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

Asia-Pacific
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03/03/2023
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Day 1C field

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).

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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

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Day 1C bubble
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.

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Day 1D turbo – Woo Young Lee
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

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

APC Da Nang – Player Guide

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

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