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 earn the top spot in the overall Day 2 counts.
Read up on how Kim amassed his chips by scrolling down to the live updates. Finishing in second rank was Germany’s Tim Schimmel with 138 bb and to round out the top three was Vietnamese pro Cao Ngoc Anh with 127 bb. All three players advanced to Day 2 in the same order.
Date: October 14, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
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Day 1A: 130 entries (95 unique) / 21 advanced
Day 1B: 309 entries (207 unique) / 47 advanced
Day 1C: 411 entries {254 unique) / 56 advanced
WPT Vietnam – Day 2 Chip Counts, Seat Draw, Payouts
Day 1C – 56 players
| Nam Hyung Kim | Korea | 729,000 |
| Tim Schimmel | Germany | 690,000 |
| Ngoc Anh Cao | Viet Nam | 636,000 |
| Dang Hoang Viet | Viet Nam | 631,000 |
| Ly Tran Tien | Viet Nam | 628,000 |
| Baxoka (Tan Wah Weng) | Singapore | 553,000 |
| Tran Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 547,000 |
| Nguyen Van Sang | Viet Nam | 525,000 |
| Do Quang Thang (Doquata) | Viet Nam | 524,000 |
| Sorawit Suriyakarn | Thai Land | 496,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | Viet Nam | 489,000 |
| Pham Duy Anh | Viet Nam | 429,000 |
| Baby Tuchu (Nguyen Thanh Tung) | Viet Nam | 417,000 |
| Manoj Pentakota | India | 412,000 |
| Dao Xuan Khanh | Viet Nam | 396,000 |
| Leonard Yanick | France | 386,000 |
| Shue Sing Churk | China | 379,000 |
| Mr Lak (Nguyen Tuan Anh) | Viet Nam | 359,000 |
| Harsh Dembla | India | 358,000 |
| Somashekar Kurkhepally Mahadeva | India | 341,000 |
| Xue Song | China | 322,000 |
| Junggu Kim | Korea | 304,000 |
| Pham Quyet Tien | Viet Nam | 297,000 |
| Jaemoon Seok | South Korea | 295,000 |
| Cankai Zhang | China | 292,000 |
| Tian Hao Zheng | China | 292,000 |
| Hong Sol Vin | Korea | 273,000 |
| Lin Hua Wei | Taiwan | 265,000 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 260,000 |
| Cheng Peng | China | 250,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | India | 238,000 |
| Rahul Melwani | India | 218,000 |
| Chang Yu Chung | Taiwan | 216,000 |
| Xiao Yu Cheng | China | 208,000 |
| Wang Shui | China | 200,000 |
| Hieu Tony | Viet Nam | 189,000 |
| Daniel Smith | New Zealand | 189,000 |
| Nguyen Khoi (Captain Pk) | Viet Nam | 176,000 |
| Manh Hoang | Viet Nam | 172,000 |
| Terry Gonzaga | Philippines | 168,000 |
| Adones Carmona | Philippines | 166,000 |
| Yota Mitsui | Japan | 165,000 |
| Mai Bien | Viet Nam | 153,000 |
| Ho Koon Wong | Singapore | 148,000 |
| Quang Vu | Viet Nam | 147,000 |
| Albert Nguyen | Canada | 141,000 |
| Kudo | Viet Nam | 131,000 |
| Wang Xin | China | 101,000 |
| Chen Dong Yue | China | 92,000 |
| Vu Van Linh | Viet Nam | 90,000 |
| Nguyen Tien Thanh (Poso) | Viet Nam | 85,000 |
| Le Xuan Long | Viet Nam | 81,000 |
| Nguyen Van Phuong | Viet Nam | 73,000 |
| Liang Peng | China | 72,000 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | Viet Nam | 63,000 |
| Aayush Arya | India | 52,000 |
Chips in play: 16,440,000
23:00: Nevan Chang four-bets Nguyen Van Sang
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Cutoff Nevan Chang raises 10,000, button Nguyen Van Sang three-bets 27,500, Chang four-bets 175,000 (leaving himself 1,000 behind), Nguyen folds.
