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.
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 A J versus the 3 3 of Maksim Kholodilov on a board of 3 A 7 J . The tournamen life of Tien was however saved due to the A on the river .
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.
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).
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 K K 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.
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).
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