APL Main Event Da Nang: 33 players bag up with Dao Minh Phu in high command

The inaugural Asia Poker League Da Nang resumed today at Risemount Premier Resort with 133 players back in action at the Main Event. By the end of six rounds, the field trimmed down to only 33 players led by Vietnam’s own Dao Minh Phu with a commanding 1,123,000. Phu was the only player to stack up in the seven digit range.

This was another great day for Phu who entered Day 2 in third rank. By mid-day, he crossed a million and brought it all the way to closing time.

Another player just as consistent was China’s Lin Jian who entered as overall chip leader of the starting heats. He maintained course to bag up second rank with 865,000. Right at his heels were Yongdeok Kim (860,000), Nguyen Minh Tuan (855,000), and Vietnamese pro Quang Nguyen (845,000). As for the APL Ambassadors, onSumit Sapraheld on with 378,000.

You can read up on the some of the action via our live posts.

Day 2 – Live Updates

The final 33 players will return on Wednesday, December 18 at 1pm. They race to a final 9 seat.

Total chips in play: 15,678,500

Average stack: 475,106

Opening blinds: 6k – 12k ante 12k

The Main Event drew 525 entries for a prize pool of VND 10,185,000,000 (~US$ 439,600). The money was reached at the fall of Kang Feng Lien to Tae Joon Cho with top two pair over top pair. From there, 33 players fell before the close of day.

Players by rank

Players by table

ITM Players

34th Soo Jo Kim – Korea – VND 56,700,000 (US$ 2,400)

35th Ricky Cheung – Hong Kong –VND 56,700,000

36th Vikas Sahni – India – VND 49,000,000 (~US$ 2,100)

37th Michael – Kazakhstan –VND 49,000,000

38th Park Dong Hun – Korea –VND 49,000,000

39th Trinh Hai Doan – Vietnam –VND 49,000,000

40th Nguyen Toan Hung – Vietnam –VND 49,000,000

41st Nguyen Anh Minh – Vietnam –VND 49,000,000

42nd Choi Seong Guen – Korea –VND 49,000,000

43rd Li Jin – China –VND 49,000,000

44th Mustafa Erzincanli – UK –VND 49,000,000

45th Nguyen Tien Thanh – Vietnam –VND 49,000,000

46th Tran Huy Hoang – Vietnam – VND 41,500,000 (~US$ 1,800)

47th Kim Gun Young – Korea –VND 41,500,000

48th Nguyen Quang Huy – Vietnam –VND 41,500,000

49th Siow Kim Foh – Malaysia –VND 41,500,000

50th Linh Tran – Vietnam –VND 41,500,000

51st Hoang Van Manh – Vietnam –VND 41,500,000

52nd Ly Tran Tien – Vietnam –VND 41,500,000

53rd Manish Lakhotia – India –VND 41,500,000

54th Ryan Revai – Canada –VND 41,500,000

55th Qian Xubo – Hong Kong – VND 35,000,000 (~US$ 1,500)

56th Phan Dinh Nam – Vietnam-VND 35,000,000

57th Tobias Peters – Netherlands –VND 35,000,000

58th En Ching Wu – Taiwan –VND 35,000,000

59th Joe Zhang – China –VND 35,000,000

60th Kim Jae Hyun – Korea –VND 35,000,000

61st Edgar Kim Eui Woong – Singapore –VND 35,000,000

62nd Fu Bang Huang – Taiwan – VND 35,000,000

63rd Cao Ngoc Anh – Vietnam – VND 35,000,000

64th Jeon Seung Soo – Korea – VND 28,900,000 (~US$ 1,200)

65th Jang Jong Bea – Korea – VND 28,900,000

66th Kong Seong Su – Korea – VND 28,900,000