22:55: Ly Tran Tien wins last showdown of the day
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Ly Tran Tien calls a short stack’s all in and is behind 
against 
. A ten turns up on the flop and holds.
Ly Tran Tien – 420,000
22:50: Nam Hyung Kim pushes Vu Van Linh
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
From mid position, Nam Hyung Kim opens, small blind Vu Van Linh calls. When the board runs out 
, Kim bets the flop and turn and Vu calls. On the river, the pot amassed to 108,000, Vu leads out 65,500, Kim jams, Vu tanks then folds.
Nam Hyung Kim – 703,000
Vu Van Linh – 60,000
22:45: Hua Wei Lin rails Pham Quang Van
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Utg Somashekar KM limps, Hua Wei Lin raises 10,000, Pham Quang Van all in for 19,500, Somashekar four-bets 35,000, Lin five-bets to 150,000, Somashekar folds.
Hua Wei Lin 
Pham Quang Van 
Board runs 
, Pham busts.
Hua Wei Lin – 300,000
22:40: Xiao Yu Cheng doubles up through Tan Wah Meng
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
All in preflop, Xiao Yu Cheng 
, Tan Wah Meng 
, board runs 
for a double up to Cheng.
Xiao Yu Cheng – 190,000
Tan Wah Meng – 485,000
22:35: Manoj Pentakota uses six time banks
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
From hijack, Manoj Pentakota opens 10,000, cutoff three-bets 33,000, Pentakota calls. At the flop , cutoff c-bet 16,000, Pentakota check-call. Both players check the turn to bring the river 
. Pentakota leads out 38,000, cutoff raises 200,000 – just covering Pentakota’s stack, Pentakota tanks. Pentakota proceeds to use all of his remaining six time-banks and just before time runs out, he calls and doubles up.
Cutoff 
Manoj Pentakota
Manoj Pentakota – 450,000
22:30: Yannick Leonard banks a huge double up off Ian Modder
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Hijack Pham Duy Anh raises 13,000, button Yannick Leonard three-bets 36,000, big blind Ian Modder four-bets all in, Pham folds, Leonard calls for his tournament life.
Yannick Leonard , Modder 
, board runs 
for a flush to Leonard.
Yannick Leonard – 422,500
Ian Modder – 55,000
22:25: Hua Wei Lin rails a short stack
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Hua Wei Lin cleans out a short stack with dominating 
on a board 
.
Hua Wei Lin – 175,000
22:20: Ho Koon Leong lands two-outer against Adones Carmona
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
All in preflop, Ho Koon Leong at risk with 
against bigger stacked Adones Carmona’s . When the flop runs 
Leong spikes a lucky two-outer, then with the turn and river , Leong doubles up.
Ho Koon Leong – 160,000
Adones Carmona – 188,500
22:15: Blinds up, 64 players remaining – last level of play
Level 14: 2500-5000 ante 5000
Blinds are up, 64 players remaining. This is the last round of play. Just announced, if the field drops to 52 players, they will bag up. Here are the chip leaders:
Tim Schimmel – 670,000
Doqata – 610,000
Tan Wah Meng – 570,000
Hoang Viet – 549,000
Sorawit Suriyakarn – 508,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 480,000
Manh Hung Tran – 460,000
22:50: Nguyen Duc Hieu at top end of a cooler against Amit Kaushik
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Utg+2 Amit Kaushik opens 8000, button three-bets 26,500, big blind Nguyen Duc Hieu four-bets all in 97,500, Kaushik shoves as well, button folds.
Nguyen Duc Hieu
Amit Kaushik 
Board runs out 
.
Nguyen Duc Hieu – 223,500
Amit Kaushik – 220,000
21:40: Tan Wah Meng rails Yo Hwan Lim
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Tan Wah Meng raises 8000, big blind Yo Hwan Lim three-bets all in for 78,000, Tan tanks using up three time banks then calls. Lim has 
, Tan , board runs .
