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Nguyen Quang Huy wins the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge
Despite being among the late registrants, multi-decorated local pro Nguyen Quang Huy needed only one bullet to take down the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge and pocket the ₫1,571,500,000 (~$65,000) top prize.
Huy, who goes by the pseudonym “Mr. Huy Dzai” bested a field of 18 talented high-rollers that included the likes of reigning WPT Prime Championship winner Stephen Song, Filipino John Tech, and legendary Vietnam high roller Dao Minh Phu.
Heading into the final table, Huy already enjoyed the chip advantage at 1,314,000 while Taiwanese pro Justin Chu was in hot pursuit. With only four places paid, Huy proceeded to steamroll the opposition and dealt the knockout blow against fellow countryman Chu Thai Thinh to burst the bubble.
First to the money was Song who fell on a cooler to Nguyen Van Sang with 
dominating 
. Song commented,
Justin Chu followed suit with his 
shove missing the mark against Huy’s 
This signaled in the heads up round with Huy ahead in chips against Sang. By the 20th hand, Huy had grinded down Sang to 3 bb and knocked him with 
set over King-Five offsuit.
Buy in: ₫210,000,000 (~US$ 8,600)
Entries: 18 (14 unique)
Prize pool: ₫3,492,000,000 (~US$ 143,200)
ITM: 4 places
| 1 | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | ₫1,571,500,000 |
| 2 | Nguyen Van Sang | Vietnam | ₫873,000,000 |
| 3 | Justin Chu | Taiwan | ₫628,500,000 |
| 4 | Stephen Song | USA | ₫419,000,000 |
*Article by Noel Zarate
Phi Tien Sang bags the largest at Day 1A; 21 players advance
Day 1A of the WPT Vietnam ₫ 12 Billion guaranteed Main Event wrapped up after 14 levels with Vietnam’s Phi Tien Sang at the top of the rung. During the last level of play, Sang knocked out numerous players to close the day with 629,000 (125 bb). This was reminiscent of his performance at Survivor Bounty 8-Max Day 1B where he finished as chip leader. Read up on his rise via the live updates. Just scroll down.
Main Event
Date: October 12, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
Day 1A: 130 (95 unique)
Day 2 qualifiers: 21 players
Day 2 – 21 players
| Phí TiếN Sáng | 629,000 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | 526,000 |
| Do Anh Tai (THP) | 473,000 |
| Tran Viet Hoang (Mondayest) | 305,000 |
| Haro Clement | 295,000 |
| Clay Chen | 279,000 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong (Winter Sea) | 279,000 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | 277,000 |
| PhạM Hùng | 273,000 |
| Lâm Kim Long | 268,000 |
| Wooseok Kim | 210000 |
| Avneesh Munjal | 207,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 191,000 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | 187,000 |
| NguyễN HữU Vinh | 167,000 |
| Alexis W. Lim | 162,000 |
| NguyễN Đăng Tú | 162,000 |
| Yan Feng Wang | 137,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Tung | 97,000 |
| Sriram Subramanian | 80,000 |
| Aayush Arya | 4,000 |
Starting stack: 40,000 (200x opening blinds)
Level intervals: 40 minutes before reg closes / 60 minutes after reg closes
Chips in play: 5,200,000
23:10: Meherzad Munsaf doubles up with Aces through Aayush Arya
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
On the last hand at table 4, big blind Meherzad Munsaf was asking if returning to Day 2 with 14 bb was decent. Then he looks down at 
and snap-calls small blind Aayush Arya’s shove with 
. The board runs out 
. Munsaf ships a double up as Arya plunges below 1 bb.
Meherzad Munsaf – 187,000
Aayush Arya – 4,000
23:05: Rockets for Clement Haro for a double up through Nguyen Dang Tu
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
By the turn 
the pot has grown to 75,500, cutoff Clement Haro is all in holding , Nguyen Dang Tu hopes to eliminate with 
. The river 
is no help to Nguyen to pay a double up to Haro.
Clement Haro – 280,000
Nguyen Dang Tu – 173,000
23:00: Aladin Reskallah falls to Tien Sang
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Another Frenchman goes down against Tien Sang. Next on the chopping block is Aladin Reskallah who first builds a 132,000 pot with Sang by the turn 
then tosses in his last 2500, Sang quickly calls and is ahead 
. Reskallah with 
. The river further ensures the win for Sang.
Tien Sang – 605,000
Aladin Reskallah – Eliminated
22:50: Tien Sang with better kicker to rail Jehanne Laurent
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Catching the action on a turn board 
and 95,500 in the pot, Jehanne Laurent is all in holding top pair flush draw. Bigger stacked Tien Sang has . The river sends Laurent to the rail.
Tien Sang – 553,000
Jehanne Jeremy Laurent – Eliminated
22:40: Nguyen Dang Tu tank-calls and doubles up through Alexis Lim
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Under the gun+2 Alexis Lim raises, big blind Nguyen Dang Tu three-bets, Lim flats, flop comes 
. Nguyen leads out 15,000, Lim jams with a stack that well covers Nguyen who tanks. After using one time bank, Nguyen calls and opens and is ahead of Lim’s . With the turn 
and river , Nguyen ships it.
Nguyen Dang Tu – 250,000
Alexis Lim – 270,000
22:35: Klay Chen doubles up through Doan Quang Trung
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Klay Chen sends his last 20 bb out front with to battle with, Doan Quang Trung gives him a sweat with . With the board running 
, Chen’s pocket pair survives the flip for a double up.
Klay Chen – 210,000
Doan Quang Trung – 150,000
22:30: Avneesh Munjal doubles up through Nguyen Ngoc Tung
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Down to 12 bb, Avneesh Munjal all in with 
, the board runs for a flush to win the flip and double up through Nguyen Ngoc Tung’s .
Avneesh Munjal – 140,000
Nguyen Ngoc Tung – 92,000
22:28: Tran Viet Hoang rails Dhanesh Chainani
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Down to 14 bb, Dhanesh Chainani shoves on the button holding , small blind Tran Viet Hoang calls with . Board runs 
.
Tran Viet Hoang – 280,000
Dhanesh Chainani – Eliminated
22:15: Blinds up, 24 players remaining, last level of play
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Kevin Ngo – 526,000
Do Anh Tai – 412,000
Tien Seng – 410,000
21:45: Alexis Lim drags in another pot
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack opens, cutoff Nguyen Ngoc Tung three-bets 23,000, button Alexis Lim calls, hijack folds. At the flop , Nguyen c-bets 16,000, Lim calls. On the turn 
, Nguyen fires 33,000, Lim calls. On the river, both players check. Nguyen has 
air, Lim claims the pot with two pair.
Alexis Lim – 356,000
Nguyen Ngoc Tung – 223,000
21:30: Alexis Lim sends Deepak Bothra packing
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Utg+1 Avneesh Munjal min-raises, utg+2 calls, button players Deepak Bothra shoves, big blind Alexis Lim shoves, Munjal and utg+2 fold. At the reveal, Bothra is way behind with to Lim’s . The board runs 
. Lim ships it.
Alexis Lim – 280,000
Deepak Bothra – Eliminated
21:20: Kyle Bao Diep doubles up on a cooler against Klay Chen
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
From hijack, Kyle Bao Diep opens 8500, small blind Klay Chen three-bets 26,500, Diep flats, flop comes . Chen wastes no time counting and just shoves, Diep snap-calls and turns over 
. Chen has 
. Aces stay ahead throughout the board for a double up to Diep.
Kyle Bao Diep – 278,000
Klay Chen – 170,000
21:10: Clement Haro puts the pressure on
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Mid position Clement Haro raises 6000 and is called by the player to his immediate left. Both players check the flop . On the turn , Haro bets 13,000 and is called. On the river , Haro fires 35,000 and takes it with no challenge.
21:00: Blinds up, 28 players remaining
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Kevin Ngo – 545,000
Nguyen Long Lam – 400,000
Do Anh Tai – 370,000
20:45: Short stacked Anthony Cierco doubles up through Do Anh Tai
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Anthony Cierco is strapped by his short stack (23,500) just waiting for a decent hand. He lands one and is all in, Do Anh Tai calls with . An ace finds the board for a double up.
Anthony Cierco – 50,000
Do Anh Tai – 370,000
20:30: Big blind special for Kevin Ngo
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Cutoff Tien Sang raises 6500, big blind Kevin Ngo defends, flop comes . Both players check. The turn lands , Sang bets 6000, Ngo check-calls. On the river , Ngo leads out 12,000, Sang calls, Ngo wins it with 
straight.
Kevin Ngo – 545,000
Tien Sang – 330,000
20:20: Nguyen Ngoc Tung chunks then eliminated Pham Duy Anh
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Hijack Nguyen Ngoc Tung opens, small blind Pham Duy Anh calls flop comes . Pham shoves, Nguyen calls, Pham opens 
flush draw, Nguyen has top pair. The turn and river keep Nguyen ahead for a double up.
Down to 8 bb, Pham pushes holding , Nguyen is behind but live. The board runs .
Nguyen Ngoc Tung – 250,000
Pham Duy Anh – eliminated
20:10: Shui Wang falls to Nguyen Long Lam
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
End of the road for Shui Wang who despite a couple of double ups, his stack stayed short. His last hand was missing the board to fall to Nguyen Long Lam’s .
20:00: Blinds up, 32 players remaining
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Kevin Ngo – 545,000
Nguyen Long Lam – 400,000
Do Anh Tai – 370,000
19:40: Jehanne Laurent sends Avneesh Munjal to the tank
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
With a pot of 67,000 in the middle and a board 
, big blind Avneesh Munjal checks, Jehanne Laurent shoves (93,500), Munjal tanks then folds after using up three time-extensions.
Jehanne Laurent – 160,500
Avneesh Munjal – 72,000
19:35: Big blind special for Clement Haro earns a double from Huynh Ngoc Cuong
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Cutoff Huynh Ngoc Cuong min-raises, big blind Clement Haro defends, flop comes 
. Huynh c-bets 4000, Haro check-raises 12,000, Huynh calls. On the turn , Haro leads out 15,000, Huynh calls. On the river , Haro shoves 27,000, Huynh tanks using up two time banks then calls. Haro shows trips, Huynh mucks his .
Clement Haro – 110,000
Huynh Ngoc Cuong – 246,500
19:25: Kevin Ngo rails Hua Wei Lin
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
With a 5,500 raise before her, Hua Wei Lin shoves (59,500), three spots over big stacked Kevin Ngo calls, initial raiser opts to fold. Lin has , Ngo has her dominated with , window is a jack but as it runs out , Ngo lands a higher pair to end Lin’s day. Initial raiser said he had pocket Nines.
Kevin Ngo – 540,000
Hua Wei Lin – eliminated
19:15: Vladimir Mikheev loses flip and falls to Nguyen Ngoc Tung
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Vladimir Mikheev risked his last 25,500 stack with 
and fell to Nguyen Ngoc Tung’s with the board running .
19:10: Klay Chen shows Kevin Ngo the bluff
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Action folds to the button Kyle Bao Diep who opens for 5500, small blind Kevin Ngo and big blind Klay Chen call, flop comes . Diep c-bets 5500, blinds check-call, then all three check the turn . On the river , Chen bets 14,000, Diep folds, Ngo tanks using up one time-extension, then folds. Chen quickly shows his bluff.
Klay Chen – 240,000
Kevin Ngo – 460,000
Kyle Bao Diep – 138,000
19:00: Short stacks battle: Anthony Cierco cleans out Huy Pham
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Huy Pham is all in with around 14 bb and to battle with, Anthony Cierco with 16 bb is ahead with , no help comes for Pham to land on the rail.
Anthony Cierco – 83,000
Huy Pham – Eliminated
18:50: Huynh Ngoc Cuong exposes Pham Duy Anh’s bluff
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Cutoff Huynh Ngoc Cuong min-raises, small blind Pham Duy Anh calls, flop comes , Huynh c-bets 4000 and is called. Both players proceed to check the turn to bring the free river card . Pham leads out 25,000, Huynh tank-calls. Pham laughs as he shows , Huynh wins the pot with flush.
Huynh Ngoc Cuong – 310,000
Pham Duy Anh – 150,000
18:45: Blinds up, 44 players remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
18:40: Three-way: Do Anh Tai triples, Shui Wang side pot, Thomas Liffick eliminated
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg Thomas Liffick raises 4500 and finds five callers to the flop . Big blind Huy Pham checks, Liffick bets 8000, utg+2 Jacques Ramsden calls, hijack Anthony Cierco folds, cutoff Shui Wang calls, button Do Anh Tai shoves, back to Pham who folds, Liffick joins the all in, Ramsden folds, Wang goes all in for a three-way.
Do Anh Tai
Shui Wang
Thomas Liffick
The turn gives Wang the straight and as he celebrates, the river trumps it for a higher straight to Do. Do triples up, Wang wins the side pot, Liffick busts.
Do Anh Tai – 152,000
Shui Wang – 70,000
Thomas Liffick – Eliminated
18:30: Kyle Bao Diep takes it on a three-bet
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg raises 4500, big blind Kyle Bao Diep defends, flop comes . Utg c-bets 2500, Diep check-calls. On the turn , Diep leads out 6500, utg raises 19,500, Diep answers with a three-bet 34,500, utg folds.
18:20: Hua Wei Lin on the rise
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg+1 Hua Wei Lin raises 4000, cutoff Nguyen Long Lam and big blind Sriram Subramanian call. All three check the flop and turn . On the river , Subramanian bets 5000, Lin calls, Nguyen folds. Subramanian has , Lin wins the pot with top pair.
Hua Wei Lin – 150,000
Sriram Subramanian – 70,000
17:45: Registration closes at 130 entries
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
17:40: Aladin Reskallah ends short stacked Manoj Pentakota
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Aladin Reskallah raises, big blind Manoj Pentakota goes all in for 12,500, Reskallah calls and is ahead against . The board runs .
Aladin Reskallah – 87,000
Manoj Pentakota – eliminated
17:35: Hua Wei Lin doubles up through Kyle Quoc Bao
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Hua Wei Lin doesn’t need to re-enter having doubled up through Kyle Quoc Bao with pairing the ace on the board against .
17:30: Sergei Iablokov triple barrels
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
On a raised pot preflop, Sergei Iablokob bets 5500 on the flop , big blind check-calls. On the turn , big blind checks again, Iablokov fires 17,000, big blind tank-calls using up one time bank. On the river , big blind checks, Iablokov shoves (28,900), big blind tanks using up one time bank, then reluctantly folds.
17:20: Sriram Subramanian Earns Against Nguyen Dang Tu
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Under the gun Sriram Subramanian raises 3200, cutoff Nguyen Dang Tu calls, flop comes . Subramanian c-bets 2000, Nguyen calls. Both players check the turn . On the river , Subramanian bets 12,000, Nguyen calls, Subramanian wins it with flush. Nguyen shows his set.
Sriram Subramanian – 84,500
Nguyen Dang Tu – 50,000
17:15: Nguyen Dang Tu doubles up through Quang Tuan Anh
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Immediately after doubling up, Quang Tuan Anh loses a chunk against Nguyen Dang Tu. Hand opens with Nguyen raising 3200 from the button, big blind Anh calls, flop runs . Anh leads out 4200, Nguyen shoves, Anh calls and has a pair , Nguyen has a draw . The turn grants the flush , Anh is drawing dead.
Nguyen Dang Tu – 69,200
Quang Tuan Anh – 25,000
17:10: Quang Tuan Anh doubles up
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Three way to the flop , Nguyen Long Lam checks, utg+1 bets 4,000, cutoff Nguyen Dang Tu calls, Lam calls. On the turn , Lam checks, Anh shoves 18,500, Lam tank-calls and shows . Anh is ahead with . The river secures the win for a double up to Anh.
Quang Tuan Anh – 56,000
Nguyen Long Lam – 102,000
16:55: Blinds up, 124 entries – last chance to register to Day 1A
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
16:40: Somashekar Nahadeva rails Tran Duc Kien
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Tran Duc Kien shoves 13,800 and is called by Somashekar Nahadeva. Tran has , Somashekar with . The board runs . Tran goes bust.
Somashekar Nahadeva – 184,000
Tran Duc Kien – eliminated
16:30: Hua Wei Lin vs Klay Chen
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
From hijack, Hua Wei Lin raises 2400, cutoff Klay Chen and big blind Romain Bier call. At the flop , Lin c-bets 4,000, Chen calls, Bier folds. Both players check the turn and river . Lin has , Chen wins is with two pair.
Klay Chen – 174,200
Hua Wei Lin = 22,100
16:22: Blinds up, 114 entries
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
16:10: Back to back pots for Jereld Sam
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Jereld Sam drops to 7 bb then survives an all in against Jacques Ramsden with flush beating the straight on a board {3h|}7h}. Next hand, Sam doubles up again. He raises preflop and finds two-callers to the flop . Sam c-bets 3,000, small blind folds, big blind raises to 7,000, Sam shoves a total of 15,400, gets the call, and is ahead against . By the turn , it’s a full house for Sam to ship it.
15:50: Seen in action
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
15:40: Nguyen Nang Quang falls to Thomas Liffick’s Quads
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
From hijack, Thomas Liffick raises 2200, cutoff Nguyen Nang Quang calls, then both players check the flop . On the turn, Nguyen bets 2,000, Liffick check-calls. On the river , check again from Liffick, Nguyen bets 11,000, Liffick shoves, Nguyen tank-calls for his tournament life. Liffick turns over quads, Nguyen dusted with Ace-10.
