Bigger stacked Tien Van Dinh awarded Mini Main Event title after ICM deal
Relive the final table race via the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel!
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Entries: 525
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 173,300)
Day 2 qualifiers: 65 players
Final table payouts
| Place | Player | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Tien Van Dinh | 693,200,000* |
| 2 | Anh Duy Nguyen | 664,700,000* |
| 3 | Nam Hoai Le | 357,000,000 |
| 4 | Yuk Chak Lucas | 250,000,000 |
| 5 | Anh Hoai Tran | 200,000,000 |
| 6 | Cuong Ngoc Huynh | 156,000,000 |
| 7 | Hieu Quang Nguyen | 126,000,000 |
| 8 | Thang Quang Do | 100,000,000 |
| 9 | Ng Shun Hong | 79,800,000 |
*Heads up ICM deal
For payouts 10th to 65th, head to the Side Event Live Updates – Mini Main Event – Payouts
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqno6EUoLCo
17:15: Mini Main Event Final 9 players
Level 25: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 9 remaining – average 1,750,000
Seat 1: Do Quang Thang – Vietnam – 1,135,000
Seat 2: Hieu Nguyen – Vietnam – 2,030,000
Seat 3: Anh Duy Nguyen – Vietnam – 615,000
Seat 4: Dinh Van Tien – Vietnam – 615,000
Seat 5: Lucas Ng – Hong Kong – 2,625,000
Seat 6: Huynh Ngoc Cuong – Vietnam – 2,000,000
Seat 7: Le Hoai Nam – Vietnam – 3,265,000
Seat 8: Harry Tran – Vietnam – 3,390,000
Seat 9: Ng Shun Hong – Singapore – 230,000
17:10: Trung Van Nguyen falls in 10th place
Level 25: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 10 remaining – average 1,575,000
Trung Van Nguyen misses his chance at the featured table having just fallen to Huynh Ngoc Cuong. With his remaining 220,000 stack he risks it with 
, Huynh calls with 
, the board runs low 
.
Huynh Ngoc Cuong – 2,000,000
Trung Van Nguyen – eliminated in 10th place -VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,765)
17:05: Anh Duy Nguyen spikes higher set on turn versus Dinh
Level 25: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 10 remaining – average 1,575,000
All in at the flop 
, Anh Duy Nguyen needs some help showing 
behind Dinh Van Tien’s 
set. When the turn lands 
, it was instant celebration as Nguyen spiked the much needed two outer which held to the river.
Anh Duy Nguyen – 1,950,000
Dinh Van Tien – 615,000
17:00: Big stacks all in! Huge double up for Le Hoai Nam off Huynh
Level 25: 20K-40K, 40K ante – 11 remaining – average 1,431,818
Catching the action at the all in, button player Huynh Ngoc Cuong and small blind Le Hoai Nam are all in. Huynh has , Le has 
, the board runs empty 
.
Huynh Ngoc Cuong – 1,100,000
Le Hoai Nam – 2,960,000
16:45: Harry Tran eliminates Mac Van Khoa in 11th place
Level 24: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 11 remaining – average 1,431,818
Another takedown for Harry Tran! He sends Mac Van Khoa packing with dominating 
throughout. The board runs 
.
Harry Tran – 3,400,000
Mac Van Khoa – eliminated in 11th place – VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,765)
16:30: Duong Candy falls in 12th place
Level 24: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 12 remaining – average 1,312,500
Duong Candy dropped to 280,000 in a hand against Harry Tran that saw a turn board 
. Candy bet 350,000, Tran check-jammed his monster stack, Candy tank-folded.
On the next hand, Candy shoved with , big blind Anh Duy Nguyen called with , the board was 
.
Anh Duy Nguyen – 950,000
Duong Candy – eliminated in 12th place – VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,765)
16:20: Ha Van Thien eliminated in 13th place
Level 24: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 13 remaining – average 1,211,538
Ha Van Thien entered the day as the only player with over a million in chips and took it as far as 13th place with Lucas Ng cleaning him out. Ha’s last hand was pocket Fives dominated by Ng’s pocket Nines.
Lucas Ng – 2,000,000
Ha Van Thien – eliminated in 13th place – VN₫ 51,900,000 (~US$ 2,200)
16:15: Duong Candy eliminates Long Thanh Nguyen
Level 24: 15K-30K, 30K ante – 15 remaining – average 1,050,000
Day 1A chip leader Long Thanh Nguyen shoves his short stack from cutoff and finds two callers, sb Harry Tran and bb Duong Candy. The board runs 
, Candy bets, Tran folds, no side pot. Nguyen has and busts to Candy’s 
.
