No shortage of action at opening day of U Series of Poker Vietnam with a platter of events on tap at the Crown Poker Club. The day closed seeing three players capture the first side event trophies of the series and ten players surviving Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty VN₫ 2.5 Billion guaranteed.
Here are the highlights and results.
Event 1: Mystery Bounty – Day 1A
The first trophy event was the multi-day Mystery Bounty VN₫ 2.5 Billion guaranteed. After ten levels of registration, 62 players entered plus 17 re-entries for a total of 79 Day 1A entries. Seven and a half hours in, the bubble burst with Vietnam’s Tuan Tien Hai delivering the bad and good news. Tuan’s 
bested a short stack’s 
on a running board 
. Tuan bagged up the third largest stack of 57 bb.
Earning the chip leader’s status was Vietnam’s Vu Ta Nhat (pictured below) with 66 bb, trailed tightly by Estonia’s Roland Kivi with 65 bb. Impressively, Kivi also went on to finish in the money at the evening’s Hyper Turbo event.
The ten survivors await the results of Day 1B and Day 1C before returning to action for Day 2 on Sunday, April 16 at 10:30am. For those that missed the mark, the final two starting flights take place on Saturday, April 15 at 11am and 3:30pm.
Dates: April 14 to 16
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 106,600)
Day 1A: 79 entries (62 unique, 17 re-entry)
Day 1A survivors: 10 players
End of Day 1A chip counts
| Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| Vu Ta Nhat | Vietnam | 330,000 | 66 |
| Roland Kivi | Estonia | 323,000 | 65 |
| Tuan Tien Hai | Vietnam | 283,000 | 57 |
| Nguyen Tuan Anh | Vietnam | 243,000 | 49 |
| Nguyen Manh Cuong | Vietnam | 223,000 | 45 |
| Hoang Hai Nam | Vietnam | 216,000 | 43 |
| Austin Ang Yang Siang | Malaysia | 110,000 | 22 |
| Jeffry Kurniawan | Indonesia | 100,000 | 20 |
| A. Tai | Vietnam | 84,000 | 17 |
| Eric Chan Sai Hoe | Malaysia | 64,000 | 13 |
Event 2: Anh Duy Pham dominates Bao Pham at heads up to win the High Roller Warm Up
By far, the most popular event of the day was the High Roller Warm Up with 115 entries (67 unique, 48 re-entry) shattering the advertised VN₫ 900 Million guarantee. In its place was a pot that ballooned 3.5x over to VN₫ 3,346,500,000 (~US$ 142,740). Among the many distinguished players that came out were Triton champions Devan Tang and Dao Minh Phu, locals Huu Dung Nguyen, Huy Pham, Anh Duy Pham, international players Michael Kim Falcon, Rolands Norietis, Kelvin Tan, and Nevan Chang.
Nine and a half hours in, the bubble burst on Nguyen Quang Huy whose all in with 
top pair on the flop 
was rivered by Bao Pham’s 
. Pham went on to bring in the largest stack to the final table.
Picking up the action at four handed, Pham’s stack ballooned further after he eliminated Tung Nguyen with pocket Nines full house crushing King-Queen overcards. At one point, Pham amassed 15M out of the 18M chips in play at three handed and seemed he was headed for sure victory, however it was not to be.
After Anh Duy Pham aka Chu Anh finished off Beng Wei Lim in 3rd place, it was heads up with Pham ahead by only 2 bb. Command quickly switched with Anh dominating the action. It didn’t take long for the final hand to land. On a board 
, Anh raised all in, Pham called for his tournament life and was drawing dead. Pham had 
top pair, Anh had the nuts straight 
.
Relive the final table action via the livestream on the CPC facebook page.
