WPT Prime Vietnam awarded a few more side event trophies with Bien Mai, Duy Thuc Nguyen, and Pham Quang Huy earning their first ever WPT wins. Have a read on those victories down below.
The inaugural series has been running since May 19 at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi to conclude on May 30. With sizable turnouts seen daily, it is shaping up to be the tour’s richest event in the country. To date, nine trophies have been claimed and over VN₫ 14.5 Billion (~US$ 636,440) already paid out. More events have yet to be conquered including the festival headliner Main Event which features an VN₫ 8 Billion (~US$ 346,477) guaranteed prize pool. Make sure to check the schedule for all the info.
Full WPT Prime Vietnam schedule
Main Event details and structure
Event 7: SuperStack – BIEN MAI – VN₫ 205,500,000 (~US$ 8,867)
The SuperStack is always a very popular WPT side event with early birds starting off 400 BB deep. Even for players that sign up at the last second, it is still a decent 33 BB. At the series, the tournament did not disappoint. It filled a large portion of the floor, seeing 120 uniques and 37 re-entries for 157 total entries. After a lengthy 11 hours of play, the title came down between Bien Mai and Deepstack Cheap Freeze champion Ngo Minh Tien. Instead of playing for it, they let luck decide with one fast flip. Ngo had 
, Mai opened a premium 
, the board favored Mai as it ran 
for a victorious straight. Mai captured his first ever WPT trophy and an ICM payout of VN₫ 205,500,000 (~US$ 8,867).
Brief recap of the event, Ba Tran delivered the bubble with pocket Tens standing firm against King-Eight offsuit. He went on to reach the final table and was first to exit in 9th place. Leading up to heads up, Mai cleaned out several players that included Vu Thai Bao in 5th place. This was Vu’s third final table, bringing him up to 485 points in the Player of the Festival race. The next two to go were Manh Truong Nguyen (4th) and Hanna Azimai (3rd), both players axed by Ngo. Heads up was one no-look showdown. Ngo missed out on a second series title however he did earn a chunk of POF points to stay in the upper ranks.
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 285)
Entries: 157 (120 unique, 37 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 913,740,000 (~US$ 39,428)
ITM: 20 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
1st
Bien Mai
Vietnam
205500000*
2nd
Ngo Minh Tien
Vietnam
199500000*
3rd
Hanna Azimai
Australia
94,000,000
4th
Manh Truong Nguyen
Vietnam
57,000,000
5th
Vu Thai Bao
Vietnam
44,000,000
6th
Son Lam Phu
Vietnam
36,740,000
7th
Jin Hwang Yong
Malaysia
32,000,000
8th
The Viet Nguyen
Vietnam
28,000,000
9th
Ba Tran
Vietnam
24,500,000
10th
Quang Hai Vu
Vietnam
21,500,000
11th
Can Cuoc Cong Dan
Vietnam
21,500,000
12th
The Manh Phung
Vietnam
21,500,000
13th
Gia Trung Nguyen
Vietnam
18,500,000
14th
Duy Anh Le
Vietnam
18,500,000
15th
Ngoc Anh Cao
Vietnam
18,500,000
16th
Ta Khanh Linh
Vietnam
15,500,000
17th
Cheng-I Hsieh
China
15,550,000
18th
Trong Linh Phan
Vietnam
15,500,000
19th
Quang Hung Bang
Vietnam
13,000,000
20th
Mark Christopher Vingua
Vietnam
13,000,000
*Heads up ICM deal
Event 8: Single Day High Roller – DUY THUC NGUYEN – VN₫ 1,040,500,000 (~US$ 44,900)
Duy Thuc Nguyen
Noteworthy attendance at the Single Day High Roller event finding 77 runners to pony up the VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,373) buy in. This was the first of three high roller events scheduled. Among the many decorated players in attendance were 2019 WPTDeepStacks Vietnam Main Event champion Vincent Chauve who cashed out in 9th place and Bounty Event winner Christopher Mateo in 7th place. The main highlight of this event was undoubtedly the rise of the short stacks, most notably, Duy Thuc Nguyen, who went from 30 BB down to 6 BB, back up to 20 BB, down to 6 BB again, then to champion.
Vincent Chauve
Recapping Nguyen‘s ride, at eight-handed, he lost two shoves to plunge to just 6 BB. The first dip was to Peerathat Sukpaisarn and the second was to short stacked Chi Chung Ho with 
banging into 
. Before Nguyen risked his tournament life, Ho continued to climb, winning two more shoves, one of which sent Sukpaisarn out in 8th place with 
trips Sixes cracking 
. Nguyen had it all in next with 
and found a Jack on the turn to survive Mateo’s . After Vu Duc Trung finished off Mateo (7th), Ho swung, losing a chunk to Nguyen’s 
set. Ho recovered by railing Van Tai Tran (6th) but missed the board holding 
against Nguyen’s 
to fall in 5th place. Vu eliminated Thibaut Blondel to bring in a big lead entering three-handed.
Despite Vu’s stack, it was Nguyen putting pressure. Dennis Ng took a stand and scored a double up with 
over 
flush over flush on a board 
. Down to just 5 BB, it seemed like the end for Nguyen but three all in wins against Vu nursed him back to health while Vu was out in 3rd place with outdrawn by Nguyen’s 
, king on the flop. Heads up was a grind with Nguyen and Ng keeping fairly even. After one level, they opted for an ICM deal then played for the trophy. It lasted one hand with Ng 
, Nguyen , the board 
. This was Nguyen’s first known live win and personal high score of VN₫ 1,040,500,000 (~US$ 44,900)
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,373)
Entries: 77 (49 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,734,500,000 (~US$ 161,145)
ITM: 10 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
1st
Duy Thuc Nguyen
Vietnam
1040500000*
2nd
Dennis Ng
Hong Kong
957,500,000*
3rd
Vu Duc Trung
Vietnam
455,000,000
4th
Thibaut Blondel
France
308,000,000
5th
Chi Chung Ho
Hong Kong
234,500,000
6th
Van Tai Tran
Vietnam
190,000,000
7th
Christopher Mateo
Philippines
165,000,000
8th
Peerathat Sukpaisarn
Thailand
145,000,000
9th
Vincent Chauve
France
127,000,000
10th
Duy Thanh Dang
Vietnam
112,000,000
*Heads up ICM deal
Event 10: Hyper Turbo – PHAM QUANG HUY – VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,373)
The Hyper Turbo blew past in just under four hours and nearly taking it down was Vietnam’s Vu Thai Bao who continued to impress, reaching his fourth final table. He picked up 225 POF points to catapult to the top with 710 points. We will have the official update for you once it released. Denying Vu the win was fellow countryman Pham Quang Huy Pham who crippled Vu at heads up with 
straight over two pairs on a board 
. This led to the final hand with Pham’s shove further improving to 
straight to dust 
.
Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 142)
Entries: 51 (38 unique, 13 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 148,410,000 (~US$ 6,404)
ITM: 7 places
Payouts in Vietnamese Dong
1st
Pham Quang Huy
Vietnam
55,000,000
2nd
Vu Thai Bao
Vietnam
32,500,000
3rd
Kimoto Masayoshi
Japan
20,000,000
4th
Maaku Tanaka
Japan
14,100,000
5th
Trong Viet Hoang Nguyen
Vietnam
11,200,000
6th
Ruel Jose
Philippines
8,900,000
7th
Ta Khanh Linh
Vietnam
6,710,000
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker as we bring you daily recaps and highlights of the inaugural WPT Prime Vietnam from start to finish.
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