APT Hanoi 2023

APT / VSOP Superstar Invitational (OPEN Event) - 8 Max - VND 1,500,000,000 GTD Final

TAKAYAMA MIKE

TRAN JULIEN

QUANG NGUYEN NANG

WU JUN HAO

NGUYEN NGOC DAI

DUNG NGUYEN HUU

LIU YUHAN

After a long rollercoaster heads-up battle Duc Dinh Linh was crowned the winner of the Mystery Bounty. In the last hand of the day he needed lady luck to take down the event.

Linh min raises to 600k and Nguyen shoves all-in for 6,5 million. Linh makes the quick call. 

Nguyen shows :As: :Jd:, while Linh shows :Ad: :3h:.

Linh is in trouble and looking to lose his chip lead. The flop gives Linh some chop outs: :Qh: :Qd: :5h:. The :3d: hits Linh, and now he is only one card away from taking down the Mystery Bounty Event. Nguyen looks shocked and :4c: seals his fate. Van Phu Nguyen sees his incredible run end in second place for ₫299,350,000 ($12,768.17). Nguyen also won ₫62,600,000 ($2,670.07) worth in bounties

Duc Dinh Linh not only takes down ₫473,750,000, he also won the top bounty worth ₫293,900,000. In total Linh won ₫337,300,000 in bounties, on top of his first prize this means Linh won ₫811,050,000 ($34,593.72).
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Duc Dinh Linh wins the APT Mystery Bounty (₫473,750,000)

In the last hand before the break all the chips go into the middle on: :Ah: :6h: :Qc: :8s:.

Nguyen was holding :9d: :7c: while Linh showed :Jh: :Qs:.

Nguyen with an up and down trying to go for it all, the river hits Nguyen, but not in the way he is looking for: :7d:.

Double up for Linh. After the break the blinds will go up to 150,000/300,000/300,000.

Linh doubles through Vu in the last hand before the break

We have an all Vietnamese heads-up battle here in the Mystery Bounty event between Van Phu Nguyen and Duc Dinh Linh.

Nguyen goes into the heads-up with the lead, but Linh still has enough chips to make a comeback:

Van Phu Nguyen - 9,600,000

Duc Dinh Linh - 6,200,000

The blinds are 125,000/250,000 with an ante of 250,000.

We are now heads-up!

Thai Bao Vu lost a big pot non showdown against Van Phu Nguyen earlier and now shoves his last few big blinds in the middle. Duc Dinh Linh is the player that gives Vu the last knockout blow.

The Vietnamese did not receive any high bounties, but his third place cash will definitly make Vu a happy man (₫214,700,000).
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Thai Bao Vu knocked out in 3rd place (₫214,700,000

Mikhail Radchenko has just been eliminated from the Mystery Bounty. The russian lost an enourmous hand for the chip lead and throw in his last 235k in the next hand.

Van Phu Nguyenopened the action to 400k and Radchenko from the big blinds jammed all-in for 3,2 million. Phu makes the quick call.

Radchenko is in good spirit while he reveals his :Ac: :Td:. He is however far behind of Phu's :Kc: :Kh:.

Radchenko needs help, but the board is offering him none of it: :7d: :Js: :6d: :2c: :5c:. 
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Mikhail Radchenko gets eliminated in 4th place (₫170,530,000)

Sy Nhan Nguyen was the short stack with 8 big blinds and he just busted his last chips. 

Nguyen will look back with lots of happy memories as besides his 5th place cash he won the second largest bounty ₫149,700,000 ($6,385.15). 

Sy Nhan Nguyen busts in 5th (₫133,720,000)

Thai Bao Vu just pushed in his last 10,5 big blinds and got a call from Radchenko. We are off to the races.

Vu shows :9h: :9s:. Radchenko shows :Ad: :Kc:.

The board runs out :Th: :Qs: :6d: :7h: :3d:.

We continue with 5 players.

Vu stays alive after winning a flip against Radchenko

Final 5 chip counts

The Mystery Bounty is down to 6 players.

Ngoc Thang Dao busted in 8th place winning ₫55,940,000 ($2,386.00).

The 7th place finisher was Chun Kit Lee. The Singaporean won ₫78,760,000 ($3,359.35).

Just moments ago we lost Tuan Anh Nguyen in 6th place. The Vietnamese shipped ₫104,770,000 ($4,468.75).

Mystery Bounty Down to 5 players

For every poker player the Mystery Bounty is one of the most fun tournament due to the potential big bounties you can win. Now that we reached the final 8 the big money is for the grasp, but are any of our finalists also big bounty winners?

**The Mystery Bounty Payouts**

The highest Mystery Bounty was won just before final table started. 
Duc Dinh Linh won ₫293,900,000 ($12,535.71).

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2. Sy Nhan Nguyen - ₫149,700,000 ($6,385.15).
3. Chun Wai Chiu - ₫107,400,000 ($4,580.93).
4. Mikhail Radchenko - ₫85,300,000 ($3,638.30).
5. Dinh Long Nguyen - ₫66,900,000 ($2,853.48).
6. Johan Patrik Hirvonen - ₫52,400,000 ($2,235.01).
7. Van Phu Nguyen - ₫39,400,000 ($1,680.52).