APT PHU QUOC SCHEDULE | OFFICIAL RESULTS | IMAGES | WINNERS
PHU QUOC, VIETNAM, March 30, 2023 – The numbers are in for the APT Phu Quoc ₫30,000,000+3,000,000 Main Event with the tournament smashing the ₫10-billion (~$420,000) guarantee and drawing a 507-strong field comprised of 284 unique players – setting a new record for the Phu Quoc leg of the tour.
Playing out at the Sapphire Conference Room at the luxurious Corona Resort & Casino, a further 25 players joined the Day 2 Main Event field before the tournament got underway at 12pm local time.
These late entries swelled the Day 2 field to 231 players, all looking to earn their share of the ₫14,753,700,000 (~$619,655) prize pool.
A min-cash is good for ₫56,060,000 ($2,350), but all will be firmly focused on claiming the **₫2,847,540,000 ($119,600) top prize**.
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 eight 60-minute levels, with play concluding on level 19 as the players fought their way through to the 71 paying positions and beyond.
The money bubble was reached and breached midway through level 17, with Vietnam's Trinh Anh Dung departing in the most unenviable position in poker after his queen-jack was unable to overcome John "Bert" Perry's eight-seven, with the Australian pairing his seven on the flop to guarantee all 71 surviving players a cash reward.
Australia's John "Bert" Perry knocked out Trinh Anh Dung to burst the money bubble. All images courtesy of Enzo Arceo
The one silver lining for Dung was the fact he was wise enough to register on time on Flight B and take his seat before play started, entitling him to Main Event Bubble Protection. Dung will be credited with a ticket to a future APT Main Event – which just goes to show it pays to get protected.
It is Vietnam's Julien Tran who leads the 48 remaining Main Event survivors after bagging up a stack of 1,045,000. Tran enjoyed a great day at the felt, spinning his 29K start-of-day stack up to seven figures to narrowly pip France's Matthieu Lamagnere for the end-of-day lead.
Lamagnere will return second in the counts with a stack of 1,017,000 and was the only other player to crack 1 million in chips.
The USA's Peter Kiem (956,000) rounds out the top three, with the top ten stacks as follows:
MAIN EVENT TOP 10 STACKS
- Julien Tran (Vietnam) – 1,045,000
- Matthieu Lamagnere (France) – 1,017,000
- Peter Kiem (United States) – 956,000
- Yukina Oza (Japan) – 935,000
- Albert Gorelik (United States) – 835,000
- John Perry (Australia) – 807,000
- Deepak Bothra (India) – 684,000
- Jacque Ramsden (United Kingdom) – 670,000
- Craig Jones (United Kingdom) – 651,000
- Yuan Yilu (China) – 621,000
Other notables left in contention include Event #27 Turbo – 8 Max champion Anton Lu (570,000), China's Dong Chen (543,000), India's Siddharth Karia (489,000), Natural8 Ambassador Phachara Wongwichit (457,000), and Australia's Brendon Rubie (416,000) and Joshua Mccully (119,000) – the latter of whom will be returning as the short stack.
Vietnam's Duy Anh Nguyen exited in 49th place for a ₫63,440,000 (~$2,720) payday to close the action, with the 48 remaining players all guaranteed to receive a payout of at least the same.
Other notables to cash but come up short of a Day 3 spot include the Czech Republic's Roman Hrabec (50th for ₫63,440,000), and Super High Roller final tablist Hon Cheong Lee (66th for ₫56,060,000).
Notables to come up short of the cash included Day 2 entry Bertrand "Elky" Grosspellier, Flight A frontrunner Wanghee Lee, the Philippine's Florencio Campomanes, and former two-time Main Event champions Lester Edoc and Mike Takayama.
Day 3 gets underway at 12pm (GMT+7) on Friday, March 31, with the tournament playing down to the final table.
The Main Event action will conclude on Saturday, April 1, and see a new APT Phu Quoc Main Event champion crowned.
You can follow all the Main Event action as it played out via the APT blog, and you can watch the streamed live action of Day 2 via the APT YouTube channel.
For APT Main Event Day 3 Draw please CLICK HERE
Thailands Krishna Wadeesirisak Claims Gold in Event #28 Single Day High Roller 8 Max for ₫785.7M (~$33.7K)
Thailand's Krishna Wadeesirisak claimed his maiden APT title in the Event #28 Single Day High Roller 8 Max
All the tournament action was not exclusive to the Main Event, with the ₫50,000,000+5,000,000 Event #28 Single Day High Roller – 8 Max drawing a 54-strong field (42 unique) and generating a ₫2,619,000,000 (~$112,600) prize pool.
It was Thailand's Krishna Wadeesirisak who took the ₫785,700,000 (~$33,785) top prize, defeating Mongolia's Anarbayasgalan Sainjargal heads-up to claim his maiden APT title.
Sainjargal, making his third high roller final table appearance of the series, was once more forced to settle for silver, receiving ₫568,320,000 (~$24,430) for his runner-up finish.
Vietnam's Tran Hoang Nam rounded out the podium, claiming bronze and a payout of ₫366,660,000 ($15,760) for third, with China's Yake Wu making a fourth series high roller final table and collecting ₫277,610,000 ($11,900) for fourth.
