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WPT Prime Vietnam: Filipinos dominate side events; Florencio Campomanes clinches Super Stars Challenge for VN₫ 1.8BN; Christopher Mateo wins Bounty Event

 

The launch of WPT Prime has been heating up the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam and aside from the massive turnout of the WPT Opener, the other Day 3 side events also drew plenty of attention. Two players from the Philippines dominated, and after a long night, they both walked away as the newest champions. Here are the highlights. 

Super Stars Challenge – FLORENCIO CAMPOMANES – VN₫ 1,832,000,000 (~US$ 79,067)

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Florencio Campomanes

The Super Stars Challenge Invitational was an ambitious entry to the WPT Prime Vietnam schedule with its jaw-dropping VN₫ 210,000,000 (~US$ 9,100) price tag. This was the largest buy-in ever introduced in the country, and it clearly set apart the masses and high rollers from the short list of super high stakes enthusiasts. After eight rounds of registration, it was well worth the inclusion with an impressive 21 entries (17 unique, and 4 re-entry) for a good-looking prize pool of VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 175,830).

Among the players, it was no surprise to see WSOP bracelet winners Kartik Ved (India), Mike Takayama (Philippines), and Vietnamese pros Nang Quang Nguyen, Huu Dung Nguyen, Trong Hieu Ngo all take on the challenge. However, their bid for the title fell short. Highly decorated Filipino pro Florencio Campomanes clinched it to claim the hefty VN₫ 1,832,000,000 (~US$ 79,067) first prize. This bumped up his Hendon Mob tracked earnings to over US$ 1.23M. 

Buy in: VN₫ 210,000,000 (~US$ 9,100)
Entries: 21 (17 unique, 4 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 175,830)
ITM:  4 places

1st Florencio Campomanes – Philippines – VN₫ 1,832,000,000
2nd Trong Hieu Ngo – Vietnam – Vietnam – VN₫ 1,019,00,000
3rd Quang Huy Nguyen – Vietnam – VN₫ 7234,000,000
4th Nang Quang Nguyen – Vietnam – VN₫ 489,000,000

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Super Stars Challenge Invitational

Recapping the action at six handed, Campomanes and Ngo shared the chip lead until a big pot sent the Filipino pro soaring. On a board that completed 8h9d8d5s6s, Ngo triple barreled with Kh8c trips and was rivered by Campomanes 8s7c straight. From there, Campomanes gained a commanding lead which was never overcome. 

Unlike Campomanes, short stacked Quang struggled and was first to the money with all his chips claimed by Ngo. Ngo went on to deliver a nasty bad beat to Quang Huy Nguyen in 3rd place. Ngo‘s KdJc rivered a straight Qs3h2d9h10c to bust Huy’s KsKh. This brought about heads up with Ngo behind Campomanes by just 5 BB. 

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Trong Hieu Ngo after eliminating Quang Huy Nguyen

Twenty minutes into the title chase, Campomanes drained a good portion of Ngo’s stack. He nearly had him but could not pull the trigger on Ngo’s push. On a board that completed 7s4d2h10s8d, Ngo check-jammed 6d2c bottom pair, Campomanes tanked using up his remaining time banks then folded 7h3h mid pair. The small rise in chips were the most Ngo would get from Campomanes. After forty minutes of heads up play, the final hand was tabled. Campomanes As7s, Ngo Js9c, the board ran KsQs9s4h10c for a dominating flush triumph over straight.

Event 6: Bounty – CHRISTOPHER MATEO – VN₫ 172,000,000 (~US$ 7,420)

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Christopher Mateo

The Bounty Event was salvation for many players that fell out of the running in the opener. 97 players jumped in plus another 44 re-entries for 141 total entries. With buy in at VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 285) each, it generated a combined prize pool and bounty pool of VN₫ 820,620,000 (~US$ 35,417).  After a grueling 11 hours of play, Filipino Christopher “big time” Mateo shipped it to claim the VN₫ 150,000,000 top prize. In addition, Mateo won 11 bounties worth VN₫ 2M each to pocket a total of VN₫ 172,000,000 (~US$ 7,420). Mateo’s poker career is littered with cashes including 11 titles from around Asia. This was his first ever WPT takedown.

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Bounty final table

Picking up the action at the final table, Mateo carried in the biggest stack and dominated throughout. The first showdown was a three-way with Tien Trung Tran busting 9th while Belgium’s Coralie Nauder got lucky with 10s10d against Van Trung Nguyen’s QhQd when two-outer 10 spiked on the turn.

