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WPT Prime Vietnam: series opener draws massive 596 entry field; 74 to return led by Vietnam’s Mr Muoi


No shortage of action at the inaugural
WPT Prime in Hanoi, Vietnam as players poured in the Crown Poker Club for Day 1C of the WPT Opener. It being the last chance to enter, a thunderous 288 ponied up to bring the combined turnout to a massive 596 entries. This was great news for the 74 advancing players as it obliterated the guarantee for a richer prize pool of VN₫ 4,624,960,000 (~US$ 199,610).

Here’s how the days broke down:

Day 1A: 15 advanced out of 123 entries
Day 1B: 23 advanced out of 185 entries
Day 1C: 36 advanced out of 288 entries

Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 380)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 107,933)
Entries: 596
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,624,960,000 (~US$ 199,610)
ITM: 74 players

*Breakdown of payouts can be found at the bottom of the page

Bubble hand

Day 1C ran a lengthy 10 hours before the 36 ITM players were determined. Among the many casualties were local pros Cao Ngoc Anh, Macaron Tran, Huynh Ngoc Cuong, and Harry Duong. Other fallouts were Filipino Christopher Mateo, Malaysia‘s Jin Yong, Japan’s Satoshi Kuriga, and Singapore‘s Li Wenxuan who missed the mark on all three days.

When the Day 2 qualifiers return, they will all be guaranteed a minimum payout of VN₫ 13,500,000 but what they will be hunting down is the substantial VN₫ 875,000,000 (~US$ 37,764) first prize. Cards start flying at 11am on Sunday, May 22. In prime position are locals Mr Muoi and Phuong Xu, both players dominated Day 1C and bagged up nearly equal stacks.

Mr Muoi

Mr Muoi’s story was quite amazing. He climbed from just one ante to overall leader with 633,000 in chips. His biggest boost was trips Kings  AhKc over pocket Queens then just before the bubble round, he delivered a double knockout with QhQs set over Ks10h and JcJs on a board QcAd8s10d7d.

Phuong Xu

Before Mr Muoi made his ascent, Phuong Xu was already backed by a heavy arsenal and added more to it when he railed a player with As8h over Ad5s. He bagged up 632,000, just one yellow chip difference. Other players making the cut in this heat were USA’s Duy Ho, Vietnam’s Le Ngoc Khanh, and Hong Kong’s Ho Chi Chung

When the game resumes, it will no doubt be very thrilling with known pros also on the felt namely Terry Nguyen, Dang Van Hien, Gaurav Sood, WSOP bracelet champion Kartik Ved, and Teddy Pham.

