Another multi billion prize pool at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam with the 8 Max Main Event Warm Up drawing 471 entries to generate a substantial VN₫ 6,853,050,000 (~US$ 291,870). This is the largest prize pool to date, overtaking the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge by a small margin. The event also shattered last year’s numbers, boosting the pot to over triple the guarantee.
8 Max Main Event Warm Up numbers
Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 700)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,320)
Day 1A: 178 entries / 23 ITM
Day 1B: 293 entries / 37 ITM
Total Entries: 471
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,853,050,000 (~US$ 291,870)
Total ITM: 60 players
At the completion of the two flights, a combined 60 players advanced to the next stage. Day 1B chip leader Hanna Azimai bagged up 617,000 equivalent to 102 bb; she will be the player to chase coming final day. Azimai first racked up big by eliminating Anton Widjaya with top two pair over top pair. To close out the day, she delivered a crushing defeat to Sang Nguyen. (See hand below)
[Bubble hand]
Action folded to the small blind Nguyen who limped with 
, big blind Azimai shoved her big stack, Nguyen snap-called for his last 18.5 bb, and Azimai sheepishly opened 
. With the board running 
, Azimai paired up to eliminate Nguyen on the bubble.
When players return on Wednesday, May 24 at 11am, each one is guaranteed a minimum payout of VN₫ 29,500,000 (~US$ 1,255). They will play to the title and the VN₫ 1,330,000,000 (~US$ 56,640) top prize. Live updates will be running until the final table which will be livestreamed on the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel. Follow the links provided.
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Final Day info
Chips in play: 14,130,000
Average stack: 235,500
Final Day opening blind: 3000-6000 ante 6000
Scroll down for the Day 2 chip count by rank, seat draw, payouts, and flight survivor lists.
Day 2 players by rank
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Hanna Azimai | Australia | 617,000 | 103 |
| 2 | Dương Phệ | Vietnam | 590,000 | 98 |
| 3 | Đinh Quang Huy | Vietnam | 560,000 | 93 |
| 4 | Jun Hao Wu | Singapore | 539,000 | 90 |
| 5 | Luc Tomassi | France | 489,000 | 82 |
| 6 | Phan Minh ĐứC | Vietnam | 491,000 | 82 |
| 7 | Yeh Hung Wei | Taiwan | 459,000 | 77 |
| 8 | Vũ ĐứC Trung | Vietnam | 440,000 | 73 |
| 9 | Laksh Pal Singh | India | 380,000 | 63 |
| 10 | Kanchan Sharma | India | 368,000 | 61 |
| 11 | Dylan Foster | Australia | 365,000 | 61 |
| 12 | NguyễN Văn Trung | Vietnam | 357,000 | 60 |
| 13 | Ashish Munot | India | 356,000 | 59 |
| 14 | Sang Yoon Kim | S Korea | 341,000 | 57 |
| 15 | Yu Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 336,000 | 56 |
| 16 | Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 331,000 | 55 |
| 17 | Đào Xuân Khánh | Vietnam | 316,000 | 53 |
| 18 | Shunsuke Tsujii | Japan | 314,000 | 52 |
| 19 | Konstantin Generalov | Russia | 300,000 | 50 |
| 20 | Phan Hùng CườNg | Vietnam | 292,000 | 49 |
| 21 | Kohei Nakai | Japan | 285,000 | 48 |
| 22 | Jasven Saigal | India | 268,000 | 45 |
| 23 | Anatolii Gorbushin | Russia | 262,000 | 44 |
| 24 | NguyễN Tuan Anh | Vietnam | 259,000 | 43 |
| 25 | Romit Advani | India | 231,000 | 39 |
| 26 | NguyễN Quang Huy | Vietnam | 228,000 | 38 |
| 27 | Minh Tuệ | Vietnam | 225,000 | 38 |
| 28 | Đinh TiếN Thành | Vietnam | 214,000 | 36 |
| 29 | William Bolton | Australia | 211,000 | 35 |
| 30 | Phan Đình Nam | Vietnam | 208,000 | 35 |
| 31 | Pham Trung Kien | Vietnam | 187,000 | 31 |
