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India’s Avneesh Munjal wins the WPT Opener for maiden live title
WPT Opener - Final Day
India’s Avneesh Munjal entered the final table as the last non-Vietnamese player vying for the WPT Opener title. On his pursuit of victory, he proceeded eliminate seven players to capture his maiden live title and the handsome VN₫ 770,000,000 (~US$ 32,280) top prize.
Standby for the recap or watch the recorded livestream just below.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 375) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,280) Entries: 510 Prize pool: VN₫ 3,957,600,000 (~US$ 168,750) ITM: 65 players
Chips in play: 12,750,000
Payouts
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Final Table by chip rank
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8I_3YzWcA
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Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,510,000 | 2,510,000 | |
| 2,420,000 | -100,000 | |
| 1,850,000 | 50,000 | |
| 1,645,000 | 365,000 | |
| 1,340,000 | 1,340,000 | |
| 960,000 | -40,000 | |
| 845,000 | 845,000 | |
| 670,000 | 670,000 | |
| 490,000 | 490,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 64,000,000 | 64,000,000 | |
| 64,000,000 | 64,000,000 | |
| 64,000,000 | 64,000,000 | |
| 51,000,000 | 50,530,000 | |
| 51,000,000 | 51,000,000 | |
| 51,000,000 | 51,000,000 | |
| 42,800,000 | 42,800,000 | |
| 42,800,000 | 42,800,000 | |
| 42,800,000 | 42,680,000 | |
| 36,100,000 | 36,100,000 | |
| 36,100,000 | 36,100,000 | |
SL | 36,100,000 | 36,100,000 |
| 30,200,000 | 30,200,000 | |
| 30,200,000 | 29,870,000 | |
| 30,200,000 | 30,200,000 | |
| 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 | |
| 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 | |
| 26,000,000 | 26,000,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 22,200,000 | 22,200,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 19,000,000 | 19,000,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,200,000 | |
| 16,200,000 | 16,075,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 | |
| 13,500,000 | 13,500,000 |
Double elimination! Final 9 formed
Three way all in preflop with Tong Xuan Hieu A♣ 7♠ , Hoang Thai Son A♠ J♥ , and big stacked Nguyen Phuong Ngoc with K♣ K♠ . The board runs T♠ 8♣ K♥ 3♥ 6♠ for a sweep.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,800,000(36 BB) | 1,010,000 |
Avneesh Munjal rails Luu
Luu Danh Tuan is down to his last 200,000 and goes all in with 2♥ 2♣ , he is called by Avneesh Munjal and Nguyen Tuan Anh. At the flop T♦ Q♥ A♥ , Munjal bets 225,000 which is enough to push out Nguyen who showed J♦ T♣ for a heads up showdown. Munjal has Q♣ Q♦ , the turn 9♣ and river 5♠ is no help to Luu to bust in 12th place.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,520,000(50 BB) | 570,000 |
Nguyen Tuan Anh claims a pot
From utg, Nguyen Tuan Anh raises to 80,000 and finds two callers to see the flop K♣ J♥ 5♥ . Big blind Quang Vu checks, Nguyen bets 100,000, no takers.
Vu Thai Bao cleans out Kenny
Kevin Kenny is down to just over one big blind and puts it all in with Q♥ T♠ to battle with, Vu Thai Bao isolates and opens K♠ 2♣ . The board runs J♦ 2♦ 5♥ 3♠ 7♠ , out goes Kenny in 13th place.
Avneesh Munjal vs NguyễN Văn Phương
From hijack NguyễN Văn Phương raises to 90,000, big blind Avneesh Munjal defends, the flop runs J♣ 3♥ 5♥ . Both players check, the turn is Q♣ . Munjal leads out 120,000, Nguyen calls. On the river K♣ , Munjal bets 150,000, Nguyen calls, then mucks to Munjal Q♥ J♥ two pair.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,950,000(49 BB) | 1,210,000 | |
| 1,280,000(32 BB) | 380,000 |
Blinds up, 13 players
Field is trimming down brining the final table much closer. Once the final 9 is reached they move to the RFID table. The race will be livestreamed on a 30-minute delay right here inside the poker room.
Another boat for Vũ Tá NhấT, rails Minh
Level 23: 15,000,30,000 ante 30,000
Catching the hand only when the cards open, Minh Quang Nguyen has K♣ 8♣ trips on a board 3♥ 5♠ K♦ K♥ 6♠ Vũ Tá NhấT has him beat with 5♦ 5♥ full house. Nguyen is eliminated.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,060,000 | 360,000 |
Nguyen Tuan Anh rails one
Level 23: 15,000,30,000 ante 30,000
Nguyen Tuan Anh’s small pair 5x 5x holds against overcards Ax Jx to ship it and rise to 1,400,000.