Tan Wah Meng – 580,000
Yo Hwan Lim – Eliminated
21:30: Nguyen Tuan Anh’s cowboys cracked by Zheng Tian Hao
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Utg Zheng Tian Hao opens, hijack Nguyen Tuan Anh three-bets 25,000, Zheng calls. At the flop 
, Zheng check-calls 30,000. On the turn , Zheng shoves, Nguyen calls and turns over overpair, Zheng is ahead with . The river 
is not a spade or a king, Zheng doubles up.
Zheng Tian Hao – 310,000
21:20: Doquata cracks Noel Llamedo’s aces
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack Noel Llamedo opens 8000, small blind calls, flop runs 
. Doquata leads out, Llamedo jams, Doquata calls and shows 
set. Llamedo has . With the turn 
and river , Llamedo is eliminated.
Doquata – 525,000
Noel Llamedo – Eliminated
21:10: Amit Kaushik rises over 400K
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Hijack opens, cutoff Amit Kaushik three-bets 28,000, hijack calls, flop comes 
. Kaushik c-bets 12,000, hijack check-folds.
Amit Kaushik – 408,000
21:00: Blinds up, 75 remaining
Level 13: 2000-4000 ante 4000
Blinds are up, 75 players left out of the 411 entry field. The heat wraps up at the end of Level 14. These are the current big stacks:
Tan Wah Meng – 545,000
Hoang Viet – 496,000
Manh Hoang – 420,000
Chen Peng – 400,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 400,000
21:50: Nguyen The Anh dusts Justin Geronimo
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Heavy preflop betting leads to Justin Geronimo all in holding 
and falls to Nguyen The Anh’s .
Nguyen The Anh – 330,000
Justin Geronimo – Eliminated
20:40: Somashekar rails one on a flip
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Utg+2 opens, hijack three-bets 18,000, big blind Somashekar KM calls, utg+2 four-bets all in, hijack folds, Somashekar calls. At the showdown, it’s a flip with utg+2 and Somashekar . The board runs for a boat to Somashekar.
Somashekar KM – 415,000
20:30: Liang Peng doubles up through Don Carmona
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Cutoff Don Carmona opens, small blind Liang Peng three-bets 19,000, Carmona calls. At the flop , checks, Carmona bets, Liang shoves, and Carmona calls. Liang ahead 
straight, Carmona has plenty of outs . However with the turn and river , Carmona misses to pay the double up.
Liang Peng – 128,000
Don Carmona – 97,000
20:20: Nam Hyung Kim burns Vu Van Linh
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
From utg+1, Nam Hyung Kim opens and finds three callers to the flop 
. Kim c-bets 10,000, cutoff folds, button Vu Van Linh and big blind call. On the turn , Kim bets 25,000, Vu raises 55,000, Kim tanks then shoves, Vu snap calls.
Vu Van Linh straight
Nam Hyung Kim 
two pair
The river comes for a full house to Kim and a double up.
Nam Hyung Kim – 316,000
Vu Van Linh – 120,000
20:10: Nguyen Thanh Tung doubles up through Dhanesh Chainani
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
From lojack Dhanesh Chainani opens 6000, hijack Justin Geronimo calls button calls, big blind Nguyen Thanh Tung three-bets 26,500, Chainani four-bets all in, fold-fold, Nguyen calls with less chips.
Dhanesh Chainani
Nguyen Thanh Tung
The board comes for a double up to Nguyen.
Nguyen Thanh Tung – 281,000
Dhanesh Chainani – 20,000
20:00: Blinds up, 108 players remaining
Level 12: 1500-3000 ante 3000
Blinds are up, 108 players remaining. The event plays to the end of Level 14.
Big stacks update:
Tan Wah Meng – 568,000
Manh Hoang – 385,000
Amit Kaushik – 375,000
Churk Shue – 375,000
Somashekar KM – 370,000
Doqata – 367,000
Hoang Viet – 340,000
Chen Peng – 297,000
Hong Sol Vin – 290,000
Terry Gonzaga – 278,000
Vu Van Linh – 263,000
19:30: Big stacks update, 117 remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Tan Wah Meng – 563,000
Doqata – 350,000
Hieu Nguyen – 330,000
Yeh Hung Wei -310,000
Pham Quang Van – 280,000
Albert Nguyen – 270,000
Terry Gonzaga – 260,000
19:25: Somashekar KM scores a huge double up against Chen Mingcong
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Utg Pham Quang Van opens 5500, cutoff Somashekar KM and big blind Chen Ming Cong call, flop comes . Pham c-bets 11,000, Somashekar calls, Chen check-raises 41,500, Pham and Somashekar call. On the turn , Chen shoves (146,500), Pham tank-folds, Somashekar tanks using up three time-banks then calls.
Somashekar KM draw
Chen Mingcong two pair
The river is the money card for Somashekar to double up.
Somashekar KM – 285,000
Chen Mingcong – 65,000
Pham Quang Van – 280,000
18:45: Blinds up, 157 players remaining
Level 11: 1500-2500 ante 2500
Blinds are up, 157 players remaining out of 411 entries. Game plays to the end of Level 14. Currently in the lead is Terry Gonzaga with 370,000.
18:30: Yo Hwan Lim rails Ivan Konechnyi
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Ivan Konechnyi all in for 31,000 and , Yo Hwan Lim calls , board is 
.
Yo Hwan Lim – 113,000
18:10: Terry Gonzaga puts pressure on Sumit Sapra
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Utg Sumit Sapra opens, big blind Terry Gonzaga defends, flop comes . Sapra c-bets 3500, Gonzaga check-raises 8500, Sapra folds.
Terry Gonzaga – 370,000
18:00: Short stacks battle, Bich Nguyen ships it
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Yasuhiro Waki raises 4000, Bich Nguyen three-bets jams 30,000, beside him a player joins in for 31,000, action folds around, Waki folds. Nguyen is up against . Both players miss the board for a double up to Nguyen.
Bich Nguyen – 69,000
17:50: Yeh Hung Wei rails one
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
All in preflop, Yeh Hung Wei’s delivers a knockout to a short stack with on a board .
Yeh Hung Wei – 230,000
17:45: Day 1C closes at 411 entries! 217 players remaining
Level 10: 1000-2000 ante 2000
Last break of the day is over, that means registration to the Main Event is closed. Day 1C drew the largest field of 410 entries to bring the total entries to 850. We will have the prize pool up once it has been made available. Currently 217 players left in the field. They play until the end of Level 14. Blinds go up every 60 minutes.
Chip leaders:
Churk Shue – 320,000
Nguyen Van Sang – 298,000
Doqata – 297,000
Tim Schimmel – 290,000
Nam Hyung Kim – 250,000
Terry Gonzaga – 250,000
17:20: Pham Tien Dung survives against Richard Marquez
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Richard Marquez opens 3300, button Tran Thi Xuan Ha calls, small blind Pham Tien Dung shoves 7,300, Marquez four-bets 15,800, Tran folds. Marquez has , Pham , the board is kind to Pham as it runs 
for a straight.
Pham Tien Dung – 21,100
17:10: Heng Kien Tat jams for the pot
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Utg+1 raises 3200, Heng Kien Tat and big blind call. At the flop , utg+1 c-bets 3200, Heng shoves, no callers.
17:00: Truong Vu Tran Khanh cracks cowboys
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Truong Vu Tran Khanh calls a short stack’s all in. Khanh has , at risk player with , board runs .
Truong Vu Tran Khanh – 80,000
16:55: Pham Duy Anh bets every street and lands runner runner to bust one
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Getting the action from Pham Duy Anh, utg opens, from utg+2 Pham three-bet, hijack calls, initial raiser folds. At the flop , Pham bets 15,000 and hijack calls. On the turn Pham bets 25,000 and is called again. On the river with 86,000 in the pot, Pham shoves, hijack calls for everything, Pham opens trips, hijack busts with two pair.
Pham Duy Anh – 235,000
16:50: Blinds up, 371 entries – last level to enter the Main Event
Level 9: 800-1600 ante 1600
Blinds are up, 371 entries (255 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
16:50: Yannick Leonard rails Tran Duc Kien
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Action folds to button Yannick Leonard who raises 2500, small blind Tran Duc Kien shoves (17,200), Leonard calls and shows , Tran with . The board runs , Leonard spikes the ace to eliminated Tran.