Duong Candy – 830,000
Long Thanh Nguyen – eliminated in 15th place – VN₫ 51,900,000 (~US$ 2,200)
15:55: Hua Wei Lin falls in 16th place
Level 23: 10K-25K, 25K ante – 16 remaining – average 984,375
Button player Le Hoai Nam raises to 60,000, big blind Hua Wei Lin jams with 
, Le calls with , no hits on the board for either player for big slick to hold.
Le Hoai Nam – 1,950,000
Hua Wei Lin – eliminated in 16th place VN₫ 43,400,000 (~US$ 1,845)
15:30: Do Quang Thang doubles through Candy
Level 23: 10K-25K, 25K ante – 16 remaining – average 984,375
Button player Duong Candy pushes with kh}
, big blind Do Quang Thang tank-calls for his tournament life with 
, the board runs 
for a double up to 1.345 Million in chips. Candy drops to 540,000.
15;20: Harry Tran rails Warken
Level 23: 10K-25K, 25K ante – 18 remaining – average 875,000
Tyler Warken is all in with and is flipping against big stacked Harry Tran . When the flop drops an Ace, Warken is headed for a boost, but is quickly turned down by the Nine on fourth street.
Harry Tran – 2,0560,000
Tyler Warken – eliminated in 18th place for VN₫ 43,400,000 (~US$ 1,845)
15:05: Snow Love eliminated
Level 23: 10K-25K, 25K ante – 19 remaining – average 828,947
After losing over half of his stack on the previous hand, Snow Love shoves with and is called by Huynh Ngoc Cuong with . The board runs for a pair to Snow but the river denies him the double up. Huynh completes a straight to ship it and climb to 2 Million in chips.
18 players left, down to the final two tables
15:00: Dinh Van Tien pushes out Snow Love
Level 23: 10K-25K, 25K ante – 19 remaining – average 828,947
On a board that completes 
and 425,000 in the pot, big blind Snow Love near pot of 400,000, small blind Dinh check-raises all in. Snow tanks then folds upsettingly. Snow down to 450,000, Dinh rises to 1.7 Million in chips.
14:55: Duong Candy rivers it
Level 22: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 19 remaining – average 828,947
All in preflop, Duong Candy opens and is flipping against . The board runs dry until the river to keep Candy in the running with a double up to 700,000.
14:40: Paid boat for Huynh Ngoc Cuong
Level 22: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 19 remaining – average 828,947
Big blind Huynh Ngoc Cuong is head to head against table leader Trung Van Nguyen. The board completes 
. Huynh bets the turn, Nguyen tank-calls, then bets big on the river, Nguyen snap-calls. Huynh opens 
full house to rise to 1.6 Million in chips. Nguyen dropped to 475,000.
14:20: Hua Wei Lin boots one, rises to 800K
Level 22: 10K-20K, 20K ante – 20 remaining – average 787,500
Hua Wei Lin entered the day with 93 BB and has built on it. She adds more by railing a player with dodging .
14:00: Lucas Ng doubles to the top
Level 21: 10K-15K, 15K ante
In just one fell swoop, Lucas Ng has taken the lead. On a board 
, Ng’s outdrew Po Wen Fang’s . Fang dropped to 300,000, Ng zoomed to 1.9 Million in chips.
14:00: Back on!
Level 21: 10K-15K, 15K ante
After five levels, the 65 player field is down to 23 players. Flight C chip leader Harry Tran and Trung Van Nguyen lead the race with over 1.4 Million in chips each. Po Wen Fang with over a million. The day’s entering chip leader Ha Van Thien sits with just under a million.
10:30: Mini Main Event underway!
Level 17: 3K-6K, 6K ante
Live updates soon!
