Another starting day has come and gone at the Asia Poker League Vietnam – Main Event. A total of 70 entered Day 1B taking place at Pro Poker Club. By the end of the scheduled fourteen rounds only 15 players had chips to bag with USA’s Daniel Perkins amassing the largest of 292,000.

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This now puts Perkins slightly ahead of the Day 1A chip leader Nguyen Thi Hien Hoa for the top spot in Day 2. At Day 1B, Perkins claimed the lead halfway through then proceeded to rail Kjell Ove Dyb in a lucky two-outer. He propelled further in a cooler with aces over kings that sent Tan Hoang out of the field. You can read up on the details via our Live Updates. We have plenty of thrilling Day 1B action captured.

Finishing in second rank though far from the leader was Brave Zhu Yong with 210k and Ta Duy Quoc Chinh in third position with 200k. You can view the chip counts below:

Day 1B chip counts

Total life earnings: $199,229. Latest cash: $7,070 on 06-Feb-2020. Click here to see the details of Daniel Perkins' 38 cashes.

Daniel Perkins – USA – 292,000
Zhu Yong – China – 210,000
Ta Duy Quoc Chinh – Vietnam – 200,000
Tran Huy Hoang – Vietnam – 181,000
Cao Chao – China – 175,000
Vu Minh Tri – Vietnam – 164,500
Maccaron Tran – Vietnam – 164,500
Ching-Wei Chen “Carter” – Taiwan – 141,500
Pham Thanh Tung – Vietnam – 119,500
Quan Nguyen – Vietnam – 107,000
Pham Tuan Ngoc – Vietnam – 92,000
Joey Seng – Singapore – 84,500
Leo Pham – Vietnam – 80,000
Tran Thanh Dat – Vietnam – 68,500
Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu – Hong Kong – 49,500

Perkins responded to some tweets, shedding a little light on the situation – such as that it involved online poker but none of the major operators – and followed up the initial tweet with one. Perkins also previously shocked the poker community when he tweeted about a ghosting scandal taking place in online cash games. He did not mention names in his tweet which upset many. The player he was referring to was later identified by Dan Bilzerian and turned out to be Dan “ Jungleman ” Cates. Renowned poker pro “Jungleman” Daniel Cates ’fessed up to an online cheating scandal that surfaced over the weekend, one which multimillionaire Bill Perkins claimed on Twitter would “make. There is the argument, presented by Daniel Negreanu, that Bilzerian would attract exactly the type of players poker needs. G/O Media may get a commission Sony WH-1000XM4.

Main Event info

The 15 Day 1B survivors merge with the 14 Day 1A survivors into Day 2. These combined 29 players await the results of Day 1C and Day 1D before returning for Day 2 on Thursday, May 16. There are 134 entries so far.

Day 1C is up next taking place on Tuesday, May 14. The Main Event comes with an VND 8 Billion (~US$345,000) guarantee. It runs a total of seven days. See info and schedule below:

Buy-in: VND 16,500,000 (~US$720)
Dates: May 12 to May 18
Day 1A: 14 advanced out of 64 entries
Day 1B: 15 advanced out of 70 entries

Day 1C: Tuesday, May 14
Day 1D: Wednesday, May 15
Day 2: Thursday, May 16
Day 3: Friday, May 17
Final 9: Saturday, May 18

Starting stack: 30,000 (300x opening big blind)
Blinds duration: increases every 40 minutes
Registration: closes at the start of Level 10 (approx. 8pm)

Side Event winners

Chun Kong Kwok wins first-ever career trophy at the Deepstack

The Deepstack event pulled in 83 entries for a prize pool of VND 563,570,000 (~US$ 24,200). It ran for two days. Winning it was Chun Kong Kwok to pocket the VND 181,750,000 first prize. This was Kwok’s first-ever known live tournament triumph.

The final hand saw Kwok and Zhong Haitian all in on a turn board . Kwok with two pair, Zhongwith pair flush draw. The river completed the spread.