Thomas Liffick – 125,000
Nguyen Nang Quang – eliminated
15:32:: Blinds up, 102 entries
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Pham Duy Anh – 230,000
Nguyen Huu Vinh – 225,500
Jehanne Jeremy Laurent – 167,800
15:17: Nguyen Huu Vinh strikes again! Eliminates Dong Van Tan
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
On a board that completed with 52,000 in the pot, Nguyen Huu Vinh bets 40,000 putting Dong Van Tan all in. Dong tanks, using four time banks, then calls. Nguyen opens trips, Dong tosses .
Nguyen Huu Vinh – 225,500
Dong Van Tan – eliminated
15:10: Meherzad Munsaf doubles through Jehanne Laurent
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
In an earlier clash, Meherzad Munsaf drops to 8 bb on a flush over flush against Jehanne Laurent. The two met again, Munsaf , Laurent . Munsaf doubles up on a board running 
.
Meherzad Munsaf – 76,000
Jehanne Jeremy Laurent – 167,800
[Update: High Roller 2 Day Warm Up]
15:00: Romain Morvan eliminated on the bubble
Blinds: 15,000-25,000 ante 25,000
It only took two bubble round hands for the High Roller 2 Day Warm Up to reach ITM. Romain Morvan all in on a turn board holding and is behind Chen Mingcong’s set. The river is no help to Morvan to bust on the bubble. 17 players remaining. Overnight chip leader Hung Tran maintains top rank.
14:50: Nguyen Huu Vinh rails Nguyen Manh Tuan
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Nguyen Manh Tuan
Nguyen Huu Vinh
With the board running , Vinh ships it, Tuan packs up to go.
Nguyen Huu Vinh – 185,000
Nguyen Manh Tuan – eliminated
14:35: Blinds up, 92 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
14:25: Jehanne Laurent claims a big pot
Level 5: 300-600 ante 600
Under the gun opens 1200, hijack Jehanne Laurent three-bets 4000, utg calls, flop comes . Laurent c-bets 3500, utg check-calls. Both players check the turn . On the river , utg leads out 3500, Laurent raises 20,000, utg calls then mucks to Laurent’s .
14:10: Vladimir Mikheev wins back to back pots
Level 5: 300-600 ante 600
Vladimir Mikheev opens from utg+1 and finds two callers to the flop . He c-bets 3,300 and wins the pot.
Next hand, he raises 1600 from utg, two spots over utg+2 three-bets 4200, Mikheev four-bets 18,600, utg+2 shoves, Mikheev with less chips risk it and opens and is flipping against . The board runs for a double up to Mikheev.
13:47: Blinds up, 81 entries
Level 5: 300-600 ante 600
13:40: Tran Vu Quang versus Pham Duy Anh
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Utg+1 Pham Duy Anh limps, button Nuyen Huu Vinh opens, small blind Tran Vu Quang three-bets 4200, called by Pham and Nguyen. At the flop , Tran c-bets 5,000, Pham calls, Nguyen folds. On the turn , Tran triple barrels 13,000 and again Pham calls. The river , Tran shoves (18,000), Pham folds.
Tran Van Quang – 67,600
Pham Duy Anh – 68,000
Nguyen Huu Vinh – 125,000
13:30: Ta Son Tung doubles up his short stack
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Short stacked Ta Song Tung all in for 9,300 and doubles up with holding against a caller’s .
13:20: Newcomers in action
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
13:15: Blinds up, 65 entries
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
12:50: Nguyen Huu Vinh head to head against Nguyen Thi Bao Am
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Hand opens with hijack Nguyen Manh Tuan raising 900, cutoff Nguyen Huu Vinh three-bets 2600, big blind Nguyen Thi Bao An four-bets 8,000, Tuan folds, Vinh calls. At the flop , An c-bets 6500, Vinh calls. On the turn , An checks- Vinh bets 6500, An calls. Same action on the river with Vinh betting 36,000, An check-calls. Vinh has trips, An mucks.
Nguyen Huu Vinh – 135,000
Nguyen Thi Bao An – 6,400
12:20: Nguyen Tuan Hoang rails Yasuhiro Waki
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Preflop raise war ends with Yasuhiro Waki all in again, this time holding a stronger hand , he is up against Nguyen Tuan Hoang with 
. An ace lands on the board, out goes Waki.
12:15: Thomas Liffick takes it on a three-bet
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
12:13: Blinds up, 53 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
12:10: Yasuhiro Waki double up through Huynh Ngoc Cuong
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Utg Nguyen Tuan Hoang raises 800, utg+1 calls, button Yasuhiro Waki shoves (13,300), big blind Huynh Ngoc Cuong calls, Nguyen and utg+1 fold. Waki sheepishly opens , Huynh , board favors the inferior cards as it runs out for two pair to Waki.
Yasuhiro Waki – 28,700
Huynh Ngoc Cuong – 11,100
12:05: Seen in action
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
12:00: Joosung Kim double barrels
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
From utg+1, Joosung Kim raises 800 and finds five callers to the flop . Blinds check, Kim c-ebts 2,000, three folds follow, small blind calls, big big blind folds. On the turn, Kim bangs out 5,000 and wins the pot.
11:42: Blinds up, 44 entries
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
11:05: Cards flying at Day 1A
Level 1: 100-200 ante 200
Welcome to Day 1A of the WPT Vietnam flagship Main Event featuring a ₫12 Billion (~US$ 492,100) guarantee! The winner of this event will be awarded a package to the WPT World Championship $40 Million guaranteed taking place this December at Wynn Las Vegas. The seat is worth $10,400 + hotel, Crown Poker Club value-adds $1,000 (subject to wearing the CPC logo at the target event).
Ha Van Thien, Khoa Anh, Nguyen Manh Hung bag up 500K stacks
Big day at World Poker Tour (WPT) with 309 Day 1B entries seen at the flagship MAIN EVENT. At one point, host venue Crown Poker Club Hanoi had over 20 tables up and running. The event has now drawn a combined 439 entries and is very close to breaching its ₫12 Billion guarantee.
After the scheduled 14 levels of play, 47 remained, Three players bagged up stacks worthy of the chip leader status. Ha Van Thien was the largest at 102 bb, Khoa Anh with 101 bb, and Nguyen Manh Hung with 100 bb. Read up on the action via the live updates down below.
Date: October 13, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
End of Day 1B
| Ha Van Thien | Viet Nam | 510,000 |
| Khoa Anh | Viet Nam | 506,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 500,000 |
| Daniel Tighe | Ireland | 466,000 |
| Lin Yusheng | Taiwan | 428,000 |
| Ivanenko Sernii | Ukraine | 428,000 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Viet Nam | 413,000 |
| Aladin Reskallah | France | 396,000 |
| Sandeep Chatlani | India | 395,000 |
| Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Viet Nam | 388,000 |
| Manish Lakhotia | India | 387,000 |
| Nguyen Van Duong ( Heineken ) | Viet Nam | 380,000 |
| Anatolii Gorbushi | Russia | 378,000 |
| Dinh Van Tien | Viet Nam | 377,000 |
| Le Huy Thanh | Viet Nam | 344,000 |
| Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 338,000 |
| Nguyen Duc Thanh | Viet Nam | 331,000 |
| Deepankur Gupta | India | 305,000 |
| Tran Hanh | Australia | 289,000 |
| Daesun Samuel Yu | Usa | 258,000 |
| Aditya Agarwal | India | 253,000 |
| Harry Tran | Viet Nam | 244,000 |
| Zhi Wen Deng | China | 230,000 |
| Ly Dac Dung | Viet Nam | 227,000 |
| Pratibh Saluja | India | 212,000 |
| Nguyen Duy Thuc | Viet Nam | 211,000 |
| Nguyen Thanh Tung | Viet Nam | 199,000 |
| Vu Ta Nhat ( Minh Nhat ) | Viet Nam | 196,000 |
| Lee Wooyoung | Korea | 193,000 |
| Jeerapong Sakulkit | Thailand | 193,000 |
| Chai Li | China | 192,000 |
| Nguyen Hong Quan | Viet Nam | 188,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | Viet Nam | 184,000 |
| Tu Le | Australia | 184,000 |
| Quan Qiu | China | 183,000 |
| Nguyen Tuan Hoang | Viet Nam | 173,000 |
| Nguyen Viet Hai | Viet Nam | 165,000 |
| Nguyen Duc Nhat ( Mr Sumo ) | Viet Nam | 161,000 |
| Hwang Sung Young | Korea | 157,000 |
| Nguyen Van Phinh | Viet Nam | 144,000 |
| Pradeep . N | India | 143,000 |
| Tsang Dicky Siu Hang | Hongkong | 135,000 |
| Renato Villanueva | Philippines | 105,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Tuan | Viet Nam | 87,000 |
| Bu Hui Zhi | China | 83,000 |
| Laury Vanlerberghe | France | 65,000 |
| You Kan Li | China | 60,000 |
The 47 Day 1B survivors combine with the 21 Day 1A survivors for 68 players into Day 2. They await the results of Day 1C (last starting day) before returning on Sunday, October 15 for Day 2. For those that have yet to qualify, this is the last chance to join. As for the ₫12 Billion guarantee, it will be breached within minutes of Day 1C’s first level.
*You can view the WPT Vietnam – Day 2 Chip Counts in the Main Event Day 2 – Live Updates tab.
Starting stack: 40,000
Level intervals: 40 minutes (before reg closes) / 60 minutes (after reg closes)
Chips in play: 12,360,000
22:45: Big call by Ivanenko Sernii against Aladin Reskallah
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Lojack Aladin Reskallah raises and Ivanenko Sernii defends the big blind. At the flop , it’s check-bet-call. Both players check the turn . On the river , check again by Ivanenko, Reskallah bets 28,500, Ivanenko tanks using up two time banks then calls. Reskallah opens bluff, Ivanenko ships it with .
22:40: Ngo Minh Tien outdraws Minh A Nguyen out
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Button Sandeep Chatlani raises 10,000 small blind Ngo Minh Tien three-bets all in (88,500), big blind Minh A Nguyen shoves with slightly less, Chatlani gets out of the way. Ngo is behind to Nguyen’s . However, with the board running , Nguyen is eliminated.
Ngo Minh Tien – 171,000
Minh A Nguyen – Eliminated
22:35: Deepankur Gupta wins the flip against Nguyen Quang Huy
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
All in preflop, Deepankur Gupta , big stacked Nguyen Quang Huy , the board runs . Gupta doubles up.
Deepankur Gupta – 290,000
Nguyen Quang Huy – 290,000
22:30: Jeerapong Sakulkit doubles up through John Jay Magadan
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Jeerapong Sakulkit shoves for 78,000, John Jay Magadan shoves for 93,000, with no other takers, Sakulkit opens , Magadan has . The board runs for a pair on the river to Sakulkit to avoid elimination.
Jeerapong Sakulkit – 168,500
John Jay Magadan – 15,000
22:25: Nguyen Van Duong doubles through Woo Young Lee
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Cutoff Woo Young Lee opens 15,000, button Nguyen Van Duong calls, flop runs . Lee c-bets 12,000, Nguyen raises 35,000, Lee shoves (254,000), Nguyen (136,500) tanks for 15 seconds then asks for a count. Nguyen is well covered and opts to risk it. He opens top pair, Lee has . The turn and river is a double up for Nguyen.
Nguyen Van Duong – 310,500
Woo Young Lee – 117,500
22:20: Romain Morvan busts to Ha Van Thien
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Three-bet pot preflop leads to a board and 64,500 in the middle. Romain Morvan shoves, Ha Van Thien calls, Morvan opens and is way behind Ha’s . The turn and river Morvan busts as Ha ships it.
Ha Van Thien – 470,000
Romain Morvan – Eliminated
22:15: Blinds up, 55 players remaining – last level of Day 1B
Level 13: 2500-5000 ante 5000
21:55: Nguyen Thuc Duy doubles up through Minh A Nguyen
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
From lojack, Nguyen Duy Thuc opens, button Minh A Nguyen three-bets 24,500, Thuc calls, flop comes . Thuc bets, Minh shoves, Thuc calls and shows flush, Minh has top pair. With the turn , Minh is drawing dead.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 395,000
Minh A Nguyen – 12,000
21:45: Lin Jian Wei rails Zheng Tian Hao on a three-way
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Thanh Nguyen
Zheng Tian Hao
Lin Jian Wei
With the board running , Lin improves to a straight to ship a triple up. Nguyen takes the side pot and eliminates Zheng.
Lin Jian Wei – 103,000
Thanh Nguyen – 150,000
Zheng Tian Hao – Eliminated
21:40: Manish Lakhotia sends Renato Villanueva deep in the tank
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Utg Renato Villanueva Jr opens, lojack calls, hijack Manish Lakhotia three-bets 27,500, both players call. At the flop , Lakhotia c-bets 35,000, Villanueva check-calls, lojack folds. On the turn , Villanueva with another check, Lakhotia sends out 55,000, Villanueva tanks using up two time banks then folds.
Manish Lakhotia – 360,000
Renato Villanueva Jr – 120,000
21:35: Thanh Nguyen doubles up through Lin Jian Wei
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Cutoff opens 8000, button Lin Jian Wei three-bets 23,000, big blind Thanh Nguyen four-bet shoves 87,000, cutoff folds, Lin calls and shows . It’s a flip with Nguyen holding . The board runs for a double up to Nguyen.
Thanh Nguyen – 188,000
Lin Jian Wei – 23,000
21:30: Sandeep Chatlani wins the flip
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
All in preflop, Sandeep Chatlani is at risk and is flipping against Nguyen Duy Thuc’s . The board runs , Chatlani’s pair holds for a double up.
21:25: Le Huy Thanh takes it on a four-bet shove
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
21:05: Nguyen Duy Thuc doubles up with Aces
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack Harry Tran opens 10,000, cutoff Nguyen Hong Quan three-bets 30,000, button Nguyen Duy Thuc calls, back to Tran who calls for a three-way to the flop . Quan c-bets 40,000, Thuc calls, Tran check-folds. On the turn , Quan shoves, Thuc snap-calls. Quan has , Thuc dominates with , river comes . Thuc doubles up.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 280,000
Nguyen Hong Quan – 60,000
Harry Tran – 273,000
21:00: Blinds up, 65 players remaining
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
20:50: Sameer Agarwal tanks to Nguyen Quang Huy’s turn bet
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Sameer Agarwal opens from utg+1, chip leader Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets 17,000 from lojack, Agarwal flats. On the flop , Agarwal checks, Nguyen c-bets 30,000, Agarwal tank-calls. On the turn , Nguyen sends out 60,000, Agarwal uses one time-bank then folds.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 640,000
Sameer Agarwal – 160,000
20:40: Woo Young Lee spikes a sick one-outer to double up
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
From mid-position, Woo Young Lee raises 6500, big blind calls, flop comes . A betting war follows leading to both players all in. Woo Young behind set against bigger stacked player’s set. No change on the turn but with the river , Lee lands the one-outer and ships a sick double up.
20:30: Nhat Nguyen shows Aditya Agarwal pocket Kings
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Utg+1 Aditya Agarwal raises 6000, utg+2 Nhat Nguyen three-bets 15,500, Agarwal calls. At the flop , Nguyen c-bets 25,000, Agarwal check-folds.
Nhat Nguyen – 200,000
Aditya Agarwal – 128,000
20:20: WPT champions go head to head!
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
WPT Prime Vietnam champion Nguyen Duy Thuc opens 6500, big blind WPTDeepStacks champion Nguyen Van Phinh defends. At the flop , betting war leads to both all in. Phinh is ahead set, Duy top two pair. Thuc misses the turn and river , Phinh improves to a flush to ship a double up.
Nguyen Van Phinh – 310,000
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 185,000
20:00: Blinds up, 75 players remaining
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
19:40: Hanh Tran bets every street, Zheng Tian Hao tanks
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
PLO champion Hanh Tran opens 6000, cutoff Zheng Tian Hao calls, flop comes . Tran c-bets 8000, Zheng calls. On the turn , Tran double barrels 20,500, Zheng calls again. Then on the river , Tran shoves 76,000, Zheng tanks using up five time-banks then folds and shows .
Hanh Tran – 154,000
Zheng Tian Hao – 130,000
19:35: Nguyen Van Duong rails one
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Utg+1 raises 10,000, utg+2 Nguyen Van Duong (Duong Heineken) calls, flop runs . Aggressor c-bets 23,500 (leaving 500 chip) behind, Nguyen calls. On the turn , utg+1 puts the last chip in and Nguyen calls. All in player has , Nguyen ahead with , the river is a scoop for Nguyen.
19:30: Vishal Ojha calls and busts to Nguyen Quang Huy’s flush
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Lojack Vishal Ojha opens, hijack Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets, Ojha calls, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets and Ojha check-calls. Both players check the turn , then with the pot at 63,500, Nguyen jams the river . Ojaha tanks using one time bank then calls. Nguyen has flush. Ojha busts and doesn’t show.
