Main Event

An eruption of enthusiastic shouts marked the end of the Main Event's final hand.

The Asian Poker Tour Da Nang VSOP 2022 Main Event finally concluded after six days of intense poker. Only one player remains from the field of 411 entries.

One of the starting chip leaders, Doo Sik Nam, won the whopping ₫2,598,290,000 (US$109,128) prize and the APT Da Nang Main Event lion trophy for his debut APT title.

Vu Duc Trung, the Vietnamese APT Da Nang NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #10) title holder, ended up in 2nd place, winning ₫1,732,240,000 (US$72,754). He placed 3rd at the APT Ho Chi Minh Main Event final table in July 2018 and succeeded in improving his finish.

Truong Vu Tuan Khanh got eliminated by Trung just before the heads-up with a 3rd place ₫1,204,230,000 (US$50,578) prize. He was also this series’ Mystery Bounty 3rd place finisher.

Nguyen Kim Truong Son got busted by Trung and ended up in 4th place with a prize of ₫869,790,000 (~$36,973.03).

Truong Toan Chan got busted by Nam and took home the 5th place prize of ₫650,470,000 (~$27,673.66).

Dinh Van Tien was the first Vietnamese who busted out of the final table and took the 6th place ₫502,030,000 (~$21,358.41) prize.

The APT Incheon Main Event defending champion Farhad Aghayev from Azerbaijan got the least chip stack at the start of the day and got eliminated by Nguyen Kim Troung Son. He ended up in 7th place with ₫398,660,000 (~$16,964.26).

The Canadian pro, Alexander Puchalski, lost to Khanh Truong Vu Tuan’s ace-high and was the first final table elimination, taking home the 8th place prize of ₫324,800,000 (~$13,809.52).

These are the players who made the money during the Main Event:

1. ₫2,600,000,000 (~$110,520.80)- Doo Sik Nam
2. ₫1,730,000,000 (~$73,538.84)- Vu Duc Trung
3. ₫1,200,000,000 (~$51,009.60)- Truong Vu Tuan Khanh
4. ₫869,790,000 (~$36,973.03)- Nguyen Kim Truong Son
5. ₫650,470,000 (~$27,650.18)- Truong Toan Chan
6. ₫502,030,000 (~$21,340.29)- Dinh Van Tien
7. ₫398,660,000 (~$16,946.24)- Farhad Aghayev
8. ₫324,800,000 (~$13,806.60)- Alexander Puchalski
9. ₫270,670,000 (~$11,505.64)- Maksim Skripkin
10. ₫225,560,000 (~$9,588.10)- Thanh Phat Nguyen
11. ₫187,960,000 (~$7,989.80)- Phuong Ngoc Nguyen
12. ₫187,960,000 (~$7,989.80)- Paawan Bansal
13. ₫156,640,000 (~$6,658.45)- Aditya Agarwal
14. ₫156,640,000 (~$6,658.45)- Tran Nam Trung
15. ₫156,640,000 (~$6,658.45)- Andrei Glushkov
16. ₫130,530,000 (~$5,548.57)- Chu Myat Thwe
17. ₫130,530,000 (~$5,548.57)- Dinh Tien Thanh
18. ₫130,530,000 (~$5,548.57)- Bui Tuan Hoang
19. ₫108,780,000 (~$4,624.02)- Le Huy Thanh
20. ₫108,780,000 (~$4,624.02)- Sang Bum Kim
21. ₫108,780,000 (~$4,624.02)- Yashiro Naoki
22. ₫108,780,000 (~$4,624.02)- Nguyen Nang Quang
23. ₫90,650,000 (~$3,853.35)- Duy Binh Tran
24. ₫90,650,000 (~$3,853.35)- Shengwei Liang
25. ₫90,650,000 (~$3,853.35)- Sung Keung Pang
26. ₫90,650,000 (~$3,853.35)- Keita Minami
27. ₫90,650,000 (~$3,853.35)- Donghyun Kim
28. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Chor Heng Lim
29. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Manh Hung Dinh
30. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Vu Minh Hai
31. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Zou Zhi Guang
32. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Ori Kossonogi
33. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Anton Efimov
34. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu
35. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Akshay Kapoor
36. ₫75,540,000 (~$3,211.05)- Jason Lau
37. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Lukasz Jaroslaw Jankowski
38. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Nguyen Van Trung
39. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Taeho Lee
40. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Dale Andrew Townsend
41. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Nguyen Duc Hoa
42. ₫62,950,000 (~$2,675.88)- Denis Strebkov

In the pre-flop action of Main Event's final hand, Doo Sik Nam raised 160k on the big blind, and Vu Duc Trung went all-in.

The showdown between Trung with A♥ T♣ and Nam with K♥ J♥ both have live cards but Nam needed to hit his hand to eliminate Trung from the final table.

The board opened: 6♦ 2♣ K♠ 9♦ 5♠

Nam hit a king on the flop and busted the Vietnamese out of the competition. Trung was close to the lion trophy but earned a significant ₫1,732,240,000 (US$72,754) prize.

The final two players of the Main Event, Doo Sik nam and Vu Duc Trung, are doing a heads-up battle for the trophy and ₫2,600,000,000 (~$110,520.80) cash prize. The runner-up will receive ₫1,730,000,000 (~$73,538.84).

Pre-flop, Truong Vu Tuan Khanh shoved 855k on the small blind, and Vu Duc Trung called. Showdown between Khanh with 5♠ 5♣ and Trung with A♦ T♦

The board opened: 3♥ Tc: 8♣ J♥ J♣

Trung makes two pairs of jacks and tens, taking Khanh’s stack. Khanh’s elimination from the final table earned him ₫1,204,230,000 (US$50,578) prize.

Pre-flop, Nguyen Kim Truong Son on the button shoved all his 310k chips in and Vu Duc Trung on the button called. They went into a showdown between Son’s J♣ 5♣ and Trung’s K♣ 5♦ with Son’s hand dominated.

The board opened: 3♠ 7♠ Q♣ 9♠ 7♦

Trung’s king makes it into the highest 5-card combination, and Son got eliminated from the final table with a ₫869,790,000 (~$36,973.03) prize.

Doo Sik Nam breaks another APT Da Nang Main Event milestone by having 5.9 million chips with four players left, surpassing the 5 and 5.5 million marks.

As of writing, he also earned another pot that gave him 6.6 million in total.

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Action resumes Level 29 with 40k/80k BBA.

One South Korean and three Vietnamese remain.

Doo Sik Nam raised to 180k on the button. Nguyen Kim Truong Son was around 765k behind when he shoved all-in. Nam called, and they went into a showdown.

Son had A♦ J♣ and Nam had A♣ T♠ Nam is dominated with a kicker problem.

The board opened with Q♥ 2♠ 6♦ 8♦ 2♣

Son doubled up and improved his stack to 1.7m.

We're now in Level 28!

30k/60k BBA with 4 players remaining.

Doo Sik adds another to his list of Main Event milestones by being the first player to reach 4 million and 4.5 million chips.

Pre-flop, Doo Sik Nam raised 110k on the hijack. Truong Toan Chan shoved all in for 360k and Nam called.

Showdown between short-stack Chan with Q♣ 2♣ and Nam with A♣ 2♠

The board opened: 8♠ 5♣ 2♥ A♠ 8♥

Nam made two pairs of aces and eights against Chan’s eights and deuces. Nam wins another pot and eliminates Chan from the game.

Chan is busting out of the final table and taking the ₫650,470,000 (~$27,673.66) prize.

Pre-flop, Doo Sik Nam on the button raised to 150k and Dinh Van Tien on the big blind shoved all in. Nam called and opened his A♥ K♥ against Tien’s 3♦ 3♣.

The board opened: A♣ 9♦ 5♠ K♦ 8♠

Nam made two pairs of aces and kings and took 860k more chips, making a 3 million chip stack.

Tien is the first Vietnamese busting out of the final table and taking home the ₫502,030,000 (~$21,358.41) prize.

We're now in Level 27!

25k/50k BBA with 6 players remaining.

Players are on a 15-minute break

Pre-flop, Farhad Aghayev shoved on the cut-off. Nguyen Kim Troung Son on the big blind called the 445k all-in.

The showdown between Aghayev’s A♦ 5♣ and Son’s A♠ T♠ began.

The board opened: A♥ 3♣ T♣ J♦ 7♥

Son made two pairs on the flop and took the pot as Aghayev drew dead on the turn.

Aghayev fell short of getting two Main Event trophies in a single season, but he walked away with ₫398,660,000 (~$16,964.26).

Janag Battulga was awarded another trophy for the DeepStack Turbo here live at the Risemount Resort Ballroom.

Big Stack Hyper Turbo with unlimited entry and re-entry is starting now.

Pre-flop, Farhad Aghayev went all-in to Vu Duc Truong's big blind. Trung tanks his action, losing 2 timebanks and eventually folded.

The final table players are holding on to their seats. Seven players are still in the game.

Aside from the Main Event Final Eight, there are several events happening simultaneously:

• Event 25: Super Bounty Hunter Day 1 (3M Bounty) at 12:30 pm
• Event 21: High Roller Day 1B - 6 Billion Guaranteed at 1:00 pm
• Event 26: Deep Stack Hyper Turbo at 3:00 pm
• APT Players Pool Party at 8:00 pm

Join all the poker action here at the Risemount Resort!