Avneesh Munjal cracks Yun’s cowboys
Level 23: 15,000,30,000 ante 30,000
Under the gun raises to 65,000, utg+1 Jung Sup Yun three-bet shoves, two spots over Avneesh Munjal joins with a shove, initial raiser folds. Yun opens K♥ K♦ , Munjal A♣ K♣ , the board runs 7♦ J♣ 2♥ T♣ Q♦ for a straight to Munjal . He doubles up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 740,000 | 316,000 | |
| 120,000 | 120,000 |
Hoang Thai Son makes a comeback, back over a mil
Level 23: 15,000,30,000 ante 30,000
Hoang Thai Son was down to 11 bb but has staged a comeback and is now sitting with over a million. The biggest pot was against Nguyen Van Phu who had Qx Qx against Hoang’s Ax Jx . With Nguyen as the aggressor, laying a three-bet preflop, Hoang called then spiked the Ace on the flop. Nguyen c-bet then both checked the turn. On the river Jack, Hoang led out and Nguyen called.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,120,000 | 845,000 | |
| 570,000 | 570,000 |
Hoang Thai Son plunges, Vũ Tá NhấT catapults to 1.7M
Two big stacks went at it resulting in Son Hoang plunging to 11 bb and Vũ Tá NhấT scoring a massive double up. Catching the hand on a turn board K♥ K♦ 9♣ 4♦ with 250,000 in the pot, cutoff Son Hoang bets 130,000, small blind Vũ check-raises to 270,000, Hoang tank-calls using up his last time bank. The river 5♦ , Vũ shoves, Hoang snap-calls, Vũ opens K♣ 9♦ full house, Hoang has K♠ 7♠ trips.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,700,000(68 BB) | 740,000 | |
| 275,000(11 BB) | 275,000 |
Yun Jung Sup spikes two outer to rail a Nguyen
All in preflop, Yun Jung Sup behind J♠ J♦ against NguyễN MạNh CườNg’ Q♣ Q♠ however with a J♥ on the river, Yun spikes the two-outer to ship it as NguyễN shakes his head and leaves.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(20 BB) | 500,000 |
Break time, 25 remaining, big stack update
Second break of the day, 25 players remaining. Here are the leaders:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000(40 BB) | 1,000,000 | |
| 960,000(38 BB) | 960,000 | |
| 920,000(37 BB) | -80,000 | |
| 900,000(36 BB) | -90,000 | |
| 875,000(35 BB) | -25,000 | |
| 800,000(32 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 790,000(32 BB) | 790,000 |
NguyễN Văn Phú rails Vũ ĐứC Trung
All in preflop, Vũ ĐứC Trung behind in chips and in hand with 8♣ 8♥ , NguyễN Văn Phú has K♦ K♥ , no help comes on the board for Vũ to pack up and leave.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000(50 BB) | 1,000,000 |
New level, 27 players remaining
The WPT Opener is down to the final three tables with 27 remaining. NguyễN Văn Phương is chip leader with nearly a million.
NguyễN Văn Phương rises to the top
NguyễN Văn Phương scored two back to back pots to rise to nearly a million in chips. He is now the race leader with 30 players remaining. The first pot he won was double up through Avneesh Munjal. On a board showing 9♦ T♠ 6♠ 3♣ and nearly 200,000 weighing down the middle, Nguyen bet 90,000 and Munjai tanked then check-called. On the river 5♦ , Munjal checked again, Nguyen moved all in for 190,000, Munjal called and paid Nguyen’s T♣ 9♠ two pair. Munjal had K♥ 9♥ second pair.
Next hand was all in preflop with A♣ K♣ dominating A♥ J♥ . Nguyen picked up another 200,000 to just about reach a million in chips.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 990,000(66 BB) | 990,000 | |
| 424,000(28 BB) | -336,000 |
Manh Nguyen lucky river
All in preflop, Manh Nguyen with K♦ Q♥ is behind A♥ 9♥ when the flop runs 7♥ T♦ 8♣ . His opponent gains more outs on the turn 2♥ , but with the river Q♠ , Nguyen dodges eliminations with a higher pair.
Premium hands, Kevin Kenny ships a three-way
Three way jam, Kevin Kenny with A♦ Q♦ and is up against Minh Quang Nguyen’s K♣ K♠ and a shorter stack’s A♣ Q♠ . The board favors diamonds as it runs 5♦ 6♦ 3♥ 8♦ 3♠ . Kenny ships it as one ships out.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 470,000(31 BB) | 470,000 |
Blinds up, 35 remaining
Blinds are up with 35 players remaining. No change up top with Lưu Danh TuấN leading with nearly 900,000.