19:20: River flush for Jeerapong Sakulkit wins some off Xiaosheng Zheng
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Utg Xiaosheng Zheng opens and hijack Jeerapong Sakulkit calls. At the flop and turn . Zheng c-bets both streets and is called by Sakulkit. On the river , Zheng checks, Sakulkit bets 45,000, Zheng tank-calls. Sakulkit wins the pot with flush.
Jeerapong Sakulkit – 210,000
Xiaosheng Zheng – 70,000
19:10: Amit Kaushik caught bluffing by Ha Van Thien
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Ha Van Thien opens from utg+1 and is called by button Amit Kaushik. When the board runs out , Kaushik bets the entire way, Ha check-calls each way then tanks on the river bet of 40,000. After using two time-banks, Ha calls, Kaushik opens bluff, Ha wins it with .
Ha Van Thien – 225,000
Amit Kaushik – 31,000
19:00: Hieu Ngo triple barrels Sameer Agarwal
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
On a flop {jh{}4h} and 16,000 in the pot, hijack Hieu Ngo bets 5,000 and button Sameer Agarwal calls. On the turn , Ngo fires 15,000 and gets the call again. The river , Ngo triple barrels 45,000, Agarwal folds.
Hieu Ngo – 115,000
Sameer Agarwal – 160,000
18:45: Blinds up, 98 players remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
18:40: Jeerapong Sakulkit triples up
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
All in at the flop , largest stacked Jean Mathieu Malouch with , second stack open ended, and shortest Jeerapong Sakulkit flush draw. The turn grants the flush, and with the river , Sakulkit triples up, Malouch takes a small side pot, and one player is eliminated.
Jeerapong Sakulkit – 153,000
Jean Mathieu Malouch – 51,000
18:30: Minh A Nguyen doubles up through Jean Mathieu Malouch
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg+1 Jean Mathieu Malouch raises 5000, three players call to the flop . Malouch c-bets 11,000, only utg+2 Minh A Nguyen calls. On the turn , Malouch double barrels 20,000, Nguyen calls. On the river , Malouch shoves, Nguyen has less and risks it. Malouch is caught bluffing with and pays the double up to Nguyen’s .
Minh A Nguyen – 186,000
Jean Mathieu Malouch – 73,500
18:20: Short stacked Ho Koon Leong triples
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Mid-position raises 4000, Noel Llamedo calls, beside him Ho Koon Leong all in for his short 10,500, mp and Llamedo call. Both callers proceed to check down the board . Leong’s {10} is good against and Llamedo’s .
18:10: Zhi Wen Deng ends Marc Rivera’s run
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Button player raises 5000, small blind Marc Rivera shoves (31,500), big blind Zhi Wen Deng calls, button joins for a three-way. At the flop , Zhi shoves for a side pot but button folds. Rivera opens , Zhi ahead , the board completes turn and river .
Zhi Wen Deng – 143,000
Marc Rivera – Eliminated
17:55: Harry Tran Gives Victor Chong the boot
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Having just won the Super High Roller event, Victor Chong enters the Main Event and didn’t last long. Action folds to Chong on cutoff, he shoves hi 30,000 stack small blind Harry Tran calls. Chong has , Tran , board runs .
Harry Tran – 210,000
Victor Chong – Eliminated
17:45: Registration for Day 1B closes at 309 entries
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Ngo Minh Tien – 279,000
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc – 270,000
Kim Min Chan – 256,000
Qiu Quan – 234,000
Phan Hung Cuong – 200,000
Hamali Thuy – 200,000|
Nguyen Manh Hung – 200,000
Dong Kyu Kim – 189,000
17:20: Alok Birewar’s Aces Knocks Out a player
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
All in preflop, Alok Birewar with the nuts hole card against a player’s . The board runs . After the count, Birewar is ahead to ship it and knock out one.
17:00: Nguyen Ngoc Dai wins some against Jean-Mathieu Malouch
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Nguyen Ngoc Dai picks up a decent pot against Jean-Mathieu Malouch with straight on a board ahead of two pair. According to the talk at the table, by the turn, the pot was 23,000. Both checked then Nguyen bet 16,300 on the river and was called.
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 105,300
Jean Mathieu Malouch – 168,000
16:55: Blinds up, 289 entries – Last level to enter Day 1B
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
16:45: Yannick Leonard eliminates Hua Wei Lin
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
On a turn board and 14,400 in the pot, Yannick Leonard limps, Hua Wei Lin bets 15,000, Leonard shoves, Lin with less chips goes into the tank. Lin eventually calls and opens top pair. Leonard is ahead and ships it on the river . Lin speeds off and heads to the cashier to re-enter.
Yannick Leonard – 80,000
Hua Wei Lin – Eliminated
16:40: Nevan Chang hard-bets against Nguyen Quang Huy
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
From utg+2, Nevan Chang opens, cutoff Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets 10,000, Chang four-bets 31,000, Nguyen calls. At the flop , Chang c-bets 25,000 and wins the pot.
Nevan Chang – 160,000
Nguyen Quang Huy – 103,000
16:30: Xiaosheng Zheng has the same hand
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Utg+1 raises and button Xiasheng Zheng calls flop comes . Utg+1 c-bets 4000, Zheng raises to 8,000 and is called. On the turn , option is checked to Zheng who bets 20,000 (putting utg+1 all in). Utg+1 tanks then folds showing . Zheng returns the gesture and shows while dragging in the pot.
16:20: Romain Morvan and Manoj Pentakota split it
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Utg+1
Romain Morvan
Manoj Pentakota
When the flop runs , Pentakota adds outs but with the turn and river, the flush doesn’t materialize for a split pot and a bust out.
Romain Morvan – 115,000
Manoj Pentakota – 112,000
16:15: Blinds up, 272 entries
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Hamali Thuy – 260,000
Dong Kyu Kim – 200,000
Nguyen Quang Huy – 185,000
16:00: Dao Minh Phu no-look all in from UTG
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Dao Minh Phu called us over to witness his all in on utg without cards having yet been dealt. Phu had a very playable 36,300 stack. After the cards were dealt, big stacked Nguyen Quang Huy called and opened , Phu had . When the flop ran , Phu got up to leave but then the turn and river gave him the straight for a double up.
Dao Minh Phu – 75,100
Nguyen Quang Huy – 185,000
15:40: WPT champions in the house
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
15:30: Blinds up, 244 entries
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Noel Llamedo – 170,000
Ha Mau Thuy – 130,000
Nguyen Manh Hung – 130,000
Qiu Quan – 130,000
15:00: Vo Dinh Thanh’s Aces nearly cracked
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Vo Dinh Thanh raises with and is called by a short stack with who meant to raise all in. At the flop , short stack is all in with two pair, however with the turn , Thanh improves to a set. With the river , Thanh ships it and boots out a player.
14:45: Pham Duy Anh calls to his doom against Nguyen Dinh Anh Cuong
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
A rare sight, Pham Duy Anh was under pressure on a flop and a massive 42,600 in the pot. Nguyen pushed, Pham tanked using up four time-banks then finding the guts to call. Pham opens and was behind Nguyen’s . The turn { 3c} and river were no help for Pham.
Nguyen Dinh Anh Cuong – 120,000
Pham Duy Anh – Eliminated
14:35: Blinds up, 204 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
14:20: Pros in action
Level 5: 300-600 ante 600
13:55: Blinds up, 186 entries
Level 5: 300-600 ante 600
13:40: Nishant Sharma rails Minh A Nguyen
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Down to 4400, Minh A Nguyen all in on a flop , as the board completes and , he busts holding against Nishant Sharma’s .
Nishant Sharma – 38,000
Minh A Nguyen – Eliminated
13:30: Jerome Sgorrano rails Vu Van Lich
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Festival side event winner Vu Van Lich was seen down to 1900 in chips and pushed with . Jerome Sgorrano sent him to the rail with on a board .
Jerome Sgorrano – 45,000
Vu Van Lich – Eliminated
13:15: Blinds up, 144 entries
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
12:45: Noel Llamedo eliminates a player
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Utg short stacked player all in for 2,400, utg+2 Noel Llamedo, cutoff Terry Gonzaga, and hijac Dinh Xuan Dinh call. At the flop , Llamedo bets 1,000, Gonzaga calls, Dinh folds. On the turn , Llamedo continues with a 3,000 bet, Gonzaga quickly folds. Noel Llamedo has full house, all in player with . The river is not the one-outer for utg to get up and go.
[Update: Super High Roller]
12:35: Bubble bursts at the Super High Roller
Level 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Bubble bursts at the Super High Roller with Yuhang Chen eliminating Yeh Hung Wei. The hand opens with a min-raise by Chen, small blind Yeh shoves, Chen calls. It’s a flip with Yeh and Chen . The board runs . Yeh is eliminated.
Yuhang Chen – 1,375,000
Yeh Hung Wei – Eliminated on the bubble
The final 9 players are now in the money and are each guarantee ₫199,500,000 (~$8,150). Up top is a whopping ₫1,993,000,000 (~$81,420). Watch the race via the livestream on
Seat 1: Jaesung Lee – South Korea – 1,570,000
Seat 2: Justin Chu – Taiwan – 1,070,000
Seat 3: Hyun Sup Kim – South Korea – 1,115,000
Seat 4: Chen Mingcong – China – 2,520,000
Seat 5: Dong Kyu Kim – South Korea – 1,255,000
Seat 6: Victor Chong – Malaysia – 550,000
Seat 7: Chen Peng – China – 5,080,000 (chip leader)*
Seat 8: Ho Koon Leong – Singapore – 1,535,000
Seat 9: Yuhang Chen – China – 1,375,000
12:20: Blinds up, 102 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
12:10: Yao Yadi Eliminates Michael De Leon
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
On a turn board and a pot of 22,400, Michael De Leon and Yao Yadi are all in. De Leon has , Yadi straight. De Leon is drawing dead.
Yao Yadi – 89,000
Michael De Leon – Eliminated
12:00: Local pros seen in action
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
11:40: Blinds up, 74 entries
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
11:20: Lee Woo Young doubles through Pham Duy Anh
Level 1: 100-200 ante 200
Lee Woo Young had already dropped to half stack by the time we caught him all in holding on a board . He was up against Pham Duy Anh who was ahead with . Both improved on the turn with Pham now at two pair. When the river came down , Lee celebrated his straight for a double up.
Lee Woo Young – 40,000
Pham Duy Anh – 35,000
11:00: Cards in the air for Main Event Day 1B
Level 1: 100-200 ante 200
Welcome to Day 1B of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event! The flagship tournament is highlighted by its juicy ₫12 Billion (~US$ 492,100) guarantee and the package to the $40 Million WPT World Championship. 21 players have already secured their spot into Day 2 with Phi Tien Sang bagging up a massive 124 bb stack at Day 1A.
Today’s heat kicked off at 11am at the Crown Poker Club with registration open until the start of Level 10, closing at approximately 5:30pm. Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230).
Starting stack: 40,000
Level intervals: 40 minutes (before reg closes) / 60 minutes (after reg closes)
Live updates will be running throughout right here.
Date: October 13, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
Day 1A: 130 (95 unique)
Day 2 qualifiers: 21 players
| Phí TiếN Sáng | Viet Nam | 629,000 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | Viet Nam | 526,000 |
| Do Anh Tai (THP) | Viet Nam | 473,000 |
| Tran Viet Hoang (Mondayest) | Viet Nam | 305,000 |
| Haro Clement | France | 295,000 |
| Clay Chen | China | 279,000 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong (Winter Sea) | Viet Nam | 279,000 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | Viet Nam | 277,000 |
| PhạM Hùng | Viet Nam | 273,000 |
| Lâm Kim Long | Viet Nam | 268,000 |
| Wooseok Kim | South Korea | 210000 |
| Avneesh Munjal | India | 207,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | Viet Nam | 191,000 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | India | 187,000 |
| NguyễN HữU Vinh | Viet Nam | 167,000 |
| Alexis W. Lim | Philippines | 162,000 |
| NguyễN Đăng Tú | Viet Nam | 162,000 |
| Yan Feng Wang | China | 137,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Tung | Viet Nam | 97,000 |
| Sriram Subramanian | India | 80,000 |
| Aayush Arya | India | 4,000 |
Nam Hyung Kim bags big at Day 1C to claim overall chip lead
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event wrapped up its third and last starting day with a booming 411 entries and 56 players advancing to the next round. Holding the torch as front runner was Korean superstar Nam Hyung Kim who bagged a massive 729,000 stack (145 bb). This was also more than enough to earn the top spot in the overall Day 2 counts.
Read up on how Kim amassed his chips by scrolling down to the live updates. Finishing in second rank was Germany’s Tim Schimmel with 138 bb and to round out the top three was Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh with 127 bb. All three players advanced to Day 2 in the same order.
Date: October 14, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
WPT Vietnam – Coverage and Festival Results
Day 1A: 130 entries (95 unique) / 21 advanced
Day 1B: 309 entries (207 unique) / 47 advanced
Day 1C: 411 entries {254 unique) / 56 advanced
WPT Vietnam – Day 2 Chip Counts, Seat Draw, Payouts
Day 1C – 56 players
| Nam Hyung Kim | Korea | 729,000 |
| Tim Schimmel | Germany | 690,000 |
| Ngoc Anh Cao | Viet Nam | 636,000 |
| Dang Hoang Viet | Viet Nam | 631,000 |
| Ly Tran Tien | Viet Nam | 628,000 |
| Baxoka (Tan Wah Weng) | Singapore | 553,000 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 547,000 |
| Nguyen Van Sang | Viet Nam | 525,000 |
| Do Quang Thang (Doquata) | Viet Nam | 524,000 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thai Land | 496,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Viet Nam | 489,000 |
| Pham Duy Anh | Viet Nam | 429,000 |
| Baby Tuchu (Nguyen Thanh Tung) | Viet Nam | 417,000 |
| Manoj Pentakota | India | 412,000 |
| Dao Xuan Khanh | Viet Nam | 396,000 |
| Leonard Yanick | France | 386,000 |
| Shue Sing Churk | China | 379,000 |
| Mr Lak (Nguyen Tuan Anh) | Viet Nam | 359,000 |
| Harsh Dembla | India | 358,000 |
| Somashekar Kurkhepally Mahadeva | India | 341,000 |
| Xue Song | China | 322,000 |
| Junggu Kim | Korea | 304,000 |
| Pham Quyet Tien | Viet Nam | 297,000 |
| Jaemoon Seok | South Korea | 295,000 |
| Cankai Zhang | China | 292,000 |
| Tian Hao Zheng | China | 292,000 |
| Hong Sol Vin | Korea | 273,000 |
| Lin Hua Wei | Taiwan | 265,000 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 260,000 |
| Cheng Peng | China | 250,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | India | 238,000 |
| Rahul Melwani | India | 218,000 |
| Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | 216,000 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 208,000 |
| Wang Shui | China | 200,000 |
| Hieu Tony | Viet Nam | 189,000 |
| Daniel Smith | New Zealand | 189,000 |
| Nguyen Khoi (Captain Pk) | Viet Nam | 176,000 |
| Manh Hoang | Viet Nam | 172,000 |
| Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 168,000 |
| Adones Carmona | Philippines | 166,000 |
| Yota Mitsui | Japan | 165,000 |
| Mai Bien | Viet Nam | 153,000 |
| Ho Koon Wong | Singapore | 148,000 |
| Quang Vu | Viet Nam | 147,000 |
| Albert Nguyen | Canada | 141,000 |
| Kudo | Viet Nam | 131,000 |
| Wang Xin | China | 101,000 |
| Chen Dong Yue | China | 92,000 |
| Vu Van Linh | Viet Nam | 90,000 |
| Nguyen Tien Thanh (Poso) | Viet Nam | 85,000 |
| Le Xuan Long | Viet Nam | 81,000 |
| Nguyen Van Phuong | Viet Nam | 73,000 |
| Liang Peng | China | 72,000 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | Viet Nam | 63,000 |
| Aayush Arya | India | 52,000 |
Chips in play: 16,440,000
23:00: Nevan Chang four-bets Nguyen Van Sang
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
22:55: Ly Tran Tien wins last showdown of the day
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Ly Tran Tien calls a short stack’s all in and is behind against . A ten turns up on the flop and holds.
22:50: Nam Hyung Kim pushes Vu Van Linh
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
From mid position, Nam Hyung Kim opens, small blind Vu Van Linh calls. When the board runs out , Kim bets the flop and turn and Vu calls. On the river, the pot amassed to 108,000, Vu leads out 65,500, Kim jams, Vu tanks then folds.
Nam Hyung Kim – 703,000
Vu Van Linh – 60,000
22:45: Hua Wei Lin rails Pham Quang Van
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Hua Wei Lin
Pham Quang Van
Board runs , Pham busts.
22:40: Xiao Yu Cheng doubles up through Tan Wah Meng
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
All in preflop, Xiao Yu Cheng , Tan Wah Meng , board runs for a double up to Cheng.
Xiao Yu Cheng – 190,000
Tan Wah Meng – 485,000
22:35: Manoj Pentakota uses six time banks
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
From hijack, Manoj Pentakota opens 10,000, cutoff three-bets 33,000, Pentakota calls. At the flop , cutoff c-bet 16,000, Pentakota check-call. Both players check the turn to bring the river . Pentakota leads out 38,000, cutoff raises 200,000 – just covering Pentakota’s stack, Pentakota tanks. Pentakota proceeds to use all of his remaining six time-banks and just before time runs out, he calls and doubles up.
