APT Hanoi 2023

APT - Main Event Day 2

HOANG HAI NAM

NGUYEN TUAN TAI

RUDNEV PETR

NGUYEN THANH HAI

LE SON

FENG ZHAO

DINH DUC TRUNG

BUKHAROV GERMAN

MINH NGUYEN ANH

LEE JUNAM

CHANG XIANG GUANG

NAM PHAN DINH

KULSEITOVA ASSEM

TRAN VAN QUANG

LIM AARON

CAO NGOC ANH

HUAN VU

VAN TRAN THANH

TU PHAM NGOC

NGUYEN DUY ANH

VARASHEV ALEKSEI

THALMANN YVES

LUAN HAITAO

LE TAN LUAN

LUO XIXIANG

LEE CHUN KIT

BHUTORIA PHASHANT

NGUYEN QUANG HUY

DUONG VU CHAU

TITOV OLEG

SAKURAI BUYU

IBRAHIMI AHMED

TRUNG DOAN QUANG

DANG LAM HONG NGUYEN

DO ANH TAI

NGUYEN KHAC LUAT

TAI TRAN VAN

DANG  MINH NAM

PANASIUK ARTSIOM

LE HOAN CONG

XIAO YUCHENG

BAO NGUYEN VAN

DUNG TRINH ANH

PHAM TEDDY

TAN CHUNG HOWE SEAN

SEVERTSEV NIKOLAI

KANG WILLIAM

ALNER TOM RICHARD

LUTHER NIKITA

NGUYEN DUC ANH

WOOJONG HA

ARAYA TAKUMI

FU XIAOHUA

DO  VAN HAI

LE NGOC MINH

NGUYEN VAN PHINH

SAIGAL  JASVEN

HWANG JEONG HO

LEUNG YIU YEUNG

NGUYEN KHOI

LEE CHEOL JAE

LIU YUHAN

BAGAI PRANAV

MATEO CHRISTOPHER

TIEN DINH VAN

NGUYEN TRUNG HIEU

PHAN HUNG CUONG

FANG POWEN

NGUYEN KHAC THAI

DANG HUNG DUONG

NGUYEN HAI AN

YAMAGUCHI JUNYA

CHU THE DAN

SUEN KEN

SHIN HYUNGKOOK

LE VAN DUC

DONG VAN TAN

CEKAUSKAS KAROLIS

TUMBOLI ZARVAN

FINGER MARTIN

VU THAI BAO

LE HUY THANH

NEMESKERI-KISS ROBERT

PHAM VAN TIEN

HU JINLONG

THAI  SANH BAO HUY

HA MANH TUONG

CHU POK NANG WOOD

DANG VAN HIEN

NGUYEN HUNG MANH

Lee Yew Fei

BATTULGA JANAG

CUONG NGUYEN VU

SUZUKI TAKUYA

LOGANATHAN NIROSHAN

HOANG TRAN HUY

After almost nine and a half levels of play the **APT Hanoi Main Event** has come to an end. It was one of the busiest Day 2's in the history of the APT. Out of 654 entries 278 players came back for Day 2, what made sure the **VSOP Poker Club** was packed to is maximum capacity. The 654 entries created a total prize pool of **₫15,859,500,000 ($668,515.45).** The massive chip leader at the end of Day 2 is **German Bukharov**. The Russian, that made three final tables already during this APT Hanoi, will bring back a stack of 3,046,000 to Day 3 tomorrow.
![ENZ_9613.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ENZ_9613_068a145ae8.jpg)

Familiar faces that busted early on Day 2 were **Lester Edoc**, **Doo Sik Nam**, **Cezar Quiambao**, **Jonas Magdalinski**, and **Sergey Rybachenko**. 

Vietnamese poker professional Dinh Van Tien (photo) was drawing thin when he got it all-in with :Ac: :Jc: versus the :3h: :3d: of Maksim Kholodilov on a board of :3c: :Ah: :7d: :Jd:. The tournamen life of Tien was however saved due to the :As: on the river .
![NZO06228.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/NZO_06228_baee7a148a.jpg)

It kept on raining bust outs and just after the dinner break, the tournament reached the bubble phase. After a 20-minute bubble play we saw Niroshan Loganathan and Tran Huy Hoang both bust out of the Main Event at the same time, which meant the two players had to split a min-cash. 
![ENZ_9685.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ENZ_9685_fbe2b498c0.jpg)

Familiar faces that would make a min-cash but fell short of making it to the final 48: Jasven Saigal, Janag Battulga, Robert Kiss, Thai Bao Vu, Martin Finger, Zarvan Tumboli, Christopher Mateo, and Pranav Bagai (photo). 
![NZO06241.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/NZO_06241_7c6700b63a.jpg)

German Bukharov (photo) never had to fear an early bust out, as the Russian found an early big double-up with pocket aces and never looked back after. In the biggest pot of the day Bukharov’s :Ks: :Kc: were good against a pair of jacks and a missed up-and-down. This 2.3 million pot launched Bukharov in a commanding chip lead (3,046,000). The number two in the chip counts is Do Anh Nguyen. The Vietnamese sits on 1,425,000. 
![Chipleader (2).jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/Chipleader_2_45f8b35ff7.jpg)

Day 2 finished with 48 players making it into Day 3. They come back tomorrow at 11 AM local time (GMT+6).  

