APT Main Event - Flight C (30/45 Mins) - VND 25,000,000,000 GTD

Jinlong Hu

China’s Jinlong Hu, a three-time APT title holder (2019 APT Ho Chi Minh Single Day, 2023 APT Hanoi Tick Tock, and High Speed Main Event), leads the pack of the VND 36M Main Event after topping Flight C with an impressive stack of 476,600.

Hu finished at the summit of the leaderboard by eliminating Manuel Blaschke, who had accumulated over one hundred fifty thousand chips before Hu showed him the door and shot to the top of the chip counts in one of the last hands played on level 10 of Flight C.

This flight saw 92 survivors emerge from a field of 225 entries (164 unique), bringing the total entries to 618, with Flight D still ongoing and registration open until 12:30 am local time.

Do Tien Vu is chasing closely with 447,800 chips, followed by Truong Thang Minh with 357,000. Nopparat Kongjai (221,600) climbed up the leaderboard with a tricky bluff using ace-eight in the last level of play. Gukhwan Woo (190,700) had a strong start, delivering an early knockout with a rivered flush using king-deuce against Pham Duy Anh’s ace-queen.

Gukhwan Woo

Hong Kong’s Tsz Fai Tong (70,200) maintained a steady run and scored another elimination with a flush using his ace-eight suited against Kiyoung Kim’s ace-deuce.

Natalia Rozova (61,700), the 2023 APT Hanoi Billions Single Day High Roller Mystery Bounty champion, went aggressive with quads late in the second-to-last level. Though she didn’t claim elimination, she left her opponent short with less than 20,000 chips.

Thanh Phat Nguyen (37,100) chipped up in a three-way showdown by flopping a seven, taking the pot with his king kicker against Le Van Hung’s seven-six and delivering elimination to Thanh Luong Dang.

Taiwan’s Li Ta “Leon” Hsu continued the run of form that has seen him claim six APT titles this year in the last three festivals by bagging a top ten stack:

Top Ten Flight C Stacks

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Flight D is now underway, offering players a final chance to build a stack for Day 2. The latest updates can be found on the APT blog.

Flight C of the APT Main Event has ended. A recap of the day's action will follow shortly.

Gia Nguyen opened from the button and Xuddong Yang defended his big-blind. On T♠ 4♠ 2♥ Nguyen continued with a 4,000 bet to which Yang responded with an all-in with his 17,600 chips. Nguyen called and Yang was at risk busting at the very end of Day 1.

Xuddong Yang: T♣ 4♣

Gia Nguyen: A♣ 3♦

Yang had to fade the five to double up back to starting stack, and indeed the turn J♣ and river 3♠ ran out clean for the Chinese national.

The action was picked up on a flop of 5♣ K♥ 9♦ with around 8,500 chips in the pot when Jadsadakorn Chaihan bet 3,000 and Minh Truong Thang called.

Both see the board-pairing 5♠ land on the turn, where Chaihan checked the atciton to Thang, who led out 8,000 and forced his opponent to fold.

Manuel Blaschke

On the flop of 5♠ 6♦ 2♥, there were around 13,000 chips in the middle when The Tien Nguyen from the small blind and Beibei Sun from the big blind checked the action to Hao Nguyen from under the gun, who then led out for 5,500. Manuel Blaschke put in a raise to 12,000 from the cutoff. Only Nguyen dropped in a call.

The 9♥ landed on the turn, where Nguyen checked the action to her opponent, and Blaschke fired out 9,500, which Nguyen made the call.

The river brought a 4♠, and Nguyen checked over again. Blaschke fired out 16,000 this time, sending Nguyen into the tank. After a long time, Nguyen eventually mucked her hand.

Tuan Tai Nguyen raised to 2,500 from under the gun and received three callers.

On the flop of 3♣ 5♠ Q♥, Hung bet 3,000 from the small blind and only Nguyen dropped in a call.

The J♠ came on the turn, where Hung bet 2,200 and Nguyen stuck around to see the 7♥ fall hit on the river. Hung bet 3,000, which made his opponent return his cards back to the dealer.

Thai player Nopparat Kongjai opened from early-position and got four callers. The flop came down 5♥ 3♥ 3♣ and Kongjai continued with a 7,500 bet. Only his fellow countrymen Supanat Rojsukthavorn on the button called.

The turn brought the T♣ and Kongjai continued to fire 13,000. The button called once more and the river came the J♦ For a third time Kongjai put in a bet, this time 23,000. Rojsukthavorn seemingly was in a tough spot.

For multiple minutes he thought about his decision, even already counting out the calling chips. Kongjai did some acting himself. In the end, Rojsukthavorn decided to let his cards go. Regrets were coming fast though, as Kongjai tabled A♦ 8♥ for the airball bluff.

Kiyoung Kim raised to 2,500 from under the gun and Tsz Fai Tong three-bet to 6,000 on the button. Kim made the call.

On the flop of T♦ 5♦ 2♠, Kim checked the action to Tong, who bet 4,000 only to face a raise to 12,000 from Kim. Tong then shoved all-in and Kim snap-called.

Tsz Fai Tong: A♦ 8♦

Kiyoung Kim: A♥ 2♥

Kim picked up the lead for a pair of deuces, and Tong received a flush draw from the board. The turn brought a 4♦, completing Tong’s flush, leaving Kim no chance to win. A T♠ hit on the river only to complete the runout, sealing Kim’s fate and elimination.

On the flop of 7♥ 5♣ 3♦, Thanh Luong Dang shoved all in, and Thanh Phat Nguyen put in a raise, which Le Van Hung called.

They saw the 2♦ fall on the turn, where Nguyen bet 4,000 and Hung dropped in a call. A Q♥ came on the river, and the action went check-check.

Dang tabled 8♥ 4♦ while Nguyen flipped K♠ 7♠ for a flopped pair of sevens and Hung turned over 7♣ 6♣, meaning Nguyen scooped the pot and claimed one elimination.

Natalia Rozova

Natalia Rozova opened from the cut-off and only Yung Lo in the big-blind called. Q♦ 7♣ 3♣ was the flop and Rozova continued with a bet of 2,500. Lo called and both players saw the 3♠ appear on the turn. Rozova bet 4,000, which Lo called once again.

The river came with another Q♥, double pairing the board. Lo checked and Rozova fired for a third time, for an amount of 17,000. To her disappointment Lo folded his hand. Rozova showed Q♠ Q♣ for quads.