Yannick Leonard – 65,000
16:45: Song Li goes up then busts to Nguyen Huu Tuan
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Under the gun Song Li raises 2500 and finds five callers to the flop . Song c-bets 12,000, no callers to claim the pot.
Next hand, cutoff Nguyen Huu Tuan raises 3500, button calls, big blind Song three-bets 11,500, Nguyen and button call. At the flop , Song c-bets 15,000, Nguyen calls, button folds. On the turn, Song jams, Nguyen calls. Song shows , Nguyen with . The river further improves Nguyen to a flush to ship it and boot Song.
Nguyen Huu Tuan – 130,000
Song Li – Eliminated
16:40: Chhikara Himanshu delivers a double KO
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Utg+1 raises 2500, hijack Chhikara Himanshu calls. small blind Dinh Xuan Dinh shoves 25,100, initial raiser tank-calls for 20,100, Himanshu calls with the biggest stack.
Dinh Xuan Dinh
Utg+1
Chhikara Himanshu
Board runs out , Himanshu sweeps and delivers a double bust.
Chhikara Himanshu – 94,000
Dinh Xuan Dinh – Eliminated
16:35: Nguyen Thi Bao An busts on a flip against Teddy Pham
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Nguyen Thi Bao An is all in for 13,200 with but doesn’t improve against Teddy Pham’s on a board to bust out.
Teddy Pham – 57,000
Nguyen Thi Bao An – Eliminated
16:30: Dong Kyu Kim says Tens always no good, Hoang Viet doubles
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Hoang Viet three-bet shoves 21,100, initial raiser Dong Kyu Kim calls. Hoang , Kim . The board runs for a double up to Hoang to 44,200.
16:25: Tan Wah Meng takes it on four-bet
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Utg raises 1200, Nguyen utg+2 Nguyen Van Sang three-bets 2400, finds one caller, hijack Tan Wah Meng four-bets 12,500, no callers.
16:20: Big blind special for Yinan Zhou to rail one
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Button raises 2900, blinds call, flop comes . buton c-bets 7,200, small blind folds, big blind Yinan Zhou check-raises 14,600, button jams, Zhou snap-calls. Zhou has straight, button qh} top pair. With the turn and river , Zhou ships it and boots one.
Yinan Zhou – 96,000
16:10: Blinds up, 350 entries
Level 8: 600-1200 ante 1200
Blinds are up, 350 entries (253 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
15:40: Pham Quang Van picks up a heavily fueled pot
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Utg+2 opens 2200, three players call, big blind three-bets 7200, utg+2 and lojack Pham Quang Van call, cutoff Nguyen Nang Quang folds, button calls for four-handed to the flop . Two checks, Pham bets 12,000, no callers.
Pham Quang Van – 73,000
15:30: Blinds up, 314 entries
Level 7: 500-1000 ante 1000
Blinds are up, 314 entries (238 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
15:15: Break time chip leaders
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Players are on their second 15-minute break. Quite a few have chips well over 100K, here are the some of the big stacks:
Pham Duy Anh – 147,000
Adones Carmona – 166,000
Heng Kien Tat – 134,000
Yun Kyu Song – 131,800
Vu Van Linh – 130,000
15:10: Hieu Ngo triples up
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg opens, lojack Nguyen Quang Minh three-bets 5000, hijack and cutoff Hieu Ngo call, utg folds. Three players to the flop , action is checked to Hieu who bets 5000, Nguyen raises 10,000, hijack jams, Hieu and Nguyen call.
Hijack
Hieu Ngo
Nguyen Quang Minh
With the turn {10h and river , Hieu’s flush holds for a triple up. Nguyen and hijack split the side pot.
Hieu Ngo – 80,000
Nguyen Quang Minh – 58,000
Hijack – 23,000
14:50: Big slick pays the max and more to Richard Marquez
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg Aayush Arya opens 1800, three players call, small blind three-bets 8500, big blind Richard Marquez shoves for 33,800. Initial raiser Arya calls, utg+1 joins the all in with 23,500, two players fold, small blind folds.
Richard Marquez
Aayush Arya
Utg+1
The board runs , Marquez ships it while booting one in the process.
