Nguyen Manh Hung hailed champion of Crown Poker Club – WPTWC Series MAIN EVENT

Big stacked Nguyen Manh Hung aka Manh Hung was crowned Main Event champion on a three way ICM deal to collect his largest live career payout of ₫1,005,400,000 (~$40,420) and his first ever major club title! Congratulations to the champ!

This year has been explosive for Manh Hung. With festivals running continuously in Ha Noi, he made his presence felt by piling in a long list of deep runs and a couple of Asian Poker Tour turbo event wins. His latest achievement at the Crown Poker Club further sealed his image as one of the up and coming Vietnamese players.

With this win, Manh Hung inches closer to $100K in Hendon Mob tracked live earnings. Relive the final table battle via the recorded livestream on the CPC facebook page or read on for a brief winner’s story below.

Buy in: ₫16,500,000 (~$665)
Guarantee: ₫5,000,000,000 (~$201,000)
Entries: 443
Prize pool: ₫6,364,200,000 (~$255,860)
ITM: 56 players

Final table payouts

*Three way ICM deal

Event recap

The CPC – WPT World Championship Series MAIN EVENT got underway on November 3 with three starting days and a turbo flight for a total of 443 entries. This sent the guaranteed prize pool ballooning to ₫6,364,200,000 (~$255,860) with 56 players earning their respective cuts.

Day 1A: 11 advanced out of 86 entries
Day 1B: 14 advanced out of 112 entries
Day 1C: 20 advanced out of 161 entries
Day 1D (Turbo): 11 advanced out of 84 entries

The final day opened with Phan Duy Tai at the helm and Huynh Ngoc Cuong ranked second but by the time the final 8 was formed, both had already cashed out. Eventual champion Nguyen Manh Hung aka Manh Hung carried in the largest stack and was closely trailed by Nguyen Huu Vinh aka Hoa Vinh who had been running red hot at the series. Vinh was on his third final table but had yet to close one out. His bid for the title came short again, this time busting in 4th place with

running into Le Van Hai aka Phong An’s

.

The first big pot of the final table was the elimination of Michael Newby in 8th place that sent Manh Hung’s pile swelling. Manh Hung outdrew Newby with

pairing the Nine on the flop to overtake

. Hands later, Manh Hung booted Nguyen Tuan Anh aka Mr Lak in 7th place with Nines good to him again. Manh Hung’s

hit the two-outer on the flop

to crack

. The leader maintained his stack to the final three. After one hand of play, an ICM deal was struck and Manh Hung was crowned champion for his dominating stack.

*All pics courtesy of Crown Poker Club