APT SUMMER SERIES DA NANG 2023 SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | IMAGES | WINNERS | PLAYER LISTS
DA NANG, VIETNAM, July 27, 2023 – It's official, the APT Summer Series Da Nang, Vietnam 2023 Main Event is a record breaker, setting a new Vietnam prize pool record for the tour.
Playing out at the Ariyana Convention Centre – located at the luxurious five-star beachfront Furama Resort Da Nang, Day 2 of the APT Main Event saw a further 26 players enter the tournament arena to join the 270 respective survivors from the four opening flights, bringing the number of players remaining in action up to 296.
The tournament attracted 675 entries in total (381 unique), smashing the VND 12 billion (~USD $500,000) guarantee and ballooning the prize pool to VND 20,624,625,000 (~USD $866,360).
A total of 95 players will earn themselves a slice of the record prize pool, with a min-cash coming in at VND 60,840,000 (~USD $2,560).
However, it is the coveted golden lion APT trophy and the sizable VND 3,935,285,000 (~USD $165,280) top prize that will be the focus of all remaining players in the field.
All Main Event payouts with USD currency conversions can be viewed HERE.
Action restarted on level 11, with blinds recommencing at 800/1,600 with a 1,600 big blind ante. The action played out over ten 60-minute levels, with play concluding on level 20 as the players fought their way through to the 95 paying positions and beyond.
The money bubble was a drawn-out affair, rearing its ugly head midway through level 17 with cagey hand-for-hand play lasting close to an hour and 15 minutes and concluding near the close of level 18.
It was Australia's Armon Van Wijk the man to depart in pokers' most unenviable position, moving all in from under-the-gun for his last 2,000 in chips with pocket queens and finding five customers.
A sizable crowd gathered on the rail to watch the hand play out, and while Van Wijk had the best of it, the runout was not a kind one, with four diamonds on the board by the time the dealer peeled the final card off the deck.
Five of the six players in the hand did not hold a diamond, but unfortunately for Van Wijk, Hong Kong's Charles Wong was the sixth man and held the five of diamonds to bring the Australian's tournament to an end and guarantee all 95 surviving players a cash reward.
The Aussie did receive a consolation prize, however, with APT President Neil Johnson presenting him with a random prize draw, with Van Wijk pulling a VND 11,000,000 ticket to the Mini Main Event.
Australia's Armon Van Wijk (on the right of tournament director Raymond Gamier) looks on as his fate is decided on the Main Event bubble
It feels a bit like Groundhog Day as for the second APT Summer Series in a row, it is Japan's Daiki Shingae who is leading the final 48 players.
Shingae bagged up a sizable 1,725,000 in chips after the ten 60-minute levels of Day 2 played out, and sits comfortably atop the counts with over 400,000 more (33 big blinds) than next his closest rival.
That rival in question is Thailand's Chumphon Naisanthat, who bagged up a respectable 1,322,000, with Vietnam's Nguyen Dang Lam Hong rounding out the top three stacks after she finished the day on 1,284,000, with the top ten stacks as follows:
MAIN EVENT DAY 2 TOP TEN STACKS
- Daiki Shingae (Japan) – 1,725,000
- Chumphon Naisanthat (Thailand) – 1,322,000
- Nguyen Dang Lam Hong (Vietnam) – 1,284,000
- Hung Manh Nguyen (Vietnam) – 1,118,000
- Nopparat Kongjai (Thailand) – 1,095,000
- Shixiang Khoo (Singapore) – 1,078,000
- Gavin Flynn (Ireland) – 1,059,000
- Ming Huang (China) – 968,000
- Tran Duc Tuan (Vietnam) – 959,000
- Yu-Chung Chang (Taiwan) – 946,000
Other notables left in contention include Japan's Junichi Nakagiri (885,000), China's Quan Qiu (842,000), and Yingrui Ge (670,000), the USA's Kyle Bao (507,000), two-time Series High Roller champion Joshua Mccully (532,000), Flight A frontrunner Anuj Yadav (325,000), High Roller champion Pham Duy Anh (245,000), and Sweden's Daniel Brugman (181,000).
Whatever happens come Day 3, the APT Summer Series Da Nang 2023 will be crowning a brand new champion.
Former Main Event winners Vamerdino Magsakay (62nd for VND 69,090,000), Michael Lindstrom (54th for VND 77,340,000) and Hai Nam Hoang (49th for VND 77,340,000) all fell by the wayside as play progressed, with Hoang's exit concluding the action for the day.