Richard Marquez – 104,000
Aayush Arya – 79,400
14:45: Nam Hyung Kim sends John Tech to the tank
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg+1 Nam Hyung Kim raise 1600, hijack John Tech three-bets 5100, Kim four-bets 14,000, Tech calls, flop comes . Kim c-bets 8000, Tech calls. On the turn , Kim shoves, Tech is covered and tanks using up two time banks then folds. Tech asks Kim if he had Ace-Five hearts, Kim said no.
Nam Hyung Kim – 113,500
John Tech – 44,5000
14:40: Chen Dong Yue Delivers a Triple KO
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Four way all in at the flop , one player with set, Nguyen Van Trung , Chen Dong Yue overpair, shortest with gut shot. No change on the turn but on the river , Chen scores the higher set and sweeps sending three players to the rail.
Chen Dong Yue – 124,000
14:35: Blinds up, 273 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Blinds are up, 273 entries (228 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
14:20: Ankit Wadhawan plunges with second nuts against Nguyen Duc Hieu
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Cutoff Nguyen Duc Hieu opens, blinds call, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets, small blind Ankit Wadhawan calls, big blind folds. Both players check the turn , then Wadahawan leads out 10,400 on the river , Hieu raises 35,000, Wadhawan tanks using up five time banks then calls. Nguyen has nut flush, Wadhawan shows his second nuts.
Nguyen Duc Hieu – 101,500
Ankit Wadhawan – 900
14:15: Heng Kien Tat ships it and boots one
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Utg+1 raises 1100, three players call to see the flop . Utg+1 c-bets 2700, two players call, big blind Heng Kien Tat check-raises 8200, only lojack calls. On the turn , Heng shoves (~80k), lojack (17.7k) tanks then calls for his tournament life. Heng is ahead top pair, lojack lower pair, Heng ships it on the river .
Heng Kien Tat – 130,000
14:00: Vu Van Linh rails Marc Rivera
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
From hijack, Vu Van Linh raises 2600, button Marc Rivera shoves 9600, Vu tank-calls and shows . Rivera slightly ahead with . Board runs . Vu improves to rail Rivera.
Vu Van Linh – 73,000
Marc Rivera – Eliminated
13:55: Blinds up, 236 entries
Level 6: 400-800 ante 800
Blinds are up, 236 entries (205 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
13:45: Duy Ho busts and re-enters
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Shortly after paying a double up when his lost the flip against , Duy Ho is at risk on a queen high flop with that’s dominated by Heng Kien Tat’s . No improvement on the turn and river to bust. Duy quickly re-enters.
13:30: Frank Lillis and Tran Van Quang go pound for pound
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
All in on a flop , at risk player Frank Lillis holds , Tran Van Quang , turn and river is double up for Lillis.
Immediately after, cutoff Tran opens from cutoff, Lillis three-bets 5000 from the small blind, Tran four-bets 10,500, Lillis five-bet shoves, Tran calls and opens , Lillis with . No bad beat on the board, Tran doubles up.
Tran Van Quang – 47,200
Frank Lillis – 56,300
13:20: Albert Nguyen cleans out short stacked Thomas Liffick
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Big blind Thomas Liffick is down to 9000 (18 bb) and sends it all in with , initial raiser Albert Nguyen on utg calls with . Liffick bricks on a board .
Albert Nguyen – 47,000
Thomas Liffick – Eliminated
13:15: Blinds up, 187 entries
Level 4: 300-500 ante 500
Blinds are up, 187 entries (169 unique). For those just about to enter, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
13:00: First break of the day, 169 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Two hours has quickly passed. Players are now on their first 15-minute break of the day. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
12:55: Leem Dong Hyun triples up his short stack with quads
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Button Deepak Bothra opens, small blind calls, big blind three-bets all in for his last 2700, call-call. At the flop , Bothra bets 2500 for a side pot but sb folds. Leem has , Bothra . The turn seals the win and the river quads is overkill.
