APT Main Event - Flight A (60 Mins) - VND 25,000,000,000 GTD

Deepankur Gupta

Flight A of VND 36,000,000 APT Main Event has concluded with 189 entries (142 unique) generated following ten 60-minute levels, with only 70 hopefuls successfully bagging up their chips and moving on to Day 2 on Thursday, Nov. 14th.

India’s Deepankur Gupta sits at the top of the leaderboard after navigating the day’s play and accumulating 307,800 chips, maintaining his momentum from an early level with strategic moves, including a key shove holding an eight.

The one close behind is Vietnam’s Dong Van Tan, an APT regular, who has also amassed a healthy stack of 290,500 for Day 2. Nguyen Trung Quan, winner of the 2023 APT Phu Quoc Super High Roller, has likewise maneuvered his way into a stellar position with 243,900 chips.

Nguyen Trung Quan

After grabbing the title of the 2024 APT Jeju Super Hyper Turbo – Win The Button, Philippines’ Charles Pansoy (226,800) is not going to let go of the chance to add another trophy to his record. He kept his ambition high and claimed yet another elimination by going all in with his pocket fours against Jennifer Cassel’s ace-deuce..

Motoyoshi Okamura (134,800), the 2022 APT Korea Incheon High Rollers champion, scored a thrilling double-up at the end of the last level, with his jack-nine blossoming into quads by the end of the hand.

Other notables to managed it to Day 2 include Taiwan’s Chi Jen “Justin” Chu (147,300), China’s Peng Chen (144,500), France’s Adrien Favre (122,500), and South Korea’s Gab Yong Kim (97,600).

TOP TEN FLIGHT A CHIP COUNTS

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Join us for highlighted coverage of Flight B tomorrow, beginning at 11:00am local time (GMT+7), with six faster 45-minute levels from Levels 1 through 6, followed by four 60-minute levels from Levels 7 through 10.

Flight A of the APT Main Event has come to a close, stay tuned for a full recap of the day's events.

Jia Han Lin opened under-the-gun to 2,500 and got three callers: Motoyoshi Okamura in middle position, Adrien Favre on the button, and Avneesh Munja in the small blind.

The flop came down 9♠ K♦ 2♥. After Munja checked, Lin continued with a bet of 3,900, which was called by Okamura. The other two players folded, leaving it heads-up.

On the turn 9♣, Okamura led out with 10,000, and Lin check-called. Finally, on the river 9♦, Lin checked again, and Okamura shoved all-in for his tournament life with the end of the day so close. Lin called.

Motoyoshi Okamura: J♥ 9♥

Jia Han Lin: K♥ J♦

Okamura couldn’t contain his excitement as he doubled up with quads just before the day ended. Lin, on the other hand, was left with less than the starting stack.

Dylan Forster

It's a pre-flop showdown between Dylan Foster and Gab Yong Kim that seems to have frozen action at Table #48. With the two largest stacks on the table, their pre-flop battles left the other players chatting about anything and everything.

In one hand, Foster opened to 2,500 on the button, only for Kim to respond with a three-bet. When the action circled back, Foster four-bet to 26,000, prompting Kim to shove all-in. Foster folded.

Tuong Tran Khac in Seat #1 quietly remarked to Peng Chen and Wai Cheung Ka, “No one can make a move because it's always a three-bet, then a four-bet, then a five-bet.” Meanwhile, Milos Skrbic was engaged in friendly conversation with his tablemate Alexander Charron.

On the very next hand, Foster opened from the cutoff to 2,500, and Kim again three-bet, this time to 8,900. After the others folded, Foster countered with a four-bet to 30,000, which finally got Kim to fold. Foster showed pocket tens as he scooped the pot, earning a satisfied tap on the table from Kim.

Khac looked at them in disbelief, while Ka chuckled.

Tournament Director has announced the last 7 hands of the day before the players start bagging their chips.

Vladimir Lasitov

Vladimir Lasitov opened the hi-jack with a 2,500 bet which was re-raised by Justin Tsui in small blind for 10,500. Lasito called to a see a flop of 6♠ T♠ 5♣.

Tsui led out with 8,000 to be called by Lasitov. Tsui checked the turn 6♦ allowing Lasitov to fire 10,000 whichi Tsui called to keep the action alive.

Another check came from Tsui on the rivered 9♦, with one of the bigger stacks in the field, Lasitov shoved all-in. With only about 54,000 behind and in the last level of the day, Tsui took his time to consider his option. After much thought, Tsui put in his chips for a call slowly as if unsure of his decision.

Justin Tsui: A♥ T♥

Vladimir Lasitov: A♠ 2♠

With Tsui hitting the board and the board pairing Tsui got himself a two-pair while Lasitov missed his flush draw. Lasitov had to make a comment, however and said, "What were you thinking about? Snap-call!"

Bui Anh raised to 2,500 from under the gun and received three callers, Romit Advani on the button, Phan Thang from the small blind, and Julian Warhurst from the small blind.

On the K♣ 5♥ 3♣ flop, the blinds checked it to Anh, who bet 2,200. Only Thang called to see the Q♦ land on the turn, where Thang bet 4,000 and Anh stuck around.

The 8♠ dropped on the river, and the action went check-check. Thang tabled ace-high with A♥ 4♥, while Anh also flipped ace-high with A♠ J♣, with Anh’s jack kicker securing the pot.

Maxim Sorokin limped in from the small blind and Justin Tsui checked from the big blind to take it into the streets.

On the flop of 6♣ K♣ K♦, Sorokin bet 1,200 and Tsui called to see the 8♣ fall on the turn, where Sorokin bet 2,500 and Tsui stuck around again.

The river brought the 5♠. Sorokin kept to his strategy and fired out a bet of 7,500 this time. This didn’t deter Tsui from making the call.

Sorokin tabled 7♥ 5♣ for rivered two pair, but it was still not enough to win the hand as his opponent also flipped rivered two pair with Q♣ 5♥. Tsui's queen kicker played, which shipped the pot his way.

Dylan Foster raised to 2,500 from middle position and Peng Chen called on the button.

Both read the flop of 3♦ J♥ A♦ and checked through to see the 5♠ fall on the turn, where Foster bet 3,500 and Chen made the call.

The 8♥ showed on the river, prompting a bet of 10,500 from Foster, which Chen snap-called. Foster flipped Q♠ 7♥ for a bluff and got cracked against Chen’s 4♣ 4♠.

Charles Pansoy

Van Dan Nguyen opend the cut-off with a bet of 2,500 to be called by Charles Pansoy on the button. Jia Han Lin, however, had other things in mind and decided to raise the heat by three-betting to 8,500. Both Nguyen and Pansoy called to see a flop.

The flop came down 3♦ T♥ 9♠, and Lin led out with a bet of 7,500. Nguyen folded, but Pansoy applied pressure with a raise to 15,000. Lin gave him a perplexed look before making the call.

Both players checked the turn A♥. Then, on the 2♠ river, Lin fired out 22,800. Pansoy separated 22,800 from his stack and considered his action, shuffling his chips thoughtfully. He then carefully set aside another 22,800, making it a raise to 45,600.

Lin went into the tank, visibly struggling to piece together what Pansoy might be holding. After a long pause, he reluctantly folded. Pansoy showed the T♦ and asked, "Two pair—good?" Lin stayed quiet, shaking his head.