The biggest tournament series in Vietnam poker history has officially wrapped up its final six side events to finish off its 10-day lineup. Claiming the last few trophies are Korea’s Yu Je Nam and Kim Jinyoung, Vietnam’s Cao Ngoc Anh, France’s Leonard Yannick, and Singapore’s Tzai Wei Phua and Norbert Koh.
The concluded World Poker Championship in partnership with South East Asian Poker Tour (SEAPT) awarded over VN₫ 54.6B (~US$ 2.3M) throughout its 20 scheduled tournaments including its most valuable Main Event to go way above the initially advertised VN₫ 20B festival guarantee.
Stay tuned to Somuchpoker for the full festival review of the concluded World Poker Championship at Grand Loyal.
Event #14: Super High Roller: YU JE NAM – VN₫ 1,828,600,000 (~US$ 77,123)
Yu Je Nam
The Super High Roller tournament drew in another astounding 108 entries to once again surpass its listed VN₫ 4 Billion guarantee. Well-known pros such as WPT champion David Erquiaga and APT champion Shardul Parthasarathi were in the mix in hunting down the trophy. In the end, Yu Je Nam claimed the top payout after a three-way deal was arranged with the Korean garnering the biggest ICM payout after sending several final table opponents to the rails.
Buy in: VN₫ 66,000,000 (~US$ 2,783)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~US$ 168,705)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 6,285,600,000 (~US$ 265,103)
Total Entries: 108
ITM: 14 players
Event #14: Super High Roller Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
YU JE NAM
1,828,600,000
2nd
DAVID ERQUIAGA
1,131,000,000
3rd
LEE CHANG HWAN
707,000,000
4th
RENATO VILLANUEVA JR
471,000,000
5th
FLORENT RÉMI
367,000,000
6th
ĐẶNG THỊ HUẾ
294,000,000
7th
ONG JINGXIANG
250,000,000
8th
NGUYỄN VĂN TRUNG
216,000,000
9th
SHARDUL PARTHASARATHI
191,000,000
10th
TỐNG XUÂN HIỀN
172,000,000
11th
LÊ NGỌC MINH
172,000,000
12th
FRANCIS GARSON
172,000,000
13th
LEE XIANG WEI
157,000,000
14th
SOOD GAURAV
157,000,000
Event #15: Megastack: CAO NGOC ANH – VN₫ 555,000,000 (~US$ 23,407)
Cao Ngoc Anh
One of the festival’s last guaranteed tournaments, Vietnam’s Cao Ngoc Anh crushed the field and claimed the top prize of VN₫ 555,000,000 (~US$ 23,407) after over 14 hrs of battle. The local entered the final table with the lead and maintained it all throughout. By 6-handed play, Cao had accumulated nearly 50% of the chips in play and carried on to capture the victory after defeating Singapore’s Benjamin Sai in the heads up duel.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 371)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,000,000,000 (~US$ 42,176)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 2,553,040,000 (~US$ 107,677)
Total Entries: 329
ITM: 41 players
Event #15: Megastack Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1
CAO NGỌC ANH
555,000,000
2
BENJAMIN SAI
393,000,000
3
ĐINH QUANG HUY
232,000,000
4
ĐẶNG HOÀNG VIỆT
158,000,000
5
FOO YONG KIANG
122,000,000
6
KIM HO GEUN
102,000,000
7
PHẠM QUANG VĂN
85,000,000
8
NGUYỄN MINH QUYỀN
69,000,000
9
TRỊNH CÔNG DUY
57,540,000
10
NGUYỄN MẠNH TUẤN
47,000,000
11
ĐỒNG ANH DŨNG
47,000,000
12
LEE DEOK – YEONG
47,000,000
13
TRẦN DUY HẢI
40,000,000
14
TRENT FECHTER
40,000,000
15
BOCCALETTI PAOLO
40,000,000
16
KIM HAN YUL
33,000,000
17
NGUYỄN TUẤN HÙNG
33,000,000
18
CHOI SUNG DONG
33,000,000
19
VŨ TÁ NHẤT
27,000,000
20
KIM JU WON
27,000,000
21
LÊ VIỆT HƯNG
27,000,000
22
VŨ THÁI BẢO
22,500,000
23
DEEPAK BOTHRA
22,500,000
24
SEO CHANG KWON
22,500,000
25
KIM DONG-IL
19,000,000
26
NGUYỄN PHƯƠNG NGỌC
19,000,000
27
LEE JUNAM
19,000,000
28
WI DAE HAN
16,000,000
29
AN EJUN
16,000,000
30
ĐẶNG QUYỀN ANH
16,000,000
31
SAPRA SUMIT
16,000,000
32
PARK JEONGMIN
16,000,000
33
PHUA SI YANG
16,000,000
34
KIM KYOUNG MOON
16,000,000
35
NGUYỄN HẢI TRIỀU
16,000,000
36
KANG MINYONG
16,000,000
37
LEE IL HOON
14,000,000
