Day 1
Nguyen Thanh Phat bags a double up

Mid position Chau Chung Yiu Clement opened to 6,000 and called off Nguyen Thanh Phat’s 41,000 jam.
Nguyen J♠ J♣ Chau A♦ Q♠
Up for a flip, the board 4♣ 5♦ 9♣ J♦ 6♥ sealed the win for Nguyen, boosting his stack up to 30 BB.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
90,000(30 BB) | 52,000 | |
31,000(10 BB) | -46,500 |
Nguyen Thanh Phat Doubles Up Through Phan Huu Minh Tri
Hijack Nguyen Thanh Phat shoves (15,000) with A♣ Q♦ to battle with. Big blind Sakiyama Toru calls with A♥ 8♣ . The board runs Q♣ 6♦ 9♠ K♣ 2♦ for a double up to Nguyen.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
180,000(36 BB) | -20,000 | |
38,000(8 BB) | 10,000 |
Final table
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
144,000(36 BB) | -29,000 | |
140,000(35 BB) | 14,000 | |
120,000(30 BB) | -5,000 | |
112,000(28 BB) | 2,000 | |
80,000(20 BB) | 1,000 | |
75,000(19 BB) | -30,000 | |
75,000(19 BB) | -25,000 | |
28,000(7 BB) | 11,000 | |
20,000(5 BB) | -17,000 |
Sakiyama Toru Shows Top Pair

Under the gun Nguyen Thanh Phat raises 8,000, button calls, big blind Sakiyama Toru calls, flop comes 6♠ 2♦ J♣ . Nguyen c-bets 20,000, button folds, Toru check-calls. Both players check the turn 4♠ . On the river T♥ , Toru leads out 20,000, Nguyen calls, Toru opens A♥ J♠ top pair. Nguyen mucks.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
180,000(60 BB) | 60,000 | |
17,000(6 BB) | -44,000 |
Break time chip counts
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
410,000(164 BB) | 410,000 | |
173,000(69 BB) | -17,000 | |
120,000(48 BB) | 32,000 | |
107,000(43 BB) | 107,000 | |
81,000(32 BB) | 34,500 | |
79,000(32 BB) | ||
78,000(31 BB) | -22,000 | |
61,000(24 BB) | 49,000 | |
47,000(19 BB) | 47,000 | |
24,000(10 BB) | -15,000 |
Hua-Wei Lin Muscles With Her Big Stack
Under the gun Nguyen Thanh Phat raises 2,000, utg+1 Hua Wei Lin three-bets 20,000, Nguyen folds and shows K♦ Q♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
50,000(50 BB) | 50,000 | |
12,000(12 BB) | 12,000 |
Ong Zi Sheng flops the nuts

Facing an utg open, button Nguyen Thanh Phat jammed all-in for 34,500, called by small blind Ong Zi Sheng behind. Original raiser folds leaving the two to run a flip.
Nguyen T♥ T♠ Ong K♠ Q♣
The flop A♣ J♣ T♦ gave Ong the nut straight, Nguyen with a set. Looking to pair the board, the turn K♥ and river 5♥ left Nguyen packing for another shot at the Main Event.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
210,000(70 BB) | 67,000 | |
busted | -34,500 |
Ong Zi Sheng gets lucky

Three limpers ahead, big blind Nguyen Thanh Phat shoved all-in for 31,000 total and was called only by utg Ong Zi Sheng.
Nguyen Q♣ Q♥ Ong J♣ Q♠
A huge favorite preflop, the tables turned quickly after the flop revealed T♠ K♦ 9♣ . The turn K♠ and river J♦ however, left both players with a straight for a chop.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
143,000(48 BB) | 82,000 | |
34,500(12 BB) | -31,500 |
Day 1G closes with Pham Quyet Tien stacking high
Date: October 6, 2023 Buy in: ₫25,500,000 (~US$ 1,099) Entries: 263 Bagging time: 15% of field / 40 players

Chip Counts
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
639,000 | -31,000 | |
489,000 | 273,000 | |
455,000 | 55,000 | |
359,000 | 59,000 | |
355,000 | 355,000 | |
341,000 | 341,000 | |
307,000 | 307,000 | |
296,000 | 296,000 | |
278,000 | 278,000 | |
MB | 261,000 | 122,000 |
245,000 | 75,000 | |
240,000 | 240,000 | |
239,000 | -39,000 | |
233,000 | 233,000 | |
224,000 | 224,000 | |
207,000 | 207,000 | |
202,000 | 202,000 | |
175,000 | 175,000 | |
169,000 | -15,000 | |
164,000 | 164,000 | |
158,000 | -32,000 | |
157,000 | -1,000 | |
156,000 | 156,000 | |
141,000 | 141,000 | |
136,000 | 16,000 | |
131,000 | 131,000 | |
104,000 | ||
103,000 | 34,000 | |
99,000 | 99,000 | |
98,000 | 87,000 | |
97,000 | 97,000 | |
79,000 | 79,000 | |
74,000 | 74,000 | |
73,000 | 73,000 | |
66,000 | 26,000 | |
66,000 | -3,000 | |
61,000 | -92,000 | |
58,000 | 10,000 | |
54,000 | 54,000 | |
48,000 |
Nguyen Thanh Phat crushes with kings

Utg Nguyen Van Viet opened to 5,000 and called Nguyen Thanh Phat’s 32,000 all-in behind.
Nguyen Thanh Phat K♥ K♣ Nguyen Van Viet T♥ T♠
Up against a monster pair, Nguyen Van Viet spiked no two outers after the board ran 2♥ J♦ 2♠ 8♥ Q♣ , leaving him to pay off his opponent in full.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
69,000(35 BB) | 69,000 | |
39,000(20 BB) | 39,000 |