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World Poker Tour

Avneesh Munjal

India

Final Day

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5/18/2023, 10:00:00 PM

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

Place	Player
1	AM Avneesh Munjal
2	TN Ta Nhat Vu
3	TA Tuan Anh Nguyen
4	VP Van Phuong Nguyen
5	TB Thai Bao Vu
6	DT Duy Tien Pham
7	PN Phuong Ngoc Nguyen
8	QV Quang Van Pham
9	NA Ngoc Anh Cao

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5/18/2023, 7:35:00 PM

Final Table by chip rank

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8f8I_3YzWcA

Watch the race to the WPT Opener title via the livestream on Crown Poker Club fb page.

Payouts 10th - 65th

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VT Vu Thai Bao	2,510,000	2,510,000
AM Avneesh Munjal	2,420,000	-100,000
NP Nguyen Phuong Ngoc	1,850,000	50,000
NV Nguyễn Văn Phương	1,645,000	365,000
VT Vu Ta Nhat	1,340,000	1,340,000
NT Nguyen Tuan Anh	960,000	-40,000
CN Cao Ngoc Anh	845,000	845,000
PQ Pham Quay Van	670,000	670,000
PD Pham Duy Tien	490,000	490,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TS Thai Son Hoang	64,000,000	64,000,000
XH Xuan Hien Tong	64,000,000	64,000,000
DT Danh Tuan Luu	64,000,000	64,000,000
KK Kevin Kenny	51,000,000	50,530,000
PV Phu Van Nguyen	51,000,000	51,000,000
MH Manh Hong Nguyen	51,000,000	51,000,000
MQ Minh Quang Nguyen	42,800,000	42,800,000
DT Duc Thien Bui	42,800,000	42,800,000
JS Jung Sup Yun	42,800,000	42,680,000
HH Huu Hung Pham	36,100,000	36,100,000
MI Marc Inizan	36,100,000	36,100,000
SL Son Le	36,100,000	36,100,000
MB Mohit Bohra	30,200,000	30,200,000
CM Cuong Manh Nguyen	30,200,000	29,870,000
KG Konstantin Generalov	30,200,000	30,200,000
HL Hansol Lee	26,000,000	26,000,000
DK Duc Kieu Hung Nguyen	26,000,000	26,000,000
VD Vu Duc Trung	26,000,000	26,000,000
HV Hai Van Hoang	22,200,000	22,200,000
KL Kevin Lee	22,200,000	22,200,000
PV Phuc Van Tran	22,200,000	22,200,000
OH Ou Hao Chang	22,200,000	22,200,000
PT Pham Thang Nguyen	22,200,000	22,200,000
ED Emmanuel Derecho	22,200,000	22,200,000
VD Vu Dinh Quang	22,200,000	22,200,000
MT Manh Trung Nguyen	22,200,000	22,200,000
LD Luu Danh Tuan	22,200,000	22,200,000
TN Trong Nghia Nguyen	19,000,000	19,000,000
TH Thanh Hung Nguyen	19,000,000	19,000,000
NH Ngoc Ha Nguyen	19,000,000	19,000,000
QA Quyen Anh Dang	19,000,000	19,000,000
BT Bao Tuan To	19,000,000	19,000,000
HS Huu Son Pham	19,000,000	19,000,000
MT Minh Tien Ngo	19,000,000	19,000,000
HH Hekpacob Hekrasov	19,000,000	19,000,000
HA Hanna Azimai	19,000,000	19,000,000
DT Duc Toi Vu	16,200,000	16,200,000
DK Duy Khanh Pham	16,200,000	16,200,000
DW Dylan Wayne Foster	16,200,000	16,200,000
TV Trong Viet Nguyen	16,200,000	16,200,000
CC Cuoc Cong Dan Can	16,200,000	16,200,000
MW Michael Wilklow	16,200,000	16,200,000
CN Cuong Ngoc Huynh	16,200,000	16,200,000
DD Dinh Duc Linh	16,200,000	16,200,000
TV Truong Van Nguyen	16,200,000	16,075,000
HD Huu Dung Nguyen	13,500,000	13,500,000
BN Ba Nghia Nguyen	13,500,000	13,500,000
HW Hung Wei Yeh	13,500,000	13,500,000
DH Duc Hao Nguyen	13,500,000	13,500,000
JR Jun Rong Zhao	13,500,000	13,500,000
LL Li Lok Ching	13,500,000	13,500,000
DH Duc Hieu Nguyen	13,500,000	13,500,000
MT Minh Tra Vu	13,500,000	13,500,000
TT Tran Thanh Tuan	13,500,000	13,500,000
ZW Zhiyu Wang	13,500,000	13,500,000
CK Changsoo Koh	13,500,000	13,500,000

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5/18/2023, 4:50:00 PM

Avneesh Munjal rails Luu

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

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
AM Avneesh Munjal	2,520,000(50 BB)	570,000

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5/18/2023, 4:15:00 PM

Avneesh Munjal vs NguyễN Văn Phương

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

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
AM Avneesh Munjal	1,950,000(49 BB)	1,210,000
NV Nguyễn Văn Phương	1,280,000(32 BB)	380,000

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5/18/2023, 3:35:00 PM

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
AM Avneesh Munjal	740,000	316,000
JS Jung Sup Yun	120,000	120,000

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5/18/2023, 1:45:00 PM

NguyễN Văn Phương rises to the top

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

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
NV Nguyễn Văn Phương	990,000(66 BB)	990,000
AM Avneesh Munjal	424,000(28 BB)	-336,000

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5/18/2023, 12:50:00 PM

Avneesh Munjal takes from the leader

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

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
LD Lưu Danh Tuấn	900,000(75 BB)	900,000
AM Avneesh Munjal	760,000(63 BB)	760,000