Milestone moments for all the winners at Day 4 of the World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam in Crown Poker Club Hanoi. Trung Toan Chan took down the mighty Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge for his first ever high roller title, Thanh Hung Tran lifted his second side event trophy of the series, and Jianzhi Zhou won his first ever international title. Here are the results.
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First ever high roller win for Trung Toan Chan at the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge
Trung Toan Chan
After 15+ hours of play, Vietnam’s Trung Toan Chan clinched the Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge, defeating Anton Lu at heads up. This was Chan’s first ever high roller title and despite long grind, the new champ said,
“I am really happy. I was doing good early with always over 100 big blinds but went down at the final table. It was very tough and I am very tired but I am very happy. This was my first win in this event. My first high roller. It gives me so much confidence.”
Chan earned a career high payout of VN₫ 2,415,000,000 (~US$ 102,900) and a trophy to forever commemorate the moment. You can read up on the final table showdown via the SMP Live Updates or head to Crown Poker Club YouTube for the recorded stream.
Buy in: VN₫ 210,000,000 (~US$ 8,955)
Entries: 35 (27 unique, 8 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,790,000,000 (~US$ 289,305)
ITM: 6 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payouts in VN₫
1
Trung Toan Chan
Vietnam
2,415,000,000
2
Anton Lu
Australia
1,610,000,000
3
Thanh Tien Dinh
Vietnam
1,070,000,000
4
Huy Quang Nguyen
Vietnam
745,000,000
5
Anh Duy Pham
Vietnam
540,000,000
6
Joshua McCully
Australia
410,000,000
Event and Winner recap
The Billionaire Club High Stakes Challenge saw 27 players put up the VN₫ 210 Million (~US$ 8,955) buy in and another 8 re-entries for 35 total and a prize pool of VN₫ 6,790,000,000. With the money starting at sixth place, among the fallouts were Nang Quang Nguyen, John Perry, Minh A Nguyen, Michael Egan, and Jin Woo Kim. Sebastian Mueller was the earliest to go, booted on a cooler on the first level by Trung Quang Nguyen However, Trung Quang couldn’t turn his rise to cash as he fell on the bubble.
Jianhui Zhuo
For the champion Chan, he nurtured over 100 bb for most of the day and carried the fourth largest stack of 45 bb into the final table. The race to the top proved to be a billionaire challenge for Chan as his stack dropped to the lowest of 9 bb.
Once the money was reached, everyone was guaranteed a billion payout. Chan picked up momentum, driving his stack to 27 bb for second rank. After eliminating Huy Quang Nguyen (4th) with 
trips Aces over 
, he later faced Anton Lu at heads up and clinched the win with a higher two pair.
[Live Update Bite]
Action opened with a 225,0000 raise by Anton Lu, called by Toan Chan. At the flop 
Chan checked, Lu c-bet 175,000, Chan called again. On the turn 
more chips tossed in the pot with a large 600,000 bet by Lu and Chan making it 1,400,000. Lu tanked then shoved, Chan quickly called.
Lu 
Chan 
Both players paired their holecards, Chan with the higher two pair. The river 
meant victory for Chan.
First international win for China’s Jianhui Zhuo at the Deepstack Cheap Freeze
Jianhui Zhuo
With borders now fully open, two avid poker players from China, Jianhui Zhuo and Hao Chang Ou, ventured beyond the borders of their homeland to test their skills at the WPT Prime Vietnam Deepstack Cheap Freeze event. Ou outlasted over 100 players, falling in 10th place while Zhou emerged victorious securing his first-ever international tournament trophy. Overwhelmed, Zhuo expressed,
“I feel so good. This is my first international tournament, and I won the trophy.”
In addition, Zhou pocketed VN₫ 97,000,000 (~US$ 4,130 enough to roll over to the Main Event. However, the duo have confessed that they will not be attending, instead will adventure through Vietnam before setting their sights on the poker scene in Korea.
The Deepstack Cheap Freeze attracted 111 players for a prize pool of VN₫ 323,010,000 (~US$ 13,760). This was the first freezeout event of the festival.
Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 140)
Players: 111
Prize pool: VN₫ 323,010,000 (~US$ 13,760)
ITM: 14 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payouts in VN₫
1
Jianhui Zhuo
China
97,000,000
2
Ryan Swanwick
UK
59,800,000
3
Trung Gia Nguyen
Vietnam
35,900,000
4
Dhaval Mudgal
India
23,400,000
5
Dastan Yespolov
Kazakhstan
18,000,000
6
Siddarth Jolly
India
15,000,000
7
Son Hoang La
Vietnam
12,500,000
8
Hung Viet Le
Vietnam
11,000,000
9
Yunho Cho
Korea
9,710,000
10
Hao Chang Ou
China
8,500,000
11
Kevin Terence
Australia
8,500,000
12
Vineet Kumar
India
8,500,000
13
Zemedkun Marsha
New Zealand
7,600,000
14
Haiyang Yang
China
7,600,000
Second trophy for Thanh Hung Tran at Turbo NLH
Vietnam’s Thanh Hung Tran picked up his third trophy of the year, two of them right here at WPT Prime Vietnam. Tran opened the series with a victory at the Hyper Turbo NLH then came out swinging again on Day 4 at the Turbo NLH.
Thanh Hung Tran
Sitting on a massive stack at three-handed, Alok Birewar eliminated Ta Khanh Linh to tighten the gap. However, on just the fourth heads up hand, Birewar three-bet shoved, Tran tank-called and opened . Though behind Birewar’s 
, that quickly changed when a Jack showed up on the flop, which held to the end. Tran collected the VN₫ 108,900,000 (~US$ 4,640) top prize and another WPT trophy for his poker shelf.
Buy in: VN₫ 4,400,000 (~US$ 188)
Entries: 87 (70 unique, 17 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 337,560,000 (~US$ 14,380)
ITM: 11 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payouts in VN₫
1
Thanh Hung Tran
Vietnam
108,900,000
2
Alok Birewar
India
65,800,000
3
Ta Khanh Linh
Vietnam
40,900,000
4
Armon Van Wijk
Australia
27,700,000
5
Khoi Nguyen
Vietnam
21,100,000
6
Cho Myat Thwe
Vietnam
16,900,000
7
Nguyen Manh Than
Vietnam
14,000,000
8
Konstantin Generalov
Russia
11,800,000
9
Jaxon James Byrne
Australia
10,900,000
10
Duy Anh Nguyen
Vietnam
10,100,000
11
Quang Huy Pham
Vietnam
9,460,000
Mystery Bounty – Day 1B results
Ha Trung Nguyen
Day 1B of the Mystery Bounty attracted a larger field than the first flight with 185 runners hitting the felt. This brought the combined entries to 317, and with buy in at VN₫ 11 Million each, the guarantee was breached. The flight closed with 24 players. Well known local pro NguyễN Trung Hà aka Hasagi emerged a race leader. He amassed a stack of 440,500 chips which was also more than enough to steal the top spot from Day 1A leader Stephen Nathan.
For players who want to join the action, Day 1C is the last flight and it will take place on Saturday, May 20, 2023 starting at 11am.
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 127,920)
Day 1A: 132 entries / 17 survivors (ITM)
Day 1B: 185 entries / 24 survivors (ITM)
Day 1C: Saturday, May 20, 2023 at 11am
End of Day 1B – 24 survivors
Rank
Player
Flag
Stack
1
NguyễN Trung Hà
Vietnam
440,500
2
Nguyen Manh Trung
Vietnam
415,000
3
Tsang Chak Lam
Hong Kong
301,500
4
NguyễN Văn ChiếN
Vietnam
234,500
5
Fedor Dedelov
Russia
226,500
6
Đinh Văn TiếN
Vietnam
220,000
7
Sumin Oh
S.Korea
206,000
8
Gokul Raj
India
165,500
9
Victor Em
Vietnam
146,000
10
Anton Widjaya
Indonesia
137,000
11
Nguyen Khac Luat
Vietnam
117,500
12
Nguyen Phuong Ngoc
Vietnam
117,000
13
ĐồNg Văn Tân
Vietnam
107,500
14
Luong Thanh Thinh
Vietnam
105,500
15
Le Hoan Cong
Vietnam
97,500
16
Avneesh Munjal
India
96,000
17
Quang Vũ
Vietnam
94,000
18
ThiệN
Vietnam
92,000
19
Tuan Tien Hai
Vietnam
80,000
20
Ng Wai Sum
Hong Kong
76,000
21
Bùi Quang Anh
Vietnam
65,500
22
Bùi Thế NguyễN
Vietnam
60,500
23
Harvey Wo0N
Singapore
53,500
24
NguyễN Thông
Vietnam
40,000
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