For Main Event Results please CLICK HERE
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Day 3 gets underway at 12pm local time on Friday, July 28 with the tournament playing down to the nine-handed final table.
Day 4 will play out at 12:15pm on Saturday, July 29 with the tournament crowning a champion.
For Main Event Day 3 Redraw please CLICK HERE
Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 - Draws 161 Runners; Vietnam's Thanh Hien Tran Leads Day 1 with VND 2.81BN (~USD $118K) in the Prize Pool
Vietnam's Harvey Thanh Hien Tran topped the Zodiac Classic chip counts after Day 1
All the tournament thrills and spills were not exclusive to the Main Event, with the two-day VND 20,000,000 Event #40 Zodiac Classic - Sponsored by Natural8 - Single Re-Entry and its tasty VND 1.5 billion (~USD$ 63,250) prize pool guarantee getting underway at 4pm local time.
Day 1 saw a field of 161 entries (136 unique) assemble, all looking to stake their claim to a share of the VND 2,811,060,000 (~USD $118,580) prize pool.
For Zodiac Classic Prize Pool & Payout Information please CLICK HERE
After the scheduled fourteen 30-minute levels played out just 53 players survived to find a chip bag. However, with only the top 23 places paying out, 30 of them will be departing empty-handed.
It is Vietnam's Harvey Thanh Hien Tran who will be returning in the box seat with his sights set on claiming the VND 653,570,000 (~USD $27,550 top prize after bagging up a stack of 377,000.
Tran was the only player to crack the 300K chip barrier, with next closest competitor Pham Thanh Tung concluding play with a stack of 279,500.
India's Ashish Munot (256,000) rounds out the top three, with the top ten stacks as follows:
ZODIAC CLASSIC TOP TEN DAY 1 STACKS
- Thanh Hien Tran (Vietnam) – 377,000
- Pham Thanh Tung (Vietnam) – 279,500
- Ashish Munot (India) – 256,000
- Bien Mai (Vietnam) – 256,000
- Ngoc Minh Le (Vietnam) – 252,000
- Chak Lam Tsang (Hong Kong) – 244,500
- Po-Ching Lin (Taiwan) – 235,500
- Heesoo Im (South Korea) – 232,000
- Nguyen Trung Quan (Vietnam) – 191,000
- Nguyen Nang Quang (Vietnam) – 184,500
For Event #40 Zodiac Classic Day 2 Draw please CLICK HERE
Vietnam's Van Lich Vu Scores Second Series Title in Event #39 Single Day High Roller - 8 Max
Vietnam's Van Lich Vu scored his second Series title and fourth APT title in Event #39 Single Day High Roller
The seventh of the APT Summer Series Da Nang's scheduled High Roller tournaments – the VND 60,000,000 Event #39 Single Day High Roller - 8 Max – saw 59 high rolling entries (42 unique) in action.
The tournament kicked off at 3pm local time, with players competing for a VND 3,090,420,000 (~USD $130,420) prize pool.
Once again, this proved to be a tournament packed with talent, with notables in the running including Chinese bracelet winner Renji Mao, Vietnam's Nguyen Trung Quan, New Zealand's Slade Fisher, and Japanese rockstar Gakuto "Gackt" Oshiro to name but a few.
It took twenty-seven 20-minute levels to crown a champion, with Vietnam's Van Lich Vu scoring his second Series title victory and taking the VND 927,130,000 (~USD $39,140) top prize.
Vu defeated China's Sili Zhang heads-up to claim his fourth APT title and second High Roller title.
That makes Vu the fifth player to win a double title this Series, joining the ranks of triple champion Jia-Ming Zhang, two-time High Roller Series champion Joshua Mccully, Vietnam's Ngoc Minh Le, and South Korea's Hyeongyu Song who claimed his second Series title in Event #37 Turbo - Double Stack – which you can read about below.
Zhang collected VND 670,620,000 (~USD $28,290) for his runner-up finish, with compatriot Duo Su rounding out the podium and taking VND 432,660,000 (~USD $18,230) for third place.