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Entries: 525
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 173,300)
Day 2 qualifiers: 65 players
Day 1A: 117 (87 unique, 30 re-entry)
Day 1B: 206 (132 unique, 74 re-entry)
Day 1C: 202 (125 unique, 77 re-entry)
Chips in play: 15,750,000
Average stack: 242,307
Day 2 opening blinds: 3K-6K, 6K ante
Day 2 players
| Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| Ha Van Thien | Vietnam | 1,012,000 | 169 |
| Harry Tran | Vietnam | 834,000 | 139 |
| Anh Duy Nguyen | Vietnam | 820,000 | 137 |
| Mac Khoa | Vietnam | 711,000 | 119 |
| Duong Candy | Vietnam | 648,000 | 108 |
| Hua Wei Lin | Taiwan | 559,000 | 93 |
| Snow Love | Vietnam | 487,000 | 81 |
| Long Thanh Nguyen | Vietnam | 440,000 | 73 |
| Trung Van Nguyen | Vietnam | 425,000 | 71 |
| Nam Hoai Le | Vietnam | 424,000 | 71 |
| Nevan Chang | Taiwan | 422,000 | 70 |
| Tien Van Dinh | Vietnam | 386,000 | 64 |
| Ng Shun Hong | Singapore | 351,000 | 59 |
| Gambit | Germany | 314,000 | 52 |
| Hung Le | Vietnam | 298,000 | 50 |
|
Ng Yuk Chak Lucas
|
293,000 | 49 | |
| Jae Kang Park | Korea | 270,000 | 45 |
| Chat Soc Son | Vietnam | 243,000 | 41 |
| Tuan Meu | Vietnam | 235,000 | 39 |
| Arai Shohei | Japan | 228,000 | 38 |
| Po Wen Fang | Taiwan | 222,000 | 37 |
| Van Quang Pham | Vietnam | 221,000 | 37 |
| Hoa Duc Nguyen | Vietnam | 218,000 | 36 |
| Yeh Hung Wei | Taiwan | 214,000 | 36 |
| Vinh Huu Nguyen | Vietnam | 204,000 | 34 |
| Anuj Wadhwa | India | 204,000 | 34 |
| Hieu Nguyen | Vietnam | 201,000 | 34 |
| Minh Tien | Vietnam | 201,000 | 34 |
| Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 199,000 | 33 |
| Cuong Ngoc Huynh | Vietnam | 196,000 | 33 |
| Roland Kivi | Estonia | 189,000 | 32 |
| Thang Quang Do | Vietnam | 183,000 | 31 |
| Nupaka Chi | Vietnam | 181,000 | 30 |
| Leong Juns | Malaysia | 178,000 | 30 |
| Linh Van Duong | Vietnam | 169,000 | 28 |
| Ngoc Phuong Nguyen | Vietnam | 168,000 | 28 |
| Meng Ling Lin | Taiwan | 167,000 | 28 |
| Tien Manh Nguyen | Vietnam | 164,000 | 27 |
| Anh Dung | Vietnam | 163,000 | 27 |
| Hieu Xuan Tong | Vietnam | 163,000 | 27 |
| Jennifer Cassell | Australia | 154,000 | 26 |
| Zong Chi He | Taiwan | 153,000 | 26 |
| Minh Hai | Vietnam | 151,000 | 25 |
| Kenny | UK | 150,000 | 25 |
| True Milk | Vietnam | 145,000 | 24 |
| Chu Hong Tu | Vietnam | 140,000 | 23 |
| Benson | Singapore | 131,000 | 22 |
| Thuy Trung Duong | Vietnam | 126,000 | 21 |
| Duc Xuan Do | Vietnam | 123,000 | 21 |
| Cuong Manh Ng | Vietnam | 121,000 | 20 |
| Vuong Le | Vietnam | 116,000 | 19 |
| Cuong Manh Nguyen | Vietnam | 107,000 | 18 |
| John Perry | Australia | 105,000 | 18 |
| Brendon Rubie | Australia | 97,000 | 16 |
| Eric Chan | Malaysia | 95,000 | 16 |
| Anh Tuan Nguyen | Vietnam | 94,000 | 16 |
| Quang Vu | Vietnam | 87,000 | 15 |
| Linh Hoang Nguyen | Vietnam | 69,000 | 12 |
| Tyler Warken | Canada | 64,000 | 11 |
| Tuan Giang | Vietnam | 59,000 | 10 |
| Tien Thanh Dinh | Vietnam | 57,000 | 10 |
| Evgenii Chernyi | Russia | 53,000 | 9 |
| Hoan Cong Le | Vietnam | 53,000 | 9 |
| Zachary Lim | Malaysia | 50,000 | 8 |
| Lee Jun Xu | Singapore | 31,000 | 5 |
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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