Following three flights over the course of two days, Event #1: WPC-SEAPT Kick Off recorded a jaw-dropping 605-entry field, easily surpassing its initial VN₫ 2.5B guarantee. The generated prize pool grew to a whopping VN₫ 4,694,800,000 (~US$ 198,428), dubbing the first event of the World Championship Poker games at Grand Loyal Poker Club an impressive success.
Nguyen Duc Anh
75 players return to the felt on Sunday, September 18th, led by Nguyen Duc Anh as they set off to hunt down the VN₫ 888,300,000 (~US$ 37,544) top prize. Final Day begins at exactly 11:00 with live updates featured only here at Somuchpoker.
Day 1B and Day 1C Recap
The second flight for the Kick Off Event piled on pretty quickly with the tournament guarantee smashed by the fifth level of play. At the end of registration, a total of 265 entries were recorded, with 33 set to join Day 1A’s 16 survivors through the Final Day.
The turning point of today’s qualifier began after chip leader Nguyen Duc Anh captured Indian runner Ankit Wadhawan’s entire stack, two left to the money. Sitting on the big blind with 
, Nguyen jammed against Wadhawan who had less than 30BBs behind. Wadhawan made the call with 
only to find his pocket pair crushed against Nguyen’s better holdings. The board offered no help to Wadhawan and the 400K pot was shifted to Nguyen thus beginning his climb to the top.
Ankit Wadhawan
It didn’t take long before Nguyen busted yet another opponent after flopping a set with 
against big blind Gaurav Sood’s overpair 
. On a roll, the runout further improved Nguyen to having Quads and eventually bag up a massive stack of 714,000 as the overall tournament chip leader by a significant margin. The bubble bust shortly after, delivered by fourth ranking Ha Van Thien with his 
holding up against 
on a ten high board to lock up Day 1B’s action.
The last flight on schedule, Day 1C attracted a field of 211 players for an additional 26 entrants qualifying through. After ten hours of play, the field trickled down to its final eliminations led by Vietnam’s Le Hoai Nam who maintained his advantage through the last four tables. Le’s stack continued its ascend as the local picked up a series of small pots towards the end and bagged up the second biggest stack heading into the Final Day. The last flight saw the action draw to a close after Korea’s Hwang Seong Il delivered an unavoidable cooler with 
against the big blind’s 
to seal the deal.
Le Hoai Nam
Among those who qualified are France’s Aladin Youri, India’s Ankit Wadhawan, and big stacked locals Hoang Hai Nam, Tuan Tien Hai, and Ta Son Tung. All three qualifiers now have wrapped up each flight to 12.5% of the field and a guaranteed payout of VN₫ 13 Million (~US$ 550) to start the Final Day festivities.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 105,695)
Prize Pool: VN₫ 4,694,800,000 (~US$ 198,428)
Entries: 605
Qualifiers: 75 players
WPT-SEAPT Kick Off Event Final Day Qualifiers
Player
Flag
Chip Count
Seat
Table
NGUYEN DUC ANH
VIETNAM
714,000
6
27
LE HOAI NAM
VIETNAM
540,000
6
29
NGUYEN KHAC NGO
VIETNAM
526,000
3
28
HA VAN THIEN
VIETNAM
515,000
7
21
HOANG HAI NAM