After three players fell, Trung reclaimed the chips being on the bright side of a cooler against Nauder. Trung AdAs versus Nauder KhKs. Down to four players, big stacked Mateo attempted to rail nearly every short stack that shoved but instead paid them out. Quyet Tien “Teddy” Pham doubled up with Ac8d spiking the ace against Mateo’s pocket Sixes then doubled up again through the leader with Kh8h pairing th eight to survive KdQhJulien Melet also chipped up with KhQh pairing the king against Mateo’s Ac4s.

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Bounty heads up

The losing streak finally ended on Melet’s next shove. This time Mateo outdrew him when his KhQd met a king on the flop to rail Melet’s As8s. Trung followed in 3rd place with Pham cleaning him out. This kicked off the heads up round. It only took several hands to find the victor. Big stacked Mateo Ah10d shoved, Pham limp-called AdQd, the board ran 10h2d8c2s5d for a pair and a maiden WPT title to the Filipino pro.

Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 285)
Entries: 141 (97 unique, 44 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 538,620,000
Bounty pool: VN₫ 282,000,000
ITM: 18 places

Payouts (bounties not included)

1st Christopher Mateo – Philippines – VN₫ 150,000,000
2nd Quyet Tien “Teddy” Pham – Vietnam – VN₫ 95,000,000
3rd Van Trung Nguyen – Vietnam – VN₫ 56,500,000
4th Julien Melet – France – VN₫ 34,000,000
5th Coralie Nauder – Belgium – VN₫ 26,500,000
6th Van Hoang Nguyen – Vietnam – VN₫ 22,000,000
7th Anh Tuan Hoang – Vietnam – VN₫ 19,120,000
8th Thai Bao Vu – Vietnam – VN₫ 17,000,000
9th Tien Trung Tran – Vietnam – VN₫ 15,000,000
10th Quang Thai Phan – Vietnam – VN₫ 13,200,000
11th David Erquiaga – Philippines – VN₫ 13,200,000
12th Kim Truong Son Nguyen – Vietnam – VN₫ 13,200,000
13th Hoang Tien Phan – Vietnam – VN₫ 11,500,000
14th Nicolas Blake Reynolds – UK – VN₫ 11,500,000
15th Worawat Kiatponglap – Thailand – VN₫ 9,800,000
16th Thai Son Hoang – Vietnam – VN₫ 11,500,000
17th Tien Thanh Dinh – Vietnam – VN₫ 9,800,000
18th Chi Hei Sung – Hong Kong – VN₫ 4,900,000 (split)
18th Thi Hue Dang – Vietnam – VN₫ 4,900,000 (split)

Player of the Festival leaderboard

Here is the updated Player of the Festival leaderboard. Current front runner is Nguyen Manh Tuan who cashed in two events with a victory at Event 3: Hyper Turbo. More points to earn with plenty of events still to conquer. The player that accrues the most points at the end of the series will win a WPT Passport worth US$ 5K to be used at any WPT Main Tour of choice.

Full WPT Prime Vietnam schedule

NGUYỄN MẠNH TUẤN 475
VŨ THÁI BẢO 300
NGÔ MINH TIẾN 300
TẠ KHÁNH LINH 300
NGUYỄN HỮU MẠNH 225
DUY HỒ 225
PHẠM NGỌC TÚ 225
TOMOKAZU HATTAWDA 225
NGUYỄN QUANG HIẾU 175
TRỊNH VĂN QUÂN 175
NGUYỄN GIA TRUNG 175
VŨ QUỐC KHÁNH SG 150
NGUYỄN BÁ HƯNG 150
BÙI ĐỨC TÚ 150
SUNAGA RYURO 125
LIM JUNE HO 125
YOSHIHITO KIMOTSUKI 125
VŨ ĐỨC TRUNG 100
STEVEN HO 100
PROMMIN TALORDPONG 100
TRẦN VĂN NĂNG 75
NAKAJIMA 75
PHẠM VĂN TRUNG 60
LÊ VĂN ĐỨC KSV 60
LÊ QUỐC SƠN 50
KRAMARUK 50

*No points were awarded for the Super Stars Challenge Invitational

Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps and highlights of the inaugural WPT Prime Vietnam from start to finish. 

Event articles:

WPT Prime debuts in Hanoi
Launch day of WPT Prime Vietnam
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 1 results
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 2 results
WPT Prime Vietnam – Locals heat up Day 1C
WPT Prime Vietnam – Day 3 results

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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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