Leem Dong Hyun – 8,500
Deepak Bothra – 74,000
12:50: Pot for Chu Tien Thanh
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Utg+1 Chu Tien Thanh raises 1000, small blind three-bets 4200, Chu calls, flop comes , sb c-bets 1500, Chu calls. On the turn , sb checks, Chu bets 6000 and wins the pot.
Chu Tien Thanh – 53,000
12:40: Bich Nguyen shoves for the pot
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Utg+2 Bich Nguyen raises 800, cutoff three-bets 2700, button calls, Nguyen calls to make it a three-way to the flop . Action is checked to button who bets 6500, Nguyen calls, one player folds. The turn , Nguyen jumps out with a shove that well covers button’s stack. Button folds.
Bich Nguyen – 66,000
12:25: Tony T takes on the heavy hitters Truong Vu Tran Khanh, Dong Kyu Kim
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
From lo-jack Truong Vu Tran Khanh opens, button Tony T three-bets 3000, small blind Dong Kyu Kim four-bets 9000, Truong and Tony call. At the flop , it is checked to Tony who bets 10,000, no callers.
Tony T – 83,000
12:20: Blinds up, 132 entries
Level 3: 200-400 ante 400
Blinds are up, 132 entries (124 unique). For those just getting to the venue, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
12:15: Nguyen Phuc Tan triple barrels with Jacks
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Utg opens 700, utg+1 calls, big blind Nguyen Phuc Tan three-bets 3500, utg folds, utg+1 calls. At the flop , Nguyen c-bets 4500 and is called. Same action on the turn with 5500 called. On the river , both players check. Nguyen shows , utg+1 mucks.
Nguyen Phuc Tan – 61,500
12:00: Truong Vu Tran Khanh splits with Dong Kyu Kim
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Hijack Truong Vu Tran Khanh raises 1100, button Dong Kyu Kim three-bets 4,000, Truong shoves, Kim snap-calls. Truong has , Kim , board runs for a split pot.
Several hands after, small blind Truong three-bets 2700, called by initial raiser Dong Kyu Kim and button Nguyen Thi Bao An. They all check the flop 
. On the turn , Truong bets 6500, no callers.
Truong Van Khanh – 48,000
11:50: Yun Kyu Song takes it on a four-bet
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Utg+1 Yun Kyu Song raises 900, hijack Nguyen Van Trung three-bets 3100, small blind calls, back to Song who four-bets 12,500, no callers.
Yun Kyu Song – 59,000
11:45: Seen in action
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Over 100 entries with notables scattered around the room. Among them are local stars Vu Thai Bao, Nguyen Van Trung, Pham Tien Dung, Khoi Nguyen, Bien Mai, and Nguyen Thi Bao An.
Among the international players are newly minted Victor Chong, Deepak Bothra, Nishant Sharma, Jean Mathieu Malouch, Jinlong Hu, Marc Rivera, and Hyunsup Kim.
11:40: Blinds up, 99 entries
Level 2: 200-300 ante 300
Blinds are up, 99 entries (97 unique). For those just getting to the venue, starting stack is 40,000. Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
Welcome to Day 1C of the WPT Vietnam Main Event! This is the last chance to enter. Cards are now flying at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. The past two days drew 439 entries at ₫30,000,000 (~$1,230) buy in each which means the ₫12 Billion guarantee has already been breached with 40 entries at the starting gun of today’s heat.
For those just getting to the venue, starting stack is 40,000 (200x the opening blinds). Registration is open until the start of Level 10. Blinds increase every 40 minutes then to 60 minutes once registration has closed at approximately 5:30pm.
Date: October 14, 2023
Buy in is ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230)
Guarantee: ₫12,000,000,000 (~US$ 492,100)
*Champion will also win a package to the $40 Million guaranteed WPT World Championship in December at Wynn Las Vegas
Day 1A: 130 entries (95 unique) / 21 advanced
Day 1B: 309 entries (207 unique) / 47 advanced
The player to catch is Phi Tien Sang who bagged up 629,000 which is equivalent to 104 bb of the next stage starting blinds. 68 players have made the cut to Day 2.
*You can view the WPT Vietnam – Day 2 Chip Counts in the Main Event Day 2 – Live Updates tab.
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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