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APT Vietnam 2018 wrapped up another starting day with 140 entries turning up at Pro Poker Club for the VND 6 Billion Guaranteed – MAIN EVENT. By the end of the scheduled nine rounds, only 52 remained with India’s 2018 WSOP bracelet winner Nikita Luther amassing the largest stack of 422,300.

One of the final hands Luther won was against Josh McCully. On a board of 588Q6, and a pot of around 13k in the middle, McCully bet 16.8k, Luther raised enough to put the short-stacked McCully all in. McCully tanked until the clock was called. He timed out and was forced to muck.

Earning the second largest stack of the day was APT Finale Macau 2016 Main Event winner, Soo Jo Kim with 365,700.

Playing professionally since 2017, Nikita Luther was introduced to the game back when she was in college. What started off as a simple interest in the game soon turned into a passion. Now, Nikita plays national and international tournaments regularly and is considered one of the best players in the country. Nikita Luther's Results, Stats. Date Country Place Prize GPI Points; 18-Oct-2019: India p 52,800 + 2,200 No Limit Hold'em - WPT Main Event (Event #4) World Poker Tour - WPT India, Panjim. Nikita Luther is a poker professional from Delhi, India. She was the first female from her country to win a World Series of Poker bracelet. Her young poker career comprises of WSOP deep runs plus various cashes around Asia. In late-June 2019, Luther finished second at the World Poker Tour’s – Zynga Poker WPT 500. Delhi-based Poker pro Nikita Luther successfully outlasted them all and defeated player Parikshit Dhall heads-up to secure the title and gigantic INR 6,80,000 in the top prize money. Dhall has been awarded Rs. 4,55,000 for his second-place finish in the tournament.

Soo Jo Kim

And rounding out the top three was Vietnam’s own Quang Nguyen with 301,100.

Several Japanese players made it through this heat with Aso Seitaro leading his crew with 257,400.

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Aso Seitaro

However for fellow compatriot Takao Shimizu, he got hit with a sick bad beat to send him packing just before the close of day. Shimizu had KK and was up against I-Cheng Lin‘s 22. The board completed to an eye-popping 2108K2 for quads over full house.

Staging a late-game run was Indian pro Raghav Bansal ending the day with 152,800. Bansal pushed out big-stacked Seitaro off a pot, shoving on a board 6348. Seitaro folded and showed 47 and Bansal returned the gesture showing Q10. Bansal won the next hand by railing a player with 22improving to a set against AQ top pair on a board that ran 92AJK.

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Also through to the next round is Norway’s Henrik Tollefsen though with a short stack of 30,400. Tollefsen is a two-time APT Main Event champion.

Henrik Tollefsen

Day 1B survivors have a break before moving on to Day 2 on Tuesday, October 9, 2018.

Day 1B Chip Counts

RankNameCountryChips
1Nikita LutherIndia422,300
2SJ KimKorea365,700
3Quang NguyenVietnam301,100
4Luong Anh TuanVietnam272,500
5Seitaro AsoJapan257,400
6Charles (Joe) AmbrogiUSA247,000
7Hai ChoutVietnam245,300
8Tan Eu ShenMalaysia240,400
9Oliver HelmNew Zealand225,600
10Shashank JainIndia213,600
11I-Cheng LinTaiwan203,100
12Michele LimongiItaly199,900
13Tetsuya EnokiJapan198,900
14Nam NguyenVietnam185,200
15Ying Lin ChuaMalaysia178,700
16Benedict KohSingapore164,600
17Romit AdvaniIndia154,800
18Raghav BansalIndia152,800
19Hieu NgoVietnam151,300
20Ruth GrahamUSA143,000
21Dang Toan NguyenNetherlands136,400
22Thananat TherdtakoonratThailand129,700
23Fungi (Nguyen Phuong)Switzerland126,400
24Wu Kui SongChina125,800
25Markus GarbergNorway125,600
26Eric Ting-Yi TsaiTaiwan124,900
27Nguyen Nam DuongVietnam120,900
28Mike SteckerUSA120,200
29Nguyen ThinhVietnam105,300
30Andre PetersGermany102,000
31Aigars PLatvia90,300
32Orjan SkommoNorway90,000
33Baek Woon CheolKorea80,200
34Shi Geho YoshiokaJapan80,000
35Peter Yo JenTaiwan79,300
36Norbert KohSingapore73,400
37Kiell Oe DybNorway70,600
38Choo Kai JanTaiwan63,500
39Cho Ngoc AnhVietnam61,100
40Dylan WilkersonUSA61,000
41Eugene CoPhilippines60,000
42Aysee NguyenVietnam56,400
43Vu Manh PhongVietnam55,200
44Son PutinVietnam50,000
45Hieu DuongVietnam42,000
46Henry TollefsenNorway30,400
47Wei Chong YinTaiwan29,900
48Josh McCullyAustralia21,800
49Daniel SmithNew Zealand20,900
50Chen Wei HsunTaiwan19,700
51Yohn ParedesPeru16,100
52Eummi KwonKorea11,800