Blinds are now at 20k/40k BBA

Truong Vu Tuan Khanh with 3,500,000 Nguyen Kim Truong Son with 1,800,000 Doo Sik Nam with 1,700,000 Dinh Van Tien with 1,400,000 Vu Duc Trung with 790,000 Truong Toan Chan with 600,000 Farhad Aghayev with 545,000

Pre-flop, Alexander Puchalski shoved all 470k chips on the cutoff to be called by Khanh Truong Vu Tuan on the big blind. The showdown between Puchalski’s A♥ 8♣ and Tuan’s A♣ J♣ went to flop, with the Canadian hanging on to tournament life.

The board opened: 2♥ K♣ 4♠ 9♥ 5♣

They hit nothing on the board, but Tuan’s ace high had a jack kicker, enough to bust Puchalski.

Alexander Puchalski is the first final table elimination, taking home ₫324,800,000 (~$13,809.52).

Blinds are up 10k/30k BBA. 7 players remaining.

Khanh Truong Vu Tuan gained 900k in one hand and became the first Main Event player to reach 3 million chips, holding around 30% of the table's total chip count.

Pre-flop, Khanh Truong Vu Tuan raised 60k on the button. Farhad Aghayev, on the big blind, shoved all in. The showdown between Aghayev’s A♦ 8♦ and Tuan’s A♥ 9♥ started.

The board opened: J♦ 7♥ Q♠ 9♦ T♦

Aghayev made a runner nuts straight and remained in competition for the trophy. He profited 370k from that hand.

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Day 3 of the APT Da Nang Main Event has concluded, with the official eight-handed final table now set.

The Main Event Day 3 ended with both surprising and expected results. Doo Sik Nam started as the day’s chip leader and ended with the second-highest chip count entering the final table, he broke the 1 million, 2 million, and 2.5 million chip stack milestones within the day. Four of the Day’s starting chip leaders made it to the final table.

The final table comprises of five Vietnamese, one Canadian, one Azerbaijani and one South Korean.

Seat 1: Truong Toan Chan with 950k Vietnam Truong Toan Chan is on his APT Main Event debut. He started Day 3 in the 8th position with 278.5k. Will Chan’s 3rd lowest chip stack carry him to the final four?

Seat 2: Farhad Aghayev with 385k Azerbaijan APT Incheon’s Main Event defending champion Farhad Aghayev is here to challenge the APT Da Nang Main Event. Will he be the first in APT history to snag two Main Event trophies in one season? Aghayev started Day 3 in 4th place with 360.5k and ended with the lowest chip stack among the eight.

Seat 3: Vu Duc Trung with 1.130m Vietnam Vu Duc Trung is one of the more experienced players on the final table, excelling in both NLH and PLO tournaments with trophies as proof. He made the Main Event final table back in July 2018 and finished in 3rd place. Will he improve his 2018 finish and win a lion in the Da Nang Main Event? Trung started Day 3 on 49th position with 97.5k and will start the final day with the 5th highest count on the table.

Seat 4: Doo Sik Nam with 1.655m South Korea Doo Sik Nam, like Chan, is also on his APT debut. He bulldozed the field with his big stack bully play style. Within Day 3, be broke several chip stack milestones, recovering his stack when it dropped low on the first half of the tournament. Nam has the best record so far, starting Day 3 at the top with 591k chips, and ending with the 2nd highest chip stack on the final table.

Seat 5: Alexander Puchalski with 545k Canada Alexander Puchalski made the money in one of the other side-events this series, and he’s deep into the Main Event pot. Puchalski began Day 3 in 2nd place with 517k, and will start the day with the 2nd lowest stack on the table.

Seat 6: Nguyen Kim Truong Son with 1.480m Vietnam Nguyen Kim Truong Son, is one of the final table players that’s also on his APT Main Event debut. Son’s Day 3 chip stack was at 162k in 22nd position. He eliminated Maskim on the final hand of the day and now has the 4th highest chip stack at the beginning of the final table.

Seat 7: Dinh Van Tien with 1.525m Vietnam The NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #3) champion and Mystery Bounty money finisher is poised to dominate another final table. From 93.5k at the beginning of Day 3, Tien enters the final table with the 3rd highest chip stack.

Seat 8: Truong Vu Tuan Khanh with 2.59m Vietnam Truong Vu Tuan Khanh finished the Mystery Bounty in 3rd place, and he placed 2nd in the NLH Main Event APT Phu Quoc, falling short of the title during the heads up. He started the day with 142,500 in 29th position. One the final nine, he doubled up to Doosik Nam with his set of kings on the flop that hand made him the starting chip leader for the final table.

The final table has 3 APT Main Event final table attendees and several APT Main Event debuts. Which player will make it to the top?

Join us tomorrow as the eight players battle for the remaining prizes: 1st - ₫2.6 B (~$110,426.94) 2nd - ₫1.73 B (~$73,476.39) 3rd - ₫1.2 B (~$50,966.28) 4th - ₫869.79 M (~$36,941.63) 5th - ₫650.47 M (~$27,626.70) 6th - ₫502.03 M (~$21,322.17) 7th - ₫398.66 M (~$16,931.85) 8th - ₫324.8 M (~$13,794.87)

Nguyen Kim Truong Son raised on the button and Maksim Skripkin on the big blind called the raise.

Flop opened K♥ 6♠ T♥

Skripkin checked and Son bet 75k, Skripkin shoved all-in and Son snap-called.

Showdown between Son's K♣ 6♣ two-pair and Skripkin's J♥ Q♣ open-ended straight draw.

Turn and river: 2♣ K♦

Son's two-pair became a boat and took the pot in an overkill.

Son eliminated Skripkin to complete the final eight. The Russian pro takes home ₫270,670,000 ($11,495.87) in 9th place.

All 9 players will be playing on one table.

Pre-flop, Vu Duc Trung raised to 60k on the UTG and Thanh Phat Nguyen shoved all-in on the button. Trung called and showdown revealed Nguyen's 6♣ 6♥ against Trung's Q♠ T♣. Trung needed any queen or ten to win against Nguyen's pocket.

Board opened: T♠ 2♣ A♥ K♣ 4♣

Trung hit a pair of tens and won against Nguyen's pocket.

Phuong Ngoc Nguyen on the other table busted in 11th place with ₫187,960,000 ($7,983.02). Thanh Phat Nguyen got the 10th place, a significant pay jump with ₫225,560,000 ($9,579.96)**.

We’re down to the final two tables at the Main Event with blinds on Level 23.

Blinds: 10k/25k BBA

11 players remaining.

Alexander Puchalski UTG raised to 40k and Bansal on the hijack 3-bet 200k leaving 5k behind. The flop showed Q♥ 9♥ 4♥ and Puchalski looked at Bansal before checking and the Indian checked back.

Turn: A♥ Bansal threw in his remaining 5k chip and Puchalski called. The showdown between Bansal’s 5♣ 5♦ and Puchalski’s K♠ Q♠ started with one card left to open.

Bansal needed any five to win and any heart to play the board. The river came as a 2♥, which was a narrow escape for him.

A few deals later, he got caught in another hand with Puchalski that ultimately ended his run.

Puchalski went all-in on the small blind and Bansal called on the big blind. Puchalski had A♦ 2♣ and Bansal had T♣ T♦ in their second encounter. Puchalski needed an ace to eliminate Bansal.

The board opened: 7♦ Q♣ 5♥ A♣ 5♦

Puchalski made a pair of aces, beating the latter's tens.

Paawan Bansal busted in 12th place with ₫187,960,000 ($7,983.02).

Pre-flop, Maksim Skripkin raised to 40k and Aditya Agawral on the small blind called to a heads-up flop.

Flop: T♠ 9♠ 8♥ Agarwal shoves his 8♣ 7♣ all-in and Skripkin calls with his K♥ Q♣. Skripkin needed any face cards to eliminate Agarwal.

Turn and river: 4♣ K♦

The king river is enough to eliminate Agarwal as Skripkin takes the pot.

Tran Nam Trung busted on the other table in 14th place with ₫156,640,000 ($6,652.80), and Agawral Aditya takes the 13th spot with the same money payout.

Pre-flop, Andrei Glushcov shoved all-in and Vu Duc Trung called. Heads up showdown revealed Glushcov with A♣ 8♣ and Trung with J♥ T♥

The board opened with 6♠ 7♣ T♣ 4♠ T♠

Trung made trips tens and eliminated Glushcov in 15th place earning ₫156,640,000 ($6,652.80).

The following players were eliminated from 16th to 18th place, winning ₫130,530,000 ($5,543.86):

16th Chu Myat Thwe Thwe is the last remaining woman on the field with an excellent run from her 11th position at the start of Day 3 with 257,000. She finished 4th during this series’ Women’s event.

17th Dinh Tien Thanh

Tien has made 2 final tables this series and adds a Main Event money finish to his long list of Vietnamese poker tournament experience.

18th Bui Tuan Hoang

Hoang made several money finishes this series, with the most significant one as the 2nd place finish for the No Limit Hold'em (Event #15).

We’re down to the final two tables at the Main Event with blinds on Level 23.

Blinds: 10k/20k BBA

16 players remaining.

The following players were eliminated from 19th to 22nd place, winning ₫108,780,000 ($4,620.09):

19th Le Huy Thanh

Thanh has made bank in several Vietnam-based tournaments since 2021.

