Tension filled the Dragon Poker Room in Da Nang, Vietnam at Day 2 of the APC Da Nang MAIN EVENT. The 50 players were steaming at the heart of intense poker play as each gunned for a bigger slice of the the ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350) prize pool. After twelve hours of play, the Final 8 was determined with Filipino Jose Colada in the driver’s seat with 3,825,000 stack (55 BB) stack.
Jose Colada
Colada was one of the chip leaders on the Day 1C flight, the heat with the most number of entries (171 entries). He maintained his big stack throughout Day 2 and closed as chip leader. Colada will be the only player waving the Filipino flag coming final day. The race for the inaugural title will take place on Sunday, March 5 starting at 11am Vietnam time.
APC Da Nang Main Event – Final 8
Final 8 players
Jose Colada
3,825,000,000
55
Woo Young Lee
3,175,000,000
45
Chan Kyung Jeon
2,650,000,000
38
Ha Van Thien
2,050,000,000
30
Vu Manh Linh
1,850,000,000
26
Lukasz Jankowski
1,575,000,000
23
Seong Il Hwang
625,000,000
9
Hyoung Chul Choi
400,000,000
6
Remaining payouts
1
₫2,148,600,000
2
₫1,300,000,000
3
₫760,000,000
4
₫510,000,000
5
₫350,000,000
6
₫260,000,000
7
₫190,000,000
8
₫140,000,000
Final 18 rundown
At the final two table game play, short stacked players were seen trying to survive and big stacked players bore down on the competition to level the playing field. Check out the highlights below.
Short stacked Hyunseung Lee holding 
was taken down by Chan Kyoung Jeon with 
on a 
board, putting Lee on 18th place.
Ta Khanh Linh (Jack Risk)
Jack Risk went all in on the river with 
on a 
board hitting trips but Lukasz Jankowski’s 
made a sneaky full house, seeding Jack Risk to 17th place.
The pre-flop all in action between Bae Jin Jun and Sung Yeoul Kang proved that Bae’s 
was dominated by Sung’s 
, and stayed that way on a Seven-high board. Bae ended at 16th place.
It took a long time for Ji Bok Park holding to call Jose Colada’s big push on the turn board 
but when Colada showed he had the goods with 
top pair, Park busted in 15th place after the river 
was of no help.
Another pre-flop all in action went down, this time with Oh Se Kyung holding and chip giant Woo Young Lee holding 
. The pocket pair held on a board 
to send Oh out in 14th place.
Anuy Voong holding second best pair with 
didn’t improve against Seong Il Hwang holdiing 
when they went all in on the turn with the board 
to fall in 13th place.
Seong Il Hwang
Day 2 Chip leader Ji Won Yoon (Sharon) found himself in trouble going all in on the flop with with Woo Young Lee holding . Yoon paired up at the flop but was still behind Lee. By the river 
, Lee ensured the win with a set to end Yoon in 12th place.
Ji Won Yoon (Sharon)
In the battle of the blinds, massive stacked Colada pushed short stacked big blind Jin Ho Park who risked it holding suited connectors 
. Colada’s 
prevailed on a board 
to bounce out Park in 11th place and widen his lead further.
Ha Van Thien
Ham So Young with Ace-Eight was dominated by Ha Vn Thien’s Ace-Jack, relegating the former to 10th place. And finally, Sung Yeoul Kang took a bad turn, as he thought he was ahead pre-flop with against Woo Young Lee . No change in rank on the board 
to drop Kang into 9th place, just missing the final day.
Day 2 Notable Finishers
Place
Player
Payout
9th
Sung Yeoul Kang
₫110,000,000
10th
Ham So Young
₫90,000,000
11th
Park Jin Ho
₫90,000,000
12th
Ji Won Yoon (Sharon)
₫90,000,000
13th
Anuy Voong
₫75,000,000
14th
Oh Se Kyung
₫75,000,000
15th
Park Ji Bok
₫75,000,000
16th
BAe Jin Jun
₫64,000,000
17th
Jack Risk
₫64,000,000
18th
Hyunseung Lee
₫64,000,000
That completed the qualifying rounds for the first Asia Poker Championship in Da Nang, Vietnam. Games opened on February 27 at the newly opened Dragon Poker Club, owned and operated by premier Korea poker organization Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM). The weeklong event concludes on Sunday, March 5 with the first APC Da Nang Main Event champion to be crowned. The headliner drew a total of 404 entries across four entry days.
Buy in: ₫22,000,000 (~$930)
Guarantee: ₫8,000,000 (~$337,000)
Entries: 404
Prize pool: ₫7,837,600,000 (~$330,350)
ITM: 50 players
*Article by Amador Bongcaras
Links:
Main Event Da Nang – Chip Counts
Main Event Prizepool and Payouts
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1A
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1B
APC Da Nang Main Event – Day 1C / Day 1D
APC Da Nang Main Event Day 1A underway; Dong Ho Park, Dongwook Gwon win trophies
Teddy Pham wins the Warm Up
APC lights up Da Nang feat. ₫10 Billion in guarantees – Key Events
APC Da Nang underway
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