Like the last days the cards in the VSOP Poker Club were in the air at exactly 11 AM. On the schedule Day 1C of the Main Event at 11 AM, and a Day 1D flight at 5 PM. The guaranteed prize pool of 10 billion Vietnamese Dong got shattered by the first level of Day 1C as 45 players registered already before the start of the day. Out of a combined 260 entries today 124 would make it to Day 2.
A total of 155 entries on Day 1C, made sure the poker room was packed. Many familiar faces would try took make it to Day 2. We saw the likes of Ashish Munot, Lester Edoc, Grant Gardner, and Benjamin Sai all trying to build a stack. Last year’s champion Shardul Parthasarathi would join the action as well. The Indian would survive the day with two times starting stack.
While many big names in the industry were there, none of them was able to build a huge stack. That honor goes to Vietnamese poker professional Huy Thanh Le (photo). He will bring a bag of 224,700 to Day 2 tomorrow. He is closely followed by his countryman Quang Minh Nguyen (218,000) and Tran Van Thai (212,400).
Day 1D, which started at 5 PM, received a total number of 105 entries. This brings the total number of entries for the APT Hanoi Main Event to 640. This number can still grow as the registration closes at 10:59 AM tomorrow.
The Day 1D chip lead goes to Haito Luan (photo) from China. He survived the day with 196,000. Other familiar names that would make it to Day 2 on this last flight were Phan Minh Duc (159,000), Florencio Campomanes (85,500), and Dave Erquiaga (60,300).
Day 2 of the APT Hanoi Main Event will resume at 11 AM local time (GMT+6). All the action will also be available on the live stream.