20th Sang Bum Kim

Kim made the money in the APT Korea Boryeong Main Event in September 2021.

21st Yashiro Naoki

Naoki is a final table finisher at the NLH Main Event APT Korea Incheon in October 2022.

22nd Nguyen Nang Quang

Quang is a seasoned APT veteran with at least seven final table finishes including champion of the NLH Deepstack Turbo (Event #14) at the APT Vietnam in July 2019 and several ITM finishes across various tours.

Doosik Nam made another milestone as the first 2 million chip leader in the APT Da Nang Main Event.

We're now on Level 22!

Blinds: 8k/16k BBA

Players in: 18 out of 411 busts within the ₫108,780,000 pay bracket.

These are the chip stacks on the Main Event featured table.

The following players were eliminated from 23rd to 27th place, winning ₫90,650,000 ($3,850.08):

23rd Tran Duy Binh

Binh is also the NLH Super Deep Stack Turbo (Event #12) champion for this series.

24th Shengwei “Tommy” Liang

Liang is well-known in the Macau poker scene. He is currently on his APT Main Event debut in 24th place.

25th Sung Keung Pang

Pang was a final table finisher in APT Korea Incheon NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event#21) and ITM in the NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event#16).

26th Keita Minami Minami has bagged several final table and money finishes across several APT events in Korea and Vietnam this year with a champion title for the NLH Monster Stack (Event 18) in APT Phu Quoc.

27th Donghyun Kim

Kim is no stranger to the APT stage with several titles under his belt including the APT Ho Chi Minh NLH One Day (Event#3) in July 2018 and APT Philippines NLH High Rollers (Event#41) in November 2022.

Players are on a 15-minute break

We arrived at an all-in action from Shengwei Liang in the middle position on the flop of 9♣ 3♥ 6♣. Two players left to call. First player to call was Truong Toan Chan on the button, who tanked his action before calling the covered stack. Last action, Paawan Bansal, folded.

Showdown between Liang’s A♣ K♣ and Chan’s 7♣ 8♣

Liang was ahead. Chan’s outs were any fives, sevens, eights or tens. Liang’s flush outs got reduced by two (five-outer) since the five and ten would make Chan’s straight flush.

Turn and river opened: 8♠ 7♥

Chan made two pairs eights and sevens, eliminating Liang in 24th place.

We're now on Level 21!

Blinds: 6k/12k BBA

Players in: 24 out of 411 busts within the ₫90,650,000 pay bracket.

Players are on a 15-minute break

As a courtesy to our live viewers, the live reporting is on a 30-minute delay.

The following players were eliminated from 28th to 36th place, winning ₫75,540,000 ($3,205.61):

28th Chor Heng Lim Lim has made several money finishes across various APT events. He joined the Main Eventy in Day 2 and started Day 3 in 6th position with 339,000.

29th Manh Dinh Hung

Hung is a PLO professional with multiple PLO titles, including the Pot Limit Omaha (Event 4) champion during APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal in June 2022. He started the day with 159,000 chips in the 23rd position.

30th Vu Minh Hai

Hai finished 3rd place in this series's NLH 6-Max Hyper High Roller (Event #14). He started Day 3 in the 36th position with 117,000 chips.

31st Zou Zhi Guang

The Chinese poker player started the day in the 39th position and ended up in 31st place.

32nd Ori Kossonogi Kossonogi is an APT multi-title holder with various ITM finishes in series all across Asia. He started Day 3 in the 19th position with 190,500 chips.

33rd Anton Efimov

Efimov is on his APT Main Event debut with previous winnings from other European tournaments. He was in 18th position with 244,500 chips.

34th Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu

Hieu was in 26th place during the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh and 8th place final table in the APT Summer Festival Hanoi Main Events. He started the day in the 33rd position with 129,000 chips.

35th Akshay Kapoor Kapoor was 11th during this series's NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event #16). He started Day 3 in 24th position with 157,500 chips.

36th Jason Lau Lau was the 3rd place finisher of the NLH High Rollers (Event #17) APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh in August 2022. He started the Day with 179,500 in the 21st position.

We're now on Level 20!

Blinds: 5k/10k BBA

Players in: 29 out of 411.

Players are on a 15-minute break

Doosik Nam makes the first 1 million stack in the APT Da Nang Main Event tournament.

The tournament has around 10.275 million chips in total, making Doosik's stack around ~10% of the total chips on the field.

The following players were eliminated from 37th to 42nd place, winning ₫62,950,000 ($2,673.61):

37th Lukasz Jaroslaw Jankowski The Polish pro went out on a coin flip between pocket three and ace-king.

38th Nguyen Van Trung

He was the 3rd place finisher of NLH Main Event in APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal last June 2022 but he fell short of the final table this Main Event.

39th Taeho Lee

Lee busted out in 39th place, which was an improvement to his 44th place money bust during the NLH APT Ho Chi Minh back in November 2019.

40th Dale Andrew Townsend

Townsend also finished in 12th place at the Mystery Bounty (Event #1) this series.

41th Nguyen Duc Hoa

Hoa also finished 13th place in the NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #6) this series.

42nd Denis Strebkov Strebkov is a regular in the European and North American poker scene, getting his ITM debut here in APT Da Nang.

We're now on Level 19!

Blinds: 4k/8k BBA

Players in: 40 out of 411.

Pre-flop, there was an all-in from Anh Dang Quyen and a call from Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu. The showdown between Anh’s J♠ J♣ and Hieu’s A♥ K♦ commenced. Short-stack Anh needed to avoid a king or ace.

The board opened: 4♣ K♥ 7♠ 5♣ 3♠

Hieu paired a king on the flop, enough to eliminate Anh from the competition just before the money.

She was a 4th place finisher at the NLH Women's Event (Event #8) in this series. She has a good chance of being in the money.

Hand-per-hand deals for the bubble will commence until the bubble bursts.

Pre-flop Dinh Van Tien went all-in. He got called by Denis Strebkov. The heads-up showdown between Tien’s J♥ J♠ and Strebkov’s Q♣ 8♦ commenced, with Tien hanging on for tournament life. He only needs to avoid three queen cards to stay in the game.

The board opened: 6♥ 9♥ 4♦ 9♣ A♣

Tien’s pocket Jacks held, and he doubled up.

We're now on Level 18!

Blinds: 3k/6k BBA

Players in: 44 out of 411.

2 busts away from the money.

Players are on a 15-minute break

Chip race, removing 500 chips from play

Sang Bum Kim is a professional poker player with a total live earnings of around $98,000.00 in events around Asia. He's no stranger to the APT Main Event, having played and cashed during the NLH Main Event APT Korea Boryeong in September 2021. Kim made the NLH Super Deep Stack Turbo (Event #12) this series.

Lukasz Jankowski from Poland is still in Day 3 on his APT Main Event debut. This Polish poker pro started the day in 15th position with 237.5k chips.

He already made the money in the NLH Head Hunter (Event #4) and NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #10) this series. Will he make more at the Main Event? Stay tuned.

We're now on Level 17!

Blinds: 2.5k/5k BBA

Players in: 60 out of 411.

18 busts away from the money.

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Day 3 APT Da Nang Main Event will work its way to the final table today

Of a field of 411 entries, 60 players are returning for Day 3 of the APT Da Nang Main Event. The first 42 players will be in the money. The prize pool of ₫11,960,100,000 ($502,325) ensures players with a minimum prize of ₫62,950,000 ($2644). The first prize winner will take home a whooping ₫2,598,290,000 ($109,128). The chip leader at the start of Day 3 will be Doosik Nam from South Korea. He had an amazing end of day two that catapulted his chip stack to 591,000. Canadian poker pro Alexander Puchalski closely follows him with 517,000. The winner of the APT Incheon Main Event Farad Aghayev is still on the hunt for history becoming the first gback-to-back Main Event champion. The player from Uzbekistan will bring 360,500 to Day 3.

MAIN EVENT DAY 2 TOP TEN STACKS

1. Nam Doo Sik (South Korea) – 591,000
2. Alexander Puchalski (Canada) – 517,000
3. Phuong Ngoc Nguyen (Vietnam) – 377,000
4. Farhad Aghayev (Azerbaijian) – 360,500
5. Maksim Skripkin (Russia) – 356,500
6. Chor Heng Lim (Singapore) – 339,000
7. Sang Bum Kim (South Korea) – 321,000
8. Truong Toan Chan (Vietnam) – 278,500
9. Nguyen Duc Hoa (Vietnam) – 274,000
10. Mikiya Kudo (Japan) – 268,500

Play will continue at 12 PM local time (GMT+7). Blinds will be 3000/6000 with an ante of 6000. Blind levels will be again 1 hour long and today we play till we reach the final 8.

We're down to the last two days of the Main Event with an exciting turn of events. We are seeing new chip leaders on the field.

Day 3 starting chip leaders

Doosik Nam will start Day 3 with a whopping 591k chips, claiming the end-of-Day 2 throne. This South Korean started Day 2 with 81k chips in 34th place, but dominated his table, eliminating players left and right until the end of Level 16. Nam is making his APT debut, and will be returning for Day 3 with the chip lead and a stack of 591,000 – valued at 118 big blinds when play resumes at 2,500/5,000 with a 5,000 big blind ante

The second chip leader Alexander Puchalski accumulated 517k by the end of Level 16. He started the day at the bottom with 10.7k chips and worked his way to the top after 8 hours of intense poker. The Canadian pro made money in this series' recent NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event#16), and he's in the perfect position to make more in the Main Event.