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 33,000,000 (~US$ 1,400)
Guarantee: VN₫ 900,000,000 (~US$ 38,400)
Entries: 115 (67 unique, 48 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,346,500,000 (~US$ 142,740)
ITM: 17 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Anh Duy Pham | Vietnam | 922,000,000 |
| 2 | Bao Pham | Vietnam | 575,000,000 |
| 3 | Lim Beng Wei | Malaysia | 349,500,000 |
| 4 | Tung Nguyen | Vietnam | 250,000,000 |
| 5 | Hung Wei Yeh | Taiwan | 200,000,000 |
| 6 | Harry Tran | Vietnam | 165,000,000 |
| 7 | Anh Tien | Vietnam | 135,000,000 |
| 8 | Trung Quang Doan | Vietnam | 108,000,000 |
| 9 | Nevan Chang | Taiwan | 90,000,000 |
| 10 | Duong Hung Dang | Vietnam | 77,000,000 |
| 11 | Khoi Nguyen | Vietnam | 77,000,000 |
| 12 | Tu Duc Bui | Vietnam | 77,000,000 |
| 13 | Sebastian Muller | Germany | 67,000,000 |
| 14 | Huy Quang Dinh | Vietnam | 67,000,000 |
| 15 | Huu Dung Nguyen | Vietnam | 67,000,000 |
| 16 | Dien Van Le | Vietnam | 60,000,000 |
| 17 | Minh Quang Nguyen | Vietnam | 60,000,000 |
Event 3: Thinh Ba Nguyen wins maiden title at the Deepstack
Milestone moment for Thinh Ba Nguyen aka Lordrich Nguyen who captured his first ever live title at the Deepstack event. Nguyen defeated Po Wen Fang at heads up to pocket the VN₫ 92,540,000 (~US$ 3,950) first prize and a trophy to commemorate the achievement.
The Deepstack event pulled in 68 entries (52 unique, 16 re-entry) for a prize pool of VN₫ 263,840,000. Just over six hours of play, Taiwan’s Zong Chi He plummeted to 1 bb after his 
lost the flip against Japan’s Fumitaka Ikeda 
on a running board 
. Two hands later, He was eliminated on the bubble and the final table was formed.
The final table ran for three hours. At three handed, Fang shaved down Ng Shun Hong to 1 bb with 
finding the Ten to beat 
. Ng soon busted and Fang entered heads up with a sizable advantage against Nguyen.
Fang attempted to take it down on the first hand, shoving , Nguyen risked it with , and doubled up. From there, Nguyen stayed ahead and slowly drained out Fang.. Fang won one double up but on his next push, it was all over with Jack-Seven dominated by Nguyen’s Ace-Five.
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190)
Entries: 68
Prize pool: VN₫ 263,840,000 (~US$ 11,250)
ITM: 9 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Thinh Ba Nguyen | Vietnam | 92,540,000 |
| 2 | Po Wen Fang | Taiwan | 53,000,000 |
| 3 | Ng Shun Hong | Singapore | 33,200,000 |
| 4 | Fumitaka Ikeda | Japan | 23,700,000 |
| 5 | Ha Manh Dinh | Vietnam | 18,500,000 |
| 6 | Hieu Ngoc Ngo | Vietnam | 14,500,000 |
| 7 | Hai Minh Vu | Vietnam | 11,300,000 |
| 8 | Ong Beng Wei | 9,200,000 | |
| 9 | Viet Trong Nguyen | Vietnam | 7,900,000 |
Event 4: Rollercoaster victory for Hung Trong Nguyen at the Hyper Turbo
39 evening warriors took on the Hyper Turbo with an added 12 re-entries for a total of 51 entries and a prize pool of VN₫ 148,400,000. Just under six hours of play, Tai Anh Do eliminated Zachary Lim in 3rd place to face big stacked Hung Trong Nguyen ake Hung Gosu at heads up.
Do caught a lucky double up with 
full house beating 
trips on a board 
. This gave him the lead which soon switched back with Nguyen’s also finding luck on a board 
to beat 
. Shortly after, the final hand arrived. Both players were all in on a flop , Nguyen with 
flush, Do with 
two pair. Do’s outs didn’t show up with the turn and river .
Like the Deepstack champion, this was Nguyen’s first ever live win. He earned a payout of VN₫ 56,400,000 (~US$ 2,405) and a trophy to commemorate the win.
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$ 145)
Entries: 51 (39 unique, 12 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 148,400,000 (~US$ 6,330)
ITM: 6 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Hung Trong Nguyen | Vietnam | 56,400,000 |
| 2 | Tai Anh Do | Vietnam | 34,100,000 |
| 3 | Zachary Lim | Malaysia | 21,000,000 |
| 4 | Max Menzel | Germany | 15,700,000 |
| 5 | Bao Thai Vu | Vietnam | 12,000,000 |
| 6 | Roland Kivi | Estonia | 9,200,000 |
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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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