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Day 1B
Ha Van Thien, Khoa Anh, Nguyen Manh Hung bag up 500K stacks
Big day at World Poker Tour (WPT) with 309 Day 1B entries seen at the flagship MAIN EVENT. At one point, host venue Crown Poker Club Hanoi had over 20 tables up and running. The event has now drawn a combined 439 entries and is very close to breaching its ₫12 Billion guarantee.
After the scheduled 14 levels of play, 47 remained, Three players bagged up stacks worthy of the chip leader status. Ha Van Thien was the largest at 102 bb, Khoa Anh with 101 bb, and Nguyen Manh Hung with 100 bb. Read up on the action via the live updates down below.
Date: October 13, 2023 Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230) Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100) *Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
Day 1B: 309 entries (207 unique) / 47 advanced
End of Day 1BThe 47 Day 1B survivors combine with the 21 Day 1A survivors for 68 players into Day 2. They await the results of Day 1C (last starting day) before returning on Sunday, October 15 for Day 2. For those that have yet to qualify, this is the last chance to join. A♠ for the ₫12 Billion guarantee, it will be breached within minutes of Day 1C’s first level.
*You can view the WPT Vietnam - Day 2 Chip Counts in the Main Event Day 2 - Live Updates tab.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 510,000 | 40,000 | |
KA | 506,000 | 506,000 |
| 500,000 | 300,000 | |
| 466,000 | 466,000 | |
| 428,000 | 428,000 | |
| 428,000 | 428,000 | |
| 413,000 | 123,000 | |
| 396,000 | 396,000 | |
| 395,000 | 155,000 | |
| 388,000 | 118,000 | |
| 387,000 | 27,000 | |
| 380,000 | 380,000 | |
| 378,000 | 378,000 | |
| 377,000 | 377,000 | |
| 344,000 | 344,000 | |
| 338,000 | 338,000 | |
| 331,000 | 331,000 | |
| 305,000 | 15,000 | |
TH | 289,000 | 289,000 |
| 258,000 | 258,000 | |
| 253,000 | 125,000 | |
| 244,000 | -29,000 | |
| 230,000 | 87,000 | |
| 227,000 | 227,000 | |
| 212,000 | 212,000 | |
| 211,000 | -184,000 | |
| 199,000 | 199,000 | |
| 196,000 | 196,000 | |
| 193,000 | 193,000 | |
| 193,000 | 24,500 | |
CL | 192,000 | 192,000 |
| 188,000 | 128,000 | |
| 184,000 | 13,000 | |
TL | 184,000 | 184,000 |
QQ | 183,000 | 183,000 |
| 173,000 | 93,000 | |
| 165,000 | 165,000 | |
| 161,000 | 161,000 | |
| 157,000 | 157,000 | |
| 144,000 | -166,000 | |
| 143,000 | 143,000 | |
| 135,000 | 135,000 | |
| 105,000 | 105,000 | |
| 87,000 | 87,000 | |
| 83,000 | 83,000 | |
| 65,000 | 65,000 | |
| 60,000 | 60,000 |
Jeerapong Sakulkit doubles up through John Jay Magadan
Jeerapong Sakulkit shoves for 78,000, John Jay Magadan shoves for 93,000, with no other takers, Sakulkit opens K♣ J♥ , Magadan has A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 3♦ 4♣ T♠ 4♥ K♠ for a pair on the river to Sakulkit to avoid elimination.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 168,500(42 BB) | -41,500 | |
| 15,000(4 BB) | 15,000 |
River flush for Jeerapong Sakulkit wins some off Xiaosheng Zheng
Utg Xiaosheng Zheng opens and hijack Jeerapong Sakulkit calls. At the flop and turn 7♥ 3♣ A♥ 7♣ . Zheng c-bets both streets and is called by Sakulkit. On the river J♥ , Zheng checks, Sakulkit bets 45,000, Zheng tank-calls. Sakulkit wins the pot with T♥ 8♥ flush.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 210,000(84 BB) | 57,000 | |
| 70,000(28 BB) | -5,000 |
Jeerapong Sakulkit triples up
All in at the flop Q♦ J♥ 7♥ , largest stacked Jean Mathieu Malouch with K♠ K♦ , second stack T♦ 9♦ open ended, and shortest Jeerapong Sakulkit A♥ 3♥ flush draw. The turn 9♥ grants the flush, and with the river J♣ , Sakulkit triples up, Malouch takes a small side pot, and one player is eliminated.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 153,000(77 BB) | 153,000 | |
| 51,000(26 BB) | -22,500 |