No shortage of action at opening day of U Series of Poker Vietnam with a platter of events on tap at the Crown Poker Club. The day closed seeing three players capture the first side event trophies of the series and ten players surviving Day 1A of the Mystery Bounty VN₫ 2.5 Billion guaranteed.
Here are the highlights and results.
Event 1: Mystery Bounty – Day 1A
Mystery Bounty – Day 1A bubble
The first trophy event was the multi-day Mystery Bounty VN₫ 2.5 Billion guaranteed. After ten levels of registration, 62 players entered plus 17 re-entries for a total of 79 Day 1A entries. Seven and a half hours in, the bubble burst with Vietnam’s Tuan Tien Hai delivering the bad and good news. Tuan’s 
bested a short stack’s 
on a running board 
. Tuan bagged up the third largest stack of 57 bb.
Earning the chip leader’s status was Vietnam’s Vu Ta Nhat (pictured below) with 66 bb, trailed tightly by Estonia’s Roland Kivi with 65 bb. Impressively, Kivi also went on to finish in the money at the evening’s Hyper Turbo event.
Vu Ta Nhat – Day 1A chip leader
The ten survivors await the results of Day 1B and Day 1C before returning to action for Day 2 on Sunday, April 16 at 10:30am. For those that missed the mark, the final two starting flights take place on Saturday, April 15 at 11am and 3:30pm.
Dates: April 14 to 16
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 106,600)
Day 1A: 79 entries (62 unique, 17 re-entry)
Day 1A survivors: 10 players
End of Day 1A chip counts
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
Vu Ta Nhat
Vietnam
330,000
66
Roland Kivi
Estonia
323,000
65
Tuan Tien Hai
Vietnam
283,000
57
Nguyen Tuan Anh
Vietnam
243,000
49
Nguyen Manh Cuong
Vietnam
223,000
45
Hoang Hai Nam
Vietnam
216,000
43
Austin Ang Yang Siang
Malaysia
110,000
22
Jeffry Kurniawan
Indonesia
100,000
20
A. Tai
Vietnam
84,000
17
Eric Chan Sai Hoe
Malaysia
64,000
13
Event 2: Anh Duy Pham dominates Bao Pham at heads up to win the High Roller Warm Up
Anh Duy Pham
By far, the most popular event of the day was the High Roller Warm Up with 115 entries (67 unique, 48 re-entry) shattering the advertised VN₫ 900 Million guarantee. In its place was a pot that ballooned 3.5x over to VN₫ 3,346,500,000 (~US$ 142,740). Among the many distinguished players that came out were Triton champions Devan Tang and Dao Minh Phu, locals Huu Dung Nguyen, Huy Pham, Anh Duy Pham, international players Michael Kim Falcon, Rolands Norietis, Kelvin Tan, and Nevan Chang.
Nine and a half hours in, the bubble burst on Nguyen Quang Huy whose all in with 
top pair on the flop 
was rivered by Bao Pham’s 
. Pham went on to bring in the largest stack to the final table.
Picking up the action at four handed, Pham’s stack ballooned further after he eliminated Tung Nguyen with pocket Nines full house crushing King-Queen overcards. At one point, Pham amassed 15M out of the 18M chips in play at three handed and seemed he was headed for sure victory, however it was not to be.
After Anh Duy Pham aka Chu Anh finished off Beng Wei Lim in 3rd place, it was heads up with Pham ahead by only 2 bb. Command quickly switched with Anh dominating the action. It didn’t take long for the final hand to land. On a board 
, Anh raised all in, Pham called for his tournament life and was drawing dead. Pham had 
top pair, Anh had the nuts straight 
.
Relive the final table action via the livestream on the CPC facebook page.