Day 2 qualifiers = 74 players

Player Country Chips BB
Mr Muoi Vietnam 633,000 79
Phuong Xu Vietnam 632,000 79
Terry Nguyen Vietnam 556,000 69
Nguyen Ho Tung Vietnam 427,000 53
Ngueyn Hoang (Nevar) Vietnam 411,000 51
Nguyen Tien Thanh Vietnam 389,000 48
Pham Duy Tien (Minnn) Vietnam 373,000 46
Duy Ho USA 355,000 44
Than Nguyen (Baobei) Vietnam 339,000 42
Pham Ngoc Tu (Tu Tinh Tao) Vietnam 337,000 42
Phillip Nguyen Australia 336,000 42
Bui Duc Thien Vietnam 315,000 39
Le Dinh Hai Vietnam 306,000 38
Tran An Khang Vietnam 290,000 36
Nguyen Duy Vu (Emit) Vietnam 288,000 36
Phan Trung Hieu Vietnam 281,000 35
Nhat Nguyen Vietnam 279,000 34
Mai Tri Mihn Vietnam 278,000 34
Krishna Wadeesirisak Thailand 271,000 33
Hoang Trung Thanh (Kaka Hoang) Vietnam 267,000 33
Tuyen Le Vietnam 260,000 32
Gaurav Sood India 255,000 31
Nguyen Tuong Nghia Vietnam 252,000 31
Dang Van Hien Vietnam 246,000 30
Ken Vo Vietnam 244,000 30
Thanh Nguyen Vietnam 239,000 29
Pham Duc Hanh (Minh Than) Vietnam 222,000 27
Julien Melet France 216,000 27
Dao Ngoc Thang Vietnam 204,000 25
Vishal Bajaj India 203,000 25
Nguyen Duy Anh Vietnam 201,000 25
Nguyen Quang Minh Vietnam 199,000 24
Hai Le Vietnam 198,000 24
Lam Hong (Pink Pink) Vietnam 188,000 23
Ho Chi Chung Hong Kong 177,000 22
Tuan Tung Vietnam 176,000 22
Tran Cong Huan Vietnam 173,000 21
Tran Tien Trung Vietnam 170,000 21
Khanh Le Vietnam 170,000 21
Kartik Ved India 167,000 21
Do Quy Thang Vietnam 165,000 20
Nam Le Vietnam 159,000 19
Lok Ching Li Australia 149,000 18
Mirea 143,000 17
Kevin Nguyen Vietnam 141,000 17
Bu Duc Tu (Tobias) Vietnam 136,000 17
Pham Thanh Dan Vietnam 133,000 16
Nguyen Thanh Tung Vietnam 131,000 16
Hoang Dinh Trung Vietnam 123,000 15
Runch Pornraksamanee Thailand 121,000 15
Dinh Van Tien (Davati) Vietnam 117,000 14
Nguyen Thanh Trung (Trung OK ELA) Vietnam 115,000 14
Quan Nguyen Vietnam 114,000 14
Prommin Talordpong Thailand 107,000 13
Minh Tuan (Hu Truc) Vietnam 107,000 13
Tan Lee 106,000 13
Panitan Poopadsri Thailand 104,000 13
Xua Tan Bong Toi Vietnam 103,000 12
Tien Pham (Teddy Pham) Vietnam 101,000 12
Ng Tien Anh (Lx nguyen) Vietnam 97,000 12
Pham Hong Phuc Vietnam 96,000 12
Paul Elliott Australia 94,000 11
Lasse Lien Malta 93,000 11
Mr Hamatu (Ta Manh Tuong Vietnam 86,000 10
Ngo Minh Dung (Jun) Vietnam 79,000 9
Hasagi Vietnam 79,000 9
Nguyen Tuan Hung (hung Bob) Vietnam 69,000 8
Le Minh Khanh Vietnam 69,000 8
Tran Duc Kien Vietnam 65,000 8
Maaku Tanaka Japan 65,000 8
Victor Lam Vietnam 63,000 7
Vu Quoc Khanh Vietnam 55,000 6
Hanna Azimai Australia 40,000 5
Justin Skouholt USA 8,000 1
Chips in play: 14,900,000
Average stack: 201,351
Opening blinds: 4K-8K bb ante 8K

Prize pool and payout breakdown (in VN₫)

1st 875,000,000
2nd 615,000,000
3rd 395,000,000
4th 282,000,000
5th 217,000,000
6th 178,000,000
7th 147,000,000
8th 117,000,000
9th 87,760,000
10th 72,500,000
11th 72,500,000
12th 72,500,000
13th 58,000,000
14th 58,000,000
15th 58,000,000
16th 48,500,000
17th 48,500,000
18th 48,500,000
19th 41,000,000
20th 41,000,000
21st 41,000,000
22nd 34,000,000
23rd 34,000,000
24th 34,000,000
25th 29,000,000
26th 29,000,000
27th 29,000,000
28th 24,000,000
29th 24,000,000
30th 24,000,000
31st 24,000,000
32nd 24,000,000
33rd 24,000,000
34th 24,000,000
35th 24,000,000
36th 24,000,000
37th 21,000,000
38th 21,000,000
39th 21,000,000
40th 21,000,000
41st 21,000,000
42nd 21,000,000
43rd 21,000,000
44th 21,000,000
45th 21,000,000
46th 18,400,000
47th 18,400,000
48th 18,400,000
49th 18,400,000
50th 18,400,000
51st 18,400,000
52nd 18,400,000
53rd 18,400,000
54th 18,400,000
55th 15,900,000
56th 15,900,000
57th 15,900,000
58th 15,900,000
59th 15,900,000
60th 15,900,000
61st 15,900,000
62nd 15,900,000
63rd 15,900,000
64th 13,500,000
65th 13,500,000
66th 13,500,000
67th 13,500,000
68th 13,500,000
69th 13,500,000
70th 13,500,000
71st 13,500,000
72nd 13,500,000
73rd 13,500,000
74th 13,500,000

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


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