On his first poker trip to Asia, highly decorated American pro Stephen Song, shared with Somuchpoker the early chapters of his poker journey, leading up to his incredible victory at the renowned World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Championship in Las Vegas on December 2022. SMP: What were you doing before poker? Stephen Song: I […]
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WPT Vietnam pays out over ₫74.8B (~$3M); Jacque Ramsden, Nguyen Duc Thanh capture last packages
On October 6 to 16, 2023, the World Poker Tour (WPT) hosted its final event in Asia for Season XXI at Crown Poker Club Hanoi. Over the eleven-day festival, WPT Vietnam awarded 32 trophies and a total of 9 packages to the upcoming World Championship and Prime Championship. Here’s a look at the highlights. Festival […]
Thailand’s Sorawit Suriyakarn wins WPT Vietnam Main Event for ₫3,856,400,000
On just his third ever live tournament, Thailand’s Sorawit Suriyakarn clinched the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event for a career high payout of ₫3,856,400,000 (~$157,565) and a package to World Championship Season XXI worth $12,150! “It’s pretty cool to win, I am so excited. This is just my third live tournament so I […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event champion to be crowned!
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam has reached its final day at Crown Poker Club Hanoi! Today will see numerous players walk away as champions with seven events on schedule. The most awaited conclusion will be that of the Main Event as 11 players return to hunt down the ₫3,856,400,000 top prize and the WPT World […]
WPT Vietnam: Woo Young Lee and Zheng Tian Hao bag massive stacks at Main Event Day 2
[Vietnamese] Day 2 of World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam saw 123 hopefuls return to action at the Crown Poker Club. After eleven hours of play, only 11 players remained led by South Korea’s Woo Young Lee and China’s Tian Hao Zheng. Both players bagged up mighty stacks of 73 bb. Read up on their rise […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event Day 1C: Nam Hyung Kim bags big at Day 1C to claim overall chip lead
World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Main Event wrapped up its third and last starting day with a booming 411 entries and 56 players advancing to the next round. Holding the torch as front runner was Korean superstar Nam Hyung Kim who bagged a massive 729,000 stack (145 bb). This was also more than enough to […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event: Day 2 – Seat Draw – Chip Counts, Payouts
Date: October 12 to 16, 2023 Venue: Crown Poker Club Hanoi Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230) Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100) Entries: 850 Prize pool: ₫22,129,400,000 (~US$ 904,900) ITM: 107 places *Champion will also win a package worth $12,150 to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas *Prize pool […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event Day 1B: Ha Van Thien, Khoa Anh, Nguyen Manh Hung bag up 500K stacks; 309 entries, 47 advance to Day 2
Big day at World Poker Tour (WPT) with 309 Day 1B entries seen at the flagship MAIN EVENT. At one point, host venue Crown Poker Club Hanoi had over 20 tables up and running. The event has now drawn a combined 439 entries and is very close to breaching its ₫12 Billion guarantee. After the […]
WPT Vietnam Day 7 results: Song Li wins HR 2Day Warm Up and WPT Prime Championship Packages; Ivan Konechnyi, Tran Hanh, Sergei Iablokov lift trophies
A week of games has quickly gone by at the World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam – Passport to the World Championship. The festival has been ongoing at the Crown Poker Club Hanoi since October 6 and runs until 16, 2023. More trophies were claimed last night and another WPT Prime Championship Package snatched up. Here are […]
WPT Vietnam Main Event: Phi Tien Sang bags the largest at Day 1A; 21 players advance
Day 1A of the WPT Vietnam ₫ 12 Billion guaranteed Main Event wrapped up after 14 levels with Vietnam’s Phi Tien Sang at the top of the rung. During the last level of play, Sang knocked out numerous players to close the day with 629,000 (125 bb). This was reminiscent of his performance at […]