VIETNAM
455,000
2
21
HWANG SEONG IL
KOREA
414,000
5
25
NGUYEN TUAN ANH
VIETNAM
396,000
4
24
NGUYEN MINH DUC
VIETNAM
372,000
8
26
NGUYEN QUY QUYEN
VIETNAM
354,000
4
23
TUAN TIEN HAI
VIETNAM
352,000
6
25
TA SON TUNG
VIETNAM
323,000
3
22
NGUYEN VAN TRUNG
VIETNAM
313,000
3
24
TRAN HOAI ANH
VIETNAM
312,000
6
28
MR SUMO
VIETNAM
310,000
7
27
VU MINH HAI
VIETNAM
304,000
3
21
DAO NGOC THANG
VIETNAM
304,000
1
22
NGUYEN VIET CUONG
VIETNAM
292,000
5
23
PHAM TIEN DUNG
VIETNAM
279,000
7
22
NGUYEN PHUONG NGOC
VIETNAM
267,000
2
24
NGUYEN ANH TUAN
VIETNAM
259,000
5
21
NGUYEN NGOC DAI
VIETNAM
258,000
2
25
NGUYEN MANH HAO
VIETNAM
252,000
6
26
PHAM THANH DAT
VIETNAM
249,000
1
23
NGUYEN TRUNG HIEU
VIETNAM
235,000
4
28
NGUYEN THE VINH
VIETNAM
235,000
7
28
SANDEEP KUMAR SHARMA
INDIA
227,000
2
27
NGUYEN QUANG HIEU
VIETNAM
222,000
2
28
HU TRUC
VIETNAM
219,000
9
29
TRENT FECHTER
USA
207,000
5
22
SOUKSAMLANE FREDERIC
FRANCE
205,000
8
23
BEA WON CHUL
KOREA
204,000
7
26
YU JE NAM
KOREA
189,000
5
24
VU ANH TUAN
VIETNAM
188,000
4
26
NGUYEN DOAN TRUNG HIEU
VIETNAM
187,000
2
22
FLORENT REMI
FRANCE
181,000
9
28
DONG VAN CHIEN
VIETNAM
174,000
8
25
NGUYEN HUU THANH TUNG
VIETNAM
174,000
4
25
CHU QUANG BIEN
VIETNAM
169,000
1
26
NGO KHOA ANH
VIETNAM
169,000
2
26
NGUYEN TRUNG KIEN
VIETNAM
162,000
1
27
KYLE BAO DIEP
VIETNAM
160,000
4
29
VU TA NHAT
VIETNAM
148,000
8
24
JONAS MAGDALINSKI
SWEDEN
143,000
7
23
HEHE
VIETNAM
138,000
3
26
NGUYEN DAC LONG
VIETNAM
138,000
3
29
NGUYEN MANH HUNG
VIETNAM
133,000
5
29
TRAN AN KHANG
VIETNAM
126,000
7
24
NGO VAN DAT
VIETNAM
123,000
4
27
ERIC DARRELL
CANADA
122,000
7
25
NGUYEN TUAN ANH
VIETNAM
118,000
9
27
TRAN TUAN ANH
VIETNAM
116,000
8
22
SUPARERK TOTSAPONVISAD
THAILAND
113,000
4
22
NGUYEN HUU MANH
VIETNAM
111,000
6
24
DINH VAN TIEN
VIETNAM
107,000
3
25
TRAN HUY TIEN
VIETNAM
106,000
8
27
NGUYEN QUANG HA
VIETNAM
104,000
8
28
DANG HOANG VIET
VIETNAM
104,000
2
29
ALADIN YOURI
FRANCE
100,000
1
24
CHO SUN IL
KOREA
99,000
5
26
CHOI HYE JIN
KOREA
92,000
5
28
NGUYEN QUY BANG
VIETNAM
91,000
6
22
CHAC LUONG KY
VIETNAM
90,000
8
29
DARAPU THARUN KUMAR
INDIA
87,000
2
23
GIN
VIETNAM
74,000
4
21
YUICHIRO YAMANAKA
JAPAN
67,000
3
27
PHAM QUANG ANH
VIETNAM
66,000
1
28
ANKIT
INDIA
63,000
6
23
NGUYEN VIET ANH
VIETNAM
62,000
6
21
NGUYEN MANH HUNG
VIETNAM
54,000
8
21
BUI QUOC DIEN
VIETNAM
50,000
1
21
BUI TRUONG GIANG
VIETNAM
50,000
5
27
LEE SEOK YOUNG
KOREA
47,000
1
25
YOTA MITSUI
JPAN
44,000
7
29
HONG BEOS JUNGHU
KOREA
43,000
3
23
BAE WIB IL
KOREA
41,000
1
29
Chips in play: 15,125,000
Average stack: 201,667
Full Payouts
Rank
Prize (VN₫)
1st
888,300,000
2nd
595,000,000
3rd
440,000,000
4th
340,000,000
5th
260,000,000
6th
195,000,000
7th
145,000,000
8th
110,000,000
9th
85,300,000
10th – 12th
68,000,000
13th – 15th
55,000,000
16th – 18th
45,000,000
19th – 21st
37,000,000
22nd – 24th
31,000,000
25th – 27th
26,500,000
28th – 36th
23,000,000
37th – 45th
20,000,000
46th – 54th
17,500,000
55th – 63rd
15,500,000
64th – 72nd
14,000,000
73rd – 75th
13,000,000
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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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