Huy Hoang Nguyen Doubles Career Earnings after Outlasting 1,047 Entries in RPT Main Event

With just two days remaining in the festival, the Royal Poker Tour (RPT) Championship III at the Royal Poker Club hit its peak as the flagship RPT Main Event officially wrapped up. Following a busy opening run across five starting flights, the field topped out at an impressive 1,047 entries.

Huy Hoang Nguyen Wins RPT Championship III Main Event

When the final chips were bagged and tagged, Huy Hoang Nguyen was the last man standing, claiming the title and a massive VND 4.6 billion (~USD 175,000) payout.

The turnout completely cleared the original VND 20 billion tournament guarantee, pushing the final prize pool to VND 25,088,750,000 (~USD 952,120). Nguyen’s first-place prize instantly doubled his career live tournament earnings.

#M RPT MAIN EVENT (27,500,000 VND)

Total Prize USD

$952,120

Total Prize

₫25,088,750,000

Guaranteed

₫20,000,000,000

Entries

1,047

ITM

132

#	Payout	Player	SPI
1	₫4,600,000,000 $174,570	HH Huy Hoang Nguyen Viet Nam	3,134.89
2	₫3,085,000,000 $117,075	HA Hoai Anh Tran Viet Nam	2,216.70
3	₫2,180,000,000 $82,730	VD Van Duong Ha Viet Nam	1,809.93
4	₫1,600,000,000 $60,720	AD Anh Duc Nguyen Viet Nam	1,567.44
5	₫1,190,000,000 $45,160	NA Nhu An Le Viet Nam	1,401.96
6	₫890,000,000 $33,775	XZ Xiaobin Zheng China	1,279.81
7	₫670,000,000 $25,425	CF Chuan Feng China	1,184.88
8	₫520,000,000 $19,735	TQ Trong Quyet Nguyen Viet Nam	1,108.35
9	₫415,000,000 $15,750	YL Yushin Lee South Korea	1,044.96

Check the 132 Payouts & Results ...

The Early Knockouts

Nguyen entered the final table as the massive chip leader and put his stack to work right away. He found his first elimination by calling Yushin Lee’s ace-five shove with pocket fours. The board brought no help for Lee, sending him out in ninth place.

A massive three-way hand unfolded shortly after. Trong Quyet Nguyen opened with pocket jacks, Hoai Anh Tran moved all-in with pocket aces, and Xiaobin Zheng also all-in with pocket queens. Faced with two shoves behind him, Trong Quyet made a highly disciplined fold with his jacks. The runout favored Zheng, who spiked a queen to make a set and secure a full double-up through Tran’s aces.

Despite his great fold, Trong Quyet couldn’t stay away from the chip leader for long. Nguyen kept the pressure on, personally eliminating Trong Quyet in eighth place and Chuan Feng in seventh.

Chips Change Hands

Zheng was the next to exit. He got his chips in with king-high against Anh Duc Nguyen’s pocket pair but failed to improve, leaving the tournament in sixth place.

With five players remaining, Nguyen held more than half of the chips in play, but the shorter stacks didn’t back down. Van Duong Ha moved all-in with ace-queen against Nhu An Le’s pocket nines and caught a queen on the turn to eliminate Le in fifth place.

Shortly after, Anh Duc pushed with ace-ten but ran straight into Tran’s pocket kings. The board stayed clean, knocking Anh Duc out in fourth.

Three-handed play shifted the momentum entirely. Tran took down several big pots against Nguyen to take over the chip lead. Nguyen eventually won it back after flopping two pair against Tran’s top pair, top kicker.

Ha then risked his remaining chips with king-nine against Nguyen’s pocket fives, but Nguyen flopped a set to eliminate Ha in third place.

Heads-Up: Nguyen vs Tran

Heads-up play started with Tran holding a slight chip lead over Nguyen, kicking off a 30-minute battle. Tran initially extended his advantage to 3-to-1, but Nguyen managed a double-up to pull the stacks back to even.

From there, Nguyen took control, turning the tables to build a 4-to-1 lead of his own. Tran managed to keep his tournament alive by hitting an ace on the river to double back up.

By the final hand, both players were sitting on nearly equal stacks. On the turn, all the chips went into the middle. Tran called off his stack with a massive combination open-ended straight and flush draw, while Nguyen turned over top pair. The river card brought an ace, missing all of Tran’s outs.

Tran finished the tournament as the runner-up, leaving Huy Hoang Nguyen to take home the trophy and the top prize.

All photos courtesy of RPT.