Joining Nam and Puchalski at the top of pre-Day 3 leaders is Huong Ngoc Nguyen, who started the day in 9th place with 113.7k chips and improved his stack to 377k by level 16. This Vietnamese pro made three final table finishes during this series: 3rd for the NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event#13), and 5th for both NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event#3) and NLH (Event#15).

What happened to the Day 2 starting chip leaders?

Day 2 chip leader Manh Hung Dinh still has a chip stack of 159k. Le Quoc Son, the 2nd chip leader, didn’t make it. Keita Minami, 3rd chip leader, is down to 46k chips despite having a great start during the early levels. Vu Duc Trung is taking a 97.5k stack to Day 3. Farhad Aghayev improved his position from 5th chip leader to 4th chip leader going into Day 3 with 360.5k.

Other players leading the field include:

• Maskim Skripkin from Russia, with 356.5k, started in 38th place.
• Chor Heng Lim from Singapore, with 339k, entered the Main Event as a Day 2 late entry.
• Sang Bum Kim, from South Korea, with 321k.
• Truong Toan Chan, from Vietnam, with 278.5k.
• Nguyen Duc Hoa, from Vietnam, with 274k
• Mikiya Kudo, from Japan, with 268.5k.

Tomorrow's Day 3 will end when eight players remain. Will the chip leaders maintain their lead, or will other dark horses rise to the final table?

There are 18 players left to eliminate from the field before they make the cash prizes in a prize pool of ₫11,960,100,000 (~$502,325). Players in the money can earn a minimum of ₫62,950,000 (~$2,644) to as much as ₫2,598,290,000 (~$109,128).

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Pre-flop Tak Chung Yan in the middle position shoved all-in with 24k. Doosik Nam on the button snap-called, leaving Samuel Tebege on the big blind to decide. The German pro tanked his action before eventually giving way to a heads-up flop.

The showdown between Yan’s K♠ Q♥ and Nam’s Q♣ T♥

At first glance, Nam’s hand was dominated by Yan. He needed a ten to eliminate Yan from the competition.

The board opened 8♦ T♦ A♠ 6♠ T♣ Nam made trips tens and eliminated Yan, profiting 29k from that hand. The South Korean pro currently sits comfortably as one of the chip leaders so far.

Singaporean Chor Heng Lim has final table finishes in various tours around Asia. He made it to the money of the NLH Main Event and final table of the NLH Championship Event during the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh in July 2019.

He is one of the Main Event chip leaders of the day with 380k chips as of Level 15.

We're now at Level 17!

Blinds: 2.5k/5k BBA

Players in: 60 out of 411.

18 busts away from the money.

Alexander Puchalski is a Canadian professional player whose experience comprises of several North American and Asian online and offline tournaments. He made the money during the NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event #16) this series and is looking for his Main Event finish.

He is the first player to reach 400k chips this Main Event. He started Day 2 with 10.7k chips and worked his way to 355k by the last break after Level 14.

Three players are dangerously close to reaching the 400k chip mark, and one, Alexander Puchalski, has already gotten there. He currently has 420k.

There are three players with the highest chip stacks on the field as of Level 15.

We're now at Level 15!

Blinds: 1.5k/3k BBA

Players in: 77 out of 411. 35 left to bust.

Day 2 concludes at the end of Level 16.

Players are on the last 15-minute break of the day.

He was in 4th place at the NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #19) during the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh in August. He also cashed in at the NLH APT Main Event and NLH (Event #1) during the same series.

Aditya Sushant is one of the many professional Indian poker players on the field today. The NLH Championships Event in APT Manila Finale back in December 3, 2018 was his best Asian Poker Tour finish.

He plays both live and online World Series of Poker tournaments and actively plays poker tournaments held in North America and Asia. Will he catch an APT Main Event title during the APT Da Nang?

Nicholas Gregory Bond, UTG, shoved all-in for 26k. Alexander Puchalski, on the hijack, with a much higher stack, shoved all-in, making other players fold and commencing the heads-up showdown between Bond’s 3♥ 3♦ and Puchalski’s 9♣ 9♥.

The board opened: 6♦ T♦ 6♣ 9♠ 7♦

Puchalski made nines full of sixes, beating Bond’s two pairs of sixes and threes, eliminating the latter from the Main Event.

We're now at Level 14!

Blinds: 1k/2.5k BBA

Players in: 90 out of 411. 48 left to bust.

We arrived at the table just as they were awarding chips to the winner. Paul Abhishek with his Q♦ Q♣ and Trong Linh Phan 2♦ A♣ were on a showdown.

The board showed 2♥ Q♠ 2♠ A♥ J♦

Both made boats. Abhishek had queens full of deuces, and Phan had deuces full of aces. Unfortunately for the Vietnamese, Abhishek’s queen boat beats his deuces. They had similar stack sizes, doubling up Abhishek up to a little over 225k and leaving Phan with 5k chips. The latter busted out a few deals later.

He was the NLH High Rollers (Event #13) champion at the APT Summer Festival Hanoi VSOP 2022 in July. He also had several money finishes across different APT Vietnam events from June to December of this year.

He is currently playing with 240k chips and one of the highest on the field right now.

Sanborn is a regular in the Canadian and North American poker scene with several main and side event championships under his belt.

He's now seated on one of the Day 2 tables with around 131.5k chips. Will the APT Da Nang Main Event be his debut Asian Poker Tour title?

We're now at Level 13!

Blinds: 1k/2k BBA

Players in: 110 out of 411. 68 left to bust.

The day ends after Level 16.

You can watch the action and updates live on the Asian Poker Tour Twitch, Youtube or Facebook with a 30-minute delay.

Chip race removing all 100 chips from play.

Players in the money can earn a minimum of 62,950,000 VND to as much as 2,600,000,000 VND.

These are the prizes in VND:

Final Table:

• 1st - 2.6 B
• 2nd - 1.73 B
• 3rd - 1.2 B
• 4th - 869.79 M
• 5th - 650.47 M
• 6th - 502.03 M
• 7th - 398.66 M
• 8th - 324.8 M

Before the Final Table:

• 9th - 270.67 M
• 10th - 225.56 M
• 11th to 12th - 187.96 M
• 13th to 15th - 156.64 M
• 16th to 18th - 130.53 M
• 19th to 22nd - 108.78 M
• 23rd to 27th - 90.65 M
• 28th to 36th - 75.54 M
• 37th to 42nd - 62.95 M

Naoki Yashiro was a final table finisher at the APT Korea Incheon Main Event in October 2022. Will he make it to this Main Event's final table?

Pre-flop, Van Dat Ngo, UTG, raised double the big blind or 3.2k. Zou Zhi Guang on the cut-off called. Sung Keung Pang on the button raised to 11k. Both Ngo and Guang called the raise.

Three-way action on the K♠ 6♦ K♣ flop. Ngo and Guang checked the pre-flop re-raiser. Pang bet 12k, Ngo called ang Guang folded.

Turn: A♥ Ngo checked on his action, and Pang bet 20k after tanking his action. Ngo lets it go.

Pang profited around 36k from that hand.

We're now at Level 12!

Blinds: 800/1.6k BBA

Players in: 136 out of 411.

94 left to bust. Prizes to be announced soon.

There are 140 players left on the field and 42 of them will be taking home a piece of the prize pool and one will be taking home the coveted Main Event Lion trophy.

Poker veteran Alex Xiang Wei Lee joins the field at the APT Da Nang Main Event.

This pro has made over a million dollars in live earnings with his notable APT runs including: champion of the NLH Monster Stack (Event#6) during the APT Manila in June 2015 and 2nd place for NLH 1 at APT Cebu in August 2015.

We're now on Level 11!

Blinds: 600/1.2k BBA Players in: 149 out of 411, including new registrations over the break

Final prize pool information will be announced soon

We looked at the current chip stacks of the Day 2 starting chip leaders. Minami Keita managed to get the highest stack among the five so far.

Players are on a 15-minute break. Those with lesser than the starting stack have the option to re-enter during the break.

Yan cashed in several APT Korea Incheon side events with notable 2 final table finishes in two single-day events back in October. Will he include the APT Da Nang in his achievements?

Pre-flop, Nguyen Thanh Son raised 2.1k, and Minami Keita re-raised 6.1k. Son called, and the action went into the flop: 7♠ J♣ 8♥

Son checked, and Keita bet 5k. Son raised to 13.6k, and Keita called.

Turn: 9♥

Both players checked.

River: K♦

Son bet 14k. Keita tanked his action and raised it to 43k. Son complained audibly and counted his chips before eventually mucking.

Keita won around 35k in profit from that round.

We're now at Level 10!

Blinds: 500/1k BBA

Players in: 167 out of 388, including new registrations

Entries are still available until the end of this level.

He survived Day 1B with around 40k chips. He was the NLH Hyper Deep Stack Turbo (Event #40) title holder during the APT Philippines 2022 back in November.

He has finished on two final tables during this series: 2nd place on the Mystery Bounty (Event#1) and 4th on the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event#3). Will he make it to this final table?

Pre-flop, Ngo Van Dat raised 1.6k on the button and got calls from Yun-han Chen on the small blind and Than Nguyen Phong on the big blind.

