APT Main Event - Flight B (45/60 Mins) - VND 25,000,000,000 GTD

Sergei Korzhenko

Flight B of the VND 36M APT Main Event has concluded with 204 entries (156 unique) generated following six 45-minute and four 60-minute levels, with 66 players bagging up their chips and coming back for Day 2 on Thursday, Nov. 14th.

Russia's Sergei Korzhenko sits at the top of the leaderboard after consistently chipping up throughout the day. He will start Day 2 with 372,300 chips. For a few levels of the day, he could be observed engaging in exciting battles with fellow big stack Nang Quang Nguyen who was sitting on his left.

The Vietnamese professional, with over USD 1 million in live earnings, ended the day second in chips, bagging 323,000. The podium of Flight B was completed by the China's Kaihua Huang with 306,200 chips. Huang continued the great run he is having here at APT Phu Quoc after winning Event #11 Super Hyper Turbo, and finishing in 4th place in Event #28 Tick Tock Boom!.

Kannapong Thanarattrakul

One player who will certainly be excited for Day 2 of the Main Event is Vietnam's own Pham Thanh Nghia. In one of the last hands of the day his pocket queens helped him to finish with 235,600, which puts him into the top 10 chip counts.

A nationality that will be represented well on Day 2 is Thailand with ten players in Flight B making it through. Both Phanlert Sukonthachartnant (171,300), and Kannapong Thanarattrakul (152,200) are two players to look out for on Thursday, sitting in #4 and #2 respectively on the Thailand All-Time Money List.

Other notables to make it through include Singapore's The Naing (139,500), Australia's Yita Choong (121,000), Cypriot bracelet winner Georgios Skarparis (97,100), Sweden's Mikael Andersson (88,800), and the Philippines' David Erquiaga (43,800).

TOP TEN FLIGHT B CHIP COUNTS

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Join us for highlighted coverage of Flight C tomorrow, beginning at 11:00am local time (GMT+7), and Flight D which starts at 6pm.

And that's it for Flight B of the APT Phu Quoc Main Event. The remaining players are currently bagging their chips. They will come back on Thursday for day 2. Stay tuned here for a full recap of today's action.

Kannapon Thanarattrakul

Action picked up with Kannapon Thanarattrakul all-in for 60,000 on a completed board: 2♦ T♥ A♠ 6♥ 8♦, with nearly 40,000 already in the pot. Long Zhengtao was deep in thought as the tournament director announced that only five hands remained before the end of the day. After careful consideration, Zhengtao decided to fold, left with almost his starting stack.

With everyone eager to build their chip stacks before the day concluded, Thanarattrakul pushed the action further on the third-to-last hand. On a board of T♥ 8♦ 9♠ J♣, Thanarattrakul bet the pot for 11,000, and Tran Ahn called.

Then on the river, 2♠, Thanarattrakul moved all-in with a 60,000-chip tower in the middle, forcing Ahn to make a decision. Ahn took his time, scrutinizing his hand, glancing at Thanarattrakul, trying to decipher what his opponent might be holding. After some thought, Ahn made the call.

Tran Ahn: J♠ 7♠

Kannapon Thanarattrakul: A♥ Q♣

Ahn’s straight on the flop was no match for Thanarattrakul's higher straight caught on the turn, which sent Ahn to hit the rails just short of Day 2.

With some tables already bagging up for the night, Zijing Zhan, facing elimination, moved all-in for about 27,000 from the small blind on a completed board of 3♠ J♠ 5♥ 7♥ 4♦ and awaited Hoang Hai Long's decision. With his own stack at risk of taking a hit, Long carefully weighed his options before finally making the call.

Zijing Zhan: 6♥ 6♣

Hoang Hai Long: A♥ A♦

Zhan had landed a backdoor straight, cracking Long's aces and leaving Long’s stack crippled, down to near the starting level.

