The first four days at Poker Dream 7 Vietnam at Hoiana Resort & Golf in Hoi An, Vietnam has witnessed substantial turnouts, not only at the festival’s marquee events but also at the exciting side tournaments. Here are the first four side winners and their rise to victory.
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam – Festival Results
Poker Dream 7 Vietnam – Coverage
Vietnam Translation
Zhu Sheng Chao wins the NLH Turbo
The first side event winner of the series was China’s Zhu Sheng Chao at the NLH Turbo. Zhu outlasted the 69 entry field to seize the ₫68,893,600 (~US$ 2,825) top prize. At three-handed, Zhu won a flip against Zhang Yang with 
pairing the Ace against 
. With the slight lead, Zhu eliminated Sun Kai Yi in 3rd place with 
standing firm against Sun’s 
that bricked. This lead to heads up with both Zhang and Zhu about even in chips.
The two were quickly all in, Zhu’s 
improved to a higher two pair on the river against Zhang’s 
on a board 
. Zhang was down to 1 bb and fell immediately after.
Date: September 30, 2023
Buy in: VND 4,000,000 (~USD 172)
Total entries: 69
Prize pool: VND 235,593,600 (~USD 9,693)
ITM: 9 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Zhu Sheng Chao | China | 68,893,600 |
| 2 | Zhang Yang | China | 49,500,000 |
| 3 | Sun Kai Yi | China | 32,200,000 |
| 4 | Lee Jihoon | South Korea | 24,300,000 |
| 5 | Kang Hyunwoo | South Korea | 18,800,000 |
| 6 | Wong Cho Fung Alan | Hong Kong | 14,600,000 |
| 7 | Ong Hoon Haw Andrew | Singapore | 11,500,000 |
| 8 | Tsang Ka Shun | Hong Kong | 9,000,000 |
| 9 | Lee Tian Yu | Taiwan | 6,800,000 |
Yeu Wei Hsiang wins Short Deck
Malaysian pro Yeu Wei Hsiang captured his career third Poker Dream trophy at the festival’s first high roller event, Short Deck Ante Only. The event featured a ₫100 Million (~US$ 4,311) buy in with 12 entrants coughing it up. Yeu delivered the bubble by railing short stacked Yee Sew Key then went on to clean out Winfred Yu at heads up. The final hand saw a board complete 
. Yu check-raised all in on the turn with 
air, Yeu called and was ahead 
which further improved to a victorious full house.
Date: October 1, 2023
Buy in: VND 100,000,000 (~USD 4,311)
Total entries: 12
Prize pool: VND 1,037,760,000 (~USD 42,698)
ITM: 3 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Yeu Wei Hsiang | Malaysia | 535,380,000 |
| 2 | Yu Ka Wing Winfred | Hong Kong | 321,300,000 |
| 3 | Beh Kok Weng | Malaysia | 214,200,000 |
Foo Tuck Wai wins maiden title at the Mystery Hunter Turbo
Malaysia’s Foo Tuck Wai became the happy owner of a Poker Dream trophy after outlasting the 72 runners of the Mystery Bounty Hunter. This was Foo’s first ever career win which earned him a payout of ₫54,696,000 (~US$ 2,243) plus numerous six bounty rewards to add to his wallet. For runner-up Raina Chakshu Deep, it was another impressive result. He now has three series cashes. This was his second final table with a 4th place finish at the Deepstack event.
Date: October 1, 2023
Buy in: VND 5,000,000 (~USD 216)
Total entries: 72
Prize pool: VN₫ 307,296,000 (~USD 12,643)
ITM: 11 places
*Bounties not included
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Foo Tuck Wai | Malaysia | 54,696,000 |
| 2 | Raina Chakshu Deep | India | 39,000,000 |
| 3 | Phi Tien Sang | Vietnam | 25,500,000 |
| 4 | Tan Hong Sheng | Malaysia | 19,600,000 |
| 5 | Sun Kai Yi | China | 15,500,000 |
| 6 | Tong Van Viet | Vietnam | 12,200,000 |
| 7 | Bui Quang Hau | Vietnam | 9,600,000 |
| 8 | Vu Thai Bao | Vietnam | 7,500,000 |
| 9 | Ng Tsun Yin | Hong Kong | 5,700,000 |
| 10 | Tsang Ka Shun | Hong Kong | 5,000,000 |
| 11 | Bui Tuan Hoang | Vietnam | 5,000,000 |
Nguyen Quang Huy wins the Single Day High Roller
83 runners turned up for the Single Day High Roller for a handsome prize pool of VN₫ 5,184,844,000 (~USD 213,061). Earning the lion’s share was well known local high roller Nguyen Quang Huy for a payout of ₫1,425,844,000 (~US$ 59,470).
Nguyen bulldozed through the final table. He eliminated Vietnam Open champion Phan Minh Duc in 5th place with 
winning the flip against 
. Short Deck champion Yeu Wei Hsiang was next with 
spiking the lucky two-outer to crack and burn Yeu’s 
. With a monstrous stack at his disposal, he quickly eliminated the last two players for his first ever Poker Dream title.
Date: October 2, 2023
Buy in: VND 70,000,000 (~USD 3,018)
Total entries: 83
Prize pool: VND 5,184,844,000 (~USD 213,061)
ITM: 11 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Nguyen Quang Huy | Vietnam | 1,425,844,000 |
| 2 | Gathy Michael Philippe | Belgium | 1,013,600,000 |
| 3 | Nguyen Manh Hao | Vietnam | 663,700,000 |
| 4 | Yeu Wei Hsiang | Malaysia | 510,700,000 |
| 5 | Phan Minh Duc | Vietnam | 404,400,000 |
| 6 | Chu Chi-Jen | Taiwan | 316,300,000 |
| 7 | Hoang Hai Nam | Vietnam | 248,900,000 |
| 8 | Dong Van Tan | Vietnam | 194,400,000 |
| 9 | Niwa Ichiyo | Japan | 147,800,000 |
| 10 | Chu Thai Thinh | Vietnam | 129,600,000 |
| 11 | Nguyen Dinh Linh | Vietnam | 129,600,000 |
*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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