Cutoff
Manoj Pentakota
22:30: Yannick Leonard banks a huge double up off Ian Modder
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Yannick Leonard , Modder , board runs for a flush to Leonard.
Yannick Leonard – 422,500
Ian Modder – 55,000
22:25: Hua Wei Lin rails a short stack
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Hua Wei Lin cleans out a short stack with dominating on a board .
22:20: Ho Koon Leong lands two-outer against Adones Carmona
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
All in preflop, Ho Koon Leong at risk with against bigger stacked Adones Carmona’s . When the flop runs Leong spikes a lucky two-outer, then with the turn and river , Leong doubles up.
Ho Koon Leong – 160,000
Adones Carmona – 188,500
22:15: Blinds up, 64 players remaining – last level of play
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Tim Schimmel – 670,000
Doqata – 610,000
Tan Wah Meng – 570,000
Hoang Viet – 549,000
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 508,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 480,000
Manh Hung Tran – 460,000
22:50: Nguyen Duc Hieu at top end of a cooler against Amit Kaushik
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Nguyen Duc Hieu
Amit Kaushik
Board runs out .
Nguyen Duc Hieu – 223,500
Amit Kaushik – 220,000
21:40: Tan Wah Meng rails Yo Hwan Lim
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Tan Wah Meng raises 8000, big blind Yo Hwan Lim three-bets all in for 78,000, Tan tanks using up three time banks then calls. Lim has , Tan , board runs .
Tan Wah Meng – 580,000
Yo Hwan Lim – Eliminated
21:30: Nguyen Tuan Anh’s cowboys cracked by Zheng Tian Hao
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Utg Zheng Tian Hao opens, hijack Nguyen Tuan Anh three-bets 25,000, Zheng calls. At the flop , Zheng check-calls 30,000. On the turn , Zheng shoves, Nguyen calls and turns over overpair, Zheng is ahead with . The river is not a spade or a king, Zheng doubles up.
21:20: Doquata cracks Noel Llamedo’s aces
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack Noel Llamedo opens 8000, small blind calls, flop runs . Doqata leads out, Llamedo jams, Doqata calls and shows set. Llamedo has . With the turn and river , Llamedo is eliminated.
Doqata – 525,000
Noel Llamedo – Eliminated
21:10: Amit Kaushik rises over 400K
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack opens, cutoff Amit Kaushik three-bets 28,000, hijack calls, flop comes . Kaushik c-bets 12,000, hijack check-folds.
21:00: Blinds up, 75 remaining
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Tan Wah Meng – 545,000
Hoang Viet – 496,000
Manh Hoang – 420,000
Chen Peng – 400,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 400,000
21:50: Nguyen The Anh dusts Justin Geronimo
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Heavy preflop betting leads to Justin Geronimo all in holding and falls to Nguyen The Anh’s .
Nguyen The Anh – 330,000
Justin Geronimo – Eliminated
20:40: Somashekar rails one on a flip
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Utg+2 opens, hijack three-bets 18,000, big blind Somashekar KM calls, utg+2 four-bets all in, hijack folds, Somashekar calls. At the showdown, it’s a flip with utg+2 and Somashekar . The board runs for a boat to Somashekar.
20:30: Liang Peng doubles up through Don Carmona
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Cutoff Don Carmona opens, small blind Liang Peng three-bets 19,000, Carmona calls. At the flop , checks, Carmona bets, Liang shoves, and Carmona calls. Liang ahead straight, Carmona has plenty of outs . However with the turn and river , Carmona misses to pay the double up.
Liang Peng – 128,000
Don Carmona – 97,000
20:20: Nam Hyung Kim burns Vu Van Linh
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
From utg+1, Nam Hyung Kim opens and finds three callers to the flop . Kim c-bets 10,000, cutoff folds, button Vu Van Linh and big blind call. On the turn , Kim bets 25,000, Vu raises 55,000, Kim tanks then shoves, Vu snap calls.
Vu Van Linh straight
Nam Hyung Kim two pair
The river comes for a full house to Kim and a double up.
Nam Hyung Kim – 316,000
Vu Van Linh – 120,000
20:10: Nguyen Thanh Tung doubles up through Dhanesh Chainani
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Dhanesh Chainani
Nguyen Thanh Tung
The board comes for a double up to Nguyen.
Nguyen Thanh Tung – 281,000
Dhanesh Chainani – 20,000
20:00: Blinds up, 108 players remaining
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Tan Wah Meng – 568,000
Manh Hoang – 385,000
Amit Kaushik – 375,000
Churk Shue – 375,000
Somashekar KM – 370,000
Doqata – 367,000
Hoang Viet – 340,000
Chen Peng – 297,000
Hong Sol Vin – 290,000
Terry Gonzaga – 278,000
Vu Van Linh – 263,000
19:30: Big stacks update, 117 remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Tan Wah Meng – 563,000
Doqata – 350,000
Hieu Nguyen – 330,000
Yeh Hung Wei -310,000
Pham Quang Van – 280,000
Albert Nguyen – 270,000
Terry Gonzaga – 260,000
19:25: Somashekar KM scores a huge double up against Chen Mingcong
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Utg Pham Quang Van opens 5500, cutoff Somashekar KM and big blind Chen Ming Cong call, flop comes . Pham c-bets 11,000, Somashekar calls, Chen check-raises 41,500, Pham and Somashekar call. On the turn , Chen shoves (146,500), Pham tank-folds, Somashekar tanks using up three time-banks then calls.
Somashekar KM draw
Chen Mingcong two pair
The river is the money card for Somashekar to double up.
Somashekar KM – 285,000
Chen Mingcong – 65,000
Pham Quang Van – 280,000
18:45: Blinds up, 157 players remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
18:30: Yo Hwan Lim rails Ivan Konechnyi
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Ivan Konechnyi all in for 31,000 and , Yo Hwan Lim calls , board is .
18:10: Terry Gonzaga puts pressure on Sumit Sapra
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg Sumit Sapra opens, big blind Terry Gonzaga defends, flop comes . Sapra c-bets 3500, Gonzaga check-raises 8500, Sapra folds.
18:00: Short stacks battle, Bich Nguyen ships it
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Yasuhiro Waki raises 4000, Bich Nguyen three-bets jams 30,000, beside him a player joins in for 31,000, action folds around, Waki folds. Nguyen is up against . Both players miss the board for a double up to Nguyen.
17:50: Yeh Hung Wei rails one
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
All in preflop, Yeh Hung Wei’s delivers a knockout to a short stack with on a board .
17:45: Day 1C closes at 411 entries! 217 players remaining
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Churk Shue – 320,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 298,000
Doqata – 297,000
Tim Schimmel – 290,000
Nam Hyung Kim – 250,000
Terry Gonzaga – 250,000
17:20: Pham Tien Dung survives against Richard Marquez
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Richard Marquez opens 3300, button Tran Thi Xuan Ha calls, small blind Pham Tien Dung shoves 7,300, Marquez four-bets 15,800, Tran folds. Marquez has , Pham , the board is kind to Pham as it runs for a straight.
17:10: Heng Kien Tat jams for the pot
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Utg+1 raises 3200, Heng Kien Tat and big blind call. At the flop , utg+1 c-bets 3200, Heng shoves, no callers.
17:00: Truong Vu Tran Khanh cracks cowboys
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Truong Vu Tran Khanh calls a short stack’s all in. Khanh has , at risk player with , board runs .
16:55: Pham Duy Anh bets every street and lands runner runner to bust one
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Getting the action from Pham Duy Anh, utg opens, from utg+2 Pham three-bet, hijack calls, initial raiser folds. At the flop , Pham bets 15,000 and hijack calls. On the turn Pham bets 25,000 and is called again. On the river with 86,000 in the pot, Pham shoves, hijack calls for everything, Pham opens trips, hijack busts with two pair.
16:50: Blinds up, 371 entries – last level to enter the Main Event
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
16:50: Yannick Leonard rails Tran Duc Kien
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Action folds to button Yannick Leonard who raises 2500, small blind Tran Duc Kien shoves (17,200), Leonard calls and shows , Tran with . The board runs , Leonard spikes the ace to eliminated Tran.
16:45: Song Li goes up then busts to Nguyen Huu Tuan
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Under the gun Song Li raises 2500 and finds five callers to the flop . Song c-bets 12,000, no callers to claim the pot.
Next hand, cutoff Nguyen Huu Tuan raises 3500, button calls, big blind Song three-bets 11,500, Nguyen and button call. At the flop , Song c-bets 15,000, Nguyen calls, button folds. On the turn, Song jams, Nguyen calls. Song shows , Nguyen with . The river further improves Nguyen to a flush to ship it and boot Song.
Nguyen Huu Tuan – 130,000
Song Li – Eliminated
16:40: Chhikara Himanshu delivers a double KO
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Dinh Xuan Dinh
Utg+1
Chhikara Himanshu
Board runs out , Himanshu sweeps and delivers a double bust.
Chhikara Himanshu – 94,000
Dinh Xuan Dinh – Eliminated
16:35: Nguyen Thi Bao An busts on a flip against Teddy Pham
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Nguyen Thi Bao An is all in for 13,200 with but doesn’t improve against Teddy Pham’s on a board to bust out.
Teddy Pham – 57,000
Nguyen Thi Bao An – Eliminated
16:30: Dong Kyu Kim says Tens always no good, Hoang Viet doubles
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Hoang Viet three-bet shoves 21,100, initial raiser Dong Kyu Kim calls. Hoang , Kim . The board runs for a double up to Hoang to 44,200.
16:25: Tan Wah Meng takes it on four-bet
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
16:20: Big blind special for Yinan Zhou to rail one
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Button raises 2900, blinds call, flop comes . buton c-bets 7,200, small blind folds, big blind Yinan Zhou check-raises 14,600, button jams, Zhou snap-calls. Zhou has straight, button qh} top pair. With the turn and river , Zhou ships it and boots one.
16:10: Blinds up, 350 entries
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
15:40: Pham Quang Van picks up a heavily fueled pot
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Utg+2 opens 2200, three players call, big blind three-bets 7200, utg+2 and lojack Pham Quang Van call, cutoff Nguyen Nang Quang folds, button calls for four-handed to the flop . Two checks, Pham bets 12,000, no callers.
15:30: Blinds up, 314 entries
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
15:15: Break time chip leaders
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Pham Duy Anh – 147,000
Dong Carmona – 166,000
Heng Kien Tat – 134,000
Yun Kyu Song – 131,800
Vu Van Linh – 130,000
15:10: Hieu Ngo triples up
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg opens, lojack Nguyen Quang Minh three-bets 5000, hijack and cutoff Hieu Ngo call, utg folds. Three players to the flop , action is checked to Hieu who bets 5000, Nguyen raises 10,000, hijack jams, Hieu and Nguyen call.
Hijack
Hieu Ngo
Nguyen Quang Minh
With the turn {10h and river , Hieu’s flush holds for a triple up. Nguyen and hijack split the side pot.
Hieu Ngo – 80,000
Nguyen Quang Minh – 58,000
Hijack – 23,000
14:50: Big slick pays the max and more to Richard Marquez
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Richard Marquez
Aayush Arya
Utg+1
The board runs , Marquez ships it while booting one in the process.
Richard Marquez – 104,000
Aayush Arya – 79,400
14:45: Nam Hyung Kim sends John Tech to the tank
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg+1 Nam Hyung Kim raise 1600, hijack John Tech three-bets 5100, Kim four-bets 14,000, Tech calls, flop comes . Kim c-bets 8000, Tech calls. On the turn , Kim shoves, Tech is covered and tanks using up two time banks then folds. Tech asks Kim if he had Ace-Five hearts, Kim said no.
Nam Hyung Kim – 113,500
John Tech – 44,5000
14:40: Chen Dong Yue Delivers a Triple KO
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Four way all in at the flop , one player with set, Nguyen Van Trung , Chen Dong Yue overpair, shortest with gut shot. No change on the turn but on the river , Chen scores the higher set and sweeps sending three players to the rail.
14:35: Blinds up, 273 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
14:20: Ankit Wadhawan plunges with second nuts against Nguyen Duc Hieu
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Cutoff Nguyen Duc Hieu opens, blinds call, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets, small blind Ankit Wadhawan calls, big blind folds. Both players check the turn , then Wadahawan leads out 10,400 on the river , Hieu raises 35,000, Wadhawan tanks using up five time banks then calls. Nguyen has nut flush, Wadhawan shows his second nuts.
Nguyen Duc Hieu – 101,500
Ankit Wadhawan – 900
14:15: Heng Kien Tat ships it and boots one
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg+1 raises 1100, three players call to see the flop . Utg+1 c-bets 2700, two players call, big blind Heng Kien Tat check-raises 8200, only lojack calls. On the turn , Heng shoves (~80k), lojack (17.7k) tanks then calls for his tournament life. Heng is ahead top pair, lojack lower pair, Heng ships it on the river .
14:00: Vu Van Linh rails Marc Rivera
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
From hijack, Vu Van Linh raises 2600, button Marc Rivera shoves 9600, Vu tank-calls and shows . Rivera slightly ahead with . Board runs . Vu improves to rail Rivera.
Vu Van Linh – 73,000
Marc Rivera – Eliminated
13:55: Blinds up, 236 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
13:45: Duy Ho busts and re-enters
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Shortly after paying a double up when his lost the flip against , Duy Ho is at risk on a queen high flop with that’s dominated by Heng Kien Tat’s . No improvement on the turn and river to bust. Duy quickly re-enters.
13:30: Frank Lillis and Tran Van Quang go pound for pound
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
All in on a flop , at risk player Frank Lillis holds , Tran Van Quang , turn and river is double up for Lillis.
Immediately after, cutoff Tran opens from cutoff, Lillis three-bets 5000 from the small blind, Tran four-bets 10,500, Lillis five-bet shoves, Tran calls and opens , Lillis with . No bad beat on the board, Tran doubles up.
Tran Van Quang – 47,200
Frank Lillis – 56,300
13:20: Albert Nguyen cleans out short stacked Thomas Liffick
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Big blind Thomas Liffick is down to 9000 (18 bb) and sends it all in with , initial raiser Albert Nguyen on utg calls with . Liffick bricks on a board .
Albert Nguyen – 47,000
Thomas Liffick – Eliminated
13:15: Blinds up, 187 entries
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
13:00: First break of the day, 169 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
12:55: Leem Dong Hyun triples up his short stack with quads
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Button Deepak Bothra opens, small blind calls, big blind three-bets all in for his last 2700, call-call. At the flop , Bothra bets 2500 for a side pot but sb folds. Leem has , Bothra . The turn seals the win and the river quads is overkill.
Leem Dong Hyun – 8,500
Deepak Bothra – 74,000
12:50: Pot for Chu Tien Thanh
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Utg+1 Chu Tien Thanh raises 1000, small blind three-bets 4200, Chu calls, flop comes , sb c-bets 1500, Chu calls. On the turn , sb checks, Chu bets 6000 and wins the pot.
12:40: Bich Nguyen shoves for the pot
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Utg+2 Bich Nguyen raises 800, cutoff three-bets 2700, button calls, Nguyen calls to make it a three-way to the flop . Action is checked to button who bets 6500, Nguyen calls, one player folds. The turn , Nguyen jumps out with a shove that well covers button’s stack. Button folds.
12:25: Tony T takes on the heavy hitters Truong Vu Tran Khanh, Dong Kyu Kim
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
From lo-jack Truong Vu Tran Khanh opens, button Tony T three-bets 3000, small blind Dong Kyu Kim four-bets 9000, Truong and Tony call. At the flop , it is checked to Tony who bets 10,000, no callers.
12:20: Blinds up, 132 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
12:15: Nguyen Phuc Tan triple barrels with Jacks
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Utg opens 700, utg+1 calls, big blind Nguyen Phuc Tan three-bets 3500, utg folds, utg+1 calls. At the flop , Nguyen c-bets 4500 and is called. Same action on the turn with 5500 called. On the river , both players check. Nguyen shows , utg+1 mucks.
12:00: Truong Vu Tran Khanh splits with Dong Kyu Kim
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Hijack Truong Vu Tran Khanh raises 1100, button Dong Kyu Kim three-bets 4,000, Truong shoves, Kim snap-calls. Truong has , Kim , board runs for a split pot.
Several hands after, small blind Truong three-bets 2700, called by initial raiser Dong Kyu Kim and button Nguyen Thi Bao An. They all check the flop . On the turn , Truong bets 6500, no callers.
11:50: Yun Kyu Song takes it on a four-bet
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
11:45: Seen in action
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
11:40: Blinds up, 99 entries
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Welcome to Day 1C of the WPT Vietnam Main Event! This is the last chance to enter. Cards are now flying at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. The past two days drew 439 entries at ₫30,000,000 (~$1,230) buy in each which means the ₫12 Billion guarantee has already been breached with 40 entries at the starting gun of today’s heat.
For those just getting to the venue, starting stack is 40,000 (200x the opening blinds). Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.Date: October 14, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
Day 1A: 130 entries (95 unique) / 21 advanced
Day 1B: 309 entries (207 unique) / 47 advanced
The player to catch is Phi Tien Sang who bagged up 629,000 which is equivalent to 104 bb of the next stage starting blinds. 68 players have made the cut to Day 2.
*You can view the WPT Vietnam – Day 2 Chip Counts in the Main Event Day 2 – Live Updates tab.
