WPTDeepStacks Hanoi: Warm Up Event draws 357, smashes guarantee; 45 players advance to Day 2; Superstack & Single Day High Roller up next

Wall to wall action at the inaugural WPTDeepStacks Hanoi as players filled up host venue Crown Poker Club for the last two entry flights of the Warm Up Event. At the completion, a headstrong 357 entered across four starting days to crush the advertised VNđ 1.5 billion guarantee for a much richer VNđ 2,181,630,000 (~US$ 94,630) prize pool.

Next stage of the race is on Sunday, April 18 with 45 players returning led by Day 1C chip leader Nguyễn Sáng. While everyone is guaranteed to cash a minimum VNđ 11,100,000 (~US$ 481), players will be aiming for the glory and the VNđ 460,830,000 (~US$ 19,989) first prize. To catch the action, tune in to the Crown Poker Club facebook page where the final table will be live streamed.

Of the four starting days, Day 1C and Day 1D drew the largest crowds. Many familiar faces were scattered around the room such as Cao Ngoc Anh, Tony Khoang, Terry Nguyen, and Eric Billgren to name a few. Among the advancing players was Vietnamese pro Pham Bao whose long list of achievements included WPT side event wins. Pham bagged up the second largest stack of Day 1C.

Another player high in the count was Duy Ho who collected the second largest stack of Day 1D. Tran Hung Manh aka Macaron Tran will also be returning in Day 2 however, like at the Warm Up Weekend Micro Main Event where he finished in 2nd place, Tran will have another tough climb as he enters carrying in one of the shortest stacks. Check out the chip counts down below.

Event #1: Warm Up Event

Buy in: VNđ 7,000,000 (~US$ 303)

Guarantee: VNđ 1,500,000,000 (~US$ 65,065)

Entries: 357

Prize pool: VNđ 2,181,630,000 (~US$ 94,630)

ITM: 45 places

Final table payouts

1st VNđ 460,830,000

2nd VNđ 322,600,000

3rd VNđ 207,500,000

4th VNđ 135,000,000

5th VNđ 104,100,000

6th VNđ 86,100,000

7th VNđ 72,200,000

8th VNđ 59,000,000

9th VNđ 46,100,000

Day 2 chip counts – 45 players

Nguyễn Sáng – 502,000 (Day 1C leader)

Nguyễn Ngọc Đại – 432,000 (Day 1A leader)

Lê Văn Quang – 405,000 (Day 1D leader)

Trin Nhim – 389,000 (Day 1B leader)

Pham Bao – 389,000

DTO-Snap – 388,000

Duy Ho – 369,000

Lê Huy Thành – 361,000

Tommy Huỳnh – 354,000

Lordrich – 331,000

Phạm Văn Phú – 330,000

Tân Lê – 320,000

Nguyễn Mạnh Hưng – 279,000

Toàn Râu – 276,000

Nguyễn Chiến Hữu – 258,000

Lê Sơn – 233,000

Minh Nguyen – 217,000

Phạm Duy Ánh – 207,000

Lý Đắc Dũng – 198,000

Avocado – 186,000

Nguyễn Thế Linh – 186,000

Trần Thông Tùng – 174,000

Nguyễn Quang Huy – 169,000

KKS – 168,000

Chu Thai Thinh – 159,000

Minh Hoang Bui – 141,000

Vi Khoa – 124,000

Nguyễn Văn Chiến – 113,000

Ta Son Tung( Ali) – 103,000

Nguyễn Thế Vinh – 100,000

Saitama – 95,000

Little Fish – 86,000

Pham Hoang Quan – 86,000

Chu Tiến Thành – 82,000

Lê Việt Hưng – 76,000

Fantomas – 74,000

Minh Anh Nguyen – 71,000

Hue Dang – 70,000

MIKITA77 – 68,000

Phùng Quang Thịnh – 66,000

Long KK – 65,000

Macaron Tran – 63,000

Hwang Ho Jin – 61,000

BoBi – 52,000

Việt EngLand – 51,000

Total chips in play: 8,925,000

Average stack: 198,333

Day 2 opening blinds: 2000 – 4000 ante 4000

Up next at WPTDS Hanoi

When players return, two events will run alongside Warm Up Event Day 2, the Superstack and Single Day High Roller. There is also one Main Event satellite scheduled with one seat worth VNđ 22,000,000 (~US$ 954) guaranteed.

Event #3: Superstack – VNđ 5,000,000 buy in (~US$ 217)

Event #4: Single Day High Roller – VNđ 33,000,000 (~US$ 1,431)

Satellite: Main Event – VNđ 3,500,000 (~US$ 152)

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