Vietnam's Trung Quan Nguyen is on top of the leaderboard with 2,255,000 (113 BB) after an absolute heater in the last 30 minutes of play last night. He first doubled up with A♦ A♥ against Weidong Cai's A♣ K♦ after going all-in pre with 580,000 at the time, knocked out Muzhi Peng and Yi Yang in the same orbit and put a 30 BB cherry on top when he called a 450,000 three-bet from Naohiro Matsuda with A♥ 5♣ on a 7♦ A♦ 4♠ flop against Matsuda's Q♦ J♦ flush draw that didn't materialize when the board completed 6♠ and 5♠ . We had a quick chat with him right after:
Congrats on bagging the lead in Day 2! How do you feel?
I feel very happy, I was waiting for this moment.
We followed your meteoric rise at the end, starting with the double up against Weidong Cai. How did your day go until that point?
I feel comfortable with my stack even if it was average at that moment and when I doubled up, I still played how I usually play. I didn't change my style because I didn't care in that moment.
What is the plan for Day 3? Use your stack to bully?
Of course I will use my stack to take advantage and gain more chips, because some players are scared to call especially when I have big stack.
You just had your biggest cash in the APT High Roller, what would it mean to follow this up with your first Main Event victory?
I've been waiting for this, because I have a lot of trophies, but mostly on side events and I am really hungry to win a main event especially with a field this big. I have a big stack going into day 3 and I feel more confident.
How and when did you get into poker?
I started playing poker two years ago. My friends invited me to play and I had fun that time so I study the game and started to play live.