MAIN EVENT action continues with Day 1C kicking off on Monday, October 8, 2018. Buy-in is VND 22,000,000. This is the last starting day of the event. For first-timers, this event is equipped with one of the best structures in the region. You can review it here: Main Event structure

Nikita Luther – India’s Poker Superwoman

Schedule below:

Day 1A: Saturday, October 6 – 38 out of 95 entries advanced to Day 2
Day 1B: Sunday, October 7 – 52 out of 140 entries advanced to Day 2
Day 1C: Monday, October 8 @1pm

*The three starting days play a total of 9 levels. Each level runs for 60 minutes. Registration closes in Day 2 at the start of Level 10.

Day 2: Tuesday, October 9 @1pm
Day 3: Wednesday, October 10 @1pm
Final 8: Thursday, October 11 @130pm

Main Event Bubble Protection continues to be in effect. For those new to this promo, it is a great insurance policy in the event you find yourself short stacked during the bubble round. If a protected player busts on the bubble, that player will receive their buy-in back in the form of APT tournament credits. To be eligible, all you need to do is follow these three simple steps:

  • Pre-register
  • Draw for your seat before the starting time
  • Have your chips put into play on the first deal of Level 1

*Eliminated players wanting bubble protection on the next starting day will have to qualify again.

CoinPoker Main Event promos

APT sponsor, CoinPoker, will also be extending great promos to our Main Event players. Players can receive their full rake back by simply emailing CoinPoker with a copy of your receipt. You will be credited on your CoinPoker online account. There is also the”Last Man Standing” promo. The last player in the Main Event wearing the CoinPoker patch will receive a free seat to the APT Finale Philippines 2018 Main Event.

Side Event action

Feng Zhao wins the NLH Single Day event

Singapore’s Feng Zhao came out on top of the lone side event on tap, the NLH Single Day event. He defeated Thailand’s Thanisorn Saelor in a quick three-hand heads up match to ship in the VND 135,630,000.

The event stormed in with 113 runners – 92 players and 21 re-entries – for a prize pool of VND 548,050,000. With blinds increasing every 20 minutes, the field quickly tightened to the bubble round with 20 players vying for a piece of the pie. After several all ins, Julien Tran shut the door on a player with AQ forming the better spread overKQ on a blank board of 58486.

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Bubble round

Tran went on to reach the official Final 8.

The last race to the title proceeded in turbo speed with a player falling at every orbit. At four remaining, Erik Billgren spiked a lucky flush on the river to cripple down Tran. The hand was KJ versus QQ with the board running 83JQ2. A few hands after, Tran exited in 4th place.

Despite the stack boost, Billgren was downed in 3rd place by Zhao who went on to face Saelor for the title.

Heads up: Feng Zhao versus Thanisorn Saelor

Zhao had a 3:1 chip edge that when he lost the first hand K3 bested by A8, he was still up after paying the double up. The second hand between them was another all in ending in a split pot. The third hand was the final hand. Saelor shoved with K10 and Zhao called with A9. The community spread landedAJ4K9 to award Zhao the victory.

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Payouts
Prizepool: VND 548,050,000 – Buyin: VND 5,500,000 – Entries: 113 – ITM: 19 places
1st Feng Zhao – VND 135,630,000
2nd Thanisorn Saelor – VND 90,440,000
3rd Erik Billgren – VND 63,140,000
4th Julien Tran – VND 45,960,000
5th Go Mori – VND 34,740,000
6th Tzu Chieh Lo – VND 27,150,000
7th Nguyen Duy Anh – VND 21,870,000
8th Munray – VND 18,090,000
9th Mr Kajornnut – VND 15,320,000
10th Tan Le – VND 13,090,000
11th Natalie Teh – VND 11,190,000
12th Tran Van Cuong – VND 11,190,000
13th Janlauver Buch – VND 9,570,000
14th Phan Tuan Vinh – VND 9,570,000
15th Hung Sheng Lin – VND 9,570,000
16th Andreas Rauh – VND 8,180,000
17th Jonathan Lool Tek Wye – VND 8,180,000
18th Tadashi Ogawa – VND 8,180,000
19th Ken Heung Chun Kong – VND 6,990,000