Crown Poker Club Hanoi saw a large influx of players flood the felt on Day 5 of World Poker Tour (WPT) Vietnam Passport to the World Championship. Bringing them in were the last two entry flights of the Survivor Bounty 8-Max where ₫3BN was guaranteed and one WPT Prime Championship Package worth US$ 2,850 on the table.
Among the newcomers were recently crowned Top Joy Poker Korea (TJPK) Main Event champion Hyeon Ho Shin and India’s Deepak Bothra. During the bubble round, both sat on healthy stacks when they banged heads.
It started as a three-way to the flop that by the turn board 
, it was down to Bothra and Shin. After a betting round, both were all in on the river 
. Bothra shipped it with 
set, Shin was eliminated with 
two pair. As a result, Bothra bagged up a monstrous 154 bb and will enter Day 2 as overall chip leader.
In addition to Shin’s bust, Nhat Ngo eliminated a player at a separate table for a double elimination on the bubble. All in on a flop 
, Nhat’s 
outdrew 
, which further improved on the turn 
and river .
Also displaying top notch performance was China’s Klay Chen who bagged up a healthy 77 bb stack at Day 1A and an even larger stack at Day 1B of 97 bb. His shorter stack will be removed from play and earned ₫30 Million for one bounty.
Over at Day 1C, local player TiếN Sáng also delivered the bubble to finish as flight leader. Sang’s 
outperformed Frank Lillis missed draw on a board 
.
Date: October 9 to 10, 2023
Buy in: ₫16,500,000 (~$675)
Guarantee: ₫3,000,000,000 (~$123,000)
Day 1A: 121 entries (88 unique) / 16 advanced
Day 1B: 252 entries / 32 advanced
Day 1C: 151 entries / 19 advanced
Total entries: 524
Bounties: 107
ITM: 67 players
Prize pool: ₫4,374,700,000 (~US$ 179,400)
Bounty pool: ₫3,180,000,000 (106 due to double qualifier)
Chips in play: 15,331,000 (389,000 removed from play due to double qualifier)
Day 2 players – Seat Draw (alphabetical)
| Aladin Reskallah | France | 130,000 | 25 | 7 |
| Anthony Cierco | France | 45,500 | 23 | 3 |
| Avneesh Munjal | India | 191,000 | 22 | 7 |
| Baby Tuchu | Viet Nam | 401,500 | 22 | 3 |
| Bazerli | France | 52,000 | 29 | 6 |
| BộT | Viet Nam | 404,000 | 27 | 8 |
| Chen Peng | China | 96,000 | 28 | 3 |
| Cho Miyoung | South Korea | 140,000 | 25 | 6 |
| Deepak Bothra | India | 772,000 | 23 | 7 |
| Dexter Santos | Philipines | 410,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Đinh Văn TiếN (Ntt) | Viet Nam | 115,000 | 27 | 5 |
| Do Quang Linh | Viet Nam | 385,000 | 28 | 7 |
| Double D | Viet Nam | 164,000 | 25 | 4 |
| Hà Mâu ThủY | Viet Nam | 311,000 | 29 | 3 |
| Ha Van Thien (Thien Ha) | Viet Nam | 228,000 | 21 | 4 |
| Hasagi | Viet Nam | 177,500 | 25 | 3 |
| Hoang Trung Hieu | Viet Nam | 192,500 | 27 | 7 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | Viet Nam | 165,000 | 29 | 2 |
| Jehanne Jeremy | Cambodia | 109,500 | 26 | 8 |
