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Viet Nam, Crown Poker ClubEVENT Main Event
Viet NamDay 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 |
WPT champions go head to head!
WPT Prime Vietnam champion Nguyen Duy Thuc opens 6500, big blind WPTDeepStacks champion Nguyen Van Phinh defends. At the flop 4♦ Q♣ A♣ , betting war leads to both all in. Phinh is ahead 4♥ 4♣ set, Duy A♥ Q♦ top two pair. Thuc misses the turn 3♣ and river 2♣ , Phinh improves to a flush to ship a double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 310,000(103 BB) | 310,000 | |
| 185,000(62 BB) | 185,000 |