Day 2 of World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam saw 123 hopefuls return to action at the Crown Poker Club. After eleven hours of play, only 11 players remained led by South Korea’s Woo Young Lee and China’s Tian Hao Zheng. Both players bagged up mighty stacks of 73 bb. Read up on their rise to the top via the live updates. Just scroll down.
The players head back to the felt on Monday, October 16. 2023 at 12pm for the final race to victory. The eventual champion is slated to pocket an enormous ₫3,856,400,000 (~$904,000) plus a package worth $12,500 to the $40 Million guaranteed in December at Wynn Las Vegas.
Date: October 12 to 16, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
Entries: 850 (556 unique)
Prize pool: ₫22,129,400,000 (~US$ 904,900)
ITM: 107 places
Chips in play: 34,000,000
23:45: Day 2 ends with 11 players remaining
Level 25: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
| Lee Woo Young | South Korea | 5,855,000 |
| Zheng Tian Hao | China | 5,830,000 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Vietnam | 4,530,000 |
| Xue Song | China | 4,060,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Vietnam | 3,140,000 |
| Tran Viet Hoang | Vietnam | 2,895,000 |
| Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 2,430,000 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thailand | 1,950,000 |
| Cankai Zhang | Australia | 1,850,000 |
| Wooseok Kim | South Korea | 990,000 |
| Ngo Tran Minh Nhat | Vietnam | 550,000 |
23:15: Zheng Tian Hao shoves, Nguyen The Anh tanks
Level 25: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Hijack Zheng Tian Hao raises 125,000, cutoff Nguyen The Anh calls, flop runs , Zheng bets 825,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn Zheng announces all in for around 2.95M, Nguyen tanks using thee time banks then folds.
Zheng Tian Hao – 4,800,000 (80 bb)
Nguyen The Anh – 3,000,000 (50 bb)
23:05: Alexis Lim eliminated in 12th place – ₫304,500,000 (~$12,450)
Level 25: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
End of the road for Alexis Lim, the last player holding the flag for the Philippines. He was short stacked for the past few hours and moved all in with . He was eliminated in 12th place by Tran Manh Hung wiht .
Tran Manh Hung – 4,300,000 (71 bb)
Alexis Lim – Eliminated
23:00: Khoa Anh doubles up through Cankai Zhang
Level 25: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Cutoff Cankai Zhang raises 120,000, button Khoa Anh shoves, Zhang tank-calls and shows . It’s a flip with Khoa holding . Board runs . Khoa doubles up.
Khoa Anh – 1,670,000 (27 bb)
Cankai Zhang – 2,890,000 (48 bb)
22:45: Blinds up, 12 players remaining – last level of play
Level 25: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
The remaining 12 players are now back from their last 15-minute break of Day 2. They play until the end of this level unless it reaches the final 9. Each one is now guaranteed ₫304,500,000 (~$12,450).
22:30: Wooseok Kim shoves and shows aces
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
From cutoff, Xue Song opens, button Wooseok Kim calls, small blind Sorawit Suriyakarn three-bets 260,000, Song folds, Kim calls. At the flop , Sorawit checks, Kim bets 100,000, Sorawit tanks then raises 300,000, Kim shoves 645,000, Sorawit opts to fold. Kim shows .
Wooseok Kim – 1,400,000 (53 bb)
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 2,000,000 (40 bb)
22:20: Woo Young Lee catapults to the chip lead
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Woo Young Lee
Ngo Tran Minh Nhat
Board runs , aces hold for a huge double up. Lee has now taken over the chip lead.
Woo Young Lee – 5,675,000 (113 bb)
Ngo Tran Minh Nhat – 960,000 (19 bb)
22:10: Cao Ngoc Anh eliminated in 13th place – ₫245,500,000 (~$10,030)
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Cao Ngoc Anh all in with , Tran Viet Hoang calls holding . Board runs . Anh goes bust in 13th place.
Tran Viet Hoang – 4,100,000 (82 bb)
Cao Ngoc Anh – Eliminated
22:05: Alexis Lim lands a double up
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Action folds to small blind Khoa Anh who shoves on big blind Alexis Lim. Lim snap calls with , Khoa turns over . Board runs for a double up to Lim.
Alexis Lim – 620,000 (12 bb)
Khoa Anh – 1,000,000 (20 bb)
22:00: Bien Mai eliminated in 14th place – ₫2145,500,000 (~$10,030)
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg Soriwat Suriyakarn limps, button Xue Song raises 175,000, big blind Bien Mai three-bets 750,000, Soriwat folds, Song jams, and Mai risks it all. Song is ahead , Mai , board runs . Mai exits in 14th place.
Xue Song – 2,980,000 (59 bb)
Bien Mai – Eliminated
21:50: Tan Wah Meng calls to his doom in 15th place – ₫200,500,000 (~US$ 8,200)
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Button Nguyen The Anh raises 105,000, big blind Tan Wah Meng defends. flop comes . Tan leads out 105,000, Nguyen raises 250,000, Tan three-bets 650,000, Nguyen shoves and says “I cannot fold this hand”. Tan tanks then calls for his tournament life with top pair. Tan’s kicker is dominated . The turn and river ends Tan’s run in 15th place.
Nguyen The Anh – 4,200,000 (84 bb)
Tan Wah Meng – Eliminated in 15th place
21:45: Aladin Reskallah eliminated in 16th place – ₫200,500,000 (~US$ 8,200)
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg Aladin Reskallah shoves, small blind Tran Viet Hoang calls. Reskallah , Tran has , when the flop lands it’s an instant straight for Tran. With the turn and rive , Reskallah is out in 16th place.
Tran Viet Hoang – 4,300,000 (86 bb)
Aladin Reskallah – Eliminated
21:35: Blinds up, 16 players remaining
Level 24: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Blinds up, 16 players remaining, each one guaranteed ₫200,500,000 (~US$ 8,200). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels (end of Level 25) whichever is first reached. Cankai Zhang is the new leader with 4,400,000 (88 bb).
21:30: Nguyen Hong Quan eliminated in 17th place – ₫166,000,000 (~$6,788)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Cankai Zhang raises 80,000, big blind Nguyen Hong Quan defends, flop comes . Zhang c-bets 50,000, Nguyen check-raises 170,000, Zhang calls. On the turn , Nguyen check-calls 300,000. Then on the river , Nguyen checks again, Zhang jams with a stack that covers Nguyen who tanks. Nguyen calls. Zhang has , Nguyen busts with .
Cankai Zhang – 4,400,000 (110 bb)
Nguyen Hong Quan – Eliminated
21:25: Sriharsha Doddapaneni eliminated in 18th place – ₫166,000,000 (~$6,788)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni all in for his last 635,000, Cankai Zhang calls. Doddapaneni is ahead of Zhang’s but with the board running , Zhang pairs up to end the hopes of an Indian champion.
Cankai Zhang – 3,000,000 (75 bb)
Sriharsha Doddapaneni – Eliminated
21:20: Aladin Reskallah gets lucky on Woo Seok Kim
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Button Woo Young Lee raises 85,000, small blind Aladin Reskallah shoves, Lee calls and is ahead to Reskallah’s . With the board running , Reskallah improves to a straight to double up.
Aladin Reskallah – 1,125,000 (28 bb)
Woo Seok Kim – 900,000 (22 bb)
21:15: Aladin Reskallah versus Woo Young Lee
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Aladin Reskallah opens 80,000, big blind Woo Young Lee defends, flop comes . Reskallah c-bets 55,000, Lee check-raises 135,000, Reskallah calls. On the turn , Lee double barrels 275,000, Reskallah calls. On the river , Lee shoves, Reskallah uses three time banks then folds.
Woo Young Lee – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
Aladin Reskallah – 465,000 (11 bb)
21:10: Sandeep Chatlani eliminated in 19th place – ₫166,000,000 (~$6,788)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Sandeep Chatlani is flipping for his tournament life with against Tran Manh Hung’s . With the board running , Chatlani packs up to go.
Tran Manh Hung – 3,875,000 (97 bb)
Sandeep Chatlani – Eliminated
20:55: Pham Duy Anh eliminated in 20th place – ₫166,000,000 (~$6,788)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Pham Duy Anh all in for 640,000 with but can’t get by Tran Manh Hung’s on the big blind. Board runs .
Tran Manh Hung – 3,400,000 (85 bb)
Pham Duy Anh – Eliminated
20:40: Amit Kaushik eliminated in 21st place – ₫139,000,000(~$5,680)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Amit Kaushik raises 155,000 leaving himself 1,000 behind. Xue Song pushes, Kaushik tanks then eventually puts the last chip in and opens . Song is ahead . Board runs .
Xue Song – 1,980,000 (49 bb)
Amit Kaushik – Eliminated
20:35: Nguyen Viet Hai eliminated in 22nd place – ₫139,000,000(~$5,680)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Nguyen Viet Hai falls on a flip against Tran Manh Hung with outdrawn by on a board .
Tran Manh Hung – 2,725,000 (68 bb)
Nguyen Viet Hai – Eliminated
20:30: Nguyen Manh Hung eliminated in 23rd place – ₫139,000,000(~$5,680)
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Down to 4 bb, Nguyen Manh Hung is eliminated by Ngo Tran Minh Nhat with over .
Ngo Tran Minh Nhat – 2,,200,000 (55 bb)
Nguyen Manh Hung – Eliminated
20:25: Blinds up, 23 players remaining
Level 23: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Blinds up, 23 players remaining, each one guaranteed ₫139,000,000 (~US$ 5,680). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels (end of Level 25) whichever is first reached. Tran Viet Hong maintains top rank with 4,500,000 (112 bb).
20:00: Nguyen Van Sang falls to Cankai Zhang
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Nguyen Van Sang all with then falls to Cankai Zhang’s on a board .
Cankai Zhang – 2,020,000 (67 bb)
Nguyen Van Sang – Eliminated
19:55: Aces again for Tran Viet Hoang, eliminates Chen Peng
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Chen Peng shoves (1,300,000) with , Tran Viet Hoang snap-calls and turns over . Players commented that this was his third one. Board runs .
Tran Viet Hoang – 4,275,000 (142 bb)
Chen Peng – Eliminated
19:50: Woo Young Lee muscles Soriwat Suriyakarn
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg Soriwat Suriyakarn raises 65,000, big blind Woo Young Lee calls, flop runs , Soriwat bets 70,000, Lee check-calls. On the turn , both check. The river , Lee jumps out with a 225,000 bet, Soriwat tanks then folds showing .
Woo Young Lee – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Soriwat Suriyakarn – 2,150,000 (71 bb)
19:45: Bien Mai doubles through Chen Peng
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
From hijack, Chen Peng opens, button Bien Mai three-bets 170,000, Chen calls. At the flop , Mai c-bets 120,000, Chen check-calls. On the turn , Chen shoves, Mai snap-calls, Chen has draw, Mai ahead with two pair. The river is for a double up to Mai.
Bien Mai – 1,750,000 (58 bb)
Chen Peng – 825,000 (27 bb)
19:40: Nguyen Duc Nhat falls to Sorawit Suriyakarn
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Nguyen Duc Nhat hung in with a short stack for most of the day and sent it all in (240,000) holding . He was called by Sorawitn Suriyakarn with . Both players missed the board.
Soriwat Suriyakarn – 2,245,000 (74 bb)
Nguyen Duc Nhat – Eliminated
19:30: Pham Hung’s Queens run into pocket Aces
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg Pham Hung shoves with , Tran Viet Hoang sends him to the rail with on a board .
Tran Viet Hoang – 3,700,000 (123 bb)
Pham Hung – Eliminated
19:25: Sriharsha Doddapaneni doubles up through Chen Peng
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg Chen Peng opens 60,000, Sriharsha Doddapaneni defends. When the board runs out , Chen bets 50,000, 150,000, 350,000, Doddapaneni check-calls throughout with only 285,000 left by the river. Chen bluffing with , Doddapaneni ships a double up with two pair.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Chen Peng – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
19:15: Sorawit Suriyakarn versus Doqata
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Cutoff Doqata opens, button Sorawit Suriyakarn calls, flop comes , Doqata c-bets 60,000, Sorawit raises 150,000, Doqata folds.
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 1,745,000 (58 bb)
Doqata – 380,000 (12 bb)
19:05: Blinds up, 29 players remaining
Level 22: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Blinds up, 29 players remaining, each one guaranteed ₫117,500,000 (~US$ 4,800). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels whichever is first reached. Tran Viet Hong maintains top rank with 3,500,000.
18:40: Le Huy Thanh falls to Amit Kaushik
Level 21: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
All in preflop, it’s a flip with Le Huy Thanh , Amit Kaushik , board runs .
Amit Kaushik – 780,000 (31 bb)
Le Huy Thanh – Eliminated
18:30: Doqata puts the pressure on Alexis Lim
Level 21: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Three players in on a limped pot, board is . Button Alexis Lim bets 25,000, small blind Doqata check-raises 50,000, big blind Sorawit Suriyakarn folds, Lim calls. On the turn , Doqata shoves (300,000), Lim folds.
Doqata – 500,000 (10 bb)
Alexis Lim – 470,000 (18 bb)
18:20: Pham Duy Anh goes down and up
Level 21: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Pham Duy Anh bet 300,000 on a board got caught bluffing with against caller Tran Manh Hung with . Down to 17 bb, Pham three-bet shoved on the next hand. Initial raiser Nguyen Viet Hai called. Pham was ahead against and doubled up after the board ran out .
Pham Duy Anh – 1,000,000 (40 bb)
Nguyen Viet Hai – 850,000 (34 bb)
Tran Manh Hung – 1,865,000 (74 bb)
18:15: Sriharsha Doddapaneni back on the grind
Level 21: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Sriharsha Doddapaneni is back up to a healthier stack of 950,000 (38 bb) after picking up a couple of pots. His latest was with on a board . Doddapaneni raised 250,000 on the river and Nguyen The Anh called. He collected a pot of 690,000.
18:05: Blinds up, 33 players remaining
Level 21: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Another 15-minute break has passed, 33 players remaining, each one guaranteed ₫101,000,000 (~US$ 4,130). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels whichever is first reached.
Big stacks:Tran Viet Hoang – 3,350,000 (134 bb)
Tan Wah Meng – 2,585,000 (103 bb)
Chen Peng – 2,100,000 (84 bb)
Zheng Tian Hao – 2,000,000 (80 bb)
Ngo Tran Minh Nhat – 1,890,000 (75 bb)
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 1,690,000 (67 bb)
Nguyen Van Sang _ 1,475,000 (59 bb)
17:40: Tran Viet Hoang catapults to 3M, Sriharsha Doddapaneni plunges
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
Cutoff Tran Viet Hoang opens 40,000, blinds call, flop comes . Tran c-bets 50,000, small blind Nguyen The Anh folds, big blind Sriharsha Doddapaneni check-raises 165,000, Tran calls. On the turn , Doddapaneni leads out 310,000, Tran flats. The river , Doddapaneni shoves 1,400,000, Tran with less chips goes deep in the tank and uses three time banks. Tran calls. Doddapaneni shows , Tran ships a huge double up with .
Tran Vietn Hoang – 3,000,000 (150 bb)
Sriharsha Doddapaneni – 390,000 (19 bb)
17:30: Zheng Tian Hao fuels the pot and wins it
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
Utg+1 Ha Van Thien raises 40,000, hijack Teddy Pham calls, cutoff Nguyen Van Sang three-bets 115,000, small blind Zheng Tian Hao four-bets 250,000, fold-fold, Nguyen calls. At the flop , Zheng c-bets 200,000, Nguyen folds.
Zheng Tian Hao – 2,140,000 (107 bb)
Nguyen Van Sang – 1,000,000 (50 bb)
17:20: Tran Viet Hoang versus Nguyen Hong Quan
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
From hijack, Nguyen Hong Quan opens 40,000, big blind Tran Viet Hoang calls. At the flop Nguyen c-bets 50,000, Tran check-raises 150,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn , Tran leads out 175,000, Nguyen calls. The river , Tran bets 175,000 again, Nguyen tank-calls. Tran shows two pair, Nguyen mucks.
Tran Viet Hoang – 1,540,000 (77 bb)
Nguyen Hong Quan – 475,000 (23 bb)
17:10: Tim Schimmel bluffs and falls to Chen Peng’s quads
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
Hijack Chen Peng opens, Tim Schimmel defends the big blind, fop comes . Chen c-bets 40,000, Schimmel check-raises 80,000, Chen calls. On the turn , Schimmel makes it 100,000 to go, Chen calls. The river , Schimmel tanks using one time banks then goes all in for around 300K+. Chen snap calls and shows {s} quads. Schimmel busts on a failed bluff.
Chen Peng – 1,400,000 (70 bb)
Tim Schimmel – Eliminated
17:00: Sandeep Chatlani wins the flip against Daniel Tighe
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
With his last 350,000 (17 bb), Daniel Tighe shoves, down the orbit Sandeep Chatlani shoves with less (210,000). It’s a flip with Tighe and Chatlani . With the board running , Chatlani further improves to double through.
Sandeep Chatlani – 470,000 (23 bb)
Daniel Tighe – 140,000 (7 bb)
16:50: Blinds up, 47 players remaining
Level 20: 10,000-20,000 ante 2000
Blinds up, 47 players remaining. Players are guaranteed ₫87,500,000 (~US$ 3,580). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels whichever is first reached.
