WPT Vietnam closes with Nguyen Van Dung winning High Roller 2; final results

From September 3 to 11, the World Poker Tour hosted WPT Vietnam, the first festival of the brand’s Season XVIII Asia-Pacific. The nine day event took place at the highly popular Pro Poker Club in Ho Chi Minh City. Among the final winners were Nguyen Van Dung and Yohwan Lim. We’ve got all the remaining results for you posted below.

Event #10: High Roller 2 – Nguyen Van Dung – VN₫ 2,599,993,000 (~US$ 112,000)

To cap the festival, the three-day High Roller 2 event guaranteed VN₫ 8 billion. It drew 137 (102 players, 35 re-entries) at VN₫ 77,000,000 (~US$ 3,300) each to push the pot to an even healthier VN₫ 9,302,300,000 (~US$ 401,000). Expectedly, a large number of pros participated. Vietnam’s Nguyen Van Dung stole the show. He tore past a rushing final table that saw him triumph in just 1.5 hours.

Payouts

1st Nguyen Van Dung (Vietnam) – VN₫ 2,599,993,000 (~US$ 112,000)

2nd Kjell Ove Dyb (Norway) – VN₫ 1,637,205,000

3rd Florencio Campomanes (Philippines) – VN₫ 972,090,000

4th Huynh Van Tan (Vietnam) – VN₫ 586,045,000

5th You Heung Youl (Korea) – VN₫ 455,814,000

6th Yuwen Pan (China) – VN₫ 381,394,000

7th Gerald Karlic (Austria) – VN₫ 330,231,000

8th Adrien Ramos (France) – VN₫ 293,487,000

9th VunDuc Trung (Vietnam) – VN₫ 260,000,000

10th Alex Lindop (UK) – VN₫ 227,906,000

11th Lewis Higham (Ireland) – VN₫ 227,906,000

12th David Yuan Jan Wang (Australia) – VN₫ 227,906,000

13th Tzai Wei Phua (Singapore) – VN₫ 197,674,000

14th Yi Zhong (China) – VN₫ 197,674,000

15th Duc Bien Nguyen (Vietnam) – VN₫ 197,674,000

16th Wayne Heung (Hong Kong) – VN₫ 169,767,000

17th Yinfei Xiao (China) – VN₫ 169,767,000

18th Chung Fai Ngeow (Malaysia) – VN₫ 169,767,000

Event #12: WPT-Pro Poker Club Superstack Classic – Lim Yohwan – VN₫ 313,492,000 (~US$ 13,500)

Last to complete was the WPT-Pro Poker Club Superstack Classic with Korea’s Yohwan Lim overcoming a deficit at heads up against Hong Kong’s Fuk On Wong to win it and pocket VN₫ 313,492,000 (~US$ 13,500).

Amidst an eager rail, the final hand was full of excitement. With both players all in, Lim had and Wong with . The flop was , an open-ended for Wong. The turn was a miss and so was the for Lim to claim victory.

The event took place on the last two days of the festival. Signing up were 129 runners (93 uniques, 36 re-entries) and at VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 475) each, it built a prize pool of VN₫ 1,251,300,000 (~US$ 54,000).

Payouts

1st Lim Yohwan (Korea) – VN₫ 313,492,000 (deal made)

2nd Fuk On Wong (Hong Kong) – VN₫ 263,670,000 (deal made)

3rd Oliver Helm (New Zealand) – VN₫ 132,640,000

4th Manish Lakhotia (India) – VN₫ 81,334,000

5th Dang Duy Thanh (Vietnam) – VN₫ 61,939,000

6th Jaideep Sajwan (India) – VN₫ 52,554,000

7th Kung Hung Lee (Taiwan) – VN₫ 45,6674,000

8th Jinwoo Kim (Korea) – VN₫ 40,044,000

9th Livar Dysjaland (Norway) – VN₫ 35,349,000

10th Rajesh Sabapathy (India) – VN₫ 31,282,000

11th Phachara Wongwichit (Thailand) – VN₫ 31,282,000

12th Sang-Yeon Hwang (Hong Kong) – VN₫ 31,282,000

13th Hwany Lee (Korea) – VN₫ 27,528,000

14th Chung Chuen Co (China) – VN₫ 27,528,000

15th Jinkyu Park (Korea) – VN₫ 27,528,000

16th Eugene Co (Philippines) – VN₫ 24,087,000

17th Nguyen Hun Cao Tri (Vietnam) – VN₫ 24,087,000

Event #11: Megastack Turbo – Konstantin Pogodin – VN₫ 258,408,000 (~US$ 11,000)

