More dreamers becoming winners at Poker Dream 7 Vietnam with Phung Thanh Quang and Yee Siew Key capturing first ever live titles. We’ve got those results for you. The festival continues at Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam with games running until October 8, 2023.
The Deepstack was another phased event featuring a guarantee of VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 82,288) and a couple of buy ins to choose from over three flights. A total of 241 jumped in with 32 players advancing to Day 2.
Topping Flight A was Vietnam’s Phung Thanh Quang who delivered the bubble when his 
outdrew Young Shang Bing‘s 
on a board 
.
At Flight B, Chen Zeyu amassed his big stack by knocking out several players that included Huynh Ngoc Cuong and Yashiro Naoki. Against Naoki, Chen’s 
held over 
.
At Flight C, Dong Kyu Kim eliminated Alan Wong on the bubble with 
straight against 
two pair on a board 
. Kim closed the heat as chip leader.
Returning to action for Day 2, both Kim and Chen fell back to back in 16th and 15th place while Phung went on to reach the final table where he eventually faced Chinese pro Yun Sheng Sun at heads up. Sun led 2:1 at the start.
During the forty-five minute grind, Phung slowly shaved down Sun’s stack to steal the lead and switch the counts with 
on a board 
besting Sun’s 
. Phung closed it out with 
over 
on a King-high board.
Watch the final table race via the livestream on Poker Dream Facebook page
Date: October 1 to 2, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 5,000,000 (~US$ 216) and VN₫ 10,000,000 (~US$ 431)
Guaranteed: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 82,288)
Total entries: 241
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 82,288)
ITM: 32 places
Final table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Phung Thanh Quang | Vietnam | 422,000,000 |
| 2 | Sun Yunsheng | China | 284,000,000 |
| 3 | Kostiakov Konstantin | Russia | 200,000,000 |
| 4 | Lee Juyeol | Korea, South | 162,000,000 |
| 5 | Raina Chakshu Deep | India | 128,200,000 |
| 6 | Nnguyen Manh Hung | Vietnam | 97,200,000 |
| 7 | Nguyen Manh Trung | Vietnam | 70,900,000 |
| 8 | Liu I Hsuan | Taiwan | 51,700,000 |
| 9 | Duong Ngo Linh | Vietnam | 42,700,000 |
Full results in the Festival Results page
Yee Siew Key wins first career title at Short Deck Ante Only Turbo
Malaysia’s Yee Siew Key lifted his first ever trophy after outlasting the 63 runners of the Short Deck Ante Only Turbo. In addition, Yee earned a payout of VN₫ 80,784,000 (~US$ 3,310).
Date: October 2, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 5,000,000 (~US$ 216)
Total entries: 63
Prize pool: VN₫ 268,884,000 (~US$ 11,050)
ITM: 8 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Yee Siew Key | Malaysia | 80,784,000 |
| 2 | Ermin Ivan | Russia | 58,300,000 |
| 3 | Joel Justin Singam | Malaysia | 37,600,000 |
| 4 | Diep Kyle Bao Quoc An | United States | 28,500,000 |
| 5 | Liew Chin Jack David | Singapore | 22,000,000 |
| 6 | Yu Chuan | China | 17,200,000 |
| 7 | Tran Hoang Nam | Vietnam | 13,700,000 |
| 8 | Truong Michael | Vietnam | 10,800,000 |
*All photos by Poker Dream
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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