ANH MINH NGUYEN - HISTORIC MAIN EVENT CHAMPION
A season of poker festivals with countless emotions has officially come to an end, and the last prestigious trophies of the tournament have also found their rightful owners. Let's take a look at the impressive highlights of the 13th of December!
Event #9: Main Event Final Day
After 5 days of competition, facing countless challenges from top athletes around the world, our champion -Anh Minh Nguyen made history when he brought home the most prestigious golden cup, becoming the first person to win the Main Event event at Asian Poker Festival, with a prize of 2.68B. Finishing in second place was Indian athlete Amit Kaushik with a prize of approximately 1.87B. And in third place was another Vietnamese player, Ngoc Minh Le, with 1.2B.
Event #18: Mini Main Closer Final Day
Another championship has remained in Vietnam with the victory of athlete Minh Thang Tran. He has successfully surpassed 302 other well-known players to finish in first place, with a prize of 106M.
Event #19: Super High Roller Day 2
Australian athlete William Jia became the next champion of the High Roller field and achieve the prestigious trophy of the tournament with a prize of 1.6B, after an extremely tense Heads Up with the experienced athlete He Yao Yu. The Chinese athlete was rather unlucky to finish in runner up position once again at a High Roller field at APF Vietnam 2023 (previously the New APF High Roller 8-max tournament).
Event #22: Superstack Closer
South Korean athlete Lim Sangbeom brought glory back to the land of kimchi after winning against athlete Nguyen Dich Khanh in the final Heads up match. He became the champion of the tournament with a prize of 315M.
Event #23: High Roller Last Chance
The opportunity for athletes to get the last High Roller trophy came to an end with a victory for the Chinese, after two players from the billion-people country , Lin Jian Wei and Ge Ying Rui, decided to deal to find the champion. As a result, Lin Jian Wei won the champion position with a payout of 610M. The runner-up position belongs to Ge Ying Rui with a prize of 830M.
Event #24: Pot Limit Omaha
Vietnamese players had an amazing comeback when on the last day of competition, this was the third golden cup to stay with the host country, thanks to the experience and decisive hands of Quang Hoang Nguyen. He successfully stood on the top position and achieve a prize of 64.1M.
Event #25: Hyper Turbo III Closer
Indian athlete Prabibh Saluja won the championship with a prize of approximately 31.6M. Ending a very successful day of competition of the series.
After all, the first series of the Asian Poker Festival - APF Vietnam 2023 was a resounding success. Let us all wish the players good luck on their journey to conquer the highest peaks, as well as wish the Asian Poker Festival series will continue to grow and contribute to the development of poker of the region and all over the world!
Once again, Asian Poker Festival would like to send our most sincere thanks to all of you for your continued support and attention!