Catching up on the WPT Vietnam side event action; WPT Asia Swing POY standings

With the WPT Vietnam Main Event now in the books, it’s time to catch up on the side event action. Currently running is the WPT – Pro Poker Superstack Classic. That’s a three-day event and by the size of the field, it looks like players will be seeing a very nice pot for that. Registration has now closed. We have the official numbers below along with results of all the other events that have concluded plus the WPT Asia Swing Player of the Year current standings.

WPT – Pro Poker Superstack Classic

Players returned today for Day 2 of the WPT – Pro Poker Superstack Classic with registration still open for another four rounds, approximately 2 hours. A steady stream of players were seen signing up to bring the total runners of this event to 195. With buy-in at VND 11,000,000, players are looking at a prize pool worth VND 1,891,500,000 (~US$80,930). The money will be reached today with 25 players paid. The eventual winner will receive VND 470,850,000 (~US$20,150). Today’s goal is to play down to the final 9 players then bag up for a night’s rest to complete the race tomorrow.

Among those seen at the felt are numerous notables: Alex Lee, Paul Hong, Kunal Patni, Henrik Tollefsen, Cao Ngoc Anh, Julien Tran, Michael Kim Falcon, Eric Tsai, Norbert Koh, Natalie Teh, Piet Pape, Sumit Sapra, Wenling Gao, Hai Chuot, Ying Lin Chua, Hung Sheng Lin, Zarvan Tumboli, Fubang Huang, and En-Ching Wu. Also taking no breaks from their fantastic run yesterday are Main Event winner Dhaval Mudgal, and runner-up Takao Shimizu, both are out there in the mix.

WPT Vietnam: Side Event results

Seen below are results for side events 6,7,8, and 9.

Event 6: Teams Event Freezeout

Prize pool : VND 139,680,000 – Buyin: VND 8,800,000 – Entries: 18

1st Ji Woon Kim / Jae Wook Shin – VND 60,740,000

2nd Sebastian Wong Wei Quan / Ken Thoo Ming – VND 51,000,000

3rd Alok Birewar / Manoj Pentakota – VND 27,940,000

Event 7: Flip It

Prize pool: VND 77,600,000 – Buyin: 2,200,000 – Entries: 40

1st La Anh Tuan – VND 34,920,000

2nd Dinh Van Thanh – VND 20,950,000

3rd Yik Yin “Ray” Chiu – VND 13,190,000

4th Pete Yen Han Chen – VND 8,540,000

Event 8: PLO

Prize pool: VND 250,260,000 – Buyin: VND 6,600,000 – Entries:43

1st George Sandford – VND 80,650,000

2nd Ngeow Chung Fai – VND 63,660,000

3rd Fubang Huang – VND 45,880,000

4th Song Ly – VND 25,030,000

5th Chu Ching Ling – VND 20,020,000

6th Nguyen Phuong Linh – VND 15,020,000

Event 9: Shootout / 6 Max

Prize pool: VND 582,000,000 – Buyin: 6,600,000 – Entries: 100

1st Wei Cheng Yin – VND 197,880,000

2nd Markus Garberg – VND 113,480,000

3rd Hwang Sang Yeon – VND 71,000,000

4th Duong Manh Thang – VND 48,020,000

5th Josh McCully – VND 36,380,000

6th KH – VND 29,100,000

7th Sebastian Wong Wei Quan – VND 25,610,000

8th Xiadyin He- VND 23,280,000

9th Choong Kian Weng – VND 19,790,000

10th Manoj Pentakota – VND 17,460,000

WPT ASIA SWING Player of the Year standings

Participants of the WPT Asia Swing (Japan – Korea – Vietnam) aren’t just playing for titles. Players that run deep accrue points towards the WPT Asia Swing Player of the Year race. At the end of the final leg, the player at the top of the standings will win a WPT India Main Event package. WPT India takes place on November 16 to 19, 2018. The package includes a seat to the Main Event, ground transportation, and accommodation at Deltin Royale in Goa, India.

Article by Tricia David