In collaboration with the Hanoi Series of Poker (HSOP) and Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM), the battle for the first ever Hanoi Super Series MAIN EVENT title is at hand. Hosted by the Grand Loyal Poker Club, the festival headliner kicked off on November 30, drawing a substantial 352 entries over three entry heats. With buy in at ₫20,000,000 each, the pot surged way past the guarantee for a much healthier ₫6,316,640,000 prize pool. At Day 2, 44 players returned with 36 players shaving respective portions, and concluding at the formation of the final 8 players.
Buy in: ₫20,000,000 (~$820)
Guarantee: ₫5,000,000,000 (~$205,210)
Entries: 352 (Day 1A -87, Day 1B – 183, Day 1C – 82)
Prize pool: ₫6,316,640,000 (~$259,250)
ITM: 44 players
Final 9 by rank
| Hoang Hai Nam | 2,155,000 |
| Seo Eui Yeon | 1,805,000 |
| Nguyen Thanh Long | 1,410,000 |
| Jeny Ngo | 1,140,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Dai | 1,075,000 |
| William Kang | 1,035,000 |
| Jae Sung Kim | 1,035,000 |
| Cua | 905,000 |
Chips in play: 10,560,000
Average stack: 1,320,000
Final 8 opening blinds: TBA
Level intervals: 60 minutes / heads up 30 minutes
Remaining payouts
| 1 | ₫1,379,000,000 |
| 2 | ₫940,000,000 |
| 3 | ₫650,000,000 |
| 4 | ₫480,000,000 |
| 5 | ₫355,000,000 |
| 6 | ₫265,000,000 |
| 7 | ₫200,000,000 |
| 8 | ₫155,000,000 |
Main Event – Final 8 review
Round two for Hoang Hai Nam aka Luckyman9999 who is back at the final table, this time as chip leader, and battling for the largest cash prize of ₫1,379,000,000 (~$56,600). At the start of the series, Hoang built a strong presence at the Warm Up final table and finished in 4th place.
Joining Hoang at the final table are four other countrymen which included APT Warm Up Series Super High Roller champion Nguyen Ngoc Dai, Jeny Ngo, Cua, and Nguyen Thanh Long aka Tom who topped the Day 1 survivors list. The other three seats were secured by two players from Korea, Korea Mind Game Members (KMGM) Seo Eui Yeon and Jae Sung Kim, and William Kang from the United Kingdom.
The finalists return on Saturday, December 3 at 12pm to chase down the coveted title. Each one is guaranteed a minimum payout of ₫155,000,000 (~$6,360). Catch the race to the throne via the livestream on the Grand Loyal Poker Club facebook page.
Payouts 9th – 44th
| 9 | NguyễN KhắC LuậT | ₫125,320,000 |
| 10 | Choi Tae Jin | ₫125,320,000 |
| 11 | Kim Hyunjin | ₫100,000,000 |
| 12 | NguyễN Thùy Dương | ₫100,000,000 |
| 13 | TrầN TuấN Anh | ₫82,000,000 |
| 14 | Vũ Tá NhấT | ₫82,000,000 |
| 15 | Choi Inkyu | ₫67,000,000 |
| 16 | Jeon Seong Min | ₫67,000,000 |
| 17 | Yang Hoon Seok | ₫55,000,000 |
| 18 | Lê Văn DiễN | ₫55,000,000 |
| 19 | Lee Kyungjin | ₫55,000,000 |
| 20 | Đỗ Quang ThắNg | ₫55,000,000 |
| 21 | Hyung Seung Lee | ₫46,000,000 |
| 22 | Lê Công Vương | ₫46,000,000 |
| 23 | ĐặNg Thanh Lương | ₫46,000,000 |
| 24 | NguyễN TrọNg Nghĩa | ₫46,000,000 |
| 25 | Yu Je Nam | ₫40,000,000 |
| 26 | Yu Chang Su | ₫40,000,000 |
| 27 | TrầN Nam Trung | ₫40,000,000 |
| 28 | Kim Hyunkyu | ₫40,000,000 |
| 29 | Lim Choong Sub | ₫40,000,000 |
| 30 | Lee Sang Gyu | ₫40,000,000 |
| 31 | NguyễN Văn Nam | ₫40,000,000 |
| 32 | Kim Do Kyoung | ₫40,000,000 |
| 33 | Đào NgọC ThắNg | ₫36,000,000 |
| 34 | Mr Sugar | ₫36,000,000 |
| 35 | NguyễN MạNh TuấN | ₫36,000,000 |
| 36 | Hyun Deokoh | ₫36,000,000 |
| 37 | Jeong Juyong | ₫36,000,000 |
| 38 | Park Je Young | ₫36,000,000 |
| 39 | Mun Byung Kwon | ₫36,000,000 |
| 40 | Phan Hùng CườNg | ₫36,000,000 |
| 41 | NguyễN Thị HiềN Hòa | ₫33,000,000 |
| 42 | Lim Youngsu | ₫33,000,000 |
| 43 | Ozaki Masahito | ₫33,000,000 |
| 44 | NguyễN ĐứC Thành | ₫33,000,000 |
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*All images courtesy of Grand Loyal Poker Club
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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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