On to the flop with 9♦ 4♦ 4♠

All checks.

Turn: 2♥

Another round of checks.

River: 3♣

Chen checked, and Phong bet 2k. Dat called, and Chen folded.

Phong opened his 5♦ 6♠ making a runner 6-high straight.

“Nice hand,” Dat said before mucking his cards.

“Thank you for letting me get there,” Phong responded, “everything was for free. One bet, and everyone would have been out.”

We're glad to see Mr. Peerapong Jitwiwat in Day 2 of the APT Da Nang Main Event. He used to frequent the APT events, even those that were held in different places on the same month!

Mr. Peerapong Jitwiwat finished 4th place in NLH Ante Only Turbo (Event 12) at the APT Incheon in August 2017, 2nd place in NLH (Event #6) at the APT Manila and 2nd place in NLH Monster Stack (Event 10) at the APT Poipet both events within the same month of July 2017.

Will he add the APT Da Nang Main Event to his long list of achievements?

We're now at Level 9!

Blinds: 400/800 BBA Players in: 169 out of 364, including new registrations

Entries are still available until the end of Level 10.

You can watch the action and updates live on the Asian Poker Tour Twitch, Youtube or Facebook with a 30-minute delay.

In 10 minutes, the APT Da Nang Main Event Day 2 is about the start. In total 347 entries were made, meaning the 10 Billion Vietnamese Dong guaranteed prize pool is crushed! Late registration will be open for another 2 levels, so a total entry pool of 400 players can still be reached!

Overall chip leader is Manh Hung Dinh with 257,400. He is closely followed by fellow Vietnamese Le Quoc Son with 240,500. The top 3 will be completed by Keita Minami from Japan with 235,000.

Other notable names that made Day 2 are the winner of the Mystery Bounty event Benjamin Sai (25,000), Mystery Bounty runner-up Joris Michl (43,500), APT Incheon Main Event winner Farhad Aghayev (145,500), and Maksim Skripkin from Russia (76,900).

Level 9 will start with blind levels 400/800 and an ante of 800. Levels are again 1 hour long.

Today's Schedule (13 December 2022) 12 PM Main Event Day 2 - 30,000,000 + 3,000,000 2 PM High Rollers Single Day - 50,000,000 + 4,000,000 3 PM No Limit Hold'Em Day 1 - 10,000,000 + 1,000,000 6 PM Satellite High Rollers to Day 1A - 7,000,000 + 700,000 9 PM High Rollers Six Max Hyper - 40,000,000 + 3,000,000

Day 1C ends with 89 players from 182 entries (126 unique). The 89 survivors will join Day 1A’s 34 and Day 1B’s 33 players for Day 2 action. 2 of the previous survivors made it to Day 1C, so Remi Florent (Malta) and Nguyen Trung Phong (Vietnam) will have their lesser stacks replaced by the higher stacks for a total of 20.6k chips.

Registrations and re-entries will still be open on Day 2 until the end of Level 10.

Let’s meet the final flight’s chip leaders:

Hung Manh Dinh (Vietnam) with 257.4k Hung Manh Dinh won the Pot-limit Omaha (Event#4) during the APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal in June 2022. This Vietnamese professional plays PLO and NLH competitively, having multiple in-the-money finishes in various tours and leagues. He starts Day 2 with a whooping 257.4k, the highest chip stack from all the three Day 1 flights combined.

Le Quoc Son (Vietnam) with 240.5k Le Quoc Son is a final table finisher for two NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo events (Event #6 and #13) during APT Da Nang Vietnam VSOP 2022. He got an early chip stack lead in Level 6 and maintained it throughout the remaining levels, going into Day 2 with the 2nd highest stack from Day 1C and all three flights.

Vu Duc Trung (Vietnam) with 164.7k Vu Duc Trung from Vietnam won this tour's NLH Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #10) and placed third at the NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event #16) APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh in August 2022. He had one of the highest stacks during the Level 6 break doubled it before the end of Level 8.

Cuong Trinh Dinh Bien (Vietnam) 111.1k and Tuong Ha Manh (Vietnam) 104.6k

Other players going into Day 2:

• Huang Tran Huy (Vietnam) 104k
• Thai Sang Bao Huy (Vietnam) with 103.3k
• Zou Zhi Guang (China) with 102.5k
• Nicholas Gregory Bond (United States) with 98.4k
• Terry Nguyen (Vietnam) with 92.2k
• Mashevskyi Taras (Ukraine) with 86.8k

Catch the action live here in the Risemount Resort or on our streams!

This is the list of Day 1C survivors:

We arrived at a flop action between Thi Duyen Nguyen on the small blind and Quang Thang Do on the cut-off with the flop showing T♣ 9♦ 3♦.

Nguyen bet 4.5k, and Do raised to 16k. Nguyen commented that it was a big chunk of her stack before calling.

Turn was 2♥ a brick, to which Nguyen shoved all-in. Do snap-called. Nguyen showed Q♣ T♦ hitting a pair of tens on the flop. Do had A♦ 7♦ nut flush draw. Nguyen was ahead, and Do needed an ace or any diamond to win.

River: 3♣ the duplicate 3 did nothing for Do, as Nguyen happily takes her doubled-up stack.

The clock is paused on the last 15 minutes of the level. Dealers will hand out the last 5 hands before the flight closes for Day 2.

Pre-flop Zou Zhi Guang on the lojack raised to 1.4k, Teddy Pham on the hijack re-raised to 3.5k and Nang Quang Nguyen shoved all-in. Everyone folded to the original raiser, who flat called. Pham was covered by both Nguyen and Guang, so he gave way to their heads up. He showed his J♠ J♣ to indicate a fold, but he explained that if Guang didn’t call, he would have called.

Showdown between Guang’s Q♣ Q♥ and Nguyen’s 9♦ 9♣

The board showed: 7♥ 2♦ T♠ 6♥ K♠

Guang’s queens won against the nines, and Pham would have lost if he had called his jacks. Nguyen is eliminated.

Blinds: 300/600 BBA Players in: 102 from 180 entries

Bagging at the end of this level.

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

We arrived at a heads-up flop action with a pre-flop pot size of around 10k between Nguyen Van Trung and Tuong Manh Ha.

The flop showed 7♦ 9♣ 7♥ Trung checked, and Ha bet 2.5k. Trung called.

Turn: T♠ checks from both players

River: Q♠ Trung checked, and Ha bet 8.9k. Trung called, and Ha declared his K♦ K♠. Trung mucked his hand after showing a Q♦ and Ha won the pot.

We counted the stacks with over 3x the entry stack size. Le Quoc Son has the highest so far with almost 330 big blinds.

We checked for the highest stacks on the field and the one played by Le Quoc Son stood out so far.

Son recently made it to the Deep Stack Hyper Turbo (Event #6) final table in this event a few days ago. He also cashed in during the APT Warm Up Series Main Event in Hanoi back in May.

Will he make it to this Main Event's final table?

Blinds: 300/500 BBA Players in: 104 from 173 entries

Chip bagging at the end of Level 8.

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Players are on a 15-minute break. We are currently looking at the possible chip leader of the day.

We arrived at a river action with the board between Hwamin Lee and Jia Wei Ryan Tan with the board showing: 2♠ 5♠ Q♠ 8♣ J♥

First to act, Lee bet 9k with around 12 behind, covered by Tan’s stack. Tan raised to 25k, and Lee snap called.

First to show, Tan opened his A♠ T♠ forming an ace-high spade flush and the nuts of the board. Lee slammed his mucked cards into the center before standing up.

He has several money finishes in various APT Vietnam Main and side events this year. His most recent Main Event highlight was placing 3rd in the APT Main Event during the APT Phu Quoc back in April 2022.

Other past achievements include: title holder of the NLH Championships Event in July 2018, NLH Monster Stack (Event #18) in January 2019, and NLH (Event #13) in July 2019 during different APT Ho Chi Minh events.

Blinds: 200/400 BBA Players in: 106 from 155 entries

Action is closing at the end of Level 8.

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Masafumi Shimizu from Japan takes a shot at the Main Event in Day 1C.

He is the 7th place finisher of the NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event #20) at the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh in August 2022. Will he land another APT Vietnam final table?

After several final table finishes in APT Da Nang, including the Mystery Bounty title, Benjamin Sai is ready to challenge the Main Event stage.

The Singaporean poker professional is currently poised as a Player of the Series candidate.

We snuck a peek at the high stacks on the field during the break.

Blinds: 200/300 BBA Players in: 104 from 135 entries

We're halfway through with Day 1C action closing at the end of Level 8.

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Players are on a 15-minute break and chip race removing 25 chips from play.

Pre-flop, Taeho Lee, on the cut-off, raised and Bold Buyanjargal, on the big blind, shoved all-in. Snap call from Lee. Buyanjargal's stack size of 17k is covered by Lee's.

Heads-up showdown with Lee's A♠ A♦ and Buyanjargal's A♣ 8♠.

The board opened Q♦ Q♠ K♣ 4♦ 3♦

Buyanjargal's dead man's hand drew dead on the brick turn. Lee won with two pairs of aces and queens, getting all of the former's stack.

Singaporean Corine Shi is taking a seat at the Main Event Day 1C.

