WPT Prime Vietnam: Trung Toan Chan clinches Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge; Jianhui Zhou, Thanh Hung Tran win trophies; 24 advance at Mystery Bounty Day 1B

Milestone moments for all the winners at Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam in Crown Poker Club Hanoi. Trung Toan Chan took down the mighty Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge for his first ever high roller title, Thanh Hung Tran lifted his second side event trophy of the series, and Jianzhi Zhou won his first ever international title. Here are the results.

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First ever high roller win for Trung Toan Chan at the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge

After 15+ hours of play, Vietnam’s Trung Toan Chan clinched the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge, defeating Anton Lu at heads up. This was Chan’s first ever high roller title and despite long grind, the new champ said,

“I am really happy. I was doing good early with always over 100 big blinds but went down at the final table. It was very tough and I am very tired but I am very happy. This was my first win in this event. My first high roller. It gives me so much confidence.”

Chan earned a career high payout of VN₫ 2,415,000,000 (~US$ 102,900) and a trophy to forever commemorate the moment. You can read up on the final table showdown via the SMP Live Updates or head to Crown Poker Club YouTube for the recorded stream.

Buy in: VN₫ 210,000,000 (~US$ 8,955)
Entries: 35 (27 unique, 8 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,790,000,000 (~US$ 289,305)
ITM: 6 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in VN₫
1	Trung Toan Chan	Vietnam	2,415,000,000
2	Anton Lu	Australia	1,610,000,000
3	Thanh Tien Dinh	Vietnam	1,070,000,000
4	Huy Quang Nguyen	Vietnam	745,000,000
5	Anh Duy Pham	Vietnam	540,000,000
6	Joshua McCully	Australia	410,000,000

Event and Winner recap

The Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge saw 27 players put up the VN₫ 210 Million (~US$ 8,955) buy in and another 8 re-entries for 35 total and a prize pool of VN₫ 6,790,000,000. With the money starting at sixth place, among the fallouts were Nang Quang Nguyen, John Perry, Minh A Nguyen, Michael Egan, and Jin Woo Kim. Sebastian Mueller was the earliest to go, booted on a cooler on the first level by Trung Quang Nguyen However, Trung Quang couldn’t turn his rise to cash as he fell on the bubble.

For the champion Chan, he nurtured over 100 bb for most of the day and carried the fourth largest stack of 45 bb into the final table. The race to the top proved to be a billionaire challenge for Chan as his stack dropped to the lowest of 9 bb.

Once the money was reached, everyone was guaranteed a billion payout. Chan picked up momentum, driving his stack to 27 bb for second rank. After eliminating Huy Quang Nguyen (4th) with trips Aces over , he later faced Anton Lu at heads up and clinched the win with a higher two pair.

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Action opened with a 225,0000 raise by Anton Lu, called by Toan Chan. At the flop Chan checked, Lu c-bet 175,000, Chan called again. On the turn  more chips tossed in the pot with a large 600,000 bet by Lu and Chan making it 1,400,000. Lu tanked then shoved, Chan quickly called.

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Both players paired their holecards, Chan with the higher two pair. The river  meant victory for Chan.

First international win for China’s Jianhui Zhuo at the Deepstack Cheap Freeze

With borders now fully open, two avid poker players from China, Jianhui Zhuo and Hao Chang Ou, ventured beyond the borders of their homeland to test their skills at the WPT Prime Vietnam Deepstack Cheap Freeze event. Ou outlasted over 100 players, falling in 10th place while Zhou emerged victorious securing his first-ever international tournament trophy. Overwhelmed, Zhuo expressed,

“I feel so good. This is my first international tournament, and I won the trophy.”

In addition, Zhou pocketed VN₫ 97,000,000 (~US$ 4,130 enough to roll over to the Main Event. However, the duo have confessed that they will not be attending, instead will adventure through Vietnam before setting their sights on the poker scene in Korea.

The Deepstack Cheap Freeze attracted 111 players for a prize pool of VN₫ 323,010,000 (~US$ 13,760). This was the first freezeout event of the festival. 

Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 140)
Players: 111 
Prize pool: VN₫ 323,010,000 (~US$ 13,760)
ITM: 14 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in VN₫
1	Jianhui Zhuo	China	97,000,000
2	Ryan Swanwick	UK	59,800,000
3	Trung Gia Nguyen	Vietnam	35,900,000
4	Dhaval Mudgal	India	23,400,000
5	Dastan Yespolov	Kazakhstan	18,000,000
6	Siddarth Jolly	India	15,000,000
7	Son Hoang La	Vietnam	12,500,000
8	Hung Viet Le	Vietnam	11,000,000
9	Yunho Cho	Korea	9,710,000
10	Hao Chang Ou	China	8,500,000
11	Kevin Terence	Australia	8,500,000
12	Vineet Kumar	India	8,500,000
13	Zemedkun Marsha	New Zealand	7,600,000
14	Haiyang Yang	China	7,600,000

Second trophy for Thanh Hung Tran at Turbo NLH

Vietnam’s Thanh Hung Tran picked up his third trophy of the year, two of them right here at WPT Prime Vietnam. Tran opened the series with a victory at the Hyper Turbo NLH then came out swinging again on Day 4 at the Turbo NLH.

Sitting on a massive stack at three-handed, Alok Birewar eliminated Ta Khanh Linh to tighten the gap. However, on just the fourth heads up hand, Birewar three-bet shoved, Tran tank-called and opened . Though behind Birewar’s , that quickly changed when a Jack showed up on the flop, which held to the end. Tran collected the VN₫ 108,900,000 (~US$ 4,640) top prize and another WPT trophy for his poker shelf. 

Buy in: VN₫ 4,400,000 (~US$ 188)
Entries: 87 (70 unique, 17 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 337,560,000 (~US$ 14,380)
ITM: 11 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payouts in VN₫
1	Thanh Hung Tran	Vietnam	108,900,000
2	Alok Birewar	India	65,800,000
3	Ta Khanh Linh	Vietnam	40,900,000
4	Armon Van Wijk	Australia	27,700,000
5	Khoi Nguyen	Vietnam	21,100,000
6	Cho Myat Thwe	Vietnam	16,900,000
7	Nguyen Manh Than	Vietnam	14,000,000
8	Konstantin Generalov	Russia	11,800,000
9	Jaxon James Byrne	Australia	10,900,000
10	Duy Anh Nguyen	Vietnam	10,100,000
11	Quang Huy Pham	Vietnam	9,460,000

Mystery Bounty – Day 1B results

Day 1B of the Mystery Bounty attracted a larger field than the first flight with 185 runners hitting the felt. This brought the combined entries to 317, and with buy in at VN₫ 11 Million each, the guarantee was breached. The flight closed with 24 players. Well known local pro NguyễN Trung Hà aka Hasagi emerged a race leader. He amassed a stack of 440,500 chips which was also more than enough to steal the top spot from Day 1A leader Stephen Nathan. 

For players who want to join the action, Day 1C is the last flight and it will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2023 starting at 11am. 

Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 127,920)

Day 1A: 132 entries / 17 survivors (ITM)
Day 1B: 185 entries / 24 survivors (ITM)
Day 1C: Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11am

End of Day 1B – 24 survivors

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack
1	NguyễN Trung Hà	Vietnam	440,500
2	Nguyen Manh Trung	Vietnam	415,000
3	Tsang Chak Lam	Hong Kong	301,500
4	NguyễN Văn ChiếN	Vietnam	234,500
5	Fedor Dedelov	Russia	226,500
6	Đinh Văn TiếN	Vietnam	220,000
7	Sumin Oh	S.Korea	206,000
8	Gokul Raj	India	165,500
9	Victor Em	Vietnam	146,000
10	Anton Widjaya	Indonesia	137,000
11	Nguyen Khac Luat	Vietnam	117,500
12	Nguyen Phuong Ngoc	Vietnam	117,000
13	ĐồNg Văn Tân	Vietnam	107,500
14	Luong Thanh Thinh	Vietnam	105,500
15	Le Hoan Cong	Vietnam	97,500
16	Avneesh Munjal	India	96,000
17	Quang Vũ	Vietnam	94,000
18	ThiệN	Vietnam	92,000
19	Tuan Tien Hai	Vietnam	80,000
20	Ng Wai Sum	Hong Kong	76,000
21	Bùi Quang Anh	Vietnam	65,500
22	Bùi Thế NguyễN	Vietnam	60,500
23	Harvey Wo0N	Singapore	53,500
24	NguyễN Thông	Vietnam	40,000