APT - Main Event Final Day

The first APT Main Event of 2023 has been won by Hai Nam Hoang of Vietnam. He took down the APT Hanoi for ₫2,794,200,000 after reaching an ICM deal with fellow countryman Tuan Tai Nguyen (₫2,100,000,000). After a memorable final table, these two maneuvered themselves heads-up. The players agreed not to continue playing, which meant the title went to Hai Nam Hoang as he was the current chip leader.

The first player that busted out on the final table was Russian’s German Bukharov (8th – ₫314,340,000). In a Russian confrontation, he lost all his chips with pocket eights against Rudnev’s pocket nine. Hoang’s road to victory got a gigantic boost after winning a three-way all-in with pocket queens against Duc Trung Dinh’s (7th – ₫459,930,000) ace-queen and former APT Macau Main Event champion Zhao Feng (6th – ₫631,210,000). The Singaporean showed pocket tens, but a queen on the flop sealed the deal for Hoang.

After the bust outs of Son Le (5th – ₫810,420,000), and Thanh Hai Nguyen (4th – ₫1,022,940,000) we saw a fierce battle between Hai Nam Hoang, Petr Rudnev and Tuan Tai Nguyen. Hoang and Rudnev kept swapping the chip lead, but after a lost coinflip Rudnev’s stack started dwindling. The Russian, based in Thailand, lost his last chips when Nguyen’s jack-ten stayed strong against Rudnev’s (3rd – ₫1,335,370,000) jack-eight.

After winning his maiden APT title we spoke to Hai Nam Nguyen via the aid of a translator: “This is only my second time playing in an event with such a big field, and to become the champion of a Main Event is a great feeling. I’d like to say a big thank you and I appreciate everything APT and the VSOP have done to make this a great event and it was a pleasure to be here.” “I just played the best I could and took it step by step, hoping I could go as deep as I could,”

Tomorrow the APT Hanoi is back at 11 AM with the final day of the High Roller event. The live stream starts at 11:30 AM, and the live reporting blog the moment cards are dealt on the outer tables.

The heads-up is underway with blinds 200k/400k with an ante of 400k.

We are now heads-up in the APT Hanoi Main Event. It will be an all Vietnamese battle between Hai Nam Hoang and Tuan Tai Nguyen. Hoang is our chip leader, but Nguyen has 25 big blinds to turn it around.

Heads-up payouts:

1st: VND 3,025,950,000 (~$127,089)

2nd: VND 1,868,250,000 (~$78,466)

Petr Rudnev was getting shorter and shorter in the last 30 minutes. He had to make a move with his last 5 big blinds.

Rudnev shoved from the small blind with J♦ 8♦ and got called by the big blind of Tuan Tai Nguyen. The Vietnamese holding J♥ T♣ dominated the Russian.

Rubnev needed some help from the board, but didn't get any 6♣ 6♠ 3♠ 7♠ 5♥

Petr Rubnev started the day as the absolute short stack. He made his way to the chip lead at the final 3, but after a lost coin flip against Hoang he was back to being the short stack. This 3th place earned Rubnev ₫1,335,370,000 (~$56,085).

Meantime the APT High Roller Day 1B is on 122 entries.

Players: 74/122.

BBA: 1,5k/3k/3k.

Starting stack is 100k, and late registration is open till 8:30 PM. Day 1A of the High Roller saw 64 entries. This means the guaranteed prize pool is already tripled to over ₫9,000,000,000. Do not miss out on the action inside the VSOP Poker Club.

Final 3 chip counts:

The blinds are up in the Main Event.

BBA: 150k/300/300k

Final 3 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)

Petr Rudnev is our new chip leader. The Russian raised from the button to 500k. Hoang folds, action on Tuan Tai Nguyen in the big blinds. Nguyen picked up 5♥ 5♣ and covers Rudnev by around 20 big blinds.

The Vietnamese jammed all-in and gets snapped off by Rudnev's J♥ J♣.

The board ran out J♦ 4♦ 6♠ 9♥ Q♣. Rudnev doubled up to the chip lead!

The Main Event blinds are up!

BBA: 125k/250k/250k.

We have 3 players left.

1st: VND 3,025,950,000 (~$127,089)

2nd: VND 1,868,250,000 (~$78,466)

3rd: VND 1,335,370,000 (~$56,085)

Tuan Tai Nguyen raised up the action from the dealer button to 550k with A♥ Q♣. In the big blind Thanh Hai Nguyen sat on 17 big blinds with 5♠ 5♣. He shoved his entire stack in the middle. Tuan Tai Nguyen thought it over for a while, but came to the conclusion he can't fold.

The flop came queen-high 7♠ Q♥ 2♥. Thanh couldn't improve as the board ran out 8♠ T♦.

Thanh Hai Nguyen busted in 4th place ₫1,022,940,000 (~$42,963).