Living up to its name, the World Poker Championship Main Event festivities at Grand Loyal Poker Club was nothing short of grand with 1,020 entries collected across its four starting flights. The generated prize pool is now listed at VN₫ 17,809,200,000 (~US$ 751,126), making it the biggest event in Vietnam poker history.
The massive field played down to 12.5%, equal to 128 runners qualifying through to Day 2 for now a guaranteed minimum payout of VN₫ 32,000,000 (~US$ 1,350). The VN₫ 3,226,200,000 (~US$ 136,069) top prize and WPC title however, remains to be the highlight on everyone’s list.
Top Day 2 Qualifiers
Player
Flag
Chip Count
LE CONG VUONG
VIETNAM
906,000
KIM BEAB SU
KOREA
876,000
FALCON MICHAEL KIM
DENMARK
865,000
LIM SHYN CHYN
MALAYSIA
722,000
NGUYEN QUANG HUY
VIETNAM
686,000
NGUYEN VU HUY
VIETNAM
568,000
ERIC WASYLENKO
CANADA
557,000
DRAGON APL TEAM PRO
VIETNAM
543,000
NGUYEN TRONG NGHIA
VIETNAM
539,000
HONG SOON KI
KOREA
524,000
Chips in play: 30,650,000
Average stack: 239,453
Visit our live updates page for all the latest info and full list of Day 2 combined chip counts.
Also on today’s schedule are two featured events: VN₫ 6.6M buy-in Event #13: Bounty Hunter which kicks off at 12 noon, and Day 1 of the VN₫ 4 Billion guaranteed Super High Roller tournament at 14:00.
WPC-SEAPT Event #12: Turbo Event – MICHAEL KIM FALCON – VN₫ 45,330,000 (~US$ 1,911)
Michael Kim Falcon
The single side event on yesterday’s schedule saw top Main Event runner Michael Kim Falcon with a monster chip lead from the last two tables to the end. Oh Se Kyung deemed second in the running after eliminating two players at once to seal the final 8. With the tournament being a Turbo format of 15 minute blind levels, stacks quickly grew short and left the remaining five players shortly cutting a deal with Denmark’s Falcon guaranteed the WPC trophy.
Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 139)
Prize pool: VN₫ 305,550,000 (~US$ 12,886)
Entries: 105
ITM: 13 players
WPC-SEAPT Event #12: Turbo Event Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
Michael Kim Falcon
45,330,000*
2nd
Oh Se Kyung
45,330,000*
3rd
Dang Hung Duong
45,330,000*
4th
Seo Jeungu
45,330,000*
5th
Kim Jae Jung
45,330,000*
6th
Dang Quyen Anh
14,200,000
7th
Ngo Van Dat
12,100,000
8th
Her Se Joon
10,500,000
9th
Vo Manh Limh
9,300,000
10th
Jeong Hyun Hee
8,400,000
11th
Choi Jung Hoon
8,400,000
12th
Martin Ng Zheng Wei
8,400,000
13th
Park Kyung Eon
7,600,000
*Denotes deal was made
WPC-SEAPT Schedule & Structures
Event Photos
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Janette Dee
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