She frequents ladies events all over Asia, and has been joining various APT events since 2015. Her most recent achievement was the NLH High Roller (Event#9) 2nd place finish at the APT Philippines in September 2022. Will she get a final table finish at the APT?

Pot-limit Omaha veteran Anthony Ozy Abram from Australia is seated in the Day 1C.

He made it to the final tables of several PLO events in APT Da Nang (Event#7) in 8th place and APT Manila PLO (Event#7) in 2nd place last November and PLO (Event#18) in 4th place last September.

Will this PLO professional grab a piece of the Main Event 10 billion guaranteed prize pool?

Blinds: 125/250 BBA Players in: 97 from 116 entries

We're still at Level 4 and the entries keep coming! There will be a 15-minute break after this level.

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

These are some of the players that have doubled their starting stack before Level 2 ended.

Pre-flop, Tran Huy Hoang, in the middle position, raised 7k, and Van Quan Nguyen shoved all-in on the button with 25.9k, covered by Hoang’s stack. Hoang tanked his action for a moment and eventually called for a heads-up.

Nguyen started laughing when he showed 4♥ 3♥ and Hoang showed K♠ 7♠ suited over cards.

The board opened: 2♠ K♦ 3♦ A♣ 2♣

Hoang won with two pairs of kings and deuces, busting out Nguyen, who had two pairs of threes and deuces.

Hoang, who won a massive pot in Level 1, is now sitting at 68.5k, a few thousand chips away from tripling the entry stack.

The champion for the Women's Event (Event#8), Kyoungmi Kim, is seated on the same Table as Sergey Indenok.

She joins the powerhouse lineup in Day 1C looking to take Main Event prizes.

During the break, we awarded Sergey Indenok his Deep Stack Turbo trophy to add to his other titles, like the most recent Pot Limit Omaha championship.

He is currently playing in the Day 1C, looking to snag a Main Event trophy.

Blinds: 100/200 BBA Players in: 80 from 89 entries

We're still at Level 3 and the entries keep coming!

Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Players are on a 15-minute break

We arrived at the river action with a big pot and a massive 11.9k first-to-act bet.

The board showed 7♠ T♠ 4♣ T♦ 8♥

Tran Huy Hoang on the button called. The opponent was first to show his Q♦ J♠ busted straight gutter draw, making a pair of tens with queen high kicker.

Hoang slammed down his 9♥ 7♣ making two pairs tens and sevens.

Hoang won the pot and ended up with 52k chips.

She made it to the final table (5th place finish) of October 2018's NLH Main Event at the APT Ho Chi Minh.

She has been actively joining Asian-based tours the past months. Will she make it to the APT Da Nang's final table?

Malaysian Jason Lau takes a seat in the Main Event Day 1C.

He recently made 3rd place at the NLH High Rollers (Event #17) during the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh back in August 2022. He recently won a title from another tour in October, will he win an APT Da Nang title?

This happened before the end of Level 1 with blinds 50/100

Pre-flop, Tran Duy Binh on the hijack raised to 300. Trinh Dinh Bien Cuong on the cut-off re-raised to 750. Everyone folded, and action is back on Binh, who called.

Flop opened J♠ 8♦ 7♦

Binh checked, and Cuong bet 1k.

Turn: 5♥

Binh checked, and Cuong bet 2k.

River: Q♦

Binh bet 5k, and Cuong tanked before calling while sighing audibly.

River aggressor, Binh, was first to show his 5♦ 6♠ making a pair of fives, and Cuong showed his Q♥ Q♠ creating a set of queens.

Cuong profited 12,150 on that hand.

Blinds: 75/150 BBA Players in: 45 from 47 entries

This is looking to become the Main Event flight with most entries! Players can still register here at the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Frederic Bollier is a French professional poker player cashed in 15th at the APT Ho Chi Minh Main Event in 2018.

He also had several finishes in other Vietnam-based tournaments this year like the APT Phu Quoc where he made final table for the NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event#15). Will he close the year strong with a Da Nang Main Event finish?

Battulga Janag from Mongolia won the High Roller Hyper tournament. The Mystery Bounty final table finisher is looking for another final table to fill. Will it be this Main Event?

Bubble protection is now closed.

Blinds: 50/100 BBA Players in: 19

Players can still register here at Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

On day 5 of the APT Da Nang the Main Event is down to its final Day 1 flight. So far 185 entries have been made on Day 1A and Day 1B and we expect on Day 1C the total number will reach around 300 entries. Players also have the possibility to re-enter the first two hours of play on Day 2. The guaranteed prize pool of this Main Event is set at 10 Billion Vietnamese Dong ($429,000).

The starting stack of the players is 25,000 and the first blind level is 50/100 and an ante of 100. Players will be deep stacked all day as the last level of the day is 300/600/600 (BBA). The 60 minutes levels assure some awesome poker action.

Last night we bumped into Benjamin Sai, the winner of the Mystery Bounty, he told us he will be playing Day 1C. Sai finished 4th in yesterday’s High Roller event, and therefore is in the lead for the Player of the Series. Further we also expect Indian poker pro Ashish Munot to jump into the Day 1C action.

The Schedule for day 5:

Poker on Demand 1: High Rollers Single Day - ₫50,000,000 + 4,000,000

12 PM - APT Da Nang Main Event - ₫33,000,000

2 PM - APT Da Nang No Limit Hold’Em Single Day - ₫7,700,000

6 PM - APT Da Nang Deep Stack Turbo - ₫5,500,000

9 PM - APT Da Nang Deep Stack Hyper Turbo - ₫4,400,000

Follow all the action of Day 1C of the APT Da Nang Main Event in our live blog.

The Single Day High Roller Final Table is streamed on the Asian Poker Tour Youtube.

Day 1B ends with 33 players left from 79 entries (66 unique). The 33 survivors will join Day 1A’s 34 players for Day 2 action.

Get to know the chip leaders:

Farhad Aghayev (Azerbaijan) with 145.4k Farhad Aghayev is one of the early registrants, playing immediately from Level 1. The Tokyo, Japan resident was the NLH Main Event champion and 2nd place finisher in the NLH Single Day (Event#8) during the APT Korea Incheon in October 2022. As an APT Main Event champion, he is definitely one of the players to beat among the ones going into Day 2.

Kiwanont Sukhum (Thailand) with 138.4k

Kiwanont Sukhum entered level 7 with one of the highest stacks on the field, and finished strong with the second highest stack of the entire Day 1B surivor list. The Thai native is looking for his first ever APT cash, will he find it at the APT Da Nang Main Event?

Anton Efimov (Russia) with 132.8k

Like Kiwanont Sukhum, Anton Efimov is in his APT debut with the third highest chip stacks for Day 1B. Will he take his first-ever APT title in the Main Event?

Jankowski Lukasz Jaroslaw (Poland) with 110.8k

Lukasz Jaroslaw has several cash finishes during this event, placing 17th place in the NLH High Roller (Event #9) and 22nd in the NLH Head Hunter (Event #4). He’s poised for his next cash grab in the Main Event with the 4th highest stack among the Day 1B survivors.

Chu Kheng Ong (Malaysia) with 110.1k Chu Kheng Ong is no stranger to the APT, having placed 2nd in the NLH (Event #21) and 19th in the NLH (Event #13) during the APT Philippines 2022 held in Manila last November. We saw him win with a runner boat five hands before his chips were bagged.

Other players from 6th to 10th place include Tran Van Tai (Vietnam) with 102.8k, Linda Nguyen with 98.3k, Oliver Jaime Biles with 95.5k, Dale Andrew Townsend with 89.9k and Maksim Skripkin with 76.9k.

Linda "GodSpeed Poker" Nguyen is a well-travelled poker veteran, attending various European tours including Malta, Prague, Germany and Norway with over $30,500 in live winnings. Will the Da Nang Main Event be her first stop in her Asian poker tour (pun intented)?

Get ready for Day 1C, the remaining flight is happening tomorrow (December 12) at 12 pm.

Pre-flop, Chu Kheng Ong, UTG, raised double the big blind. Jason Tyler Kapoor, cut-off, called and said “careful. I’m out for revenge.”

Other players fold and it’s a heads up to the flop.

The flop opened as A♠ 8♠ 10♣

Ong checked. Kapoor bet 1.5k and Ong called.

Turn: 9♠

Ong checked. Kapoor bet 3k and Ong called.

River: 10♥

Ong checked and Kapoor bet 12.6k. Ong raised to 25k and Kapoor called. Ong opened 9♣ 9♥ and Kapoor motioned to tear his Q♠ J♥ cards that hit a straight on the turn.

The revenge might have to wait as Ong’s boat brings the pot in.

Following the long list of pros joining us on Day 1B is Malta native, Florent Remi.

His most significant recent achievements include 2nd place finishes on the NLH Super High Rollers (Event#2) and NLH High Rollers (Event#14) during the APT Vietnam Hanoi Loyal 2022 in June. He also placed 2nd during the NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event#27) and bagged money from the Main Event of the APT Summer Festival Hanoi VSOP 2022 in July.

Level 8

Blinds: 300/600 BBA

Players in: 40 from 79 entries

This is the last Main Event Day 1B level. Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

We caught the action on the turn with the board showing 7♠ 9♠ 9♣ 3♦

Liang Shengwei on the lojack bet 2.5k and Pham Hung Cuong on the button called.

River: 5♦

Both players checked.

Cuong said "king high."

