WPT Vietnam Day 7 results: Song Li wins HR 2Day Warm Up and WPT Prime Championship Packages; Ivan Konechnyi, Tran Hanh, Sergei Iablokov lift trophies

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Updated: 2026.10.16

A week of games has quickly gone by at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam – Passport to the World Championship. The festival has been ongoingat the Crown Poker Club Hanoi since October 6 and runs until 16, 2023. More trophies were claimed last night and another WPT Prime Championship Package snatched up. Here are the latest winners and results.

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Ivan Konechnyi rises from 4 bb to Big Bounty champion

At the two-day Big Bounty event, Russian player Ivan Konechnyi was down to just 4 bb during the bubble round and managed to stay afloat to reach ITM and advance to Day 2. As one of the 13 returning players, Konechnyi found his way to the final table however with no change in his stack.

The final table was where Konechnyi outshined that by three-handed, massive stacked Khoi Nguyen could not stop the Russian’s strong run. Nguyen fell to Konechnyi to bring about heads up.

Konechnyi was ahead over 4:1 in chips however Nguyen Kim Trung Son was a formidable opponent landing two double ups.

Though the gap tightened, Konechnyi kept his foot out front. The final hand was Konechnyi , Nguyen . The board ran .

Based on Hendon Mob, this was Konechnyi’s first live win. He pocketed the ₫133,700,000 top prize and six bounties amounting to ₫30,000,000 for a combined ₫163,700,000 (~US$ 6,690) payday.

Buy in: ₫11,000,000 (~US$ 450)

Entries: 101 (70 unique)

Prize pool: ₫474,700,000 (~US$ 19,390)

Bounty pool: ₫505,000,000 (~US$ 20,630)

ITM: 13 places

*Bounties not included

1	Konechnyi Ivan	₫133,700,000
2	Nguyen Kim Truong Son	₫88,500,000
3	NguyễN Khôi	₫60,000,000
4	Saluja Pratibh	₫42,500,000
5	Batkhuyag Batmunkh	₫31,000,000
6	Lin Jianwei	₫23,500,000
7	Qian Xiaoyang	₫18,500,000
8	Deng Zhiwen	₫15,500,000
9	Kaushik Amit	₫13,500,000
10	Duy Ho	₫13,500,000
11	Wong Cho Fung Alan	₫11,500,000
12	Sembrano Alvin Jeff	₫11,500,000
13	Melwani Rahul Sham	₫11,500,000

Song Li wins the High Roller 2 Day Warm Up and WPT Prime Championship Package

China’s Song Li emerged victorious at the High Roller 2 Day Warm Up to claim the ₫1,950,100,000 (~US$ 79,660) top prize plus a WPT Prime Championship Package worth $2,850. Watch the thrilling final table race via the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel

The event drew a stellar field of 138 entries for a guarantee crushing prize pool of ₫8,031,000,000 (~US$ 329,367). The top 18 places earned a cut. Tran Van Hung led at the start of Day 2 with 31 returning. The bubble burst on Romain Morvan whose were cracked by Chen Mingcong’s . Chen spiked the two-outer on the turn . It was all in at this point. The river ended Morvan.

Chen went on to reach the final table and finished in 6th place. For the day’s entering chip leader Tran, he finished 3rd. The title came down between Song Li and Le Ngoc Minh. Song carried in the advantage and never relinquished. The final hand was a cooler with Song’s dominating Le’s .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=41TUv8jlnZg&t=297s

Date: October 11 to 12, 2023

Buy in: ₫66,000,000 (~$2,700)

Guarantee: ₫2.500,000,000 (~$102,520)

Entries: 138 (91 unique)

Prize pool:₫8,031,000,000 (~US$ 329,367)