16:45: Sriharsha Doddapaneni versus Aayush Arya
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg raises 35,000, button Sriharsha Doddapaneni and big blind Aayush Arya call, flop comes . All check. Dealer drops the turn , Arya leads 35,000, utg folds, Doddapaneni calls. On the river , Arya bets 35,000 again, Doddapaneni raises 175,000, Arya tank-folds.
Sriharsha Doddapaneni – 1,000,000 (66 bb)
Aayush Arya – 700,000 (46 bb)
16:30: Alexis Lim shows top pair, Doqata with Aces
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
From cutoff, Alexis Lim raises 32,000, button Doqata three-bets 80,000, Lim flats. On the flop , Doqata c-bets 100,000, Lim check-calls. On the turn , Doqata triple barrels 350,000, Lim tanks using up two time banks then folds showing top pair. Doqata returns the gesture showing .
Doqata – 1,000,000 (66 bb)
Alexis Lim – 580,000 (38 bb)
16:20: Hua Wei Lin falls to Khoa Anh
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
All in preflop, Hua Wei Lin risks it all with then falls to Khoa Anh’s on a board .
Khoa Anh – 1,260,000 (84 bb)
Hua Wei Lin – Eliminated
16:10: Nguyen Van Sang banks a double up off Le Huy Thanh
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+1 Nguyen Van Sang opens, button Le Huy Thanh three-bets, small blind and Nguyen call. At the flop {}9s}, action is checked to Le who fires 125,000, sb folds, Nguyen jams, Le call. Nguyen has tripns, Le with . The turn and river are good for Nguyen to double up.
Nguyen Van Sang – 645,000 (43 bb)
Le Huy Thanh – 600,000 (40 bb)
16:05: Amit Kaushik earns the max against Tim Schimmel
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
From hijack, Tim Schimmel opens 30,000, button Amit Kaushik calls, flop comes both players check. On the turn , Schimmel bets 65,000, Kaushik calls. The river , Schimmel slides out a stack that well covers Kaushik who calls for his tournament life. Schimmel has top pair, Kaushik ships a double up with trips.
Amit Kaushik – 544,000 (36 bb)
Tim Schimmel – 766,000 (51 bb)
16:00: Nam Hyung Kim falls on a cooler against Nguyen Hong Quan
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Preflop war leads to Nam Hyung Kim all in holding and runs hard into Nguyen Hong Quan’s . No help comes on the board . Kim is eliminated.
Nguyen Hong Quan – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Nam Hyung Kim – Eliminated
15:50: Blinds up, 62 players remaining
Level 19: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Second break of the day is over. Blinds up, 62 players remaining. Players are guaranteed ₫69,000,000 (~US$ 2,800). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels whichever is first reached.
Race leaders:Ngo Tran Minh Nhat – 1,380,000 (92 bb) – chip leader
Tran Manh Hung – 1,260,000 (84 bb)
Nguyen The Anh – 1,300,000 (86 bb)
Tan Wah Meng – 1,300,000 (86 bb)
Aladin Reskallah – 1,120,000 (74 bb)
Teddy Pham – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Woo Young Lee – 1,000,000 (66 bb)
Le Huy Thanh – 980,000 (65 bb)
Sriharsha Doddapaneni – 900,000 (60 bb)
15:30: Xue Song turns it up on fourth street
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hijack Xue Song opens, button Nguyen Hong Quan three-bets 55,000, big blind Nguyen Duy Thuc and Xue call. All three check the flop . The turn , Duy Thuc bets 100,000, Xue shoves (359,000), Hong Quan folds, Duy Thuc tank-folds.
Xue Song – 658,000 (54 bb)
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 470,000 (39 bb)
Nguyen Hong Quan – 475,000 (39 bb)
15:25: Yusheng Lin runs into Cankai Zhang’s cowboys
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Yusheng Lin three-bets all in (224,000), button Cankai Zhang joins in (124,000), Lin has , Zhang ahead . Board runs .
Cankai Zhang – 278,000 (23 bb)
Yusheng Lin – 110,000 (9 bb)
15:20: Zhi Wen Deng cleans out Harry Tran
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Small blind Harry Tran raises 29,000, big blind Zhi Wen Deng defends, flop comes , Tran check-calls Zhi’s 33,000 bet. On the turn , Zhi fires 75,000, Tran check-raises all in, Zhi snap-calls and shows , Tran has . The river is not one of Tran’s outs.
Zhi Wen Deng – 650,000 (43 bb)
Harry Tran – Eliminated
15:15: Aladin Reskallah soars over 1M after railing Anatolii Gorbushin
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
All in preflop, Anatolii Gorbushin at risk with against Aladin Reskallah’s . With the board running , Gorbushin goes bust, Reskallah crosses into seven digits.
Aladin Reskallah – 1,140,000 (95 bb)
Anatolii Gorbushin – Eliminated
15:00: Cankai Zhang doubles up through Daniel Tighe
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Short stacked Cankai Zhang three-bet shoves from the button, initial raiser Daniel Tighe calls from hijack. It’s a flip with at-risk player Zhang against Tighe’s . The board runs low for a winning set to Zhang.
Cankai Zhang – 218,000 (18 bb)
Daniel Tighe – 850,000 (70 bb)
14:55: Hanh Tran falls to Zhi Wen Deng
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hijack Zhi Wen Deng opens 25,000, big blind Hanh Tran defends, flop comes , Zhi c-bets 20,000, Tran check-raises all in for 178,000. Zhi tank-calls. Tran shows straight draw, Zhi has higher straight draw. With the turn and river , both miss, Tran is eliminated.
Zhi Wen Deng – 520,000 (43 bb)
Hanh Tran – Eliminated
14:50: Zheng Tian Hao wins it on a four-bet
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Zheng Tian Hao – 810,000 (67 bb)
Manish Lakhotia – 328,000 (27 bb)
14:40: Tran Manh Hung successfully defends the big blind
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
From cutoff, Pham Duy Anh opens 31,000 and big blind Tran Manh Hung defends, flop comes , Pham c-bets 30,000, Tran check-calls. Both players check the turn and river . Tran wins with . Pham shows .
14:35: Blinds up, 78 players remaining
Level 18: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Blinds up, 78 players remaining. Players are guaranteed ₫57,000,000 (~US$ 2,330). Day 2 plays down to the final 9 players or a maximum of 11 levels whichever is first reached.
Race leaders:Tan Wah Meng – 1,450,000 (120 bb)
Tran Manh Hung – 960,000 (80 bb)
Daniel Tighe – 1,000,000 (83 bb)
Tim Schimmel – 915,000 (76 bb)
14:15: Hoang Viet wins the flip to rail Bu Hui Zhi
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg Tran Viet Hoang raises 22,000, utg+1 Bu Hui Zhi shoves, small blind Hoang Viet four-bet jams, Tran folds. It’s a flip with Zhi , Hoang . Board runs [qc}.
Hoang Viet – 530,000 (53 bb)
Bu Hui Zhi – Eliminated
14:00: Amit Kaushik uses three time banks, Chen Peng wins the pot
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
From hijack, Chen Peng raises 25,000, blinds call, flop comes . Big blind Yannick Leonard leads out 15,000, Chen raises 45,000, small blind Amit Kaushik tanks using three time banks then folds. Leonard folds.
Chen Peng – 550,000 (55 bb)
Yannick Leonard – 260,000 (26 bb)
Amit Kaushik – 260,000 (26 bb)
13:50: Ngo Minh Tien outdrawn by Nguyen Duy Thuc
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Ngo Minh Tien
Nguyen Duy Thuc
Board runs for a straight to Nguyen.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 805,000 (80 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 120,000 (12 bb)
Ngo Minh Tien – Eliminated
13:45: Sorawit Suriyakarn pushes out Ha Nguyen
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg Ha Nguyen opens 21,000, utg+2 Sorawit Suriyakarn and big blind Yannick Leonard call, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets 30,000, Sorawit calls, Leonard folds. On the turn , Nguyen c-bets 70,000, Sorawit shoves, Nguyen is covered, he tanks and folds.
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 860,000 (86 bb)
Ha Nguyen – 122,000 – 122,000 (12 bb)
13:40: Nguyen Duc Thanh wins the preflop betting war
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Nguyen Duc Thanh – 760,000 (76 bb)
Cao Ngoc Anh – 440,000 (44 bb)
13:35: Blinds up, 91 players remaining
Level 17: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
13:20: First break of the day, 91 players remaining
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Tan Wah Meng – 1,380,000 (172 bb)
Do Anh Tai – 1,000,000 (125 bb)
Nguyen Manh Hung – 965,000 (120 bb)
Tim Schimmel – 940,000 (117 bb)
13:00: Aces Cracked! Long Lam rails Nguyen Thanh Tung
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Button Nguyen Thanh Tung shoves , big blind Long Lam calls , board runs . Thanh Tung’s aces go down and he heads to the rail.
12:30: Double bubble! Nguyen Tuan Anh and Nguyen Dang Tu eliminated
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Having dropped to 1 bb, Nguyen Tuan Anh is all in , Tim Schimmel successfully isolates and has . The board runs . Nguyen is eliminated.
At the opposite end of the room, Nguyen Dang Tu is all in holding , Nguyen Long Lam has . Board runs . Long Lam improves to knock out Dang Tu.
The third all in hand is Nguyen Van Phuong shoves 111,000 from the small blind, big blind Harsh Dembla calls. Nguyen has , Dembla . The flop is a scare for Nguyen , but with the turn and river , he stays ahead for double up.
Nguyen Van Phuong – 230,000 (28 bb)
Harsh Dembla – 227,000 (28 bb)
12:25: Nguyen Duc Hieu takes it on a four-bet shove, Hasagi show Tens
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Utg+2 Amit Kaushi opens, Ha Nguyen three-bets 80,000, big blind Nguyen Duc Hieu four-bets all in for 218,000, Kaushik folds, Ha folds and shows . Duc Hieu says he has pocket Queens.
12:20: Chen Peng sends Nguyen Tuan Anh down to 1 bb
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Utg opens, Nguyen Tuan Anh three-bets, Chen Peng four-bets, utg folds, Nguyen five-bets all in with and Chen Peng calls for all his chips with . The board runs . Chen doubles up, Nguyen plunges to 1 bb.
Chen Peng – 678,000 (84 bb)
Nguyen Tuan Anh – 8,000 (1 bb)
12:15: Junngu Kim jams on the leader Nam Hyung Kim
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Under the gun+1 Junggu Kim opens 16,000, button Nam Hyung Kim calls, flop comes . Junggu c-bets 20,000, Nam calls. On the the turn , Junggu bets 20,000 again, Nam raises 70,000, Junggu three-bets all in, Nam folds.
Junngu Kim – 370,000 (46 bb)
Nam Hyung Kim – 790,000 (98 bb)
12:00: Blinds up, 111 players remaining
Level 16: 4000-8000 ante 8000
11:30: More eliminations… bubble round fast approaching
Level 15: 3000-6000 ante 6000
11:00: Shuffle up and deal!
Level 15: 3000-6000 ante 6000
Day 2 qualifiers – seat draw (alphabetical)
| Aayush Arya | India | 52,000 | 31 | 8 |
| Aditya Agarwal | India | 253,000 | 25 | 6 |
| Adones Carmona | Philippines | 166,000 | 31 | 2 |
| Aladin Reskallah | France | 396,000 | 26 | 2 |
| Albert Nguyen | Canada | 141,000 | 20 | 7 |
| Alexis W.Lim | Philippines | 162,000 | 28 | 7 |
| Amit Kaushik | India | 238,000 | 21 | 7 |
| Anatolii Gorbushin | Russia | 378,000 | 26 | 7 |
| Avneesh Munjal | India | 207,000 | 28 | 3 |
| Baby Tuchu (Nguyen Thanh Tung) | Viet Nam | 417,000 | 17 | 2 |
| Baxoka (Tan Wah Weng) | Singapore | 553,000 | 22 | 9 |
| Bu Hui Zhi | China | 83,000 | 22 | 3 |
| Cankai Zhang | China | 292,000 | 17 | 4 |
| Chao Li | China | 192,000 | 24 | 7 |
| Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | 216,000 | 19 | 3 |
| Chen Dong Yue | China | 92,000 | 19 | 7 |
| Cheng Peng | China | 250,000 | 17 | 7 |
| Daesun Samuel Yu | USA | 258,000 | 25 | 5 |
| Dang Hoang Viet | Viet Nam | 631,000 | 20 | 5 |
| Daniel Smith | New Zealand | 189,000 | 18 | 4 |
| Daniel Tighe | Ireland | 466,000 | 27 | 7 |
| Dao Xuan Khanh | Viet Nam | 396,000 | 21 | 6 |
| Deepankur Gupta | India | 305,000 | 25 | 3 |
| Dinh Van Tien ( Ntt ) | Viet Nam | 377,000 | 26 | 8 |
| Do Anh Tai | Viet Nam | 473,000 | 29 | 3 |
| Do Quang Thang (Doquata) | Viet Nam | 524,000 | 19 | 9 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | Viet Nam | 277,000 | 29 | 8 |
| Ha Van Thien | Viet Nam | 510,000 | 27 | 4 |
| Haro Clement | France | 295,000 | 29 | 5 |
| Harry Tran | Viet Nam | 244,000 | 25 | 7 |
| Harsh Dembla | India | 358,000 | 18 | 7 |
| Hieu Tony | Viet Nam | 189,000 | 21 | 5 |
| Ho Koon Leong | Singapore | 148,000 | 31 | 7 |
| Hong Solvin | Korea | 273,000 | 19 | 5 |
| Hwang Sung Young | Korea | 157,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Ivanenko Sernii | Urkaine | 428,000 | 27 | 9 |
| Jaemoon Seok | South Korea | 295,000 | 20 | 9 |
| Jeerapong Sakulkit | Thailand | 193,000 | 24 | 6 |
| Junggu Kim | Korea | 304,000 | 17 | 5 |
| Khoa Anh | Viet Nam | 506,000 | 27 | 5 |
| Klay Chen | China | 279,000 | 29 | 6 |
| Kudo | Viet Nam | 131,000 | 19 | 1 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | Viet Nam | 191,000 | 28 | 4 |
| Lâm Kim Long | Viet Nam | 268,000 | 28 | 1 |
| Laury Vanlerberghe | France | 65,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Le Huy Thanh | Viet Nam | 344,000 | 26 | 9 |
| Le Xuan Long | Viet Nam | 81,000 | 31 | 6 |
| Lee Woo Young | Korea | 193,000 | 24 | 5 |
| Leonard Yannick | France | 386,000 | 21 | 8 |
| Liang Peng | China | 72,000 | 31 | 1 |
| Lin Hua Wei | Taiwan | 265,000 | 20 | 2 |
| Lin Yusheng | Taiwan | 428,000 | 27 | 8 |
| Ly Dac Dung | Viet Nam | 227,000 | 25 | 9 |
| Ly Tran Tien | Viet Nam | 628,000 | 22 | 8 |
| Mai Bien | Viet Nam | 153,000 | 18 | 2 |
| Manoj Pentakota | India | 412,000 | 22 | 7 |
| Manh Hoang | Viet Nam | 172,000 | 21 | 3 |
| Manish Lakhotia | India | 387,000 | 26 | 5 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | India | 187,000 | 28 | 5 |
| Mr Lak (Nguyen Tuan Anh) | Viet Nam | 359,000 | 17 | 3 |
| Nam Hyung Kim | Korea | 729,000 | 18 | 3 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | Viet Nam | 184,000 | 24 | 9 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | Viet Nam | 526,000 | 29 | 2 |
| Ngoc Anh Cao | Viet Nam | 636,000 | 31 | 3 |
| NguyễN Đăng Tú | Viet Nam | 162,000 | 28 | 8 |
| Nguyen Duc Nhat ( Mr Sumo ) | Viet Nam | 161,000 | 23 | 5 |
| Nguyen Duc Thanh | Viet Nam | 331,000 | 25 | 2 |
| Nguyen Duy Thuc | Viet Nam | 211,000 | 24 | 2 |
| Nguyen Hong Quan | Viet Nam | 188,000 | 24 | 8 |
| NguyễN HữU Vinh | Viet Nam | 167,000 | 28 | 6 |
| Nguyen Khoi (Captain Pk) | Viet Nam | 176,000 | 31 | 4 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 500,000 | 27 | 6 |
