, but the Q♠ quieted it down to award the pot to Dhangwatnotai, who made a crucial double-up.

Dylan Foster opened to 6,500 from under the gun and was called by Kyongrok Moon in the big blind. The flop came down 9♦ 8♣ 6♦ , and Moon checked.

Moon check-called Foster's bet of 9,000. Both players checked the turn J♠ . On the river, 5♥ , Moon led out with a bet of 21,000, and Foster quickly called.

Moon revealed A♠ T♥ for ace-high and a missed straight draw, while Foster showed K♠ J♣ , winning the pot with a pair of jacks.

Action was picked up with Runch Pornraksamanee, in small blind, all-in for his tournament life for around 30,000 against Dylan Foster who called in late position in a completed board with approximately 20,000 in the pot.

Runch Pornraksamanee: Q♦ 8♠

Dylan Foster: A♥ 6♥

Board: 9♦ T♠ 3♣ Q♣ 4♣

Foster was ahead with ace-high until the flop but with Pornraksamanee hitting the queen on the turn, tables were turned giving Pornraksamanee a much-needed double up to stay longer in the tournament.

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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It's a pre-flop showdown between Dylan Foster and Gab Yong Kim that seems to have frozen action at Table #48. With the two largest stacks on the table, their pre-flop battles left the other players chatting about anything and everything.

In one hand, Foster opened to 2,500 on the button, only for Kim to respond with a three-bet. When the action circled back, Foster four-bet to 26,000, prompting Kim to shove all-in. Foster folded.

Tuong Tran Khac in Seat #1 quietly remarked to Peng Chen and Wai Cheung Ka, “No one can make a move because it's always a three-bet, then a four-bet, then a five-bet.” Meanwhile, Milos Skrbic was engaged in friendly conversation with his tablemate Alexander Charron.

On the very next hand, Foster opened from the cutoff to 2,500, and Kim again three-bet, this time to 8,900. After the others folded, Foster countered with a four-bet to 30,000, which finally got Kim to fold. Foster showed pocket tens as he scooped the pot, earning a satisfied tap on the table from Kim.

Khac looked at them in disbelief, while Ka chuckled.

Dylan Foster raised to 2,500 from middle position and Peng Chen called on the button.

Both read the flop of 3♦ J♥ A♦ and checked through to see the 5♠ fall on the turn, where Foster bet 3,500 and Chen made the call.

The 8♥ showed on the river, prompting a bet of 10,500 from Foster, which Chen snap-called. Foster flipped Q♠ 7♥ for a bluff and got cracked against Chen’s 4♣ 4♠ .

Dylan Foster opened the cutoff to 2,200 and Alexander Charron defended from the big blind.

Both read a flop of 8♠ 5♦ 4♠ and checked through to see the 2♠ fall on the turn, where Charron bet 4,000 and Foster made the call.

The river showed a Q♠ . The action went check-check. Foster showed a straight with A♦ 3♠ , leaving Charron to muck his hand.