| 32 | Ngô Văn ĐạT | Vietnam | 179,000 | 30 |
| 33 | Sebastian Mueller | Germany | 169,000 | 28 |
| 34 | Amit Tejura | India | 167,000 | 28 |
| 35 | Thanh Lucky | Vietnam | 168,000 | 28 |
| 36 | NguyễN Văn ViệT | Vietnam | 160,000 | 27 |
| 37 | Harsh Bubna | India | 157,000 | 26 |
| 38 | Roman Kolotiuk | Russia | 155,000 | 26 |
| 39 | Vũ Văn LịCh | Vietnam | 147,000 | 25 |
| 40 | Unknown | Vietnam | 136,000 | 23 |
| 41 | Emil Ukalaev | Russia | 131,000 | 22 |
| 42 | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 130,000 | 22 |
| 43 | Siddharth Jolly | India | 119,000 | 20 |
| 44 | Tuan Tien Hai | Vietnam | 117,000 | 20 |
| 45 | Mike Wilklow | United Staes | 116,000 | 19 |
| 46 | Mai Bien | Vietnam | 109,000 | 18 |
| 47 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 109,000 | 18 |
| 48 | Tu Le | Australia | 107,000 | 18 |
| 49 | Sua Shong Er | Malaysia | 102,000 | 17 |
| 50 | Hoàng Thái Sơn | Vietnam | 102,000 | 17 |
| 51 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | 101,000 | 17 |
| 52 | Nguyen Tien Thanh | Vietnam | 92,000 | 15 |
| 53 | Anh Dung Hp | Vietnam | 91,000 | 15 |
| 54 | Amit Kaushik | India | 86,000 | 14 |
| 55 | Lê TrầN HảI Đăng | Vietnam | 76,000 | 13 |
| 56 | HiếU Lavita | Vietnam | 70,000 | 12 |
| 57 | Li Wen Xuan | Singapore | 70,000 | 12 |
| 58 | Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 66,000 | 11 |
| 59 | Jullien Rouxel | France | 57,000 | 10 |
| 60 | Mohit Bohra | India | 45,000 | 8 |
Seat Draw
| Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| Tu Le | 107,000 | 29 | 5 |
| NguyễN Quang Huy | 228,000 | 29 | 1 |
| Jasven Saigal | 268,000 | 29 | 6 |
| Đinh Quang Huy | 560,000 | 29 | 8 |
| Dhaval Mudgal | 130,000 | 29 | 2 |
| Sang Yoon Kim | 341,000 | 29 | 4 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | 109,000 | 29 | 7 |
| NguyễN TiếN Thành | 92,000 | 29 | 3 |
| Phan Minh ĐứC | 491,000 | 28 | 1 |
| Sua Shong Er | 102,000 | 28 | 4 |
| Amit Tejura | 167,000 | 28 | 7 |
| Thanh | 168,000 | 28 | 8 |
| Laksh Pal Singh | 380,000 | 28 | 3 |
| Anatolii Gorbushin | 262,000 | 28 | 5 |
| Mohit Bohra | 45,000 | 28 | 6 |
| Li Wen Xuan | 70,000 | 28 | 2 |
| Roman Kolotiuk | 155,000 | 27 | 2 |
| Hoàng Thái Sơn | 102,000 | 27 | 5 |
| Kanchan Sharma | 368,000 | 27 | 6 |
| Harsh Bubna | 157,000 | 27 | 8 |
| Vũ ĐứC Trung | 440,000 | 27 | 3 |
| Dylan Foster | 365,000 | 27 | 1 |
| Mai Bien | 109,000 | 27 | 7 |
| Vũ Văn LịCh | 147,000 | 27 | 4 |
| Raju Jaruplavath | 101,000 | 26 | 6 |
| NguyễN Văn ViệT | 160,000 | 26 | 3 |
| Ngô Văn ĐạT | 179,000 | 26 | 5 |
| Yeh Hung Wei | 459,000 | 26 | 7 |
| Kohei Nakai | 285,000 | 26 | 4 |
| Minh Tuệ | 225,000 | 26 | 8 |
| Mike Wilklow | 116,000 | 26 | 2 |
| PhạM Trung Kiên | 187,000 | 26 | 1 |
| Amit Kaushik | 86,000 | 25 | 2 |
| Anh Dung Hp | 91,000 | 25 | 4 |
| Luc Tomassi | 489,000 | 25 | 1 |
| NguyễN Văn Trung | 357,000 | 25 | 6 |
| Phan Đình Nam | 208,000 | 25 | 3 |
| NguyễN TuấN Anh | 259,000 | 25 | 7 |
| Phan Hùng CườNg | 292,000 | 25 | 5 |
| Lê TrầN HảI Đăng | 76,000 | 24 | 1 |
| Konstantin Generalov | 300,000 | 24 | 4 |
| Ashish Munot | 356,000 | 24 | 3 |
| Wu Jun Hao | 539,000 | 24 | 5 |
| Đinh TiếN Thành | 214,000 | 24 | 6 |
| Sebastian Mueller | 169,000 | 24 | 2 |
| Unknown | 136,000 | 24 | 7 |
| Eric Wasylenko | 66,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Yu Sheng Lin | 336,000 | 23 | 4 |
| Shunsuke Tsujii | 314,000 | 23 | 3 |
| William Bolton | 211,000 | 23 | 5 |
| Romit Advani | 231,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Jullien Rouxel | 57,000 | 23 | 2 |
| Dương Phệ | 590,000 | 23 | 7 |