| John Jay Magadan | Philippines | 307,000 | 24 | 8 |
| John Tech | Philippines | 213,000 | 25 | 1 |
| Klay Chen | China | 489,000 | 23 | 8 |
| Lawford Edwards | Australia | 185,500 | 22 | 8 |
| Lê Như An (Apt) | Viet Nam | 281,000 | 28 | 6 |
| Lê Văn ĐứC (Ksd) | Viet Nam | 229,500 | 27 | 1 |
| Leonard Yannick | France | 531,000 | 21 | 1 |
| Li Chao | China | 395,500 | 23 | 5 |
| Lin Hao | Hong Kong | 144,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Lin Hua Wei | Taiwan | 302,000 | 29 | 7 |
| Liu Yin | China | 262,000 | 24 | 4 |
| Marc Rivera | Philippines | 103,000 | 26 | 3 |
| Maxwell Philippe Rosete | Philippines | 284,500 | 24 | 5 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | Viet Nam | 257,500 | 24 | 7 |
| Nguyen Hoang Duy | Viet Nam | 150,000 | 29 | 1 |
| Nguyen Hoang Long (Animal) | Viet Nam | 241,500 | 24 | 2 |
| NguyễN HồNg Quân | Viet Nam | 179,500 | 25 | 2 |
| Nguyen Nam Long | Viet Nam | 118,500 | 22 | 3 |
| NguyễN Quang Hà | Viet Nam | 76,500 | 29 | 8 |
| Nguyen Tuan Hoang | Viet Nam | 194,500 | 21 | 6 |
| NguyễN TuấN Hùng (Hùng Bob) | Viet Nam | 97,000 | 26 | 1 |
| NguyễN Vũ Lâm (Sigma) | France | 205,000 | 25 | 5 |
| Nishant Sharma | India | 364,000 | 28 | 8 |
| Ou Tai Ming | China | 243,500 | 24 | 3 |
| Pham Duy Anh | Viet Nam | 193,000 | 21 | 7 |
| PhạM Quang Văn (Candy) | Viet Nam | 49,500 | 27 | 2 |
| Pham Tien Dung | Viet Nam | 135,500 | 22 | 6 |
| Phan Hùng CườNg (Shalala) | Viet Nam | 226,000 | 28 | 5 |
| Quang Vũ | Viet Nam | 86,500 | 26 | 5 |
| Seroor Othman Fadhil | Iraq | 387,000 | 21 | 2 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 58,500 | 26 | 4 |
| Tan Xiaohui | China | 18,000 | 29 | 5 |
| Thomas Liffick | USA | 352,500 | 23 | 2 |
| TiếN Sáng | Viet Nam | 692,000 | 28 | 1 |
| Tô BảO Tuân | Viet Nam | 255,000 | 24 | 1 |
| TốNg Xuân HiềN ( Mr Hi) | Viet Nam | 194,500 | 25 | 8 |
| TrầN ĐứC Chính | Viet Nam | 279,500 | 24 | 6 |
| TrầN ĐứC Kiên (Ksy) | Viet Nam | 231,000 | 28 | 2 |
| TrầN Minh Dũng | Viet Nam | 127,000 | 26 | 2 |
| Vu Van Lich | Viet Nam | 215,500 | 21 | 5 |
| Wang Shui | China | 129,000 | 26 | 6 |
| Winter Sea | Viet Nam | 319,500 | 21 | 3 |
| Wittawas Charassang | Thailand | 55,000 | 27 | 6 |
| Yanfeng Wang | China | 158,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Yao Yadi | China | 335,000 | 23 | 4 |
| Yixuan Dong | China | 112,500 | 26 | 7 |
| Zheng Tian Hao | China | 379,000 | 27 | 3 |
Day 2 – 67 players (by stack)
| Deepak Bothra | India | 772,000 |
| TiếN Sáng | Viet Nam | 692,000 |
| Leonard Yannick | France | 531,000 |
| Klay Chen | China | 489,000 |
| Dexter Santos | Philippines | 410,000 |
| BộT | Viet Nam | 404,000 |
| Baby Tuchu | Viet Nam | 401,500 |
| Li Chao | China | 395,500 |
| Klay Chen | China | 389,000 |
| Seroor Othman Fadhil | Iraq | 387,000 |
| Do Quang Linh | Viet Nam | 385,000 |
| Zheng Tian Hao | China | 379,000 |
