Another packed house at the launch of WPT Prime in Hanoi, Vietnam as it marked the start of series highlight Main Event. There to officially welcome in the players were World Poker Tour and Crown Poker Club teams, WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh, and club owner Bui Duc Tu. Adding to the room’s high energy were prizes and giveaways to celebrate the brand’s 20th year anniversary.
The day wrapped up with18 players out of the 145 Day 1A Main Event entries reaching the money round. Vietnamese player Trung Van Nguyen topped the counts followed by India’s Lakshpal Singh. Singh is one of the 31 player strong Indian force via WPT Platinum Partner Thank God For Poker (TGFP) that descended upon the series two days ago. Fellow countryman Kunal Patni also advanced.
Only two starting days left to join the action. With substantial turnouts seen at every event, there is high confidence that the VN₫ 8 Billion guarantee will be crushed to bits.
Player of the Festival leaderboard update
An update on the Player of the Festival race with several players pulling away from the pack. After 13 completed events, Nguyễn Tú Phương has jumped out front with 800 points. Nguyễn championed the Opener and finished deep at the 8-Max Warm Up in 4th place. At his heels is Mystery Bounty winner Duy Ho just 50 points behind. To round out the top three, is Vu Thai Bao, 90 points behind the leader. Vu has produced incredible results with four side event final tables reached. Plenty of points yet to be won. The player with the highest points accrued at the end of the series will win a US$ 5,000 WPT Passport to any WPT Main Tour of choice. This is one irresistible title.
| PLACE | TOP 10 | POINTS |
| 1st | Nguyễn Tú Phương | 800 |
| 2nd | Duy Ho | 750 |
| 3rd | Vu Thai Bao | 710 |
| 4th | Ngo Minh Tien | 525 |
| 5th | Nguyen Duc Thuc | 500 |
| 6th | Nguyen Manh Tuan | 475 |
| 7th | Lê Hải Nam | 450 |
| 8th | Tomokazu Hattanda | 450 |
| 9th | Christopher Mateo | 425 |
8-Max ME Warm Up: FLORENT REMI BENLLOCH – VN₫ 485,000,000 (~US$ 20,928)
A thunder of 100 players came out for the 8-Max ME Warm Up and added to the pot were another 28 re-entries. This was the first event attended by the Indian force and among those wreaking havoc were 2018 WPT Vietnam Main Event champion Dhaval Mudgal and 2019 WPTDS India Main Event champion Ashish Munot. By the time the final table was formed, only three Indians remained with Ashish Ahuja going the deepest of 5th place. The title was claimed by the lone French player / heads up specialist Florent Remi Benlloch for his first known live title. Along with the trophy, Benlloch locked up VN₫ 485,000,000 (~US$ 20,928).
Leading up to the final table, Bui Duc Tu aka Tobias bulldozed the field, eliminating multiple players to build a massive stack. He carried the momentum deep and looked to be running away with a sure win. However, it was not to be. At four handed, Bui went on downswing until his chips were drained out. After the fall of Opener champion Nguyen Tu Phuong (4th), he followed in 3rd place with Nguyen Quang Huy claiming all of his chips.
Nguyen faced Benlloch backed by a formidable 96 BB stack over the Frenchman’s 31 BB. As the duel progressed, one double up gave Benlloch the slight edge and from there, he never relinquished. The final hand was 
holding firm against 
.
Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 712)
Entries: 128 (100 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,862,400,000 (~US$ 80,362)
ITM: 16 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Florent Remi Benlloch | France | 485,000,000 |
| 2nd | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 325,000,000 |
| 3rd | Bui Duc Tu | Vietnam | 225,000,000 |
| 4th | Nguyen Tu Phuong | Vietnam | 160,000,000 |
| 5th | Ashish Ahuja | India | 118,000,000 |
| 6th | Gaurav Sood | India | 90,000,000 |
| 7th | Nguyen Huu Manh | Vietnam | 71,000,000 |
| 8th | Alok Birewar | India | 57,400,000 |
| 9th | Dang Duy Thanh | Vietnam | 48,500,000 |
| 10th | Nguyen Nang Quang | Vietnam | 48,500,000 |
| 11th | Shardul Parthasarathi | India | 42,500,000 |
| 12th | Nguyen Duy Thuc | Vietnam | 42,500,000 |
| 13th | Lakshpal Singh | India | 38,500,000 |
| 14th | Le Son | Vietnam | 38,500,000 |
| 15th | Sameer Agarwal | India | 36,000,000 |
| 16th | Vishal Ojha | India | 36,000,000 |
Pot Limit Omaha: ADITYA SUSHANT – VN₫ 155,000,000 (~US$ 6,688)
Great series start for WSOP bracelet champion Aditya Sushant who became the first player from India to grab one of those newly designed side event trophies. Sushant outlasted the 39-entry field defeating fellow Sameer Agarwal at heads up. He pocketed a cool VN₫ 155,000,000 (~US$ 6,688) for his victory.