**Top-10 Day 2 chip stacks**

1	German	Bukharov	3,046,000

2	Duy Anh	Nguyen	1,425,000

3	Nguyen Anh	Minh	1,246,000

4	Tran Thanh	Van	1,035,000

5	Assem	Kulseitova	969,000

6	Xiang Guang	Chang	959,000

7	Tan Luan	Le	907,000

8	Buyu	Sakurai	867,000

9	Van Quang	Tran	851,000

10	Pham Ngoc	Tu	809,000

**APT Hanoi Main Event Final 8 Payouts**

1st: VND 3,025,950,000 (~$127,089) 

2nd: VND 1,868,250,000 (~$78,466)

3rd: VND 1,335,370,000 (~$56,085)

4th: VND 1,022,940,000 (~$42,963)

5th: VND 810,420,000 (~$34,037)

6th: VND 631,210,000 (~$26,510)

7th: VND 459,930,000 (~$19,317)

8th: VND 314,340,000 (~$13,202)

Day 2 finished with 48 players making it to Day 3. They come back tomorrow at 11 AM local time (GMT+6).  

Looking for more upcoming APT action? You can not miss out on the APT Taiwan! This series will be held from 28 April to 7 May 2023. The Main Event offers a guaranteed prize pool of **1 MILLION DOLLARS**. For more information: [https://www.theasianpokertour.com/news/asian-poker-tour-announces-million-dollar-guarantee-for-apt-taipei-main-event](link)


APT Hanoi Main Event Day 2 comes to an end, 48 players come back for Day 3

49. Nikita Luther ₫59,470,000

50. Duc Anh Nguyen ₫59,470,000

51. Ha Woojong ₫59,470,000

52. Araya Takumi ₫59,470,000

53. Xiaohuha Fu ₫59,470,000

54. Van Hai Do ₫59,470,000

Main Event payouts 54-49

German Bukharov was our chip leader already, but at the end of Day 2 he gets involved in the by far biggest pot in the tournament so far.

We arrive at table 5 when around 500k is already inside the pot. The player in seat 1 Xiaohua Fu is already all-in on a board of :Jd: :Tc: :6s:.

The action now is on Takumi Araya, he bets out 150k. Bukharov now asked the dealer for a count. She confirmed to the Russian Araya played another 580k behind. Bukharov now grabbed a stack of 25k's and pushed 500k into the middle. Araya used all his timebanks before he decided to go all-in as well. Bukharov throws in the calling chips. Showdown:

Araya: :As: :Jh:.

Bukharov: :Ks: :Kc:.

Fu: :8d: :9d:

Bukharov is on an over pair, Araya on top pair top kicker and Fu showed eight nine for an up-and-down.

The :8h: on the turn does not change anything. Only the river can change the outcome, but Bukharov dodged all bullets as the river is the meaningless :2s:.

Bukharov wins a monster pot and rockets himself into a 2,8 million chip stack! Araya and Fu walked away disappointed.
![Chipleader (1).jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/Chipleader_1_2497473baa.jpg)


German Bukharov wins biggest pot of the tournament

55. Ngoc Minh Le ₫59,470,000

56. Van Phinh Nguyen ₫53,130,000

57. Jasven Saigal ₫53,130,000

58. Jeong Ho Hwang ₫53,130,000

59. Yiu Yeung Leung ₫53,130,000

60. Khoi Nguyen ₫53,130,000

61. Cheol Jae Lee ₫53,130,000

62. Yuhan Liu ₫53,130,000

63. Pranav Bagai ₫53,130,000

64. Christopher Mateo ₫53,130,000

65. Dinh Van Tien ₫53,130,000

66. Trung Hieu Nguyen ₫53,130,000

Main Event payouts 55-66

Xixiang Luo has been on a role the last days here on the APT, finishing third is yesterday's Single Day High Roller, today he is crushing Day 2 of the Main Event. 

He has eliminated Cheal Jae Lee after calling Lee's 46k all-in on a :Qd: :5c: :8h: board. Lee showed :Qs: :Td: and was miles ahead of Luo, that made the call with a gutshot :Jc: :Ts:. 

The :9d: turn exactly sums up how Luo is running today. The Chinese  hits his straight and the :Ad: river finalizes the cruel runout.



Luo is on fire

Assem Kulseitova is the last woman standing in the Main Event, and she keeps standing stronger and stronger.

After a preflop raise from Yuhan Liu, Kulseitova 3-bet her opponent to 60k. The action gets folded back to Liu he announced all-in for 339k.

Kulseitova tanked but decided it was time to gamble.

Liu shows :9s: :9c:, while Kulseitova shows :As: :Tc:. We are off to the races!

A perfect flop for the Kazakhstani :Qd: :Th: :2s:. She takes the lead with a pair of tens. Liu now looking for a runner-runner straight or a nine to win the hand. The :2h: on the turn and :Ac: on the river make Yuhan Liu hit the rail. Kulseitova wins the pot with two pair and is entering the top-10 chip stacks in the room.
![NZO05926.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/NZO_05926_ce97f63111.jpg)

Kulseitova busts Liu

67. Hung Cuong Phan ₫53,130,000

68. Po Wen Fang ₫53,130,000

69. Khac Thai Nguyen ₫53,130,000

70. Hung Duong Dang ₫53,130,000

71. Hai An Nguyen ₫53,130,000

72. Junya Yamaguchi ₫46,790,000

73. The Dan Chu ₫46,790,000

![ENZ_9704.jpg](https://apt-content.s3.ap-southeast-1.amazonaws.com/ENZ_9704_7b030be9e9.jpg)

Main Event payouts 67-73

We have arrived at level 19.

BBA: 5k/10k/10k.

Players: 66/654.

Average stack: 396,364.