38
HWANG MI RAN
14,000,000
39
LEE GA RIM
14,000,000
40
JASVEN SAIGAL
14,000,000
41
PARK SUN YOUNG
14,000,000
Event #13: Bounty Hunter: KIM JINYOUNG – VN₫ 337,280,000 (~US$ 14,225)
Kim Jinyoung
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 278)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 760,180,000 (~US$ 32,061)
Total Entries: 199
ITM: 25 players
Event #13: Bounty Hunter Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
Bounties (VN₫)
1st
KIM JINYOUNG
190,080,000
147,200,000
2nd
MAGDALINSKI JONAS
127,800,000
125,500,000
3rd
BÙI QUỐC DIỆN
78,000,000
123,000,000
4th
ĐỖ QUANG THẮNG
47,500,000
5th
KANG HYOMO
36,700,000
6th
DUONG VAN QUANG
30,500,000
7th
PARK JI BOK
26,000,000
8th
CHO SUN IL
22,500,000
9th
DARAPU
19,000,000
10th
LEE SUNGWON
16,500,000
11th
SEO CHANG KWWON
16,500,000
12th
KAUSHIK
16,500,000
13th
SOUKSAMLANE FREDERIC
14,100,000
14th
PARK SA MIN
14,100,000
15th
JACK REACHER
14,100,000
16th
JANG CHEOL EON
11,700,000
17th
VU MINH DUC
11,700,000
18th
PHAM THI TUYET
11,700,000
19th
LEE JUNAM
9,400,000
20th
KIM SANG OK
9,400,000
21st
TRAN VIET NHAT
9,400,000
22nd
VU THAI BAO
7,000,000
23rd
KIM SANG BUM
7,000,000
24th
NGUYEN KHAC LUAT
7,000,000
25th
SIDDARTH SINGHVI
6,000,000
Event #16: Megastack Closer: LEONARD YANNICK – VN₫ 204,000,000 (~US$ 8,604)
Leonard Yannick
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 278)
Guarantee: VN₫ 500,000,000 (~US$ 21,088)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 710,040,000 (~US$ 29,946)
Total Entries: 122
ITM: 15 players
Event #16: Megastack Closer Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
LEONARD YANNICK
204,000,000
2nd
NGUYEN ANH MINH
130,000,000
3rd
NGUYEN THAI
75,500,000
4th
NGUYEN TRAN NGOC
53,000,000
5th
NGUYEN TUAN HUNG
41,000,000
6th
NEWBY MICHEAL ALFREED
33,000,000
7th
NGUYEN KHAC QUANG
27,500,000
8th
DOAN MINH TUAN
23,500,000
9th
CHU QUANG BIEN
20,540,000
10th
LEE DEOK YEONG
18,000,000
11th
JUN SU WAN
18,000,000
12th
NGUYEN KHAC NGO
18,000,000
13th
HAN SUNGHYUN
16,000,000
14th
TRAN THANH HUNG
16,000,000
15th
DANG QUYEN ANH
16,000,000
Event #17: High Roller Single Day: TZAI WEI PHUA – VN₫ 1,018,000,000 (~US$ 42,935)
Tzai Wei Phua
Buy in: VN₫ 33,000,000 (~US$ 1,391)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 3,579,300,000 (~US$ 150,961)
Total Entries: 123
ITM: 15 players
Event #17: High Roller Single Day Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
TZAI WEI PHUA
1,018,000,000
2nd
NGUYEN THI THUY DUONG
659,000,000
3rd
TEDDY PHAM
389,000,000
4th
GARDNER GRANT
271,000,000
5th
ANKIT KUMAR JAJODIA
205,000,000
6th
NG THIEN MINH
168,000,000
7th
DINH TIEN THANH
140,000,000
8th
WASYLENKO ERIC DARRELL
117,000,000
9th
SOOD GAURAV
102,300,000
10th
TRAN JULIEN
90,000,000
11th
DINH GIA LONG
90,000,000
12th
MAGDALINSKI JONAS
90,000,000
13th
PENTAKOTA MANOJ
80,000,000
14th
PHAM QUANG HUY
80,000,000
15th
MUNDADA SIDDHARTH
80,000,000
Event #18: Megastack Closer Turbo: NORBERT KOH – VN₫ 52,760,000 (~US$ 2,225)
Norbert Koh
Buy in: VN₫ 4,400,000 (~US$ 185)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 104,760,000 (~US$ 4,418)
Total Entries: 27
ITM: 4 players
Event #18: Megastack Closer Turbo Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
NORBERT KOH SHI-FU
52,760,000
2nd
NGUYEN THI MINH THANH
26,000,000
3rd
NGUYEN LONG
16,000,000
4th
TRENT FECHTER
10,000,000
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Janette Dee
Graduated from De La Salle University, Janette works as a full time teacher in Manila, Philippines. She has long joined the local poker community as a recreational player for the last decade. Having a natural love for the game, she decided to branch out into a different avenue of poker. Currently, Janette works for Somuchpoker as a content writer reporting local and international news for the site.
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