APC Da Nang: Hui Seok Kim and Woo Young Lee top last two Main Event heats; 50 players to battle out the ₫7.8B prize pool
Entering the last day to qualify for the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT, it would seem an overlay was eminent seeing that the first two flights barely covered half of the guaranteed ₫8 Billion prize pool however, this freaky Friday pulled through as 171 entries rushed in for Day 1C and another 95 entries for the Day 1D Turbo to amass a cumulative 404 entries (Day 1A – 56, Day 1B – 82).
Day 1C and Day 1D leaders
Gaining the chip lead was Hui Seok Kim as he toppled Ahmed Ibrahimi’s larger stack with his Ace-King over Ace-Queen to collect more than 400,000 in chips. This was roughly half his stack at bagging. More luck came Kim’s way with pocket Aces fueling in more chips to close the day with 781,000 (65 BB).
Closely behind the leader, by just 2 BB, was Jose Colada with his 753,000 stack (63 BB). Colada’s strong day ended by eliminating the short stacked bubble player. Day 1C wrapped up with 21 players reaching ITM
Day 1C | Stack | BB |
|---|---|---|
Hui Seok Kim | 781,000 | 65 |
Jose Colada | 753,000 | 63 |
Min Seo Cho | 548,000 | 46 |
Jin Ho Park | 547,000 | 46 |
Hyoung Chul Choi | 539,000 | 45 |
Duc Minh Phan | 527,000 | 44 |
HaVan Thien | 431,000 | 36 |
Hong Go Yoo | 430,000 | 36 |
Anuy Voong | 365,000 | 30 |
Byung Jin Kang | 258,000 | 22 |
Ham Dong Myung | 220,000 | 18 |
Ha Trung Nguyen | 191,000 | 16 |
Ham So Young | 183,000 | 15 |
Hyoun Seung Lee | 181,000 | 15 |
Han Thien Nguyen | 159,000 | 13 |
Trung Van Ngiuyen | 156,000 | 13 |
Ki Soo Byun | 133,000 | 11 |
Jeorge Lagatuz | 125,000 | 10 |
Ahmed ibrahimi | 106,000 | 9 |
Daben Kang | 106,000 | 9 |
Dihn Van Tien | 103,000 | 9 |
Over at the Day 1D Turbo flight, Woo Young Lee spiked the two-outer with pocket Sixes to crush pocket Eights and deliver the bubble. Lee bagged up up the lead of 599,000 (50 BB) . 12 players reached ITM and advanced to Day 2.
Day 1D | Stack | BB |
|---|---|---|
Woo Young Lee | 599,000 | 50 |
Yong Hyun Lee | 474,000 | 40 |
Vu Manh Linh | 433,000 | 36 |
Bak Gwang Hui | 396,000 | 33 |
Ji Bok Park | 387,000 | 32 |
Dong Han Lee | 327,000 | 27 |
Seong Il Hwang | 325,000 | 27 |
Seok Young Lee | 198,000 | 17 |
Nguyen Hieu | 191,000 | 16 |
Ha Manh Tuong | 177,000 | 15 |
Jeyoung Park | 174,000 | 15 |
Julian S | 118,000 | 10 |
That completed the qualifying rounds for the first Asia Poker Championship in Vietnam, held in Da Nang at the newly opened Dragon Poker Club. The festival has been ongoing since February 27 and will conclude on March 5. A total of 50 players reached ITM and will continue to battle out the ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350) prize pool on Main Event Day 2. Each one is guaranteed a minimum ₫36,000,000 (~$1,520) but all eyes will be on the huge top prize of ₫2,148,600,000 (~$90,560). Leading the way is Ji Won Yoon who topped Day 1B with 886,000 (74 BB) in chips.
Top 5 entering Day 2
Ji Won Yoon | 886,000 | 74 |
Hui Seok Kim | 781,000 | 65 |
Jose Colada | 753,000 | 63 |
Woo Young Lee | 599,000 | 50 |
Se Kyung Oh | 559,000 | 47 |
Main Event Day 2 CHIP COUNTS
Main Event PRIZE POOL and PAYOUTS
Buy in: ₫22,000,000 (~$930)
Guarantee: ₫8,000,000 (~$337,000)
Entries: 404
Prize pool: ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350)
ITM: 50 players
Day 1A: 56 entries / 7 advanced
Day 1B: 82 entries / 10 advanced
Day 1C: 171 entries / 21 advanced
Day 1D: 95 entries / 12 advanced
Payouts in VN₫
1 | 2,148,600,000 |
2 | 1,300,000,000 |
3 | 760,000,000 |
4 | 510,000,000 |
5 | 350,000,000 |
6 | 260,000,000 |
7 | 190,000,000 |
8 | 140,000,000 |
9 | 110,000,000 |
10-12 | 90,000,000 |
13-15 | 75,000,000 |
16-18 | 64,000,000 |
19-21 | 56,000,000 |
22-24 | 50,000,000 |
25-32 | 45,000,000 |
33-40 | 41,000,000 |
41-48 | 38,000,000 |
49-50 | 36,000,000 |
The Day 2 of the APC MAIN EVENT starts on Saturday, March 4, at 11am. They play down to the final table of 9 players.
*Article by Amador Bongcaras
Links:
Main Event Da Nang – Chip Counts
Main Event Prizepool and Payouts
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1A
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1B
APC Da Nang Main Event Day 1A underway; Dong Ho Park, Dongwook Gwon win trophies
Teddy Pham wins the Warm Up
APC lights up Da Nang feat. ₫10 Billion in guarantees – Key Events
APC Da Nang underway
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