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

03/03/2023

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).

DSC 8556 — Day 1C chipleader – Hui Seok Kim

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

₫

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