First to show, Shengwei opened K♦ 8♣ and Cu Ong opened his 6♣ 5♣. Cuong won with a pair of fives.

We checked the tables for high stacks during the break and Aghayev's stack is leading so far.

Level 7

Blinds: 300/500 BBA

Players in: 43 from 76 entries

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Main Event Day 1B players are on a 15-minute break. It's the last break before the end of Day 1B.

Jae Wook Shin from South Korea is in the Main Event Day 1B. He was the champion for NLH Welcome Event (Event #1) APT Manila in May 2016 and NLH High Rollers Single Day (Event #16) APT Manila Finale in December 2018. His most recent APT money finish was in 15th place for the NLH Monster Stack (Event#37) during the APT Philippines 2022 held last November.

Will he add the APT Da Nang Main Event on his long list of poker achievements?

Seven players limped into the flop.

The flop came 5♥ 7♠ 6♠. Everyone checked to Farhad Aghayev on the button, who bet 2k. Only small blind and big blind called the bet.

Turn was 2♣. Small and big blinds checked. Aghayev bet, small blind went all-in, big blind shoved all-in and Aghayev called.

Showdown between Aghayev's 7♦ 7♥, small blind's 7♣ 9♦ and big blind's 8♦ 4♣.

River came 6♣. Aghayev won with a full house and built his stack to around 100k.

Level 6

Blinds: 200/400 BBA

Players in: 48 from 69 entries

There will be a 15-minute break after this level.

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Kiwanont Sukhum, UTG, raised 800. Ha Van Thien on the cut-off re-raised to 2.5k and Sukhum called.

Heads up on the flop of 2♥ 7♥ J♣. Sukhum checked and Thien bet 2k.

Turn card was a 10♥. Sukhum checked again. Thien bet 6.5k and Sukhum shoved all-in. Thien folded and Sukhum won the pot.

Ngoc Quoc Bao Pham, the Vietnamese NLH Deep Stack Turbo (Event 4) champion for the Asian Poker Tour Phu Quoc in April 2022, is currently looking for his first APT Main Event title.

Will he get a trophy in Da Nang?

Sergey Indenok, the Ukranian champion of the pot-limit Omaha event is vying for a Main Event prize.

Level 5

Blinds: 200/300 BBA

Players in: 49 from 63 entries

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Players are on a 15-minute break with chip race removing 25 chips from play.

Tran is a Vietnamese pro with cash-ins among several APT events across Vietnam this year from Hanoi to Ho Chi Minh.

Will he win prizes in the APT Da Nang?

The Russian poker pro Skripkin had an excellent Mystery Bounty run with a total of 158,280,000 VND in prizes.

He drew the highest bounty of 129,700,000 VND and another for 8,400,000 VND. He also cashed in 13th place with 20,180,000 VND.

Level 4

Blinds: 125/250 BBA

Players in: 43 from 53 entries

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Khanh Nguyen Nhat on the UTG+1 intended to raise but he put in the wrong chips so it was considered a call. Chan Alecz Xianhe on the button and Sung Chi Hei on the small blind called and Joris Michl on the big blind checked.

The flop came as 6♦ 9♣ 8♣

First three players checked and Chan bet 900. Sung and Michl called, and Khanh raises to 3.7k. Chan tanked his action before shoving all-in with 25k. Sung also jams 23k, and Khanh joins as the last caller, his stack covering both players.

Showdown between Khanh with 9♥ 9♦, Chan with J♣ 7♣ and Sung with A♣ 6♣.

Turn and river opened 3♦ and 2♣

Both Chan and Sung made their club flushes, but Chan's jack fell short against the ace. Chan won the sidepot against Khanh's set of nines.

Sung won the main pot and tripled up to 70k.

We arrived at a river action between Thai Huynh Ngoc and Joris Michl. The board showed 4♥ 5♥ 9♣ 2♣ Q♦. Thai bet 6.4k and Michl called. Thai showed Q♣ Q♥ with a queen set and Michl mucked his hand. He said he had two pairs.

Singaporean poker professional player Alecz Xianhe Chan enters the Day 1B.

He was the APT Championships Macau 1st place finisher in 2017. He recently made the final tables for several APT events in Vietnam and Philippines.

Will he make it to the Da Nang Main Event final table?

Level 3

Blinds: 100/200 BBA

Players in: 35 from 35 entries

No one has busted out yet. Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Players are on a 15-minute break

We stumbled upon a three-way Table 3 action with a double possible flush draw board of 2♣ 9♠ 3♣ Q♠. Thai Huynh Ngoc on the hijack bet 1.9k into the pot. Duc Phan Minh on the small blind and Nam Nguyen Phuong on the lojack called.

The river card was a 10♣.

Duc checked and Nam bet 3k. Thai folded and Duc raised to 16k. After tanking his action, Nam decided to call.

Duc, first to show, opened his 4♠ 4♣ and Nam declared his J♣ 6♣.

Duc has a pair of fours and Nam had a jack-high club flush, taking the pot.

The Vietnamese NLH Main Event runner-up of the Asian Poker Festival APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh back in August 2022 is in the field looking to improve his previous finish. Thien Ha Van had several final table finishes during the same festival.

Will he make it to Da Nang's Main Event final table?

The Mystery Bounty 3rd placer registers for Day 1B after busting out of Day 1A.

The Vietnamese pro was the NLH Main Event runner-up during the Asian Poker Tour - APT Phu Quoc back in April 2022.

Will he make it to Day 2?

Level 2

Blinds: 75/150 BBA

Players in: 23 from 23 entries

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

We arrived at a Table 2 river action between Tachibana Yoshikazu and Hai Vu Minh with the board showing 8♣ 3♣ 5♣ 2♣ 9♠.

Tachibana went all-in and Hai tanked his action. Players called for time, and he eventually folded.

As he did, he showed one of his cards, the K♣, which was third nuts to the board.

The only card combinations that would have beaten him were A♣ 4♣ or A♣+any.

Was it a good read?

NLH Main Event Asian Poker Tour - APT Korea's champion in October 2022, Farhad Aghayev joins the field of Main Event final table hopefuls.

One of the early registrants for the Day 1B was Akshay Kapoor, who played Day 1A but was eliminated before the final hands were dealt.

He fires another bullet at the Main Event prize pool today.

Button has been drawn on the first table.

Level 1

Blinds: 50/100 BBA

Players in: 14

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

It's Sunday Funday! The fourth day at APT Da Nang is about to kick off with Day 1B of the APT Main Event. The Main Event offers the players a guaranteed prize pool of 10 billion Vietnamese Dong ($429,539.09). Yesterday, Day 1A of the Main Event saw a total of 86 entries. Out of these 86 entries, 34 were able to make it to Day 2. The Day 1A chip leader is Minami Keita from Japan. Keita, a game developer who lives in Vietnam, made Day 2 with 235,000. Dinh Van Tien from Vietnam is in second place with 138,000.

The players in the Main Event will play 8 levels of 1 hour today. The starting stack is 25,000 and the first blind level is 50/100. All players that survive the day will play Day 2 on Tuesday, December 3

Today’s full schedule:

12 PM (GMT+7) Day 1B APT Main Event ₫33,000,000.

1 PM (GMT+7) High Roller Single Day ₫54,000,000.

2 PM (GMT+7) Super Deep Stack Turbo ₫7,700,000.

6 PM (GMT+7) Deep Stack Turbo ₫5,500,000.

9 PM (GMT+7) High Rollers Six Max Hyper ₫43,000,000.

Don’t want to miss out on the Main Event action? Follow our live reporting for the latest updates from the APT Da Nang Main Event.

The Main Event Day 1A started with professional poker players from different countries battling it out to survive for Day 2 and one step closer to a piece of the 2 billion guaranteed prize pool. 86 players registered for the tournament, but only 34 emerged victorious in snagging a qualifying seat.

Let’s get to know Day 1A top 5 highest stack holders:

Minami Keita (Japan) with 235k

He won his three biggest career winnings in various Asian Poker Tour events in Vietnam. He was the NLH Monster Stack (Event 18) champion in the APT Phu Quoc back in April 2022. He finished 2nd in the NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event #20) and 7th in the NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event #10) for the Asian Poker Festival in the APT Vietnam Ho Chi Minh later in August.

Will he take the highest prize for the Main Event?

Dinh Van Tien (Vietnam) with 138k

After his successful Deep Stack Hyper Turbo championship and in-the-money finish for the Mystery Bounty, Tien is trying his luck and skills in the Main Event, where he qualified with the 2nd highest stack in Day 1A.

Will he also run deep in the Main Event?

Nguyen Phuong Ngoc (Vietnam) with 113.7k

This professional Vietnamese poker player has several incredible titles under his belt. His most recent big ones are the first place for the NLH Kickoff in the World Poker Championship SEAPT Hanoi back in September and second place during the NLH - WPT Superstack Closer Turbo (Event 24) in the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam. He also made final table finishes to several APT events back in June and July.

Will he also make this Main Event's final table?

Other chip leaders are Hoa Nguyen Duc (Vietnam) with 112.6k and Thanhe Le Huy (Vietnam) with 103.6k

In an interesting serendipity, both chip leader Minami Keita and 3rd chip leader Nguyen Phuong Ngoc have won Asian Poker Tour events back in April 2020.

