Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event: Vietnam’s Pham Quyet Tien bags the lead heading into Day 2
Tournament action at the prestigious Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam has been immensely thrilling with hundreds of players attempting to lock up a spot in the Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event games. The ten starting flights on schedule played through four days of action and collected a total of 1,351 entries for a jaw dropping ₫22,639,945,500 (~USD 928,440) prize pool.
Only 143 players return to the felt today guaranteed a minimum payout with Day 2 action hitting the felt at 13:00. Gameplay will conclude with the final nine set for tomorrow’s Final Day festivities or until Level 27, whichever comes first.
Main Event Day 1 Recap
The qualifying rounds for the Main Event wrapped up its last four flights on schedule in yesterday’s games with Vietnam’s Pham Quyet Tien bagging the biggest stack into Day 2. Pham emerged as the Day 1G chip leader and coursed through the 263-entry field taking a massive 639,000 chip stack for today’s games. The Vietnamese runner is a regular crusher in the local tournament scene with several titles under his name highlighted by his largest victory in the 2020 Vietnam Series of Poker Championship Super Star Challenge for ₫1,155,000,000 (~USD 49,902).
Pham leads the 143 runners returning to the felt, each guaranteed a minimum payout of ₫41,000,000 (~USD 1,681). In addition, fourteen players qualified numerous times and cashed in on the Dream Bonus offered, with only their biggest stack moving forward.
Qualified | Dream Bonus | |
NGUYEN MINH THANH | 4 | ₫500,000,000 |
NGUYEN KHAC LUAT | 3 | ₫300,000,000 |
CHEN ZEYU | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
HO KOON LEONG | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
LEE WAI HUEN | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
LUONG VAN QUANG | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
MAI BIEN | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
NGUYEN THANH PHAT | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
NGUYEN THANH TUNG | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
NGUYEN THE ANH | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
OKADA YUSUKE | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
PHAN TUAN VINH | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
TRAN VAN TAI | 2 | ₫100,000,000 |
₫1,900,000,000 |
Top Chip Counts
Player | Flag | Chip Count |
PHAM QUYET TIEN | Vietnam | 639,000 |
YASHIRO NAOKI | Japan | 596,000 |
NGUYEN DUY THUC | Vietnam | 540,000 |
CHENG TIN WAI | Hong Kong | 511,000 |
NGUYEN THANH TUNG | Vietnam | 489,000 |
DONG VAN TAN | Vietnam | 455,000 |
NG SHUN HONG | Singapore | 447,000 |
LEE JUYEOL | Korea, South | 426,000 |
TRAN THANH VAN | Vietnam | 419,000 |
LEE WAI HUEN | Hong Kong | 418,000 |
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam Main Event Review
Dates: October 3-8, 2023
Buy in: VND 8,500,000 (~USD 366) – VND 25,500,000 (~USD 1,099)
Guarantee: VND 20,000,000,000 (~USD 820,000)
Prize Pool: VND 22,639,945,500 (~USD 928,440)
Total Entries: 1,351
ITM: 159 players
Day 1 Results
1A: 81 entries / 5 advanced
1B: 77 entries / 4 advanced
1C: 151 entries / 16 advanced
1D: 228 entries / 35 advanced
1E: 119 entries / 12 advanced
1F: 30 entries / 3 advanced
1G: 263 entries / 40 advanced
1H: 65 entries / 4 advanced
1J: 111 entries / 17 advanced
1K: 58 entries / 6 advanced
Offsite: 17 advanced
Day 1 Live Updates
Day 2 Qualifiers
*All photos by Poker Dream
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