APL HCMC: Main Event Day 1C draws 179 entries; Dang Van Hien leads the 47 survivors

The APL Ho Chi Minh City Road Series Vol.3 hit the ground running today at Pro Poker Club with tables quickly filling up for Day 1C of the Main Event. At the close of registration, 179 entries had saddled up which was more than the entries of the two starting days combined. Among the attendees were many newcomers and decorated champions with several making it through the scheduled 14 rounds.

As in the previous days, the locals dominated in numbers. Though many fell, successfully driving his stack to the forefront of the day’s 47 survivors was Dang Van Hien. Hien closed with 219,200 setting a new bar for the final starting day to come.

Another player high in the chip rung was Korea’s Alex Choi (Choi Young) with the second best stack of 171,900. To add in a bit of info on Choi, he finished 8th at the APL Road Series Vol.1 Philippines Main Event back in February.

In addition to the leaders, Asian circuit Main Event champions were well represented in the day’s final lineup namely Feng Zhao, Lim Yo Hwan, Sim Jae Kyung, Huu Dung Nguyen, Tzai Wei Phua, and Tetsuya Tsuchikawa. For the latter Tsuchikawa, he won his first-ever APT Main Event title at the Pro Poker Club just last month. He also has a WPT and PokerStars championship title under his belt and is looking to land his first APL.

The field was also graced by the APL Vietnam defending champion, Yin How Lew. Lew fired two bullets but was still denied a spot in Day 2. Other decorated players missing the mark were Linh Tran, Huy Pham, Hung Sheng Lin, andSJ Kim. Luckily there is still one more flight to get back in the game.

Players can also attempt for multiple stacks. According to the reports Vincent Li qualified in Day 1A and Day 1C. By the looks of it, both of his stacks were short. He can still attempt to bag a bigger one in the final heat.

Day 1D gets underway on Wednesday, November 21. With an overall total of 349 entries and many players still expected, it is likely that the VND 8 Billion Guaranteed prize pool will be surpassed. Buy-in is VND 16.5M. Cards in the air at 1pm local time.

You can read up on the Main Event action in the Live Updates. Somuchpoker will continue to provide full coverage of the ongoing festival so stick with us here for all the latest news.

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Day 1C – Chip counts

1 – Dang Van Hien – 212900

2 – Alex Choi (Choi Joe Young) – 171900

3 – Terence Yang – 159300

4 – Blue Tran – 154400

5 – Tran Van Cuong – 151900

6 – Tetsuya Tsuchikawa – 147100

7 – Don Mishra – 141700

8 – RedKing – 140900

9 – Feng Zhao – 130500

10 – Nguyen Hoang Bach – 124300

11 – Nguyen Thanh – 119000

12 – Richard Mari – 117100

13 – Kjell Ove Dyb – 116100

14 – Erik Billgren – 115500

15 – Duong Nguyen – 113900

16 – Rouxel Julien – 113300

17 – Hai Chuot – 106700

18 – Phua Tzai Wei – 104400

19 – Jong Young Moon – 95900

20 – Pham Thanh Duy – 95000

21 – Simba – 93900

22 – 20Feb – 89700

23 – Huu Dung Nguyen – 89400

24 – Teom Ming Fong – 89200

25 – Ran Linh – 89100

26 – Aigars Plicvs – 86100

27 – Lim Yo Hwan – 85300

28 – Xiaosheng Zheng – 83000

29 – Phan Hoang Tu – 81400

30 – Ki Junh Young – 80000

31 – Nguyen Duc Hoang – 79900

32 – Yongsun Park – 79300

33 – Quang Nguyen – 77300

34 – Nguyen Quang – 77200

35 – Huynh Van Tan – 71100

36 – Azusa Maeda – 68300

37 – Ling Weng Tai – 64600

38 – Zheng Chuan – 61300

39 – Pham Thanh Dat – 58800

40 – Lee Seung Su – 56400

41 – Edmund Eng – 52300

42 – Dinh Van Thanh – 46500

43 – Nguyen Dang Long – 44400

44 – Nguyen Men – 38600

45 – Li Kwon Ngai Vincent – 33800

46 – Jun-Long Jian – 29900

47 – Hoang Chien – 27800

Article by Tricia David