APC Da Nang Main Event: Jose Colada closes Day 2 leading Final 8 players; highlights inside

Tension filled the Dragon Poker Room in Da Nang, Vietnam at Day 2 of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT. The 50 players were steaming at the heart of intense poker play as each gunned for a bigger slice of the the ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350) prize pool. After twelve hours of play, the Final 8 was determined with Filipino Jose Colada in the driver’s seat with 3,825,000 stack (55 BB) stack.

Colada was one of the chip leaders on the Day 1C flight, the heat with the most number of entries (171 entries). He maintained his big stack throughout Day 2 and closed as chip leader. Colada will be the only player waving the Filipino flag coming final day. The race for the inaugural title will take place on Sunday, March 5 starting at 11am Vietnam time.

Final 8 players

Remaining payouts

Final 18 rundown

At the final two table game play, short stacked players were seen trying to survive and big stacked players bore down on the competition to level the playing field. Check out the highlights below.

Short stacked Hyunseung Lee holding was taken down by Chan Kyoung Jeon with on a board, putting Lee on 18th place.

Jack Risk went all in on the river with on a board hitting trips but Lukasz Jankowski’s made a sneaky full house, seeding Jack Risk to 17th place.

The pre-flop all in action between Bae Jin Jun and Sung Yeoul Kang proved that Bae’s was dominated by Sung’s , and stayed that way on a Seven-high board. Bae ended at 16th place.

It took a long time for Ji Bok Park holding to call Jose Colada’s big push on the turn board but when Colada showed he had the goods with top pair, Park busted in 15th place after the river was of no help.

Another pre-flop all in action went down, this time with Oh Se Kyung holding and chip giant Woo Young Lee holding . The pocket pair held on a board to send Oh out in 14th place.

Anuy Voong holding second best pair with didn’t improve against Seong Il Hwang holdiing when they went all in on the turn with the board to fall in 13th place.

Day 2 Chip leader Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) found himself in trouble going all in on the flop with with Woo Young Lee holding . Yoon paired up at the flop but was still behind Lee. By the river , Lee ensured the win with a set to end Yoon in 12th place.

In the battle of the blinds, massive stackedColada pushed short stacked big blind Jin Ho Park who risked it holding suited connectors . Colada’s prevailed on a board to bounce out Park in 11th place and widen his lead further.

Ham So Young with Ace-Eight was dominated by Ha Vn Thien’s Ace-Jack, relegating the former to 10th place. And finally, Sung Yeoul Kang took a bad turn, as he thought he was ahead pre-flop with against Woo Young Lee . No change in rank on the board to drop Kang into 9th place, just missing the final day.

Day 2 Notable Finishers

That completed the qualifying rounds for the first Asia Poker Championship in Da Nang, Vietnam. Games opened on February 27 at the newly opened Dragon Poker Club, owned and operated by premier Korea poker organization Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM). The weeklong event concludes on Sunday, March 5 with the first APC Da Nang Main Event champion to be crowned. The headliner drew a total of 404 entries across four entry days.

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

*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 1C / Day 1D

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