The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam festival was in full swing at the Crown Poker Club with numerous highlights in Day 10. At the top of the news was the MAIN EVENT which attracted 238 entries on its first flight. This was a huge increase from last year’s turnout. 30 players advanced to the next round with Richard Balkau (Hijack Poker) from Australia setting the bar for the next flight.
Buy in: VN₫ 25,000,000 (~US$ 1,065)
Guarantee: VN₫ 12,000,000,000 (~US$ 511,180)
Day 1A: 238 (182 unique, 56 re-entry)
Day 2 qualifiers: 30 players
Top 10 players of Day 1A
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack |
| 1 | Richard Balkau | Australia | 935,000 |
| 2 | Anuj Yadav | India | 643,000 |
| 3 | Akshay Nasa | India | 552,000 |
| 4 | Sumin Oh | Korea | 499,000 |
| 5 | Khôi NguyễN | Vietnam | 360,000 |
| 6 | Kyle Bao Diep | Vietnam | 346,000 |
| 7 | ĐặNg Hoàng ViệT | Vietnam | 338,000 |
| 8 | TiếN Minh Ngô | Vietnam | 302,000 |
| 9 | Harsh Bubna | India | 280,000 |
| 10 | Hoàng Minh NguyễN | Vietnam | 275,000 |
For the full list, head to Live Updates MAIN EVENT – CHIP COUNTS
During the first break, WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh, WPT Global Event Manager Hillary St. Clair, WPT Host Ashleigh Lawrence, and Crown Poker Club owner Tobias Bui officially welcomed in the games and the brand new WPT Prime Champiosnhip trophy was revealed for the first time.
“We are one year into Prime so for our one year anniversary we are very excited to showcase our brand new WPT Prime Championship trophy. Thank you to all our players, without you we wouldn’t have a World Poker Tour.”
Over at the side events, the biggest story was Cuong Ngoc Huynh who clinched the High Roller Warm Up for his second festival title. This sent Huynh catapulting from 6th rank to the top in the WPT Player of the Festival race. He leads with a big margin. Also walking away as the newest champions were Shuchi Chamaria and Duyen Thi Thuy Le.
WPT POF standings after 26 events
| 1 | Cuong Ngoc Huynh | 1200 |
| 2 | Armon Van Wijk | 850 |
| 3 | Thanh Tien Dinh | 840 |
| 4 | Chu The Dan | 835 |
| 5 | Hung Thanh Tran | 765 |
| 6 | Vu Ta Nhat | 750 |
| 7 | Quan Trung Nguyen | 700 |
| 8 | Wilklow Michael Victor | 675 |
| 9 | Tuan Anh Tran | 675 |
| 10 | Avneesh Munjal | 630 |
Huynh Ngoc Cuong wins second title at the High Roller Warm Up
Another fantastic achievement by Huynh Ngoc Cuong who dominated the High Roller Warm Up to clinch his second series title. Days prior, Huynh shipped the Mystery Bounty event, outlasting a big field of 614 entries. On his latest win, Huynh topped the 168 entry field, the largest high roller turnout of the series to date. He closed Day 1 as massive chip leader, proceeded to enter the final table with over 25 percent of the chips in play, and never relinquished his lead. Huynh has now earned a combined VN₫ 2,854,000,000 (~US$ 121,580).
After eliminating Roman Kolotiuk in 3rd place with 
dominating 
, he was up 71 bb to Alan Pham‘s 12 bb. It took just one hand to secure the victory with 
staying ahead of 
with a final board 
.
Relive the final table action via the livestream on Crown Poker Club YouTube channel.
Date: May 24-25 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,345)
Entries: 168 (110 unique, 58 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 8,148,000,000 (~US$ 347,100)
ITM: 21 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 1,964,000,000 |
| 2 | Alan Anh Minh Pham | Australia | 1,307,000,000 |
| 3 | Roman Kolotiuk | Russia | 938,000,000 |
| 4 | Cankai Zhang | China | 686,000,000 |
| 5 | Yuki Sakai | Japan | 511,000,000 |
| 6 | Jhon Hendri | Indonesia | 388,000,000 |
| 7 | Evgenii Katymaev | Russia | 300,000,000 |
| 8 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 237,000,000 |
| 9 | Tuan Danh Luu | Vietnam | 190,000,000 |
Shuchi Chamaria wins the Big Bounty
First time winner at WPT Prime with India’s Shuchi Chamaria lifting her first ever poker trophy at the Big Bounty event. Chamaria outlasted the 182 entry field to earn an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 138,600,000 (~US$ 5,900). At three handed, the players agreed to flip for it. Chamaria prevailed after three flips, denying Tuan Anh Tran his second series title.
Date: May 24-25, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Entries: 182 (136 unique, 46 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 855,400,000 (~US$ 36,440)
Bounty pool: VN₫ 910,000,000 (~US$ 38,765)
ITM: 23 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Shuchi Chamaria | India | 138,600,000* |
| 2 | Tuan Anh Tran | Vietnam | 169,100,000* |
| 3 | Hung Viet Le | Vietnam | 149,300,000* |
| 4 | Man Lok | Macau | 53,000,000 |
| 5 | Chien Kuei Shih | Taiwan | 41,000,000 |
| 6 | Anh Duy Nguyen | Vietnam | 34,000,000 |
| 7 | Shu Wei Choi | Taiwan | 29,000,000 |
| 8 | Jae Kyung Sim | Korea | 25,400,000 |
| 9 | Linh Dieu Phuong Nguyen | Vietnam | 22,000,000 |
Duyen Thi Thuy Le wins the Deepstack Hyper Turbo
The last event to complete was the Deepstack Turbo with Duyen Thi Thuy Le dominating the final table to seize the title, the VN₫ 140,500,000 (~US$ 5,985), and her first WPT trophy. Heads up was just one hand with Le’s 
beating 
when a queen spiked the turn on a board 
.
Date: May 25, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 280)
Entries: 69 entries (63 unique, 6 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 401,580000 (~US$ 17,100)
ITM: 9 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Le Thi Thuy Duyen | Vietnam | 140,500,000 |
| 2 | Chu The Dan | Vietnam | 80,500,000 |
| 3 | Michael Wilklow | USA | 49,000,000 |
| 4 | Po Chun Wen | Taiwan | 35,000,000 |
| 5 | Seiya Ishikawa | Japan | 27,000,000 |
| 6 | Raju Jaruplavath | India | 21,000,000 |
| 7 | Ha Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 18,000,000 |
| 8 | Ravi Shankar Metlapalli | India | 16,080,000 |
| 9 | Yu Wang | China | 14,500,000 |
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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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