Grand Loyal Poker Club’s ballroom was once again at full capacity with its Main Event Day 1B welcoming a staggering 292 players onto the field. Adding in yesterday’s (Day 1A) 187 entries, a total of 479 bullets have been fired, pushing the prize pool already past its VN₫ 8 Billion guarantee. Two more flights – Day 1C and Day 1D Turbo, are scheduled to run tomorrow, September 22nd for an estimated combined entry field of over 900 runners in the hunt for the massive top prize.
Day 1B Recap
Kim Beab Su
Today’s Main Event starting flight played down to 37 entrants led by Korea’s Kim Beab Su who bowed out in 14th place in the Mystery Bounty event after leading its Day 1B qualifiers. Already with a big stack, Kim soared to the lead after cracking 
with 
in an all-in preflop situation, two left to the money. Kim was running hot and continued to pile on chips as he delivered the bubble elimination a few hands later.
The hand began with India’s Ankit Wadhawan raising two-thirds of his stack from under the gun and Kim moving all-in, a seat after. Wadhawan made the call and revealed 
, way ahead of Kim’s . The flop however, ran 
to instantly crush Wadhawan and eventually send him out one spot short of the money. Local Dinh Tien Thanh’s patience on the other hand, paid off after he saved his half a big blind to make it through to Day 2 and be guaranteed the minimum payout.
Kim’s stack comes slightly above Main Event Day 1A chip leader Michael Kim Falcon’s 865,000 to lead the 60 qualified players moving on to Day 2.
Buy in: VN₫ 20,000,000 (~US$ 844)
Guarantee: VN₫ 8,000,000,000 (~US$ 337,909)
Entries: 479 (Day 1A – 187, Day 1B – 292)
Qualifiers: 60 (Day 1A – 23, Day 1B – 37)
Main Event Day 1B Qualifiers
Player
Flag
Chip Count
KIM BEAB SU
KOREA
876,000
NGUYEN QUANG HUY
VIETNAM
686,000
TRAN DINH QUY
VIETNAM
490,000
SHARDUL PARTHASARATHI
INDIA
463,000
JODI NGUYEN
VIETNAM
414,000
CHOI SEUNG HOON
KOREA
411,000
LEE JONG WOOK
KOREA
374,000
LEE KYEONG JIN
KOREA
368,000
LEE CHANG HWAN
KOREA
358,000
DAO MINH PHU
VIETNAM
354,000
DONKEY KILLER
VIETNAM
305,000
WON HO JIN
KOREA
272,000
IN HO CHOI
KOREA
257,000
HUNG BOB
VIETNAM
252,000
NGUYEN VAN CHIEN
VIETNAM
247,000
CHESTER TAN
SINGAPORE
242,000
NOH DOO SUB
KOREA
214,000
DANG VAN HIEN
VIETNAM
187,000
DA HYE KIM
KOREA
183,000
VU THE TUAN
VIETNAM
181,000
NGUYEN QUANG HIEU
VIETNAM
160,000
LIM CHOONG SUB
KOREA
157,000
BIER ROMAIN
FRANCE
147,000
SUMIT SAPRA
INDIA
146,000
DONG ANH DUNG
VIETNAM
120,000
JUNG JI SUNG
KOREA
119,000
PARK SU BIN
KOREA
106,000
PARK SA MIN
KOREA
103,000
ANTON WIDJAYA
TAIWAN
100,000
JEFFRY KURNIAWAN
INDONESIA
88,000
BOXING
VIETNAM
82,000
LE VIET HUNG
VIETNAM
71,000
NGUYEN LONG
VIETNAM
71,000
NGUYEN MANH HUNG
VIETNAM
54,000
YAP TIAN YONG
SINGAPORE
52,000
HA NGOC THAO
VIETNAM
45,000
DINH TIEN THANH
VIETNAM
4,000
Chips in play: 8,759,000
Average stack: 236,730
WPC-SEAPT Event #11: NLH Freezeout: Hyunseung Lee – VN₫ 250,360,000 (~US$ 10,565)
Hyunseung Lee
The one and only freezeout event across the WPC lineup completed today after 111 players joined the festivities. With 14 of the field making the money, Korea’s Ham Dong Myung did not hesitate to pick up his opponent’s stack with 
against on a board of 
right on bubble time. The tournament’s 20 minute blind levels flew by fairly fast as stacks began to shorten, shifting the gameplay to a push or fold preflop.
Korean runner Hyunseung Lee soared to the top after he captured a huge advantage five-handed, clipping a three-way all-in with 
against 
and 
. Lee’s hot run continued on and he single-handedly eliminated all the remaining players to claim the victory and another WPC win for Korea.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 371)
Prize pool: VN₫ 861,360,000 (~US$ 36,351)
Entries: 111
ITM: 14 players
WPC-SEAPT Event #11: NLH Freezeout Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
Hyunseung Lee
250,360,000
2nd
Ham Dong Myung
155,000,000
3rd
Leonard Yannick
95,000,000
4th
Ng Van Quoc Tuan
65,000,000
5th
Lim Shyh Chyn
50,000,000
6th
Tan Zi Xuan
41,000,000
7th
Kim Ho Geun
35,000,000
8th
Renato Villanueva Jr.
30,000,000
9th
Park Cheong Gil
26,500,000
10th
Yoon Wook
23,500,000
11th
Wi Dae Han
23,500,000
12th
Kim Min Ku
23,500,000
13th
Min Byeong Mun
21,500,000
14th
Vu Duc Trung
21,500,000
Added Event: WPC-SEAPT High Roller Single Day: Nishant Sharma – VN₫ 679,500,000 (~US$ 26,676)
Nishant Sharma
With more players coming in time for the Main Event, an added single day High Roller tournament was added to today’s list for those catching up on the action. Posting one of the heftier buy-ins, only 35 entries were recorded with five players taking a share of the prize pool. The two tables running saw India’s Nishant Sharma consistently hold the lead from early in the game all the way down to the last five players. After the money was reached, ultra short stacked Ng Vu Huy and Gary Pound Thomas quickly bowed out in 5th and 4th place respectively.
Three-handed play saw both Sharma and Michael Kim Falcon sitting with massive stacks, not until Chakravarthy doubled up with 
against the latter’s did the gap slightly close. Falcon however, recovered a few hands later after calling off with mid-pair 
against Chakravarthy’s check-jam with 
on a flop of 
. Falcon’s pair held and Chakravarthy exited in third. From then, Sharma managed to snag a slight lead before the final hand was recorded with both players all-in with Ace-high, Sharma with the better kicker.
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,321)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,697,500,000 (~US$ 71,639)
Entries: 35
ITM: 5 players
WPC-SEAPT High Roller Single Day Full Payouts
Rank
Player
Prize (VN₫)
1st
Nishant Sharma
679,500,000
2nd
Michael Kim Falcon
425,000,000
3rd
Kalyan Chakravarthy
254,000,000
4th
Gary Pound Thomas
186,000,000
5th
Ng Vu Huy
153,000,000
WPC-SEAPT Schedule & Structures
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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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