Buy-in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 380)

Entries: 111 (86 uniques, 25 re-entries)

Prize pool: VN₫ 861,360,000 (~US$ 37,000)

ITM: 14 places

Payouts

1st Konstantin Pogodin (Russia) – VN₫ 258,408,000

2nd Nguyen Tien Thanh (Vietnam) – VN₫ 159,351,000

3rd Cao Ngoc Anh (Vietnam) – VN₫ 95,611,000

4th Sang-Yeon Hwang (Hong Kong) – VN₫ 62,450,000

5th Yucheng Xiao (China) – VN₫ 48,236,000

6th Yik Yin Chiu (Hong Kong) – VN₫ 39,622,000

7th Ta Xuan Tung (Vietnam) – VN₫ 33,593,000

8th Tuan (Pro Club) VN₫ 2i,286,000

9th Lewis Higham (UK) – VN₫ 25,841,000

10th Akash Shekhar (India) – VN₫ 22,826,000

11th Seong Su Kong (Korea) – VN₫ 22,826,000

12th Denis Pham (France) – VN₫ 20,242,000

13th Joseph Cona (France) – VN₫ 20,242,000

14th Tobias Napel (Holland) – VN₫ 20,242,000

Event #13: Main Event Turbo Edition – Le Ngoc Khanh – VN₫ 346,775,000 (~US$ 15,000)

Buy-in: 52,500,000 (~US$ 2,200)

Entries: 11 (9 players, 2 re-entries)

Prize pool: VN₫ 533,500,000 (~US$ 23,000)

ITM: 2 places

Payouts

1st Le Ngoc Khanh (Vietnam) – VN₫ 346,775,000 (~US$ 15,000)

2nd Bobby Zhang (Australia) – VN₫ 186,725,000 (~US$ 8,000)

Event #14: Superstack Turbo – Akshay Nasa – VN₫ 95,331,000 (~US$ 4,100)

Buy-in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 285)

Entries: 42 (36 players, 6 re-entries)

Prize pool: VN₫ 244,440,000 (~US$ 10,500)

ITM: 6 places

Payouts

1st Akshay Nasa (India) – VN₫ 95,331,000 (~US$ 4,100)

2nd Nguyen Duc Anh (Vietnam) – VN₫ 56,222,000

3rd Sam Beesley (UK) – VN₫ 34,222,000

4th Kenichi Takarabe (Japan) – VN₫ 24,444,000

5th Duy Ho (USA) – VN₫ 19,555,000

6th Eui Woong Kim (Canada) – VN₫ 14,666,000

That concludes our coverage of Season XVIII Asia-Pacific WPT Vietnam. The tour heads to Tokyo for WPT Japan, the second leg of the Asia Swing. Event takes place from September 15 to 17 at Hotel Gajoen.

Season XVIII WPT Asia-Pacific Player of the Year standings

1-Hamish Crawshaw – 1500

2-Huynh Tan Dung – 1350

3-Michael Seymour – 1200

4-Chen Da Jia – 1050

5-Aditya Agarwal – 900

6-David Erquiaga – 750

7-Tung Nguyen – 600

8-Van Dung Nguyen – 450

9-Nam Duong Nguyen – 300

10-Zhao Jiajun – 150

11-William Kang – 105

12-JC Sayo – 105

13-Jaideep Sajwan – 105

14-Edgar Antezana – 105

15-Huynh Duc Tai – 105

16-Jin Yong – 105

17-Rubin Labroo – 105

18-Alok Birewar – 105

19-Hon Cheong Lee – 105

20-Phan Huu Minh Tri – 105

21-Thananat Therdtakoonrat – 60

22-Sumit Sapra – 60

23-Vincent Chauve – 60

24-Quang Huy Nguyen – 60

25-Le Anh Minh – 60

26-Duc Hop Nguyen- 60

27-Martin Stausholm – 60

28-Manh Hoang – 60

29-Francis Garson – 60

30-Yuwen Pan – 60