APT Main Event (36,000,000 VND)

Everyone folded to the blinds, and Gia Trung Nguyen raised to 106,000 from the small blind. Dong Van Tan, in the big blind, responded by shoving all-in for his tournament life.

Dong Van Tan: K♠ 6♥

Gia Trung Nguyen: A♠ K♥

Seeing Nguyen’s dominating hand, Tan let out a frustrated sigh, anticipating a tough outcome. The flop came 8♣ 2♥ Q♥ , keeping Nguyen ahead with ace-high. The turn 9♠ changed nothing, and the river K♦ sealed Tan’s fate, sending him out of the tournament.

Vietnamese regular Van Tan Dong opened from early-position and got three-bet by the Indian Romit Advani in middle-position. Dong called and both players saw the T♠ 6♣ 6♥ flop. Dong checked and Romit continued with a 14,000 bet. Dong called.

The turn brought the 3♠ and instead of the expected check from Dong, the Vietnamese player put out a 34,000 donk bet. Interesting line by him, which worked out as Advani layed down his hand.

Day 2 of the APT Phu Quoc Main Event starts today at 11 am local time.

From the 753 total entries accumulated across all four Day 1 flights, 292 players will return to the field, though this number may shift as registration remains open until the start of Day 2.

Leading the pack is overall chip leader Jinlong Hu with 476,600 chips – the largest stack ever brought into Day 2. Close behind is Do Tien Vu, holding 447,800 chips. Nang Quang Nguyen, the 2023 APT Phu Quoc Super High Roller Champion, is in 5th place with 323,000.

A host of APT titleholders have also qualified to join Nguyen in today’s competition. Among this prestigious group are Taiwan’s Chi Jen “Justin” Chu (147,300), APT China’s Peng Chen (144,500), France’s Adrien Favre (122,500), Singapore's The Naing (139,500), and Australia's Yita Choong (121,000).

Some notables who will need to climb back from below-average stacks include South Korea’s Gab Yong Kim (97,600), Cypriot bracelet winner Georgios Skarparis (97,100), Sweden's Mikael Andersson (88,800), Natalia Rozova (61,700), and the Philippines' David Erquiaga (43,800).

Players will compete over 10 levels of 60 minutes each, or until the field is reduced to 48 players, whichever comes first.

Once registration closes, the total number of entries will be finalized, and the payout structure will be announced on the APT blog.

The top ten stacks heading into Day 2 are listed below:

A full seat draw for Day 2 is available by CLICKING HERE.

Today promises a riveting day of poker, so stay tuned for updates.

A feature table will be streamed live (with a 30-minute delay) and can be accessed via APT social media channels or the links below.

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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

To view the full Flight A survivors click HERE.

Join us for highlighted coverage of Flight B tomorrow, beginning at 11:00am local time (GMT+7), with six faster 45-minute levels from Levels 1 through 6, followed by four 60-minute levels from Levels 7 through 10.