ITM: 18 places

1	Song, Li	China	₫1,950,100,000
2	Le Ngoc Minh	Vietnam	₫1,346,500,000
3	Tran Van Hung	Vietnam	₫941,000,000
4	Nguyen Duc Hieu (Tony)	Vietnam	₫676,000,000
5	Nishant Sharma	India	₫500,000,000
6	Chen, Mingcong	China	₫380,500,000
7	John Tech	Philippines	₫299,000,000
8	Tim Schimmel	Germany	₫242,000,000
9	Nguyen Van Duong	Vietnam	₫202,500,000
10	Park Yu Cheung (Sparrow)	Hong Kong	₫202,500,000
11	Nguyen Huu Tuan	Vietnam	₫175,000,000
12	Santiago Sorano	Spain	₫175,000,000
13	Victor Chong	Malaysia	₫156,000,000
14	Hyun Sup Kim	Korea	₫156,000,000
15	Yuhang Chen	China	₫143,500,000
16	Albert Nguyen	Canada	₫143,500,000
17	Nguyen Van Sang	Vietnam	₫136,500,000
18	Zhang Cankai	China	₫136,500,000

Hanh Tran wins the PLO

The Pot Limit Omaha event attracted 33 entries with only six earning a portion of the ₫384,120,000 (~US$ 15,700) prize pool. The title came down between two PLO pros,Hanh Tranand Terry Gonzaga. In the end, Tran prevailed to add another trophy to his big collection.

Buy in: ₫13,500,000 (~US$ 540)

Entries: 33 entries (25 unique)

Prize pool: ₫384,120,000 (~US$ 15,700)

ITM: 6 places

1	Hanh Tran	Austria	₫137,120,000
2	Terry Gonzaga	Philippines	₫91,000,000
3	Jereld Sam En Zhi	Singapore	₫60,500,000
4	Sameer Agarwal	India	₫42,000,000
5	Yasuhiro Waki	Japan	₫30,500,000
6	Alok Birewar	India	₫23,000,000

Sergei Iablokov wins Deepstack Turbo

After busting out of Main Event Day 1A, Russian player Sergei Iablokov jumped in the Deepstack Turbo as one of the last of the 73 runners to sign up. He went on outduel fellow countryman Anatolii Gorbushin at heads up to capture his first recorded live title and a payout of ₫130,360,000 (~US$ 5,325).

Also reaching a milestone was USA’s Duy Ho who cashed at this event to breach $1,000,000 in live earnings on Hendon Mob.

Buy in: ₫6,600,000 (~US$ 270)

Entries: 73 (57 unique)

Prize pool: ₫424,860,000 (~US$ 17,355)

ITM: 10 places

1	Sergei Iablokov	Russia	₫130,360,000
2	Anatolii Gorbushin	Russia	₫87,000,000
3	Quang Vu Dinh	Vietnam	₫58,000,000
4	Vo Dinh Thanh	Vietnam	₫40,000,000
5	Alaparthy Prasad	India	₫29,000,000
6	Duy Ho	USA	₫22,000,000
7	Nguyen Thanh Tung	Vietnam	₫17,500,000
8	Xiaohui Tan	China	₫15,000,000
9	Dicky Siu Tsang	Hong Kong	₫13,000,000
10	Ankit Wadhawan	India	₫13,000,000

Super High Roller – Day 1 results

Buy in: ₫107,000,000 (~US$ 4,370)

Guarantee: ₫2,000,000,000 (~US$ 81,700)

Entries: 65 (44 unique)

Prize pool: ₫6,305,000,000 (~US$ 257,580)

ITM: 9 places

Day 2 – 14 players

Jaesung Lee	2,105,000
Chen Peng	1,725,000
Chu Chi Jen	1,635,000
Hyun Sup Kim	1,435,000
Chen Ming Cong	1,410,000
Kim Dong Kyu	1,265,000
Yeh Hung Wei	1,165,000
Ho Koon Leong	1,045,000
Vishal Ojha	1,015,000
Tian Hao Zheng	935,000
Victor Chong	780,000
Yuhang Chen	715,000
Pham Duy Anh	695,000
Shin Hyeon Ho	325,000

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