Is this coincidence a prediction of the Main Event's results? They will have to contend against several talented and highly-skilled poker pros from all parts of the world across three flights. Day 1B is happening tomorrow at noon.

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These are the first players survived to Day 2 with their corresponding chip stacks:

We're pausing the last 15 minutes with the final 4 hands. The remaining or qualified players will return on Day 2 after the end of Day 1B and 1C,

The Main Event satellite is currently on-going with 300/600 with 11 players in from 29 entries.

From the hijack the action gets opened by Dung Nguyen Huu to 1.2k. Grant Gardner, who became 5th last night in the Mystery Bounty, raised the action to 3.2k. The small blind goes out of the way, but the big blind Naoki Yashiro tags along and calls the 3.2k. The action is now back on Dung who decides to pop the action to 8k. Gardner goes out of the way, but Yashiro is not impressed and calls the 4-bet.

The players see a flop of K♥ 6♥ T♠. Yashiro checks his option, but Dung comes out swinging with a bet of 7k. Yashiro, again not impressed, throws in the check-raise all-in for 22.5k. Dung makes the quick call.

Showdown:

Yashiro T♥ T♦ Dung A♠ K♣

Yashiro in the driving seat for a double up and the 8♦ snuffs out the last hope for Dung. The Q♠ river is of no importance. Yashiro finds his much needed double up to over 50 big blinds. Dung still has enough ammo to shoot his way up in the chip counts.

Blinds: 300/600 BBA

Players in: 44 from 85 entries

Day 1A concludes at the end of this level. Registrations are open until the end of Level 10

These are some chips on level 7:

We caught the action on the turn, the board was at K♥ 3♥ 6♦ 5♠

First to act, Dat Ngo Van, bet 10.6k. Janag, lifted all his yellow chips and put them at the center of the table, so Van can only go all-in to call. After thinking for a while, Van called with Q♣ Q♠ and Janag showed J♦ 10♣

Janag was drawing dead on the showdown. The river 10♠ didn't help.

Battulga Janag got an early 6-digit stack at level, but put his chips in trouble with his bluff play.

Blinds: 300/500 BBA

Players in: 50 from 84 entries

Day 1A concludes at the end of Round 8 Registrations are open until the end of Round 10

We checked the players with the most chips at the end of level 6.

Players are on a final 15-minute break for Day 1A

Khanh Truong Vu Tuan added another 23.5k to his stack after a clash with Andrei Kotelnikov.

The Vietnamese bet 6.5k into a 10.5k pot on a board of K♣ 8♠ 8♦ T♣ A♦. After thinking about it for 2 minutes Kotelnikov made the call. Khanh quickly shows his 7♥ 8♥ for a three of a kind. The Russian mucks his hand with his face in disgust.

Blinds: 200/400 BBA

Players in: 54 from 83 entries

Day 1A concludes at the end of Round 8 Registrations are open until the end of Round 10

We arrived on the flop action with the board showing 3♠ 10♠ J♦ . Akshay Kapoor immediately shoved all-in on his small blind action into a three-way pot. Next to act, the cut-off, folded and Hien Vu Ngoc, the button player, called.

Showdown between Kapoor's J♥ 10♥ and Ngoc's J♣ 9♣ ensued with Kapoor's stack covered by the latter. Card-wise though, Ngoc was behind and needed runner possibilities or developing his outs on the turn.

Turn and river revealed: A♥ 8♥

Kapoor won with two pairs aces and tens on the flop. Doubling up to 35k, while leaving Ngoc with 46k.

Battulga Janag is the chip leader during the break.

These players have the highest chip counts right now:

Blinds: 200/300 BBA

Players in: 53 from 74 entries

Day 1A concludes at the end of Round 8 Registrations are open until the end of Round 10

The players are on a 15-minute break.

Chip race removing 25 chips from play.

When we passed by table 6 Anh Tran Tuan from seat 1 check the action to Khanh Truong Vu Tuan in seat 3. The players we heads-up and the board was showing 2♥ 7♣ 9♦ A♣ 8♥. Anh checked the action towards Khanh who after tanking for 20 seconds decided to check back. The pot was around 5.5k. Anh was trapping with his A♠ K♠. Khanh mucked his cards with a smile. He nodded his head to us “Not good, no good start.”

Khanh Truong Vu Tuan finished in third place in yesterday’s Mystery Bounty banking almost $7000.

Table 7 is getting very interesting as Feng Zhao and Samuel Tebege were moved to table 7 on top of that Indian poker pro Ashish Munot has just joined the Main Event and was seated at this table as well.

We just walked by table 3 where William Kang from the UK and Andrei Glushkov from Russia were in a hand. The board reads Q♣ J♦ 7♠ 8♣ 2♠ and Glushkov bets out 2,450 into a 4,250 pot and Kang snap calls on the river bet.

Glushkov mucks his hand but asks Kang to show his hand who reveals 8♥ 8♦ for a set.

We caught the hand mid-action on the turn between Hieu Nguyen Doan Trung in the middle position and Macnaughton Nicholas Tompkins on the button with a 5♥ A♣ 6♠ 2♣ board,

Tompkins bet 2.5k and Trung called. The river came, K♣. Trung checked and Tompkins bet 12k Trung called.

Tompkins showed his K♥ 6♥ two pairs of kings and sixes on the river. Trung’s A♠ 4♣ lost on the river.

Blinds: 125/250 BBA

Players in: 59 from 63 entries

Day 1A concludes at the end of Round 8 Registrations are open until the end of Round 10

Luong is one remarkable characters in the field today because of his hoody blanket.

The Vietnamese poker pro is having a good 2022 with 3 titles and over $50,000 in tournament winnings. Will the blanket help him accumulate a big stack today?

Nguyen Nang Quang joins the long list of professional poker players joining the Main Event Day 1A.

This Vietnamese powerhouse is a final-table regular with most recent finishes such as 2nd place in the NLH Single Day High Rollers (Event #6) and 3rd place in the NLH High Rollers (Event #13) during the Asian Poker Festival, APT Summer Festival Hanoi, VSOP 2022 back in July.

In the last hand before the break, we catch the action mid-hand on the turn. Quang Nguyen Nang from UTG checked the action to his countryman Thanh. He fired 1.2k into a pot of 3.5k.

The board reads at this point 7♣ 4♠ 8♥ T♦. Quang makes the call. The A♦ made Quang check one more time. Le Huy tanks for a bit before putting out a 3.6k bet. The other players at the table already stand up to go on break while Quang still thinking. In the end Quang makes the call by putting in a 5k chip.

Thanh showed J♣ 9♣ for the nuts!

These are some of the higher chip stacks on the field.

Blinds: 100/200 BBA

Players in: 47

Day 1A concludes at the end of Round 8 Registrations are open until the end of Round 10

Main event players on a 15-minute break.

Registration still open until the end of Level 10.

These are some of the chip updates from some players in the field.

After a brutal bad beat at the final 10 players in the Mystery Bounty event, Paawan Bansal is looking for revenge today in the Main Event Day 1A.

The Indian won almost $700,000 in live poker tournaments winning, and his last cash at an APT event came back in 2015.

Recent APT Philippines Championships winner Paul Kiem joins Day 1A.

The American has joined this event together with his brother Peter Kiem. They are not at the same table together, but the Kiem brothers are looking for another APT crown.

Singaporean poker professional Zhao Feng jumped into the Main Event.

Feng is having an incredible 2022 with two deep runs in Asian events. His life-changing score however came this year during the WSOP Main Event online. Feng scored a third place for $1,570,941.

Simultaneous to the Main Event Day 1A, the featured table is reserved for the Headhunter final table.

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Blinds: 75/150 BBA

Players in: 29

The APT Danang Main Event is the most awaited event with a 10 billion VND guaranteed prize pool.

The Main Event runs on the following dates at noon:

• Day 1A (December 10) - last satellite to Day 1B
• Day 1B (December 11)
• Day 1C (December 12)
• Day 2 (December 13)
• Day 3 (December 14)
• Final Table (December 15)

Day 1 registrations are open until Level 10. Day 2 registrations are available for 1 level.

Several players are starting early.

We are seeing Bansal Paawan, the Mystery Bounty 9th place, and Battulga Janag, the 4th placer of the same event. Dinh Van Tien, the Deepstack Hyperturbo champion.

Actions are bustling at the tables while waiting for other entries.

You can still register until the end of Level 10.

Button has been drawn on the first table. Bubble protection is still available.

Level 1

Blinds: 50/100 BBA

Players in: 17

Registration is still available here in the Risemount Resort, Da Nang.

Day three of the Asian Poker Tour in Da Nang is about to kick off.

Today the day starts at 12pm local time (GMT+7) with the first flight of the Main Event – Day 1A.

Boasting a guaranteed prize pool of 10 billion Vietnamese Dong ($424,368.24), this is the main course now that the hors d'oeuvre of the Mystery Bounty has been served.

Further on down the schedule, we have another Day 2 getting underway at 1pm, with the Head Hunter Final Day set to award yet another prestigious APT trophy.

For all the lovely ladies in Da Nang, the APT offers a Ladies' Event, which will be getting underway at 3pm.

Main Event competitors will be playing eight 60-minute levels on this opening flight, with all survivors set to return for Day 2 on Tuesday, December 3.

The APT live reporting team will be on hand to bring you all the tournament thrills and spills, so stick around as we see who has what it takes to fight their way through to Day 2.