The next chance to earn a shot at the second World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship US$1,100 entry and hotel package happens today as Day 1B and Day 1C (Turbo) of the ₫3 Billion guaranteed Survivor Bounty 8-Max kicks off at WPT Vietnam “Passport to the WPT Championship” at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. Buy in ₫16,500,000 (~US$ 675).
Day 1B – 11am start / 5:30 pm reg close
Day 1C (Turbo) – 5pm start / 9:05pm close
Day 1A saw 121 entries with 16 hopefuls advancing to Day 2 led by France’s Yannick Leonard, whose stellar play in the later stages enabled him to sit atop the leaderboard with 106 bb. China’s Klay Chen surged into second rank with 78 bb, and to round out the top three was Iraq’s Sevoor Othman Fadhil with 77 bb.
End of Day 1A – Top 5
| Yannick Leonard | France | 531,000 |
| Klay Chen | China | 389,000 |
| Sevoor Othman Fadhil | Iraq | 387,000 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 319,500 |
| Ha Van Thien | Vietnam | 228,000 |
For those new to this bounty format, upon the close of registration, remaining entrants will battle to the top 20 percent of the field. Once reached, the big bounties will be in play amounting to ₫30 Million (~US$ 1,230) per knockout. Heat bags up at 12.5% of the field, everyone advancing to the money round on Wednesday, October 11, 2023
In addition, one trophy is up for grabs today at the Freezeout which kicks off at 4pm. Buy in is ₫5,500,000 (~US$ 225).
*Article by Noel Zarate
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Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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