| Nguyen Manh Tuan | Viet Nam | 87,000 | 22 | 2 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Tung | Viet Nam | 97,000 | 27 | 1 |
| Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Viet Nam | 388,000 | 26 | 4 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | Viet Nam | 413,000 | 26 | 1 |
| Nguyen Thanh Tung | Viet Nam | 199,000 | 24 | 3 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Viet Nam | 489,000 | 17 | 1 |
| Nguyen Tien Thanh (Poso) | Viet Nam | 85,000 | 21 | 1 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | Viet Nam | 63,000 | 21 | 9 |
| Nguyen Tuan Hoang | Viet Nam | 173,000 | 23 | 3 |
| Nguyen Van Duong ( Heineken ) | Viet Nam | 380,000 | 26 | 6 |
| Nguyen Van Phinh | Viet Nam | 144,000 | 23 | 7 |
| Nguyen Van Phuong | Viet Nam | 73,000 | 18 | 6 |
| Nguyen Van Sang | Viet Nam | 525,000 | 19 | 4 |
| Nguyen Viet Hai | Viet Nam | 165,000 | 23 | 4 |
| Pham Duy Anh | Viet Nam | 429,000 | 20 | 1 |
| PhạM Hùng | Viet Nam | 273,000 | 29 | 9 |
| Pham Quyet Tien | Viet Nam | 297,000 | 19 | 8 |
| Phí TiếN Sáng | Viet Nam | 629,000 | 29 | 1 |
| Pradeep . N | India | 143,000 | 23 | 8 |
| Pratibh Saluja | India | 212,000 | 24 | 1 |
| Quan Qiu | China | 183,000 | 23 | 2 |
| Quang Vu | Viet Nam | 147,000 | 21 | 4 |
| Rahul Melwani | India | 218,000 | 19 | 6 |
| Renato Villanueva | Philippines | 105,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Sandeep Chatlani | India | 395,000 | 26 | 3 |
| Shue Sing Churk | China | 379,000 | 20 | 8 |
| Somashekar KM | India | 341,000 | 20 | 3 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thai Land | 496,000 | 21 | 2 |
| Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | 338,000 | 25 | 1 |
| Sriram Subramanian | India | 80,000 | 27 | 2 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 260,000 | 18 | 1 |
| Terry Gonzaga | Philippine | 168,000 | 18 | 5 |
| Tian Hao Zheng | China | 292,000 | 17 | 6 |
| Tim Schimmel | Germany | 690,000 | 17 | 8 |
| Tran Hanh | Australia | 289,000 | 25 | 4 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 547,000 | 20 | 4 |
| Tran Viet Hoang (Mondayest) | Viet Nam | 305,000 | 29 | 4 |
| Tsang Dicky Siu Hang | Hongkong | 135,000 | 23 | 9 |
| Tu Le | Australia | 184,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Vu Ta Nhat ( Minh Nhat ) | Viet Nam | 196,000 | 24 | 4 |
| Vu Van Linh | Viet Nam | 90,000 | 18 | 8 |
| Wang Shui | China | 200,000 | 31 | 5 |
| Wang Xin | China | 101,000 | 18 | 9 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Viet Nam | 279,000 | 29 | 7 |
| Wooseok Kim | South Korea | 210,000 | 28 | 2 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 208,000 | 22 | 6 |
| Xue Song | China | 322,000 | 20 | 6 |
| Yan Feng Wang | China | 137,000 | 28 | 9 |
| Yota Mitsui | Japan | 165,000 | 19 | 2 |
| You Kan Ly | China | 60,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Zhi Wen Deng | China | 230,000 | 25 | 8 |
Day 2 players by stack size
| 1 | Nam Hyung Kim | 729,000 |
| 2 | Tim Schimmel | 690,000 |
| 3 | Ngoc Anh Cao | 636,000 |
| 4 | Dang Hoang Viet | 631,000 |
| 5 | Phí TiếN Sáng | 629,000 |
| 6 | Ly Tran Tien | 628,000 |
| 7 | Tan Wah Weng | 553,000 |
| 8 | Tran Manh Hung | 547,000 |
| 9 | Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | 526,000 |
| 10 | Nguyen Van Sang | 525,000 |
| 11 | Do Quang Thang (Doquata) | 524,000 |
| 12 | Ha Van Thien | 510,000 |
| 13 | Khoa Anh | 506,000 |
| 14 | Nguyen Manh Hung | 500,000 |
| 15 | Sorawit Suriyakarn | 496,000 |
| 16 | Nguyen The Anh | 489,000 |
| 17 | Do Anh Tai (THP) | 473,000 |
| 18 | Daniel Tighe | 466,000 |
| 19 | Pham Duy Anh | 429,000 |
| 20 | Lin Yusheng | 428,000 |
| 21 | Ivanenko Sernii | 428,000 |
| 22 | Baby Tuchu (Nguyen Thanh Tung) | 417,000 |
| 23 | Nguyen Quang Huy | 413,000 |
| 24 | Manoj Pentakota | 412,000 |
| 25 | Aladin Reskallah | 396,000 |
| 26 | Dao Xuan Khanh | 396,000 |
| 27 | Sandeep Chatlani | 395,000 |
| 28 | Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | 388,000 |
| 29 | Manish Lakhotia | 387,000 |
| 30 | Leonard Yanick | 386,000 |
| 31 | Nguyen Van Duong ( Heineken ) | 380,000 |
| 32 | Shue Sing Churk | 379,000 |
| 33 | Anatolii Gorbushin | 378,000 |
| 34 | Dinh Van Tien | 377,000 |
| 35 | Mr Lak (Nguyen Tuan Anh) | 359,000 |
| 36 | Harsh Dembla | 358,000 |
| 37 | Le Huy Thanh | 344,000 |
| 38 | Somashekar Kurkhepally Mahadeva | 341,000 |
| 39 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | 338,000 |
| 40 | Nguyen Duc Thanh | 331,000 |
| 41 | Xue Song | 322,000 |
| 42 | Tran Viet Hoang (Mondayest) | 305,000 |
| 43 | Deepankur Gupta | 305,000 |
| 44 | Junggu Kim | 304,000 |
| 45 | Pham Quyet Tien | 297,000 |
| 46 | Haro Clement | 295,000 |
| 47 | Jaemoon Seok | 295,000 |
| 48 | Cankai Zhang | 292,000 |
| 49 | Tian Hao Zheng | 292,000 |
| 50 | Tran Hanh | 289,000 |
| 51 | Clay Chen | 279,000 |
| 52 | Huynh Ngoc Cuong | 279,000 |
| 53 | Đoàn Quang Trung | 277,000 |
| 54 | PhạM Hùng | 273,000 |
| 55 | Hong Sol Vin | 273,000 |
| 56 | Lâm Kim Long | 268,000 |
| 57 | Lin Hua Wei | 265,000 |
| 58 | Sumit Sapra | 260,000 |
| 59 | Daesun Samuel Yu | 258,000 |
| 60 | Aditya Agarwal | 253,000 |
| 61 | Cheng Peng | 250,000 |
| 62 | Harry Tran | 244,000 |
| 63 | Amit Kaushik | 238,000 |
| 64 | Zhi Wen Deng | 230,000 |
| 65 | Ly Dac Dung | 227,000 |
| 66 | Rahul Melwani | 218,000 |
| 67 | Chang Yu Chung | 216,000 |
| 68 | Pratibh Saluja | 212,000 |
| 69 | Nguyen Duy Thuc | 211,000 |
| 70 | Wooseok Kim | 210000 |
| 71 | Xiao Yu Cheng | 208,000 |
| 72 | Avneesh Munjal | 207,000 |
| 73 | Wang Shui | 200,000 |
| 74 | Nguyen Thanh Tung | 199,000 |
| 75 | Vu Ta Nhat (Minh Nhat) | 196,000 |
| 76 | Lee Wooyoung | 193,000 |
| 77 | Jeerapong Sakulkit | 193,000 |
| 78 | Chai Li | 192,000 |
| 79 | Kyle Bao Diep | 191,000 |
| 80 | Hieu Tony | 189,000 |
| 81 | Daniel Smith | 189,000 |
| 82 | Nguyen Hong Quan | 188,000 |
| 83 | Meherzad Munsaf | 187,000 |
| 84 | Ngo Minh Tien | 184,000 |
| 85 | Tu Le | 184,000 |
| 86 | Quan Qiu | 183,000 |
| 87 | Nguyen Khoi (Captain Pk) | 176,000 |
| 88 | Nguyen Tuan Hoang | 173,000 |
| 89 | Manh Hoang | 172,000 |
| 90 | Terry Gonzaga | 168,000 |
| 91 | NguyễN HữU Vinh | 167,000 |
| 92 | Adones Carmona | 166,000 |
| 93 | Nguyen Viet Hai | 165,000 |
| 94 | Yota Mitsui | 165,000 |
| 95 | Alexis W. Lim | 162,000 |
| 96 | NguyễN Đăng Tú | 162,000 |
| 97 | Nguyen Duc Nhat ( Mr Sumo ) | 161,000 |
| 98 | Hwang Sung Young | 157,000 |
| 99 | Mai Bien | 153,000 |
| 100 | Ho Koon Wong | 148,000 |
| 101 | Quang Vu | 147,000 |
| 102 | Nguyen Van Phinh | 144,000 |
| 103 | Pradeep . N | 143,000 |
| 104 | Albert Nguyen | 141,000 |
| 105 | Yan Feng Wang | 137,000 |
| 106 | Tsang Dicky Siu Hang | 135,000 |
| 107 | Kudo | 131,000 |
| 108 | Renato Villanueva | 105,000 |
| 109 | Wang Xin | 101,000 |
| 110 | Nguyen Ngoc Tung | 97,000 |
| 111 | Chen Dong Yue | 92,000 |
| 112 | Vu Van Linh | 90,000 |
| 113 | Nguyen Manh Tuan | 87,000 |
| 114 | Nguyen Tien Thanh (Poso) | 85,000 |
| 115 | Bu Hui Zhi | 83,000 |
| 116 | Le Xuan Long | 81,000 |
| 117 | Sriram Subramanian | 80,000 |
| 118 | Nguyen Van Phuong | 73,000 |
| 119 | Liang Peng | 72,000 |
| 120 | Laury Vanlerberghe | 65,000 |
| 121 | Nguyen Trung Ha | 63,000 |
| 122 | You Kan Li | 60,000 |
| 123 | Aayush Arya | 52,000 |
Payouts
| 1 | ₫3,856,400,000 |
| 2 | ₫2,567,500,000 |
| 3 | ₫1,894,000,000 |
| 4 | ₫1,412,500,000 |
| 5 | ₫1,064,500,000 |
| 6 | ₫811,000,000 |
| 7 | ₫624,500,000 |
| 8 | ₫486,000,000 |
| 9-10 | ₫382,500,000 |
| 11-12 | ₫304,500,000 |
| 13-14 | ₫245,500,000 |
| 15-16 | ₫200,500,000 |
| 17-20 | ₫166,000,000 |
| 21-24 | ₫139,000,000 |
| 25-32 | ₫117,500,000 |
| 33-40 | ₫101,000,000 |
| 41-48 | ₫87,500,000 |
| 49-56 | ₫77,000,000 |
| 57-64 | ₫69,000,000 |
| 65-72 | ₫62,500,000 |
| 73-80 | ₫57,000,000 |
| 81-88 | ₫53,000,000 |
| 90-107 | ₫49,000,000 |
Date: October 12 to 16, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
Entries: 850 (556 unique)
Prize pool: ₫22,129,400,000 (~US$ 904,900)
ITM: 107 places
Final 11 payouts
| 1 | Soriwat Suriyakarn | Thailand | ₫3,856,400,000 |
| 2 | Nguyen The Anh | Vietnam | ₫2,567,500,000 |
| 3 | Khoa Anh | Vietnam | ₫1,894,000,000 |
| 4 | Tran Viet Hoang | Vietnam | ₫1,412,500,000 |
| 5 | Woo Young Lee | South Korea | ₫1,064,500,000 |
| 6 | Xue Song | China | ₫811,000,000 |
| 7 | Tian Hao Zheng | China | ₫624,500,000 |
| 8 | Tran Manh Hung | Vietnam | ₫486,000,000 |
| 9 | Cankai Zhang | China | ₫382,500,000 |
| 10 | Woo Seok Kim | South Korea | ₫382,500,000 |
| 11 | Ngo Tran Minh Nhat | Vietnam | ₫304,500,000 |
Chips in play: 34,080,000
20:45: Sorawit Suriyakarn wins the WPT Vietnam Main Event – ₫3,856,400,000 (~$157,565)
Level 32: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000
Button Nguyen The Anh shoves , Sorawit Suriyakarn calls holding , the board runs .
Sorawit ships his first ever live title, a career high payout of ₫3,856,400,000 (~$157,565). For runner-up Nguyen The Anh he also pocketed a career high payout of ₫2,567,500,000 (~$104,900).
20:30: Sorawit Suriyakarn wins a big pot
Level 32: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000
Button Sorawit Suriyakarn limps, big blind Nguyen The Anh raises 800,000, Sorawit calls, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets 700,000, Sorawit calls. The turn , Nguyen checks, Sorawit bet 1,100,000, Nguyen calls. Nguyen checks the river , Sorawit fires a huge 4,000,0000 bet, Nguyen calls. Sorawit shows the full house to crush Nguyen’s .
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 27,000,000 (90 bb)
Nguyen The Anh – 7,000,000 (23 bb)
Heads up! Nguyen The Anh versus Sorawit Suriyakarn
Level 32: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 19,000,000 (63 bb)
Nguyen The Anh – 15,000,000 (50 bb)
20:15: Khoa Anh eliminated in 3rd place – ₫1,894,000,000 (~$77,385)
Level 32: 150,000-300,000 ante 300,000
Crowd favorite Khoa Anh has just fallen out of the running on a two-outer spiked by Sorawit Suriyakarn. From the button, Khoa opens 600,000, small blind Sorawit calls. On the flop , Khoa c-bets 500,000, Sorawit calls. On the turn , Khoa fires another 700,000, Sorawit raises 1,900,000. Khoa calls. The river , Sorawit shoves, Khoa tank-calls for his tournament life and shows . Khoa falls to Sorawit’s full house.
Sorawit Suriyakarn –
Khoa Anh – Eliminated in 3rd place
18:45: Tran Viet Hoang eliminated in 4th place – ₫1,412,500,000 (~$57,710)
Level 31: 125,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Small blind Tran Viet Hoang shoves 3,400,000 holding , big blind Nguyen The Anh calls with . With the board running , Nguyen ships it to rise to chip leader while Tran takes 2nd place.
Nguyen The Anh – 14,000,000 (56 bb)
Tran Viet Hoang – Eliminated in 4th place
18:20: Woo Young Lee eliminated in 5th place – ₫1,064,500,000 (~$43,500)
Level 30: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Down to 15 bb, big blind Woo Young Lee checks his big blind after small blind Nguyen The Anh limps, flop comes . Lee bets 200,000, Nguyen calls. Both players check the turn . On the river , Nguyen checks, Lee bets 500,000, Nguyen shoves with nearly double of Lee’s stack. Lee tanks then calls for his tournament life.
Nguyen The Anh straight
Woo Young Lee
Nguyen The Anh – 8,300,000 (41 bb)
Woo Young Lee – Eliminated in 5th place
18:05: Xue Song eliminated in 6th place – ₫811,000,000 (~$33,130)
Level 30: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Button Khoa Anh opens, small blind Xue Song three-bets all in for 3,400,000, Khoa calls and shows . Song is at risk with . Board runs {3,}.
Khoa Anh – 13,000,000 (65 bb)
Xue Song – Eliminated in 5th place
18:00: Khoa Anh versus Sorawit Suriyakarn
Level 30: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Khoa Anh – 11,000,000 (55 bb)
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 10,000,000 (50 bb)
17:25: Two big pots for Sorawit Suriyakarn, takes the lead
Level 29: 75,000-150,000 ante 150,000
Button Sorawit Suriyakarn opens 300,00, small blind Tran Viet Hoang three-bets 1,050,000, Suriyakarn calls. Flop comes , Tran c-bets 675,000, Sorawit calls. On the turn , Tran sends out 1,000,000, Sorawit announces all in, Tran quickly folds.
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 7,700,000 (51 bb)
Tran Viet Hoang – 4,400,000 (29 bb)
Next hand, Sorawit opens 300,000 and big blind Woo Young Lee defends. At the flop {qh, Sorawit c-bets 350,000, Lee check-calls. Both players proceed to check the turn . On the , Sorawit fires 1,000,000, Lee tanks (2,700,000 behind) then calls. Soriwat claims it with outkicking Lee’s .
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 9,900,000 (66 bb)
Woo Young Lee – 1,600,000 (10 bb)
16:20: Tian Hao Zheng eliminated in 7th place – ₫624,500,000 (~$25,500)
Level 28: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Hijack Khoa Anh opens 300,000, cutoff Xue Song all in (1,300,000), button Tian Hao Zheng all in for 650,000, Khoa Anh folds. Song has , Zheng ahead with , board .
Xue Song – 2,600,000 (21 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – Eliminated in 7th place
16:10: Khoa Anh on the rise, takes a chunk from Tian Hao Zheng
Level 28: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
After his double up, Khoa Anh went on a winning spree to send his stack to 9.5M. One of the pots was against Tian Hao Zheng who defended the big blind on Khoa’s button raise of 275,000. When the board completed , Khoa c-bet 225,000, 500,000, 1,200,000, Zheng called throughout. Khoa opened flush to claim the pot over trips.
Khoa Anh – 8,900,000 (74 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 1,600,000 (13 bb)
16:00: Khoa Anh wins the flip for a double against Xue Song
Level 28: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Khoa Anh
Xue Song
Board runs , Khoa doubles up.
Khoa Nguyen – 6,500,000 (54 bb)
Xue Song – 1,200,000 (10 bb)
15:30: Tran Manh Hung’s aces cracked into 8th place – ₫382,500,000 (~$19,855)
Level 28: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
From utg+1, Tran Manh Hung raises 250,000, button Woo Young Lee three-bets 650,000, Tran calls. At the flop , Lee c-bets 600,000, Tran flats again. Both players check the turn , then the river sees Tran bet 1,100,000, Lee shoves, Tran calls for his tournament life and opens . Lee dominates with full house.
