Jinlong Hu was the highest finisher within the Asian Poker Tour fundamental occasion hosted on the Casino Corona Resort in Phu Quoc on an island off the coast of Vietnam on Nov. 16. The Chinese poker participant grabbed a prime prize value $185,430 to take his profession earnings up near $600,000. This was his largest recorded rating but, topping the $122,587 he earned because the champion of the $100 Flip & Go occasion throughout final yr’s World Series of Poker Online International Series.
“I think, firstly, the Golden Lion trophy is one of the best-looking trophies I’ve ever seen, second only to the WSOP gold bracelet. Secondly, because APT is the Asia Poker Tour, it represents the highest level of poker competition in Asia, so it holds a very special meaning for me,” Hu instructed reporters by a translator after the win. “I think I will first take my trophy home, and then participate in other tournaments. Because the prize money is just a bonus for me, so everything will go on as usual. I want to thank everyone who has supported me, not just one person. They believed that I could win, and in the end, I did.”
The VND 36,000,000 buy-in no-limit maintain’em occasion attracted a discipline of 795 entries. The prime 120 gamers all took house no less than $1,114 in prize cash. Notables with a superb quantity of profession earnings that made a deep run within the match included Kyosuke Nagami (eleventh), Hyunsick Jang (thirteenth), Motoyoshi Okamura (14th), Tien Thanh Dinh (fifteenth), and Si Ng Pun (18th).
Ngoc Pham fell simply 5 palms into the ultimate desk by the hands in ninth place, after which Chuhao Zhang doubled up twice earlier than busting in eighth place. Deepankur Gupta was the following participant to attain a pair double ups to keep away from elimination, however he ultimately fell in seventh place and Hu had collected two knockouts among the many first three.
Hao Wang was out subsequent in sixth place, after which Hu stored his momentum rolling by busting David Erquiaga in fifth. Hu was on a roll, and he couldn’t be stopped when eliminating Thang Truong in fourth place as effectively. Third place was determined by Hu but once more, as he despatched Do Vu packing in third place to take an (unsurprisingly) massive chip lead into the ultimate heads-up showdown for the title.
The chip benefit for Hu was practically 5:1 over Oh when playing cards bought into the air. Oh doubled up as soon as, however not even that gave him sufficient chips to make a robust problem. The closing hand noticed Oh get in with 8
6, and that was behind the Okay
7 of Hu. The closing board bricked out, and that gave Hu the match win. Oh was awarded $112,795 for his deep run that led to second place, which just about doubled his whole profession earnings.
Hu additionally earned 912 Card Player Player of the Year factors for the win, sufficient to maneuver him inside the highest 400 on this yr’s POY race standings introduced by Global Poker.
Final Table Results
| Place | Player | Payout | POY |
| 1 | Jinlong Hu | $185,430 | 912 |
| 2 | Jun Seok Oh | $112,795 | 760 |
| 3 | Do Vu | $79,725 | 608 |
| 4 | Thang Truong | $60,040 | 456 |
| 5 | David Erquiaga | $47,340 | 380 |
| 6 | Hao Wang | $35,530 | 304 |
| 7 | Deepankur Gupta | $25,295 | 228 |
| 8 | Chuhao Zhang | $17,520 | 152 |
| 9 | Ngoc Pham | $13,860 | 76 |
Photo Credit: Asian Poker Tour