| Hanna Azimai | 617,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Emil Ukalaev | 131,000 | 22 | 2 |
| Đào Xuân Khánh | 316,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Tuan Tien Hai | 117,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Khoa Anh | 331,000 | 22 | 3 |
| HiếU Lavita | 70,000 | 22 | 7 |
| Siddharth Jolly | 119,000 | 22 | 6 |
Payouts
| Place | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | 1,333,000,000 |
| 2 | 885,000,000 |
| 3 | 650,000,000 |
| 4 | 483,000,000 |
| 5 | 363,000,000 |
| 6 | 276,000,000 |
| 7 | 212,000,000 |
| 8 | 165,050,000 |
| 9-10 | 129,000,000 |
| 11-12 | 103,000,000 |
| 13-14 | 84,000,000 |
| 15-16 | 69,500,000 |
| 17-20 | 58,500,000 |
| 21-24 | 49,500,000 |
| 25-32 | 43,000,000 |
| 33-40 | 38,000,000 |
| 41-48 | 34,000,000 |
| 49-54 | 31,000,000 |
| 55-60 | 29,500,000 |
End of Day 1B results
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack |
| 1 | Hanna Azimai | Australia | 617,000 |
| 2 | Dương Phệ | Vietnam | 590,000 |
| 3 | Jun Hao Wu | Singapore | 539,000 |
| 4 | Luc Tomassi | France | 489,000 |
| 5 | Yeh Hung Wei | Taiwan | 459,000 |
| 6 | Vũ ĐứC Trung | Vietnam | 440,000 |
| 7 | Laksh Pal Singh | India | 380,000 |
| 8 | Sang Yoon Kim | S Korea | 341,000 |
| 9 | Khoa Anh | Vietnam | 331,000 |
| 10 | Shunsuke Tsujii | Japan | 314,000 |
| 11 | Konstantin Generalov | Russia | 300,000 |
| 12 | Phan Hùng CườNg | Vietnam | 292,000 |
| 13 | Kohei Nakai | Japan | 285,000 |
| 14 | Jasven Saigal | India | 268,000 |
| 15 | Anatolii Gorbushin | Russia | 262,000 |
| 16 | NguyễN Quang Huy | Vietnam | 228,000 |
| 17 | Minh Tuệ | Vietnam | 225,000 |
| 18 | William Bolton | Australia | 211,000 |
| 19 | Sebastian Mueller | Germany | 169,000 |
| 20 | Amit Tejura | India | 167,000 |
| 21 | NguyễN Văn ViệT | Vietnam | 160,000 |
| 22 | Harsh Bubna | India | 157,000 |
| 23 | Roman Kolotiuk | Russia | 155,000 |
| 24 | Vũ Văn LịCh | Vietnam | 147,000 |
| 25 | Unknown | Vietnam | 136,000 |
| 26 | Emil Ukalaev | Russia | 131,000 |
| 27 | Siddharth Jolly | India | 119,000 |
| 28 | Tuan Tien Hai | Vietnam | 117,000 |
| 29 | Mike Wilklow | United Staes | 116,000 |
| 30 | Mai Bien | Vietnam | 109,000 |
| 31 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 109,000 |
| 32 | Nguyen Tien Thanh | Vietnam | 92,000 |
| 33 | Anh Dung Hp | Vietnam | 91,000 |
| 34 | HiếU Lavita | Vietnam | 70,000 |
| 35 | Li Wen Xuan | Singapore | 70,000 |
| 36 | Jullien Rouxel | France | 57,000 |
| 37 | Mohit Bohra | India | 45,000 |
End of Day 1A results
| 1 | Đinh Quang Huy | Vietnam | 560,000 |
| 2 | Phan Minh ĐứC | Vietnam | 491,000 |
| 3 | Kanchan Sharma | India | 368,000 |
| 4 | Dylan Foster | Australia | 365,000 |
| 5 | NguyễN Văn Trung | Vietnam | 357,000 |
| 6 | Ashish Munot | India | 356,000 |
| 7 | Yu Sheng Lin | Taiwan | 336,000 |
| 8 | Đào Xuân Khánh | Vietnam | 316,000 |
| 9 | NguyễN Tuan Anh | Vietnam | 259,000 |
| 10 | Romit Advani | India | 231,000 |
| 11 | Đinh TiếN Thành | Vietnam | 214,000 |
| 12 | Phan Đình Nam | Vietnam | 208,000 |
| 13 | Pham Trung Kien | Vietnam | 187,000 |
| 14 | Ngô Văn ĐạT | Vietnam | 179,000 |
| 15 | Thanh Lucky | Vietnam | 168,000 |
| 16 | Dhavac Mudgal | India | 130,000 |
| 17 | Tu Le | Australia | 107,000 |
| 18 | Sua Shong Er | Malaysia | 102,000 |
| 19 | Hoàng Thái Sơn | Vietnam | 102,000 |
| 20 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | 101,000 |
| 21 | Amit Kaushik | India | 86,000 |
| 22 | Lê TrầN HảI Đăng | Vietnam | 76,000 |
| 23 | Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 66,000 |
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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