Despite the stormy weather, players came in droves to take part in the opening games of Poker Dream Vietnam. Two events lit up the ballroom of Hoiana Hotel & Suites KHOS – the Warm Up VN₫ 1B guarantee and the High Roller Freezeout. Here are the highlights, chip counts, and Day 2 seat draws.
Warm Up smashes guarantee; 41 advance led by Ming San Chung
The ₫8M buy in Warm Up kicked off the festivities attracting 262 to easily cruise past the advertised ₫1B guarantee. Across three flights, a generous 15% of the field advanced to Day 2 for a total of 41 players assuring themselves a piece of the much larger VN₫ 1,829,808 (~US$ 75,800) prize pool.
In Ho Song
At Flight A, 101 signed up with 16 players reaching ITM. Vietnam’s Kyle Bao Diep, Nguyen Tuan Anh, and Thailand’s Prommin Talordpong were among the happy survivors that escaped elimination with a double up during the bubble round. The heat closed with Ta Khanh Linh turning over 
to deny a shorter stack’s 
. Korea’s In Ho Song bagged the chip lead of 439,000.
Ming San Chung
Flight B was up next and it was a crowd favorite with 132 turning up. This was the largest turnout of all the heats. Among the contenders was Singapore’s Feng Zhao who crushed the hopes of the last Filipino in the field, Luis Bernardo, when his 
completed a straight against 
[qc}. This left 20 players with Ming San Chung bagging 507,000 to surpass Song for the overall chip lead. The final heat, Flight C Turbo hit the felt at 10pm and after 9 levels of registration, it still only interested 29 runners. It was a quick four hour race to ITM. The night closed with Tran Duc Son bumping the rail with 
outdrawn by Le Van Binh’s 
that both paired up.
The final 41 players return to action at 1pm on Saturday, October 15. We will have the official payouts posted once it has been released.
Warm Up Chip Counts – 41 players
Last name
First name
Country
Chip count
Table
Seat
Chung
Ming San
Hong Kong
507,000
1
6
Song
In Ho
Korea
439,000
3
3
Zhao
Feng
Singapore
413,000
4
1
Lee
Yong
Korea
337,000
1
8
Ta
Khanh Linh
Vietnam
275,500
4
9
Ngo
Hiang Hieu
Vietnam
275,000
5
1
Du
Minh Quang
Vietnam
268,000
1
5
Le
Van Binh
Vietnam
229,500
2
9
Lee
Haerok
Korea
208,500
3
9
Huynh
Van Hung
Vietnam
205,500
5
4
Do
Quang Thang
Vietnam
189,500
5
8
Nguyen
Manh Hung
Vietnam
187,000
3
4
Lo
Kuen Wai Jeffrey
Hong Kong
174,500
2
1
Ho
Chung Yi
Taiwan
173,000
2
5
Lam
Chi Ngai
Hong Kong
172,000
4
3
Linh
Phan Trong
Vietnam
171,000
5
6
Pham
Quang Dung
Australia
168,500
4
4
Huang
YingChe
Taiwan
154,000
1
1
Kim
Yoojin
Korea
137,500
2
3
Chan
Ying Kit
Hong Kong
123,500
3
6
Luong
Van Quang
Vietnam
122,000
4
6
Yong
Wai Keong
Malaysia
122,000
5
9
Ho
Chi Chung
Hong Kong
121,000
3
8
Nguyen
Thanh Hung
Vietnam
121,000
3
7
Nguyen
Tuan Anh
Vietnam
114,000
3
5
Chee
Kuo Chen
Malaysia
110,000
5
7
Kim
Jang Soo
Korea
108,000
4
7
Diep
Kyle Bao Quoc An
US
105,000
5
5
Lam
Xuan Bach
Vietnam
93,500
4
5
Ng
Kuok Cheong
Macau
88,000
5
3
Luong
Thanh Thinh
Vietnam
84,000
4
8
Leung
Chun Kit
Hong Kong
79,000
2
7
Long
Nguyen Duc
Vietnam
79,000
1
9
Wong
Fuk On
Hong Kong
78,500
5
2
Thai Duong
Ho Vo
Vietnam
77,500
1
3
Yau
Shu Leung
Hong Kong
63,500
2
4
Pfeifer
Wladimir
Germany
62,500
2
8
Suresh
Kolli
India
59,000
2
6
Thi
Hoai Nam
Vietnam
51,500
1
7
Talordpong
Prommin
Thailand
46,000
3
1
Nguyen
Hoang Linh
Vietnam
39,000
1
4
High Roller Freezeout attracts 72 players; reg closes at Day 2 start
Day 1 witnessed the creme de la creme descend for the High Roller Freezeout. With registration open all day, a total of 72 pulled up seats to generate a very healthy prize pool of nearly VN₫ 4.7 Million. That figure will continue to rise with late registration still available until 1pm, Saturday, October 15. Buy in is VN₫ 70,000,000 (~US$ 2,900). Players interested in entering will receive a very playable 20 BB stack. The final table will be livestreamed on the Poker Dream fb page.
