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

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03/04/2023

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.

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Jose Colada

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.

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APC Da Nang Main Event – Final 8

Final 8 players

Jose Colada 3,825,000,000 55
Woo Young Lee 3,175,000,000 45
Chan Kyung Jeon 2,650,000,000 38
Ha Van Thien 2,050,000,000 30
Vu Manh Linh 1,850,000,000 26
Lukasz Jankowski 1,575,000,000 23
Seong Il Hwang 625,000,000 9
Hyoung Chul Choi 400,000,000 6

Remaining payouts

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

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 Jc6c was taken down by Chan Kyoung Jeon with KsQh on a Qd10d4h9c6c board, putting Lee on 18th place.

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Ta Khanh Linh (Jack Risk)

Jack Risk went all in on the river with KxJx on a Qc2cKd5hKs board hitting trips but Lukasz Jankowski’s 2x2x 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 KsQs was dominated by Sung’s AcKh, and stayed that way on a Seven-high board. Bae ended at 16th place.

It took a long time for Ji Bok Park holding Qc6c to call Jose Colada’s big push on the turn board 2d8s6s7d but when Colada showed he had the goods with Ah8h top pair, Park busted in 15th place after the river 5c was of no help.

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Another pre-flop all in action went down, this time with Oh Se Kyung holding Ah5h and chip giant Woo Young Lee holding 10h10d. The pocket pair held on a board 2h3sJdKdJs to send Oh out in 14th place.

Anuy Voong holding second best pair with 6h3c didn’t improve against Seong Il Hwang holdiing As10d when they went all in on the turn with the board 6d10h2s7cJs to fall in 13th place.

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Seong Il Hwang

Day 2 Chip leader Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) found himself in trouble going all in on the flop with Kd10h with Woo Young Lee holding JsJd. Yoon paired up at the flop but was still behind Lee. By the river 10sQh3d2hJc, Lee ensured the win with a set to end Yoon in 12th place.

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Ji Won Yoon (Sharon)

In the battle of the blinds, massive stackedColada pushed short stacked big blind Jin Ho Park who risked it holding suited connectors 8s7s. Colada’s 10cJs prevailed on a board QhQdAd3dAh to bounce out Park in 11th place and widen his lead further.

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Ha Van Thien

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 AcQc against Woo Young Lee QsQh. No change in rank on the board 10d3sJh4c3c to drop Kang into 9th place, just missing the final day.

Day 2 Notable Finishers

Place Player Payout
9th Sung Yeoul Kang ₫110,000,000
10th Ham So Young ₫90,000,000
11th Park Jin Ho ₫90,000,000
12th Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) ₫90,000,000
13th Anuy Voong ₫75,000,000
14th Oh Se Kyung ₫75,000,000
15th Park Ji Bok ₫75,000,000
16th BAe Jin Jun ₫64,000,000
17th Jack Risk ₫64,000,000
18th Hyunseung Lee ₫64,000,000

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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