APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

David Erquiaga opened the action on the button with a raise to 90,000, prompting a call from David Mann in the small blind. However, Xuan Thieu Nghiem shifted the momentum by three-betting to 400,000 from the big blind.

With the action back to Erquiaga, he jammed all-in for nearly a million chips. Mann quickly folded, and Nghiem, now at risk, snap-called. A♠ the call was made, Erquiaga confidently called Nghiem's hand, confirming his read.

Xuan Thieu Nghiem: T♥ T♦

David Erquiaga: J♠ J♦

The dealer spread a flop of 7♣ 3♦ 4♦ , keeping Erquiaga's jacks ahead while leaving Nghiem with limited outs. The turn 5♦ and river 3♠ brought no help to Nghiem, sealing his fate and eliminating the former Day 2 chip leader from the tournament.

Yoon Sehoon raised to 65,000 on the button with A♣ 2♦ a and Nghiem Xuan Thieu defended his big blind with A♦ 4♠

Both players were paired top pair on a flop of J♠ 9♣ A♠ Thieu double-tapped his option over to Sehoon, who fired 50,000. Thieu then check-raised to 125,000 and Sehoon completed to see a 5♣ turn.

Xuan fired 100,000 and Sehoon didn't feel too comfortable with his kicker and surrendered even if it looked like they were headed for a split.

Thieu improved his stack while Sehoon was put in critical danger.

On a flop of J♠ 5♥ 7♦ Yita Choong bet 35,000 to be called by the man immediately to his left, Day 2 chip leader Xuan Theiu Nghiem.

On the turn K♠ Choong fired another 130,000 and got called by Nghiem again. Finally on the river T♦ Choong had to throw a time bank to think of his strategy to win the pot. After a while, he shot out a hefty 305,000 that finally made Nghiem muck his hand.

A total of 753 entries made up the four Day 1 flights with an additional 42 more entered just before Day 2 started for a final total of 795 registrants. A total of 334 hopefuls began the Day 2 leg, competing to survive through ten (10) 60-minute levels and advance to Day 3 of the APT Phu Quoc Main Event to earn a payout from the VND 25,000,000,000 (USD 1,000,000) guaranteed prize pool.

When the day came to a close, there were 50 players remaining. Each of them are guaranteed a payout of VND 87,500,000 (USD 3,345), but all eyes are on the grand prize of VND 4,710,000,000 (USD 185,430) that comes with a prestiigous APT Golden Lion Trophy.

Sitting at the chip leader throne with the largest stack at the end of the day was Nghiem Xuan Thieu of Vietnam with 1,703,000 chips. Fellow countryman Do Tien Vu occupied the seat next to him with 1,547,000 chips while China's Jinlong Hu filled the last podium seat with 1,523,000. Hu started Day 2 as the chip leader and still maintained the right course to land him among the top three.

Other notables to make it through include the Philippines' David Erquiaga who bagged a top ten stack of 1,154,000, and Australia's Dylan Foster who will be hoping to spin his 602,000 stack up in an attempt to make an eighth career APT final table.

Among those with top stacks to begin the day, but failed to advance to Day 3 were Dylan Foster, Noparat Kongjai, Angunsri Suchart and Nevan Chang - who busted at the bubble at the same time as Cao Tran Ngoc.

The double-bubble Chang and Ngoc chopped the 119th place payout, gaining some consolation.

The remaining 118 players who made it to the payout circle still continued to compete until the 10-levels were done for the day with a field of 50 still in contention.

Day 3 resumes at the 11:30am local time (GMT+7) and will play down until a final table is formed or if ten 60-minute levels are concluded - whichever comes first.

MAIN EVENT DAY 2 TOP TEN STACKS