Won Poker Cup

Hoa Nguyen

Viet Nam

Blind level

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Entries

14/95

Total Chips

2,850,000

Average

203,571

Day 1A

SMPSMP

5/14/2025, 2:23:17 PM

So Near Yet So Far

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

With just a few players left before the end of the day, it was double up or bust for many.

Such was the case for Hoa Nguyen. While we didn’t catch the full action, we saw Sacha Bayard scoop the pot after eliminating Nguyen, who held pocket tens against Bayard’s ace-four. The tens couldn’t hold as the dealer dropped an ace on the flop — ending Nguyen’s run painfully close to bagging for the day.

Player	Chips
HN Hoa NguyenViet Nam	busted

SMPSMP

5/14/2025, 1:33:59 PM

Table 2 Chip Counts

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Player	Chips	Table	Seat
TT Tan Tan	95,000(32 BB)	2	1
HN Hoa NguyenViet Nam	96,000(32 BB)	2	2
SK Sean KeetonAustralia	123,500(41 BB)	2	3
PC Prajuabjinda ChaiwatThailand	58,500(20 BB)	2	4
DE David ErquiagaPhilippines	44,500(15 BB)	2	5
JJ Jongbae JangKorea (Republic of)	87,500(29 BB)	2	6
WW William WongUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	237,000(79 BB)	2	7
NZ Neng ZhaoAustralia	72,000(24 BB)	2	8

SMPSMP

5/14/2025, 7:36:32 AM

Table 2 Chip Counts

Level 4: 200 / 300 ante: 300

Player	Chips
LC Lewis CowellUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	44,600(149 BB)
HN Hoa NguyenViet Nam	41,300(138 BB)
WW William WongUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	36,100(120 BB)
NG Neeraj GajriaIndia	28,100(94 BB)
MT Michael TruongUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	23,400(78 BB)
SS Santiago Soriano RamosSpain	21,500(72 BB)
TT Tan Tan	21,200(71 BB)
VK Vineet KumarIndia	11,000(37 BB)

SMPSMP

5/14/2025, 5:56:17 AM

Early Birds

Level 1: 100 / 100

Player	Chips
JL Jian LinTaiwan	30,000(300 BB)
AA Alfie AdamUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	30,000(300 BB)
AJ Anthony James AlwayUnited States of America	30,000(300 BB)
CH Chee Hoong YeohMalaysia	30,000(300 BB)
SS Santiago Soriano RamosSpain	30,000(300 BB)
DK Da KChina	30,000(300 BB)
HN Hoa NguyenViet Nam	30,000(300 BB)
CJ Craig JonesUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	30,000(300 BB)
AZ Anshu ZhengChina	30,000(300 BB)
RD Rawinruchiroch DeesitThailand	30,000(300 BB)
AL Adam LewisUnited States of America	30,000(300 BB)
LW Leo WaiAustralia	30,000(300 BB)
MG Michael Gordon SmithCanada	30,000(300 BB)
NM Nguyen Manh TruongViet Nam	30,000(300 BB)
PC Prajuabjinda ChaiwatThailand	30,000(300 BB)
KA Khayal AbbasovAzerbaijan	30,000(300 BB)
ER Erik RozhynskyiUkraine	30,000(300 BB)
JS Jo Seng MokMalaysia	30,000(300 BB)
IY Ihor YerofieievUkraine	30,000(300 BB)
YY Yang YangChina	30,000(300 BB)
TD Tomas DedinasLithuania	30,000(300 BB)
SK Sean KeetonAustralia	30,000(300 BB)
VT Van Tien DinhViet Nam	30,000(300 BB)