A total of eight players made the money, with the tournament paying out as follows:
SINGLE DAY HIGH ROLLER 8 MAX RESULTS
- Van Lich Vu (Vietnam) – VND 927,130,000
- Sili Zhang (China) – VND 670,620,000
- Duo Su (China) – VND 432,660,000
- Tuan Nguyen (Vietnam) – VND 327,580,000
- Dongkyu Kim (South Korea) – VND 253,410,000
- Slade Fisher (New Zealand) – VND 197,790,000
- Gakuto Oshiro (Japan) – VND 157,610,000
- Alan Khoo (Singapore) – VND 123,620,000
For Event #39 Single Day High Roller - 8 Max Results please CLICK HERE
All tournament information can be found on the Official Results page.
SIDE EVENT ACTION
South Korea's Hyeongyu Song Scores Double Series Title in Event #37 Turbo - Double Stack
South Korea's Hyeongyu Song claimed his second Series title and second APT career title in Event #37 Turbo - Double Stack
Playing out in the early hours of Thursday morning, the VND 8,000,000 Event #37 Turbo - Double Stack proved to be the largest of the Series turbo side events played so far.
The tournament drew a 131-strong field (112 unique), who fought it out at the felt over twenty-six fast-paced 15-minute levels for a share of the VND 914,904,000 (~USD$38,370) prize pool.
It was South Korea's Hyeongyu Song the man to take it down, claiming the VND 230,184,000 (~USD $9,710) top prize and his second title of the Series.
Following on from Van Lich Vu's win in the Event #39 Single Day High Roller reported on above, Song was the fourth player to win a double title this Series.
The South Korean player defeated Vietnam's Le Quang Son to clinch his second career APT title, with Son taking VND 155,530,000 (~USD $6,550) for his runner-up finish.
Thailand's Pokchat Ratanatabtim rounded out the podium, collecting VND 101,100,000 (~USD $4,260) for third place.
A total of 17 players made the money, with the final table paying out as follows:
TURBO DOUBLE STACK FINAL TABLE RESULTS
- Hyeongyu Song (South Korea) – VND 230,184,000
- Le Quang Son (Vietnam) – VND 155,530,000
- Pokchat Ratanatabtim (Thailand) – VND 101,100,000
- Nguyen Van Linh (Australia) – VND 83,710,000
- Linh Duong Ngo (Vietnam) – VND 67,520,000
- Freddy Jin Wei Kwek (Singapore) – VND 53,250,000
- Nguyen Hoang Long (Vietnam) – VND 40,710,000
- Sutthipong Phanchapo (Thailand) – VND 30,650,000
- Bannawich Thongwigitr (Thailand) – VND 22,870,000
For Event #37 Turbo - Double Stack Results please CLICK HERE
All tournament information can be found on the Official Results page.
All the Money Goes to Japan's Ko Goto in Event #38 NLH - Double Board, Single Winner - Hyper Turbo
Japan's Ko Goto claimed his maiden APT title in Event #38 NLH - Double Board, Single Winner - Hyper Turbo
Another of the new No Limit tournament variants making its APT debut, the VND 4,000,000 Event #38 NLH - Double Board, Single Winner - Hyper Turbo grants the pot to the player with the best hand possible from either board, with no split pots.
the tournament drew a field of 79 entries (64 unique), who battled it out over twenty-three turbocharged 10-minute levels for a VND 275,868,000 (~USD 11,600) prize pool.
The largest portion of the prize pool went to Japan's Ko Goto who earned a VND 75,858,000 (~USD $3,200) top prize and claimed his maiden APT title after defeating India's Ramesh Thotapalli heads up.
Thotapalli received VND 53,930,000 (~USD $2,280) for his runner-up finish, with Taiwan's Chun Chieh Liu completing the winners' triumvirate and collecting VND 35,310,000 (~USD $1,490) for third place.
A total of 11 players made the money, with the tournament paying out as follows:
DOUBLE BOARD SINGLE WINNER RESULTS
- Ko Goto (Japan) – VND 75,858,000
- Ramesh Thotapalli (India) – VND 53,930,000
- Chun Chieh Liu (Taiwan) – VND 35,310,000
- Tsz Ki Lo (Macau) – VND 27,170,000
- Jun Weng (China) – VND 21,520,000
- Hayato Obana (Japan) – VND 16,830,000
- Kakeru Fujiwara (Japan) – VND 13,240,000
- Thomas Teresi (United States) – VND 10,350,000
- Yuhei Ono (Japan) – VND 7,860,000
- Renji Mao (China) – VND 6,900,000
- Macaron Tran (Vietnam) – VND 6,900,000
For Event #38 NLH - Double Board, Single Winner - Hyper Turbo Results please CLICK HERE
All tournament information can be found on the Official Results page.