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 33,000,000 (~US$ 1,400)
Guarantee: VN₫ 900,000,000 (~US$ 38,400)
Entries: 115 (67 unique, 48 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,346,500,000 (~US$ 142,740)
ITM: 17 places
Place
Player
Flag
1
Anh Duy Pham
Vietnam
922,000,000
2
Bao Pham
Vietnam
575,000,000
3
Lim Beng Wei
Malaysia
349,500,000
4
Tung Nguyen
Vietnam
250,000,000
5
Hung Wei Yeh
Taiwan
200,000,000
6
Harry Tran
Vietnam
165,000,000
7
Anh Tien
Vietnam
135,000,000
8
Trung Quang Doan
Vietnam
108,000,000
9
Nevan Chang
Taiwan
90,000,000
10
Duong Hung Dang
Vietnam
77,000,000
11
Khoi Nguyen
Vietnam
77,000,000
12
Tu Duc Bui
Vietnam
77,000,000
13
Sebastian Muller
Germany
67,000,000
14
Huy Quang Dinh
Vietnam
67,000,000
15
Huu Dung Nguyen
Vietnam
67,000,000
16
Dien Van Le
Vietnam
60,000,000
17
Minh Quang Nguyen
Vietnam
60,000,000
Event 3: Thinh Ba Nguyen wins maiden title at the Deepstack
Milestone moment for Thinh Ba Nguyen aka Lordrich Nguyen who captured his first ever live title at the Deepstack event. Nguyen defeated Po Wen Fang at heads up to pocket the VN₫ 92,540,000 (~US$ 3,950) first prize and a trophy to commemorate the achievement.
Thinh Ba Nguyen aka Lordrich Nguyen
The Deepstack event pulled in 68 entries (52 unique, 16 re-entry) for a prize pool of VN₫ 263,840,000. Just over six hours of play, Taiwan’s Zong Chi He plummeted to 1 bb after his 
lost the flip against Japan’s Fumitaka Ikeda 
on a running board 
. Two hands later, He was eliminated on the bubble and the final table was formed.
Deepstack final table
The final table ran for three hours. At three handed, Fang shaved down Ng Shun Hong to 1 bb with 
finding the Ten to beat 
. Ng soon busted and Fang entered heads up with a sizable advantage against Nguyen.
Fang attempted to take it down on the first hand, shoving , Nguyen risked it with , and doubled up. From there, Nguyen stayed ahead and slowly drained out Fang.. Fang won one double up but on his next push, it was all over with Jack-Seven dominated by Nguyen’s Ace-Five.
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190)
Entries: 68
Prize pool: VN₫ 263,840,000 (~US$ 11,250)
ITM: 9 places
Place
Player
Flag
1
Thinh Ba Nguyen
Vietnam
92,540,000
2
Po Wen Fang
Taiwan
53,000,000
3
Ng Shun Hong
Singapore
33,200,000
4
Fumitaka Ikeda
Japan
23,700,000
5
Ha Manh Dinh
Vietnam
18,500,000
6
Hieu Ngoc Ngo
Vietnam
14,500,000
7
Hai Minh Vu
Vietnam
11,300,000
8
Ong Beng Wei
9,200,000
9
Viet Trong Nguyen
Vietnam
7,900,000
Event 4: Rollercoaster victory for Hung Trong Nguyen at the Hyper Turbo
Hung Trong Nguyen
39 evening warriors took on the Hyper Turbo with an added 12 re-entries for a total of 51 entries and a prize pool of VN₫ 148,400,000. Just under six hours of play, Tai Anh Do eliminated Zachary Lim in 3rd place to face big stacked Hung Trong Nguyen ake Hung Gosu at heads up.
Do caught a lucky double up with 
full house beating 
trips on a board 
. This gave him the lead which soon switched back with Nguyen’s also finding luck on a board 
to beat 
. Shortly after, the final hand arrived. Both players were all in on a flop , Nguyen with 
flush, Do with 
two pair. Do’s outs didn’t show up with the turn and river .
Like the Deepstack champion, this was Nguyen’s first ever live win. He earned a payout of VN₫ 56,400,000 (~US$ 2,405) and a trophy to commemorate the win.
Hyper Turbo final 6
Date: April 14, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$ 145)
Entries: 51 (39 unique, 12 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 148,400,000 (~US$ 6,330)
ITM: 6 places
Place
Player
Flag
1
Hung Trong Nguyen
Vietnam
56,400,000
2
Tai Anh Do
Vietnam
34,100,000
3
Zachary Lim
Malaysia
21,000,000
4
Max Menzel
Germany
15,700,000
5
Bao Thai Vu
Vietnam
12,000,000
6
Roland Kivi
Estonia
9,200,000
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