Crown Poker Club-WPTWC Series: Trent Fechter bags the lead at Opener Day 1A; Anh Duy Nguyen and Truong Xuan Dinh win first trophies

 

The Crown Poker Club completed its first day of “Find Your Way to WPT World Championship Series” festivities in Ha Noi, Vietnam. Anh Duy Nguyen and Trong Xuan Dinh walked away as the event’s first champions while at the multi-day WPTC Series Opener, Day 1A concluded with six players remaining led by USA’s Trent Fechter. We’ve got those stories for you down below.

WPTC Series Opener: Day 1A

Light turnout at the WPTC Series Opener with only 51 taking to the felt. Although that’s a far cry from the 313 entries needed to breach the ₫2,500,000,000 (~$183,850) guaranteed prize pool, there are still two starters yet to play out. For those jumping in those heats, the player to catch is USA’s Trent Fechter who bagged the biggest stack at Day 1A.

Day 1A survivors

Trent Fechter	USA	263,000
Duc Van Nguyen	Vietnam	249,000
Bach Ngoc Le	Vietnam	160,000
Cong Van Pham	Vietnam	157,000
Linh Duc Dinh	Vietnam	135,000
Long Hoang Nguyen	Vietnam	56,000

Day 1A survivors return to the felt on Sunday, October 30 at 10:30am for the next stage of the race. They await the results of Day 1B and Day 1C which light up the tables on Saturday, October 29. The earlier Day 1B starts at 11:00am followed by Day 1C in the afternoon at 3:30pm. Buy in is ₫8,800,000 (~$365).

Entering players start with a stack of 25,000 with opening blinds at 100-100 for the first two levels, 100-200 for Level 3, then the BB Ante stage begins. Blinds increase every 30 minutes. Registration closes at the start of Level 11. For signups at the last second, you still receive a healthy 20 BB stack. Day 1 bags up once the field is down to 12.5%.

ANH DUY NGUYEN ships the Mini High Roller

The Mini High Roller wrapped up past the light of dawn with the 43-entry field crunched down to the champion. Claiming the trophy and the ₫270,700,000 (~$10,900) first prize was Vietnam’s Anh Duy Nguyen after outkicking CPC’s Kien Duc Tran at heads up. Nguyen is a well known local slugger, notorious for running deep at local high roller events. He adds this title to his other club wins.

Buy in: ₫22,000,000 (~$885)
Guarantee: ₫400,000,000 (~$ 16,100)
Entries: 43
Prize pool: ₫825,600,000 (~$33,240)
ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st	Anh Duy Nguyen	Vietnam	₫270,700,000
2nd	Kien Duc Tran	Vietnam	₫202,700,000
3rd	Long Gia Dinh	Vietnam	₫149,500,000
4th	Chien Van Nguyen	Vietnam	₫100,700,000
5th	Steffen Endres	Germany	₫72,000,000

TRUONG XUAN DINH wins the Deepstack NLH

Vietnam’s Truong Xuan Dinh became the first player to lift one of the custom designed Crown Poker Club trophies after besting the 25-entry field of the Deepstack NLH. Pretty good day for the champ who earned the lion’s share of the ₫72,000,000 (~$2,900) prize pool. Dinh turned his lowly ₫3,400,000 (~$137) buy in into a ₫36,000,000 (~~$1,450) payday. On the flip side, falling the hardest on the bubble was Vietnam’s Vinh Huu Nguyen whose was outdrawn by with a Ten finding the river.

Payouts

1st	Truong Xuan Dinh	Vietnam	₫36,000,000
2nd	Binh Thanh Tran	Vietnam	₫21,600,000
3rd	Hai Thanh Le	Vietnam	₫14,400,000

More games and trophies to be won at the ongoing series. The event runs through November 6. The ₫5 Billion guaranteed Main Event takes place on November 3 to 6 with buy in of ₫16.5 Million. Once again, we’d like to remind everyone of the good news, there will be “No Tax on your winnings”. You heard right, no tax. So time to get on the felt and pad up that wallet! Make sure to check the schedule for all the info.

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