Payouts

Prize pool: VND 563,570,000 – Buyin: VND 7,700,000 – Entries: 83

1st Chun Kong Kwok – Hong Kong – VND 181,750,000
2nd Zhong Haitian – China – VND 109,900,000
3rd Zhou Yaping – China – VND 68,330,000
4th Bui Duc Dung – Vietnam – VND 46,210,000
5th Shyh Chyn Lim – Malaysia – VND 35,220,000
6th LIfeng Yang – China – VND 28,180,000
7th Bin Zhang – China – VND 23,390,000
8th Gyula Ryan Revai – Canada – VND 19,720,000
9th William Kang – Malaysia – VND 18,180,000
10th Diep Kyle Bao – Vietnam – VND 16,910,000
11th Lu Zhenghao / Cao Anh Dung – Singapore/Vietnam – VND 15,780,000

Zhang Lijun wins the Hyper Turbo

The Hyper Turbo attracted a small field of 20 runners. Among them was ex-Starcraft pro Lim Yohwan. He amassed the largest stack at the final table but fell short of the money with only 3 places paid. Taking it to the limit was Zhang Lijunpocketing VND 48,500,000.

Payouts

Prize pool: VND 97,000,000 – Buyin: VND 5,500,000 – Entries 20

1st Zhang Lijun – VND 48,500,000
2nd Gechirang Ang – VND 29,100,000
3rd Tran Trong Nhan – VND 19,400,000

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Day 1B in Video

William O. Perkins III, aka Bill Perkins, is a hedge fund administrator and poker player in America. Besides, he is also addressed as an eminent film producer who primarily focuses on the venture capitals of his finance.

Maybe you know about Bill Perkins very well But do you know how old and tall is he, and what is his net worth in 2020? If you do not know, We have prepared this article about details of Bill Perkins’s short biography-wiki, career, professional life, personal life, today’s net worth, age, height, weight, and more facts. Well, if you’re ready, let’s start.

Early Life

Bill Perkins was born in the year 1969. He was brought up in the Jersey City of New Jersey. His graduation records date back to the year 1986, from St. Peter’s Preparatory School. In the recent year 2016, Perkins had presented a sum of $1.5 million to the alma mater for the establishment of “William O. Perkins III ’86 Athletic Center”.

Age, Height, and Weight

Being born on 2 February 1969, Bill Perkins is 51 years old as of today’s date 15th December 2020. His height is 1.85 m tall, and his weight is 82 kg.

Career

After passing out from high school, Perkins had enrolled at the University of Iowa to pursue further education in the subject of Electrical and Electronics Engineering. Following his graduation, Perkins went on to work with John D. Arnold, who was a well-known oil trader in that region. He had worked there for several years henceforth, which he had decided to establish his own hedge fund.

Perkins had kissed umpteenth success in his career of twelve years, during which he had directed Northern Star Natural Gas. Perkins had served in the Centaurus Energy in 2202 and was also selected as a leader in the investment group, Skylar Capital. He was also the CEO of Cutuco Energy Central America. In 2008, Perkins had the huge opportunity of trading Goldman Sachs from where he managed to make a whopping profit of $1.24 Million.

Perkins is also known as the founder and president of the globally acclaimed “Small Ventures, USA.”

In the year 2009, Bill Perkins had actively indulged himself in the film producing industry. His first film that year was “After Life.” Later in the next year, he went on to produce “Unthinkable” and in 2011, “Cat Run,” all of which had garnered immense appreciation and global recognition in favor of Perkins.

Apart from hedge funding and producing the film, Perkins is known to be a devoted poker player. He has mastered the game well and has appeared in several poker events such as “World Series of Poker Big One for One Drop,” “Poker Stars Caribbean Adventure,” “Poker Stars Big Game” and “Poker Night On Wall Street.”

Bill Perkins is counted among the topmost winners, and he has even won more than a sum of $2,500,000.

In this field, he has also made friends with Dan Bilzerian, and they both prefer being together during several specific occasions.

Awards & Achievements

Bill Perkins has achieved immense fame and recognition. From his interest in poker alone, Perkins has a record of more than $2,500,000 earnings.

Net Worth & Salary of Bill Perkins in 2020

As of December 2020, The net worth of Bill Perkins has been estimated to be around $60 million. His present net worth owes a major share to his active participation in poker in which he has won several tournaments and world championships.

Bill Perkins has won a whopping sum of $1,965,163 from One Drop, at World Series of Poker. Apart from this, the other sources of his current worth have been from his successful hedge funds. Besides, his stepping into the film producing industry since 2009 has garnered immense fame and rapid growth in financial wealth, owing to a series of hit films.

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Bill Perkins has set an iconic example of versatility. He is counted among the most humble personalities across the world. His struggles in life and success have rightly inspired innumerable people across the world to aspire big and give up. Within a short period, Perkins has established himself steadily in all the fields and has set a major mark for his competitors behind.

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I went to High School with him. He was a polite , well mannered person.