Woo Young Lee – 6,200,000 – 51 bb)
Tran Manh Hung – Eliminated in 8th place
14:50: Nguyen The Anh doubles through Xue Song
Level 27: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Nguyen The Anh opens from utg+2, button Xue Song three-bets 525,000, Nguyen calls. At the flop , Song c-bets 400,000, Nguyen check-raises 1,200,000, Song shoves, Nguyen calls and shows straight, Song . The turn and river is a double up for Nguyen.
Nguyen The Anh – 8,600,000 (86 bb)
Xue Song – 4,100,000 (41 bb)
14:30: Cankai Zhang eliminated in 9th place – ₫382,500,000 (~$15,640)
Level 27: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Cankai Zhang all in (14 bb) holding , Nguyen The Anh (24 bb) calls with , board runs {ah.
Nguyen The Anh – 4,200,000 (41 bb)
Cankai Zheng – Eliminated in 9th place
Final 9 players of WPT Vietnam Main Event
| Xue Song | China | 6,205,555 |
| Zheng Tian Hao | China | 5,880,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Vietnam | 4,850,000 |
| Lee Woo Young | South Korea | 4,765,000 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Vietnam | 4,040,000 |
| Tran Viet Hoang | Vietnam | 3,940,000 |
| Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 2,320,000 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thailand | 1,890,000 |
| Cankai Zhang | China | 1,690,000 |
12:28: Woo Seok Kim eliminated in10th place – ₫382,500,000 (~$15,640)
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Woo Seok Kim all in holding and falls to Xue Song’s on a board .
Xue Song – 6,205,000 (77 bb)
Woo Seok Kim – Eliminated in 10th place
12:28: Woo Seok Kim bị loại ở vị trí thứ 10 – phần thưởng của anh là 382.5 triệu đồng (~$15.640)
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 và ante 80,000
Xue Song – 6.205.000 (77 bb)
Woo Seok Kim – Bị loại ở vị trí thứ 10
12:22: Zheng Tian Hao versus Nguyen The Anh
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Zheng Tian Hao opens from cutoff, button Nguyen The Anh calls, flop comes , Zheng c-bets 145,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn , Zheng double barrel 630,000, Nguyen calls. The river slows down Zheng while Nguyen sends out 800,000, Zheng folds.
Nguyen The Anh – 4,850,000 (68 bb)
Zheng Tian Hao – 5,880,000 (73 bb)
12:22: Zheng Tian Hao đối đầu Nguyễn Thế Anh
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 và ante 80,000
Nguyễn Thế Anh – 4.850.000 (68 bb)
Zheng Tian Hao – 5.880.000 (73 bb)
12:20: Tran Viet Hoang wins flip against Woo Young Lee
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Cutoff Tran Viet Hoang shoves (1,970,000) with , button Woo Young Lee snaps with , board runs . Tran doubles up.
Tran Viet Hoang – 4,140,000 (51 bb)
Woo Young Lee – 4,460,000 (55 bb)
12:20: Trần Việt Hoàng thắng flip trước Woo Young Lee
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 và ante 80,000
Trần Việt Hoàng – 4.140.000 (51 bb)
Woo Young Lee – 4.460.000 (55 bb)
12:05: Wooseok Kim jams on Xue Song
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
12:05: Wooseok Kim tấn công Xue Song
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 và ante 80,000
12:02: Ngo Tran Minh Nhat eliminated in 11th place – ₫304,500,000 (~$12,450)
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
First hand of the day and Ngo Tran Minh Nhat aka Kevin Ngo all in holding but can’t steal the blinds and antes with chip leader on the small blind, Woo Young Lee calling with . Hope comes for Ngo on the flop and stays ahead on the turn but the river is a set for Lee to ship it.
Woo Young Lee – 6,565,000 (82 bb)
Ngo Tran Minh Nhat – Eliminated in 11th place
12:02: Ngô Trần Minh Nhật bị loại ở vị trí thứ 11 – mang về giải thưởng trị giá 304.5 triệu đồng (~$12.450)
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 và ante 80,000
Woo Young Lee – 6.565.000 (82 bb)
Ngô Trần Minh Nhật – Bị loại ở vị trí thứ 11
12:00: Cards in the air!
Level 26: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam MAIN EVENT has reached its final day at Crown Poker Club Hanoi! Today will see the champion crowned as 11 players return to hunt down the ₫3,856,400,000 top prize and the WPT World Championship Season XXI Package worth $12,150.
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam MAIN EVENT đã đi đến ngày cuối cùng tại Crown Poker Club Hà Nội! Hôm nay chúng ta sẽ được chứng kiến nhà vô địch đăng quang khi 11 người chơi quay trở lại và chiến đấu cho giải thưởng cao nhất trị giá 3.856.400.000 đồng và gói giải thưởng tham dự WPT World Championship Season XXI trị giá 12.150 USD.
Final 11 players
| Lee Woo Young | South Korea | 5,855,000 |
| Zheng Tian Hao | China | 5,830,000 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Vietnam | 4,530,000 |
| Xue Song | China | 4,060,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Vietnam | 3,140,000 |
| Tran Viet Hoang | Vietnam | 2,895,000 |
| Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 2,430,000 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thailand | 1,950,000 |
| Cankai Zhang | Australia | 1,850,000 |
| Wooseok Kim | South Korea | 990,000 |
| Ngo Tran Minh Nhat | Vietnam | 550,000 |
Key Info WPT Vietnam Passport to World Championship
Location: Crown Poker Club
Dates: October 6th to 16th
Main Event Buy-In: 30,000,000 VND
Schedule:
With over VN₫ 35 Billion (~US$ 1.43M) in guaranteed prize pools, the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam “Passport to the World Championship” officially kicked off with a field comprised of notables diving into the action at the Crown Poker Club. The special event is slated to run from today October 6 to 16, 2023. Ten World Championship Packages are up for grabs.
Headlining the initial salvoes are Day 1A of the WPT Opener Event, a multi-day NLH competition with a guaranteed prize pool VN₫ 3 billion (~US$ 123,000) and a transferrable WPT Prime Championship Package worth US$ 1,100 + Hotel, awarded to the champion. Crown Poker Club value-adds another US$ 500 for players that wear the venue’s logo throughout the event.
The WPT Opener sees a strong Indian contingent making its presence felt led by this year’s WPT Prime Vietnam Opener titlist Avneesh Munjal with High-Roller specialist Raju Jaruplavath, tournament Amit Kaushik and up-and-comer Deepankur Gupta.
Russia’s Aleksei Varashev, and the French global grinder trio of Jeremy Jehanne, Haro Clement and Romain Bier lead the European charge while the multiple champion Do Anh Tai was among the icons for the home country, as well as Pham Tien Dung.
Meanwhile, the High-Roller Warm-Up that carries a VN₫ 1 billion (~US$ 41,000) guarantee will see eight players making ITM as 54 entries of VN₫ 33 Million brought the prize pool to more than ~VN₫ 1.57 Million (~US$ 64,400). The eventual champion will take down VN₫ 513 Million (~US$ 21,000).
Also on tap is the High-Roller Warm-Up . At the time of posting, registration had already closed in both events, the WPT Opener Day 1A drew 56 entries and will be playing down to ITM of 12.5% which is 7 players.Korean superstar Lim Yohwan (known by his online name “BoxeR”) led the notables along with WSOP campaigners Doddapaneni Sriharsha of India, Japan’s Yasuhiro Waki, Frank James Lillis of Ireland, and locals Nang Quang Nguyen and Hasagi.
Upcoming WPT Vietnam MAIN EVENT
WPT Vietnam Passport to the World Championship features 32 trophy events with the festival headliner Main Event running from October 12 to 16 2023. It is highlighted by a VN₫ 12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,000) guaranteed. In addition to a nice fat payout, the champion will receive a 2023 WPT World Championship US$ 10,400 entry and hotel package with the finale to be held at Wynn in Las Vegas this December.
Other Events to Win Prime Championship Packages
Players can also secure WPT Prime Championship packages via these events:Event 11: Survivor Bounty 8 Max – ₫30M/bounty – October 9 to 11, 2023
Event 18: High Roller 2 Day Event Warm Up – October 11 to 12, 2023
Event 27: Crown Poker Club Superstack Classic – October 15 to 16, 2023
Event 28: High Roller 2 Day Event – October 15 to 16, 2023
*WPT Prime Championship – 3 PACKAGES!! – October 15, 2023
Upcoming WPT Vietnam guarantees 10 passport packages to the World Championship
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WPT Vietnam Passport to World Championship – Festival Results
Date: October 6 to 16, 2023
Venue: Crown Poker Club
Trophy Events: 32
Event 20: MAIN EVENT
Date: October 12 to 16, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
Entries: 850 (556 unique)
Prize pool: ₫22,129,400,000 (~US$ 904,900)
ITM: 107 places
*Champion also won a WPT World Championship Package which includes $10,400 seat and 7 nights at Wynn Encore Las Vegas in December
| 1 | Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thailand | ₫3,865,400,000 |
| 2 | Nguyen The Anh | Vietnam | ₫2,567,500,000 |
| 3 | Khoa Anh | Vietnam | ₫1,894,000,000 |
| 4 | Tran Viet Hoang | Vietnam | ₫1,412,500,000 |
| 5 | Woo Young Lee | South Korea | ₫1,064,500,000 |
| 6 | Xue Song | China | ₫811,000,000 |
| 7 | Tian Hao Zheng | China | ₫624,500,000 |
| 8 | Tran Manh Hung | Vietnam | ₫486,000,000 |
| 9 | Cankai Zhang | China | ₫382,500,000 |
| 10 | Woo Seok Kim | South Korea | ₫382,500,000 |
| 11 | Ngo Tran Minh Nhat | Vietnam | ₫304,500,000 |
| 12 | Alexis Lim | Philippines | ₫304,500,000 |
| 13 | Cao Ngoc Anh | Vietnam | ₫245,500,000 |
| 14 | Mai Bien | Vietnam | ₫245,500,000 |
| 15 | Tan Wah Meng | Singapore | ₫200,500,000 |
| 16 | Aladin Reskallah | France | ₫200,500,000 |
| 17 | Nguyen Hong Quan | Vietnam | ₫166,000,000 |
| 18 | Sriharsha Doddapaneni | India | ₫166,000,000 |
| 19 | Sandeep Chatlani | India | ₫166,000,000 |
| 20 | Pham Duy Anh | Vietnam | ₫166,000,000 |
| 21 | Amit Kaushik | India | ₫139,000,000 |
| 22 | Nguyen Viet Hai | Vietnam | ₫139,000,000 |
| 23 | Nguyen Manh Hung | Vietnam | ₫139,000,000 |
| 24 | Nguyen Van Sang | Vietnam | ₫139,000,000 |
| 25 | Chen Peng | China | ₫117,500,000 |
| 26 | Nguyen Duc Nhat | Vietnam | ₫117,500,000 |
| 27 | Pham Hung | Vietnam | ₫117,500,000 |
| 28 | Zhiwen Deng | China | ₫117,500,000 |
| 29 | Do Quang Than | Vietnam | ₫117,500,000 |
| 30 | Le Huy Thanh | Vietnam | ₫117,500,000 |
| 31 | Yota Mitsui | Japan | ₫117,500,000 |
| 32 | Liang Peng | China | ₫117,500,000 |
| 33 | Daniel Tighe | Ireland | ₫101,000,000 |
| 34 | Ha Van Thien | Vietnam | ₫101,000,000 |
| 35 | Pham Quyet Tien | Vietnam | ₫101,000,000 |
| 36 | Avneesh Munjal | India | ₫101,000,000 |
| 37 | Yusheng Lin | Taiwan | ₫101,000,000 |
| 38 | Tim Schimmel | Germany | ₫101,000,000 |
| 39 | Junggu Kim | Korea | ₫101,000,000 |
| 40 | Kyle Bao Diep | Vietnam | ₫101,000,000 |
| 41 | Pratibh Saluja | India | ₫87,500,000 |
| 42 | Aayush Arya | India | ₫87,500,000 |
| 43 | Nguyen Duy Thuc | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 44 | Nguyen Van Phuong | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 45 | Nguyen Thanh Tung | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 46 | Nguyen Huu Vinh | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 47 | Do Anh Tai | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 48 | Nguyen Duc Hieu | Vietnam | ₫87,500,000 |
| 49 | Nguyen Van Duong | Vietnam | ₫77,000,000 |
| 50 | Hua Wei Lin | Taiwan | ₫77,000,000 |
| 51 | Nam Hyung Kim | Korea | ₫77,000,000 |
| 52 | Jeerapong Sakulkit | Thailand | ₫77,000,000 |
| 53 | Yannick Leonard | France | ₫77,000,000 |
| 54 | Lam Kim Long | Vietnam | ₫77,000,000 |
| 55 | Tu Thanh Le | Australia | ₫77,000,000 |
| 56 | Nguyen Duc Thanh | Vietnam | ₫77,000,000 |
| 57 | Nguyen Trung Ha | Vietnam | ₫69,000,000 |
| 58 | Ly Dac Dung | Vietnam | ₫69,000,000 |
| 59 | Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | ₫69,000,000 |
| 60 | Hwang Sang Yong | Korea | ₫69,000,000 |
| 61 | Rahul Melwani | India | ₫69,000,000 |
| 62 | Shui Wang | China | ₫69,000,000 |
| 63 | Deepankur Gupta | India | ₫69,000,000 |
| 64 | Manoj Pentakota | India | ₫69,000,000 |
| 65 | Dao Xuan Khanh | Vietnam | ₫62,500,000 |
| 66 | Tran Hoai Anh | Vietnam | ₫62,500,000 |
| 67 | Manish Lakhotia | India | ₫62,500,000 |
| 68 | Qoi Quan | China | ₫62,500,000 |
| 69 | Anatolii Gorbushin | Russia | ₫62,500,000 |
| 70 | Dang Hoang Viet | Vietnam | ₫62,500,000 |
| 71 | Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Vietnam | ₫62,500,000 |
| 72 | Harsh Dembla | India | ₫62,500,000 |
| 73 | Phi Tien Sang | Vietnam | ₫57,000,000 |
| 74 | Doan Quang Trung | Vietnam | ₫57,000,000 |
| 75 | Jaemoon Seok | Korea | ₫57,000,000 |
| 76 | Xiao Yucheng | China | ₫57,000,000 |
| 77 | Tran Duc Hanh | Austria | ₫57,000,000 |
| 78 | Bu Hui Zhi | China | ₫57,000,000 |
| 79 | Ho Koon Leong | Singapore | ₫57,000,000 |
| 80 | Nguyen Van Phing | Vietnam | ₫57,000,000 |
| 81 | Dinh Van Tien | Vietnam | ₫53,000,000 |
| 82 | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | ₫53,000,000 |
| 83 | Daesun Samuel Yu | USA | ₫53,000,000 |
| 84 | Shue Sing Churk | Hong Kong | ₫53,000,000 |
| 85 | Renato Villanueva Jr | Philippines | ₫53,000,000 |
| 86 | Ngo Minh Tien | Vietnam | ₫53,000,000 |
| 87 | Aditya Agarwal | India | ₫53,000,000 |
| 88 | Somashekar KM | India | ₫53,000,000 |
| 89 | Le Xuan Long | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 90 | Adones Carmona | Philippines | ₫49,000,000 |
| 91 | Nguyen Tuan Hoang | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 92 | Nguyen Thanh Tung | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 93 | Dicky Tsang | Hong Kong | ₫49,000,000 |
| 94 | Klay Chen | China | ₫49,000,000 |
| 95 | Daniel Smith | New Zealand | ₫49,000,000 |
| 96 | You Kan Li | China | ₫49,000,000 |
| 97 | Chao Li | China | ₫49,000,000 |
| 98 | Yu Chung Chang | Taiwan | ₫49,000,000 |
| 99 | Vu Ta Thanh | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 100 | Sumit Sapra | India | ₫49,000,000 |
| 101 | Haro Clement | France | ₫49,000,000 |
| 102 | Quang Vu | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 103 | Manh Hoang | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 104 | Meherzad Munsaf | India | ₫49,000,000 |
| 105 | Ly Tran Tien | Vietnam | ₫49,000,000 |
| 106 | Ivanenko Serni | Ukraine | ₫49,000,000 |
| 107 | Laury Vanlerberghe | France | ₫49,000,000 |
Event 1: WPT Opener
Date: October 6 to 8, 2023
Buy in: ₫11,000,000 (~US$ 450)
Guarantee: VN₫3,000,000,000 (~US$ 123,000)
Entries: 355
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,443,500,000 (~US$ 141,210)
ITM: 45 players
*Champion also won a WPT Prime Championship Package which includes $1,100 seat and 7 nights at Wynn Encore Las Vegas in December
| 1 | Anthony Cierco | France | ₫657,500,000 |
| 2 | Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Vietnam | ₫510,000,000 |
| 3 | Yannick Leonard | France | ₫327,500,000 |
| 4 | Ding Pin | China | ₫213,000,000 |
| 5 | Deepankur Gupta | India | ₫164,000,000 |
| 6 | Nguyen Van Duong | Vietnam | ₫136,000,000 |
| 7 | Tran Duc Tuan (Steve) | Vie |