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 475)
Entries: 39 (31 unique, 8 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 378,300,000 (~US$ 16,325)
ITM: 5 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Aditya Sushant | India | 155,000,000 |
| 2nd | Sameer Agarwal | India | 95,000,000 |
| 3rd | Diep Kyle Bao Quoc An | USA | 56,300,000 |
| 4th | Vu Minh Duc | Vietnam | 42,000,000 |
| 5th | Hoang Thai Son | Vietnam | 30,000,000 |
Megastack NLH: PROMMIN TALORDPONG – VN₫ 228,000,000 (~US$ 9,838)
A group of players from Thailand have been rousing up the felt since the start and at the Megastack, Prommin Talordpong clinched it to bring the country its first title in this series. Talordpong dominated the final table, amassing an overwhelming stack by heads up. Despite Nguyen Huu Vinh claiming a double up, the gap was still too big. The dramatic last hand saw a board complete 
. Nguyen checked, Talordpong shoved, Nguyen tank-called with 
two pair that was no match for Talordpong’s 
straight.
Buy in: VN₫ 5,500,000 (~US$ 237)
Entries: 186 (144 unique, 42 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 717,800,000 (~US$ 30,973)
ITM: 24 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Prommin Talordpong | Thailand | 228,000,000 |
| 2nd | Nguyen Huu Vinh | Vietnam | 156,000,000 |
| 3rd | To Bao Tuan | Vietnam | 92,000,000 |
| 4th | Nguyen Trung Ha | Vietnam | 56000000 |
| 5th | Julius Umbraziunas | Lithuania | 43000000 |
| 6th | Krishna Wedeesirisak | Thailand | 36000000 |
| 7th | Manish Lakhotia | India | 30500000 |
| 8th | Tran Van Nang | Vietnam | 26700000 |
| 9th | Alok Birewar | India | 23000000 |
| 10th | Trinh Dinh Bien | Vietnam | 19800000 |
| 11th | Nguyen Truong Giang | Vietnam | 19800000 |
| 12th | Pham Hong Phuc | Vietnam | 19800000 |
| 13th | Duong Vi Khoa | Vietnam | 16700000 |
| 14th | Kimoto Masayoshi | Japan | 16700000 |
| 15th | Do Huy Hoang | Vietnam | 16700000 |
| 16th | Terry Nguyen | Vietnam | 13800000 |
| 17th | Nguyen Thi Hien Hoa | Vietnam | 13800000 |
| 18th | Jasven Saigal | India | 13800000 |
| 19th | Le Minh Phuc | Vietnam | 11000000 |
| 20th | Ashish Munot | India | 11000000 |
| 21st | Chirag Sodha | India | 11000000 |
| 22nd | Robert Adams Riley | Canada | 9,000,000 |
| 23rd | Lakshpal Singh | India | 9,000,000 |
| 24th | Mai Van Son | Vietnam | 9,000,000 |
Short Deck: MINH ANH NGUYEN – VN₫ 108,000,000 (~US$ 4,660)
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 284)
Entries: 50 (36 unique, 14 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 291,000,000 (~US$ 12,557)
ITM: 7 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Minh Anh Nguyen | Vietnam | 108,000,000 |
| 2nd | Tomokazu Hattanda | Japan | 64,000,000 |
| 3rd | Satoshi Kuriga | Japan | 39,000,000 |
| 4th | Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao | Vietnam | 27,500,000 |
| 5th | Doan Minh Tuan | Vietnam | 22,000,000 |
| 6th | Bui Duc Thien | Vietnam | 17,500,000 |
| 7th | Nguyen Minh Quang | Vietnam | 13,000,000 |
SuperStack Turbo: HOANG TRUNG THANH – VN₫ 145,800,000 (~US$ 6,291)
Buy in: VN₫ 5,500,000 (~US$ 237)
Entries: 186 (144 unique, 42 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 902,100,000 (~US$ 38,925)
ITM: 24 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
| 1st | Hoang Trung Thanh | Vietnam | 145,800,000 |
| 2nd | Le Thanh Hai | Vietnam | 131,600,000 |
| 3rd | Nguyen Van Cuong | Vietnam | 120,600,000 |
| 4th | Nguyen Quy Bang | Vietnam | 45,000,000 |
| 5th | Tan Wui Kwang | Philippines | 35,000,000 |
| 6th | Thanisorn Saelor | Thailand | 29,000,000 |
| 7th | Gurpal Singh | India | 25,100,000 |
| 8th | Karan Malhotra | India | 22,400,000 |
| 9th | Tomokazu Hattanda | Japan | 19,700,000 |
| 10th | Tran Anh Tuan | Vietnam | 17,000,000 |
| 11th | Tran Duc Dong | Vietnam | 17,000,000 |
| 12th | Keita Minami | Vietnam | 17,000,000 |
| 13th | Eunkyoung Lee | Korea | 14,700,000 |
| 14th | Ujjwal Narwal | India | 14,700,000 |
| 15th | Dong Ha Shin | Korea | 14,700,000 |
| 16th | Steven Ho | USA | 12,500,000 |
| 17th | Tan Tong | Singapore | 12,500,000 |
| 18th | Dhaval Mudgal | India | 12,500,000 |
| 19th | Nguyen Ba Huy | Vietnam | 11,000,000 |
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps and highlights of the inaugural WPT Prime Vietnam from start to finish.
Event articles:
WPT Prime debuts in Hanoi
Launch day of WPT Prime Vietnam
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 1 results
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 2 results
WPT Prime Vietnam – Locals heat up Day 1C
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 3 results
WPT Prime Vietnam – Filipinos dominate
WPT Prime Vietnam – Phuong Xu wins the Opener
WPT Prime Vietnam – Bien Mai, Duy Thuc Nguyen, Pham Quang Huy win trophies
WPT Prime Vietnam – Duy Ho wins Mystery Bounty
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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