Pham Nghia

In one of the last hands of Flight B Pham Nghia opened from middle-position and An Binh next to him moved all-in for 11,800. Sehoon Yoon in late-position raised to 25,000 and Nghia had a decision to make. After a couple of minutes he decided on a call.

The flop came down T♥ T♠ 5♥ which Nghia and Yoon both checked.

On the 4♣ turn Nghia bet 16,000 which Yoon called. The 2♦ river went without action.

An Binh: A♥ 4♦

Pham Nghia: Q♦ Q♥

Sehoon Yoon: J♦ J♠

The pair of queens was enough for Nghia to take down the pot. You could that this tournament means a lot to him as he was celebrating with his friend after the hand.

Yingrui Ge opened the button and Jean Souprayenmestry three-bet from the small-blind. Ge called and the flop came down T♠ 6♦ 3♠. The small-blind continued with a bet of 11,500, which the button called.

On the 4♥ turn Souprayenmestry jammed all-in, totalling around 21,000. With a gesture that could be interpreted as "not giving a damn", Ge splashed the calling chips into the middle.

Jean Souprayenmestry: Q♥ Q♦

Yingrui Ge: A♦ 2♥

On the river appeared the 5♦, giving Ge a miracle straight and busting Souprayenmestry in brutal fashion in the last level of the day.

David Erquiaga

Action was picked up with David "Spade" Erquiaga raising The Naing's 15,000 bet on the river, prompting The Naing to go into the tank. After much deliberation, The Naing shoved all-in, and Erquiaga snap-called.

David "Spade" Erquiaga: 7♣ 7♦

The Naing: Q♥ J♣

Board: 6♠ 9♥ 4♣ 8♦ T♣

Both players made a straight on the river, with The Naing hitting the higher straight. It was a heartbreaking near-miss for Erquiaga, who left the table frustrated by the turn of events.

However, that did not stop Erquiaga from heading to the registration desk to re-enter midway though the last level of the day.

Mikael Andersson

Mingcong Chen opened from the hi-jack to 2,400 and got called by Quang Kiem Nguyen. Mikael Andersson in the small blind had other plans and raised the ante to 10,000. Not being able to take the heat, Chen folded. Quang Nguyen called, to see a flop.

Andersson led out with 9,000 on the flop of 7♦ 2♥ 7♥ which Quang Nguyen called.

Slowing a bit, on the turn 6♠, Andersson checked allowing Quang Nguyen to shove all-in for his tournament life, which Andersson called.

Quang Kiem Nguyen: K♥ T♥

Mikael Andersson: 8♣ 8♥

Andersson had two-pair with the paired board but Quang Nguyen had a flush draw and two over cards to draw too.

Alas, it was not to be. The dealer dealt 2♦ finishing his run so close to the end of the day.

Quang Kiem Nguyen opened to 2,500 from the cut-off, and was met with a call from Nang Quang Nguyen, the tournament chip leader, who sat in the big blind.

The flop came down: 5♣ K♦ J♥. Nang Nguyen checked to Quang Nguyen, who bet 2,500. Nang Nguyen called.

The action heated up on the turn, 8♣, when Quang Nguyen fired 9,000 into the pot. Nang Nguyen responded with a dramatic all-in shove for nearly 300,000, forcing Quang Nguyen to go all-in himself, putting his tournament life at risk.

Quang Kiem Nguyen: 8♥ 5♥

Nang Quang Nguyen: A♥ K♥

Nang Nguyen caught top-pair on the flop while Quang Nguyen hit bottom pair which improved on the turn. The 4♠ didn't change Quang Nguyen's lead giving him a double up from the huge stack of Nang Nguyen

Jack Moore

Ho Ip opened from middle-position and Minh Dang as well as Jack Moore in the blinds went along.

On a A♣ J♠ 6♦ board, both blinds checked to Ip, who continued with a 2,800 bet, Dang called, and Moore threw in a cheeky re-raised to 11,000. Only the original opener called.

The 4♠ came on the turn and Moore gave up and checked. Ip bet 10,000 and Moore quickly folded.