A total of eight players made the money, with the tournament paying out as follows:
SINGLE DAY HIGH ROLLER – 8 MAX RESULTS
- Krishna Wadeesirisak (Thailand) – ₫785,700,000
- Anarbayasgalan Sainjargal (Mongolia) – ₫568,320,000
- Tran Hoang Nam (Vietnam) – ₫366,660,000
- Yake Wu (China) – ₫277,610,000
- Quang Huy Nguyen (Vietnam) – ₫214,760,000
- Hai An Nguyen (Vietnam) – ₫167,620,000
- Duy Thuc Nguyen (Vietnam) – ₫133,570,000
- Hong Quan Le (Vietnam) – ₫104,760,000
All prize pool and payout information can be found on the Official Results page.
France's Romain Morvan Leads Final 25 in Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 – with ₫1.37BN (~$59.2K) in the Prize Pool
France's Romain Morvan topped Day 1 of the Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8
The two-day ₫20,000,000+2,000,000 Event #29 Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 drew a 71-strong field (61 unique) and generated a ₫1,377,400,000 (~$59,220) prize pool.
After the twelve 30-minute levels played out just 25 players remained in contention for the ₫401,520,000 (~$17,265) top prize, with France's Romain Morvan topping the Day 1 chip counts and bagging up a stack of 254,000.
Reigning APT Da Nang Main Event champion Doo Sik Nam bagged the second-largest stack of 228,500, with Ireland's Paul King rounding out the top three, with the top ten stacks as follows:
ZODIAC CLASSIC TOP TEN STACKS
- Romain Morvan (France) – 254,000
- Doo Sik Nam (South Korea) – 228,500
- Paul King (Ireland) – 209,000
- Victor Em (Vietnam) – 181,500
- Nikolay Ponomarenko (Russia) – 167,500
- Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao (Vietnam) – 145,500
- Sinwoo Kim (South Korea) – 134,000
- Bien Mai (Vietnam) – 129,500
- Kiale Matthews (Australia) – 122,000
- Kaito Hirai (Japan) – 121,500
Other notables to make it through included Japan's Ken Okada (113,500), the UK's Ben Andrews (113,500), the Czech Republic's Roman Hrabec (91,500), the Philippines' Joseph Talamayan (71,000), Malaysia's Natalie Teh (70,000), and Australia's Jennifer Cassell – the latter bringing in the tournament short stack of 43,500.
Only nine of the returning 25 players will make the money when the second and final Day 2 resumes at 12:30pm local time, with the tournament playing down to a champion.
All prize pool and payout information can be found on the Official Results page.
For Zodiac Classic – Sponsored by Natural8 – Day 2 Draw please CLICK HERE
SIDE EVENT ACTION
Hong Kong's Kong Fung Claims Maiden APT Title in Event #26 Turbo for ₫87M (~$3.7K)
Hong Kong's Kong Fung claimed his maiden APT title in Event #26 Turbo
Playing out in the early hours of Thursday morning, the ₫5,000,000+500,000 Event #26 Turbo attracted a 75-strong field (56 unique) and generated a ₫363,750,000 (~$15,640) prize pool.
It was Hong Kong's Kong Fung who claimed his maiden APT title and a top prize of ₫87,022,000 ($3,740) after cutting a deal with heads-up opponent Yves Thalmann, with the Swiss player taking ₫84,128,000 ($3,600) for his runner-up finish.
A total of eleven players made the money, with the official eight-handed final table paying out as follows:
TURBO FINAL TABLE RESULTS
- Kong Fung (Hong Kong) – ₫87,022,000
- Yves Thalmann (Switzerland) – ₫84,128,000
- Rungrot Nuannoi (Thailand) – ₫46,560,000
- Bini Yoo (South Korea) – ₫35,830,000
- Khoi Nguyen (Vietnam) – ₫28,370,000
- Purevdorj Erdenebulgan (Mongolia) – ₫22,190,000
- Le Thien Phuc (Germany) – ₫17,460,000
- Shi Huiqi Corine (Singapore) – ₫13,640,000
All prize pool and payout information can be found on the Official Results page.
Australia's Anton Lu Wins First APT Title in Event #27 Turbo – 8 Max for ₫188.4M (~$8.1K)
Australia's Anton Lu won his first APT title in the Event #27 Turbo – 8 Max
The ₫15,000,000+1,500,000 Event #27 Turbo – 8 Max concluded in the wee hours of Thursday morning, with Australia's Anton Lu seeing off challenges from a 35-strong field (30 unique) to claim the lion's share of the ₫509,250,000 (~$21,900) prize pool.
Lu defeated Thailand's Krishna Wadeesirisak heads-up to take the ₫188,420,000 (~$8,100) top prize and claim his first APT title, with Wadeesirisak receiving ₫129,860,000 (~$5,580) for his runner-up finish.
A total of five players made the money, with the tournament paying out as follows:
TURBO – 8 MAX RESULTS
- Anton Lu (Australia) ₫188,420,000
- Krishna Wadeesirisak (Thailand) – ₫129,860,000
- Temuujin Narangerel (Mongolia) – ₫82,750,000
- Trung Thuy Duong (Vietnam) – ₫59,840,000
- Keng Yong Tan (Singapore) – ₫48,380,000
All prize pool and payout information can be found on the Official Results page.