Poker Dream 10 Vietnam concluded the first day of its seven day series at New World Hoiana Resort in Hoi An, Vietnam. The largest turnout was by the South Koreans that included some of the country’s leading players such as Gab Yong Kim who bagged the third largest stack at the Vietnam Open. When the last of the cards flipped, Poker Dream Player of the Year You Jun Hong from Malaysia topped the Day 1 survivors list.
Poker Dream 10 Vietnam – Vietnam Open
The festival opener, the Vietnam Open, drew a total of 213 entries for a prize pool of VN₫ 2,196,468,000 (~USD 86,600). The flights bagged up at ITM for a total of 32 players returning for Day 2. Each one is guaranteed a minimum payout of VN₫ 19,300,000 (~USD 761) while awaiting the champion is a score of VN₫ 462,000,000 (~USD 18,218).
Date: April 29 to 30, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 12,000,000 (~USD 480)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,500,000,000 (~USD 59,180)
Entries: 213
Prize pool’: VN₫ 2,196,468,000 (~USD 86,600)
ITM / Day 2 survivors: 32 players
Top 5 entering Day 2
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| You Jun Hong | Malaysia | 376,000 |
| Lee Gwanwoo | South Korea | 369,000 |
| Kim Gab Yong | South Korea | 347,000 |
| Eun Gyubong | South Korea | 341,000 |
| Shigyo Kentaro | Japan | 281,000 |
*Head to the link below for the chip counts , seat draw, and payout distribution.
Winfred Yu wins the High Roller Warm Up
The High Roller Warm Up got a late start but when it finally kicked off, it was action packed all the way to the morning light. Claiming the first newly designed Silver Dragon Trophy was Poker Dream founder Winfred Yu after defeating Malaysia’s Wai Kiat Lee in just five hands of heads up action.
Relive the final table action via the Livestream – High Roller Warm Up or see how they tumbled via the Updates.
The High Roller Warm Up drew 38 entries for a prize pool of VN₫ 2,034,672,000 (~USD 80,280). Among them were numerous notables Webster Chin Wei Lim, Nguyen Quang, Jack Salter, Sim Kok Wai, Jun Yap, and South Korean stars Seungmook Jung, Hyun Sup Kim, Nam Hyung Kim, Yohwan Lim aka BoxeR.
Date: April 29, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 60,000,000 (~USD 2,574)
Entries: 38
Prize Pool: VN₫ 2,034,672,000 (~USD 80,280)
ITM: 6 places
| Place | Player | Payout in VN₫ | ~USD |
| 1 | Winfred Yu | 691,830,000 | 27,280 |
| 2 | Wai Kiat Lee | 478,142,000 | 18,854 |
| 3 | Yau Chak Fung | 305,200,000 | 12,035 |
| 4 | Pham Thanh Hai | 234,000,000 | 9,227 |
| 5 | Nguyen Nang Quang | 183,100,000 | 7,220 |
| 6 | Yeu Wei Hsiang | 142,400,000 | 5,615 |
Links:
Poker Dream 10 Vietnam Opening Ceremony Officially Reveals New Trophy
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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