Kevin Lee saved by the river to double through ThiệN
Kevin Lee three-bet all in with A♣ 5♣ and initial raiser ThiệN called with A♠ T♥ . With the board running Q♣ Q♥ 6♥ 2♣ 5♦ , Lee spiked the river to survive and double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(42 BB) | -60,000 |
Avneesh Munjal takes from the leader
Under the gun +1 Avneesh Munjal opened, big blind Lưu Danh TuấN called. At the flop J♣ T♠ T♥ , both players checked. On the turn T♥ , Luu bet 52,000, Munjal called. The river 7♣ , Luu checked, Munjal bet 120,000, Luu tank-folded.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 900,000(75 BB) | 900,000 | |
| 760,000(63 BB) | 760,000 |
New leader, Lưu Danh TuấN with nearly a million
Lưu Danh TuấN has nearly a million making him our current chip leader. Vũ Tá NhấT dropped to second rank with 850,000 and shares the spot with ThiệN.
Technical difficulties… screens down
All the screens are down at the moment, players and TDs have to rely on their phones or watches to tell time. Two players went bust within the first five minutes of the new round. 40 players remaining.
Break time, 42 players remaining
First break of the day. Seven players went bust in the previous round to bring the field down to 42 players. Despite paying out a double up to Thien, Vũ Tá NhấT is still massive chip leader with over 750,000.
Cooler! ThiệN doubles through the leader
Overkill at Table 4 with ThiệN’s A♦ A♣ improving further to quads on a board 5♥ A♥ A♠ 2♥ 6♣ . He doubled up through the leader Vũ Tá NhấT who had K♣ K♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 560,000(56 BB) | 560,000 |
NguyễN ĐứC Hòa says he doesn’t need a payjump
NguyễN ĐứC Hòa is all in with A♠ K♣ and tells his caller, Emmanuel Derecho A♣ 6♥ that he doesn’t need the pay jump. NguyễN proceeds to win the hand for a double up to 60,000.
Vũ Tá NhấT with a million
Vũ Tá NhấT is sporting the biggest stack with 46 players remaining. He has a massive one million stack. Running second is NguyễN MạNh TrườNg with 680,000.
Blinds up, 49 players remaining
Previous level saw 13 more players drop to bring the field down to 49.
Evgenii Nekrasov turns his 1K chip to 55K
Evegnii Nekrasov tossed in his last 1,000 chip and won the hand, but since it’s ante first all he won was his 1K back. On his next all in, he tripled up and increased to 10,000. Another shove later, not only did he pick up the pot and rise to 55,000, with is 4♣ 4♠ , he eliminated a player who had A♠ 2♦ and doubled through A♥ K♥ on a board 6♠ J♥ 8♠ 9♠ 7♣ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 55,000(7 BB) | 55,000 |
NguyễN PhạM ThắNg doubles through Azimai
Hanna Azimai shoves on the button with Q♣ 5♣ and on the big blind short stacked NguyễN PhạM ThắNg risks his tournament life with T♦ 9♣ . The decision was good with the cards felting T♥ A♣ 3♠ 7♦ 4♥ .
TốNg Xuân HiềN wins the three-way
Three players all in, TốNg Xuân HiềN with the mid-stack and A♣ A♠ . He is up against a player with 4♠ 4♥ and big stack with 6♠ 6♥ . The board runs J♦ 5♣ Q♥ J♠ 5♠ to ship it and send one player packing.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 330,000(41 BB) | 330,000 |
Phuong Van Nguyen doubles through
Shoving from mid position on a flop 4♣ 7♠ 5♦ , Phuong Van Nguyen has 8♥ 7♦ and is called by Vu Duc Tol with A♣ J♣ . The turn 5♥ and river 3♠ is good for Nguyen for a double up.
Blinds up, 40 minutes blinds start now
Three players went bust on the first 20 minutes, 62 players remaining at the start of the new round. From here on, blinds increase every 40 minutes.
Ngoc Ha Nguyen check-raises the leader
Three players check the flop and head to the turn 7♦ 8♦ 8♥ A♠ , big blind Ngoc Anh Cao bets 17,000, button Huu Dung Nguyen folds, small blind Ngoc Ha Nguyen check-raises to 37,000 and wins the pot.
Trung Van Nguyen uses three time banks
Trung Van Nguyen bets pot (85,000) on a flop 2♣ J♥ 7♠ , beside him, Truong Manh Nguyen shoves for around 160,000, Trung tanks using up three time banks then folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 330,000(55 BB) | 330,000 | |
| 125,000(21 BB) | 125,000 |
Cards in the air for Day 2
Cards flying at Day 2 of the WPT Opener. 65 players back on the hunt for the first big title of the festival and the hefty champion’s payout of VN₫ 770,000,000 (~US$ 32,280). Blinds start at 3000-6000, 6000 ante with 20 minutes left in the clock. Random updates throughout the day right here.