Danny Tang
Briefly reviewing the opening day action, it was a tough day for many with only 37 players surviving the onslaught. Among those that crashed and burned were WSOP bracelet winners Danny Tang, Chin Wei Lim, Abhinav Iyer, and Mike Takayama.
On the brighter side, WPT Prime Cambodia Main Event champion and runner up David Erquiaga and Chi-Jen Chu both advanced. Also making the cut were Indian players Kunal Patni and Shardul Parthasarathi, Super High Rollers Devan Tang, Paul Phua, and Poker Dream creator Winfred Yu. Triton Cyprus Main Event runner up Wayne Heung powered through as well.
Kai Bong Lo
During the last hands called, Elton Tsang looked to be the chip leader but after losing a pot that saw him use up three time-banks, he dropped to second rank with a closing stack of 1,612,000. Earning top position was Hong Kong’s Kai Bong Lo with a slightly higher 1,640,000 in chips. Seated since the first deal was KMGM’s Seokyoung Lee aka Tiger who closed the day with the third biggest stack of 1,493,000.
High Roller Freezeout – 37 players
Last name
First name
Flag
Chip count
Table
Seat
Lo
Kai Bong
1,640,000
Hong Kong
2
3
Tsang
Ka Wai Elton
1,612,000
Canada
4
6
Lee
Seokyoung
1,493,000
Korea
2
7
Kunal
Patni
1,260,000
India
6
1
Stojkovic
Milan
996,000
Australia
4
7
Hyun
Sung Joo
924,000
Korea
1
5
Sealor
Thanisborn
813,000
Thailand
5
1
Tech
John Zendrick
747,000
Philippines
5
6
Koh
Hsien Ren
743,000
Malaysia
6
3
Erquiaga
David Jansen Camba
701,000
Philippines
3
8
Phua
Wei Seng
687,000
Malaysia
6
7
Shardul
Parthasarathi
649,000
Thailand
2
1
Tang
Ying Seng
606,000
Hong Kong
6
8
Tran
Van Tai
594,000
Vietnam
3
1
Edoc
Lester
537,000
Philippines
2
6
Beh
Kok Weng
535,000
Malaysia
5
8
Heung
Wayne
514,000
Hong Kong
6
5
Wong
King Hsiang Andy
507,000
Malaysia
1
7
Yum
Ryan Mingho
505,000
Hong Kong
3
7
Choi
Yun Lam Kevin
500,000
Hong Kong
1
1
Sim
Kok Wai
494,000
Malaysia
4
3
Wong
Chung Yin Joey
397,000
Hong Kong
3
3
Yu
Winfred
384,000
Hong Kong
5
3
Chu
Chi-Jen
374,000
Taiwan
6
6
Gardner
Grant
362,000
US
6
4
Tsang
Yan Shing
358,000
China
4
1
Jungrungregkit
Satanan
353,000
Thailand
4
8
Wongwichit
Phachara
305,000
Thailand
5
7
Lee
Wai Kiat
302,000
Malaysia
1
8
Huang
Fu Bang
299,000
Taiwan
4
5
Kee
Wee Kiang Kenneth
295,000
Singapore
1
3
Huynh
Danny
257,000
Australia
2
5
Yong
Wai Kwan
214,000
Malaysia
3
5
Wong
Tze Yi Mark
202,000
Singapore
1
6
Nguyen Hoa
Think
189,000
Vietnam
3
6
Chu
Thai Thinh
160,000
Malaysia
5
5
Co
Chung Chuen
103,000
Hong Kong
2
8
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