| Nishant Sharma | India | 364,000 |
| Thomas Liffick | USA | 352,500 |
| Yao Yadi | China | 335,000 |
| Huynh Ngoc Cuong | Vietnam | 319,500 |
| Hà Mâu ThủY | Viet Nam | 311,000 |
| John Jay Magadan | Philippines | 307,000 |
| Lin Hua Wei | Taiwan | 302,000 |
| Maxwell Philippe Rosete | Philippines | 284,500 |
| Lê Như An (Apt) | Viet Nam | 281,000 |
| TrầN ĐứC Chính | Viet Nam | 279,500 |
| Liu Yin | China | 262,000 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | Viet Nam | 257,500 |
| Tô BảO Tuân | Viet Nam | 255,000 |
| Ou Tai Ming | China | 243,500 |
| Nguyen Hoang Long (Animal) | Viet Nam | 241,500 |
| TrầN ĐứC Kiên (Ksy) | Viet Nam | 231,000 |
| Lê Văn ĐứC (Ksd) | Viet Nam | 229,500 |
| Ha Van Thien | Vietnam | 228,000 |
| Phan Hùng CườNg (Shalala) | Viet Nam | 226,000 |
| Vu Van Lich | Vietnam | 215,500 |
| John Tech | Philippines | 213,000 |
| NguyễN Vũ Lâm (Sigma) | France | 205,000 |
| Nguyen Tuan Hoang | Vietnam | 194,500 |
| TốNg Xuân HiềN ( Mr Hi) | Viet Nam | 194,500 |
| Pham Duy Anh | Vietnam | 193,000 |
| Hoang Trung Hieu | Vietnam | 192,500 |
| Avneesh Munjal | India | 191,000 |
| Lawford Edward | Australia | 185,500 |
| NguyễN HồNg Quân | Viet Nam | 179,500 |
| Hasagi | Viet Nam | 177,500 |
| Huu Dung Nguyen | Viet Nam | 165,000 |
| Double D | Viet Nam | 164,000 |
| Yan Feng Wang | China | 158,000 |
| Nguyen Hoang Duy | Viet Nam | 150,000 |
| Lin Hao | Hong Kong | 144,000 |
| Cho Miyoung | South Korea | 140,000 |
| Pham Tien Dung | Vietnam | 135,500 |
| Aladin Reskallah | France | 130,000 |
| Wang Shui | China | 129,000 |
| TrầN Minh Dũng | Viet Nam | 127,000 |
| Nguyen Nam Long | Vietnam | 118,500 |
| Đinh Văn TiếN (Ntt) | Viet Nam | 115,000 |
| Yixuan Dong | China | 112,500 |
| Jehanne Jererg | Cambodia | 109,500 |
| Marc Rivera | Philippines | 103,000 |
| NguyễN TuấN Hùng (Hùng Bob) | Viet Nam | 97,000 |
| Chen Peng | China | 96,000 |
| Quang Vũ | Viet Nam | 86,500 |
| NguyễN Quang Hà | Viet Nam | 76,500 |
| Sumit Sapra | India | 58,500 |
| Wittawas Charassang | Thailand | 55,000 |
| Bazerli | France | 52,000 |
| PhạM Quang Văn (Candy) | Viet Nam | 49,500 |
| Anthony Cierco | France | 45,500 |
| Tan Xiaohui | China | 18,000 |
Payouts
| 1 | ₫824,700,000 + $2,850 WPT Prime Championship Package |
| 2 | ₫550,000,000 |
| 3 | ₫404,000,000 |
| 4 | ₫300,500,000 |
| 5 | ₫226,000,000 |
| 6 | ₫172,000,000 |
| 7 | ₫132,000,000 |
| 8 | ₫103,000,000 |
| 9-10 | ₫81,000,000 |
| 11-12 | ₫64,500,000 |
| 13-14 | ₫52,500,000 |
| 15-16 | ₫43,500,000 |
| 17-20 | ₫36,500,000 |
| 21-24 | ₫31,000,000 |
| 25-32 | ₫26,500,000 |
| 33-40 | ₫23,500,000 |
| 41-48 | ₫21,000,000 |
| 49-56 | ₫19,000,000 |
| 57-61 | ₫17,500,000 |
| 62-67 | ₫17,000,000 |
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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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