Schumacher leads APT Championships Day 1B; 2 Indian progress

Schumacher shared the lead with a few others but managed a big pot towards the end of the day against Vietnam’s Nguyen Hoang Bach, which helped him take a comfortable lead. Japanese pro Iori Yogo, who Gutshot recently conducted an exclusive interview with, has also progressed with a decent chip stack of 142k.

Representing the Indian contingent are two very talented players in Romit Advani and Abhinav Iyer. The latter was recently crowned champion in Vietnam for shipping the Main Event in this series a couple of days back and will be looking to continue the momentum. He has a stack of 92k, while Advani progresses with 153k.

What that means is a combined total of 109 players will return to the Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City today to continue Day 2 of the Championships Event, with 9 Indians in the mix. The VND 6 Billion guarantee was smashed with a prize pool of VND 7.7 Billion being created, and everyone will have their eyes on the top prize.

Combined top 10 Day 2 chip counts:

1. Stephen Schumacher – 275,900
2. Dinh Xuan Dinh – 245,900
3. Soo Jo Kim – 229,200
4. Duy Thanh Dang – 213,800
5. Lim Yo Hwan – 205,900
6. Tomomitsu Ono – 198,700
7. Tan Huynh – 197,500
8. Nguyen Tuan Anh – 194,800
9. Erik Billgren – 194,500
10. Kyung Kun Lee – 183,800

Registration will remain open till the end of Level 10 on Day 2, so the prizes are yet to be calculated and we expect the overall prize pool to go up a bit more. For all updates form this tournament and other side events in Vietnam, keep following GutshotMagazine.com.

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