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IndiaFinal Day
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 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | |
| 9 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |