The World Poker Tour (WPT) Prime Vietnam festival was in full swing at the Crown Poker Club with numerous highlights in Day 10. At the top of the news was the MAIN EVENT which attracted 238 entries on its first flight. This was a huge increase from last year’s turnout. 30 players advanced to the next round with Richard Balkau (Hijack Poker) from Australia setting the bar for the next flight.
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Buy in: VN₫ 25,000,000 (~US$ 1,065)
Guarantee: VN₫ 12,000,000,000 (~US$ 511,180)
Day 1A: 238 (182 unique, 56 re-entry)
Day 2 qualifiers: 30 players
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Top 10 players of Day 1A
Rank
Player
Flag
Stack
1
Richard Balkau
Australia
935,000
2
Anuj Yadav
India
643,000
3
Akshay Nasa
India
552,000
4
Sumin Oh
Korea
499,000
5
Khôi NguyễN
Vietnam
360,000
6
Kyle Bao Diep
Vietnam
346,000
7
ĐặNg Hoàng ViệT
Vietnam
338,000
8
TiếN Minh Ngô
Vietnam
302,000
9
Harsh Bubna
India
280,000
10
Hoàng Minh NguyễN
Vietnam
275,000
For the full list, head to Live Updates MAIN EVENT – CHIP COUNTS
During the first break, WPT Live Events Specialist Danny McDonagh, WPT Global Event Manager Hillary St. Clair, WPT Host Ashleigh Lawrence, and Crown Poker Club owner Tobias Bui officially welcomed in the games and the brand new WPT Prime trophy was revealed for the first time.
“We are one year into Prime so for our one year anniversary we are very excited to showcase our brand new WPT Prime Championship trophy. Thank you to all our players, without you we wouldn’t have a World Poker Tour.”
Over at the side events, the biggest story was Cuong Ngoc Huynh who clinched the High Roller Warm Up for his second festival title. This sent Huynh catapulting from 6th rank to the top in the WPT Player of the Festival race. He leads with a big margin. Also walking away as the newest champions were Shuchi Chamaria and Duyen Thi Thuy Le.
WPT POF standings after 26 events
1
Cuong Ngoc Huynh
1200
2
Armon Van Wijk
850
3
Thanh Tien Dinh
840
4
Chu The Dan
835
5
Hung Thanh Tran
765
6
Vu Ta Nhat
750
7
Quan Trung Nguyen
700
8
Wilklow Michael Victor
675
9
Tuan Anh Tran
675
10
Avneesh Munjal
630
Huynh Ngoc Cuong wins second title at the High Roller Warm Up
Huynh Ngoc Cuong
Another fantastic achievement by Huynh Ngoc Cuong who dominated the High Roller Warm Up to clinch his second series title. Days prior, Huynh shipped the Mystery Bounty event, outlasting a big field of 614 entries. On his latest win, Huynh topped the 168 entry field, the largest high roller turnout of the series to date. He closed Day 1 as massive chip leader, proceeded to enter the final table with over 25 percent of the chips in play, and never relinquished his lead.
After eliminating Roman Kolotiuk in 3rd place with 
dominating 
, he was up 71 bb to Alan Pham‘s 12 bb. It took just one hand to secure the victory with 
staying ahead of 
with a final board 
.
Relive the final table action via the livestream on Crown Poker Club YouTube channel.
Date: May 24-25 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,345)
Entries: 168 (110 unique, 58 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 8,148,000,000 (~US$ 347,100)
ITM: 21 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payout in VN₫
1
Huynh Ngoc Cuong
Vietnam
1,964,000,000
2
Alan Anh Minh Pham
Australia
1,307,000,000
3
Roman Kolotiuk
Russia
938,000,000
4
Cankai Zhang
China
686,000,000
5
Yuki Sakai
Japan
511,000,000
6
Jhon Hendri
Indonesia
388,000,000
7
Evgenii Katymaev
Russia
300,000,000
8
Huu Dung Nguyen
Vietnam
237,000,000
9
Tuan Danh Luu
Vietnam
190,000,000
Shuchi Chamaria wins the Big Bounty
Shuchi Chamaria
First time winner at WPT Prime with India’s Shuchi Chamaria lifting her first ever poker trophy at the Big Bounty event. Chamaria outlasted the 182 entry field to earn an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 138,600,000 (~US$ 5,900). At three handed, the players agreed to flip for it. Chamaria prevailed after three flips, denying Tuan Anh Tran his second series title.
Date: May 24-25, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Entries: 182 (136 unique, 46 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 855,400,000 (~US$ 36,440)
Bounty pool: VN₫ 910,000,000 (~US$ 38,765)
ITM: 23 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payout in VN₫
1
Shuchi Chamaria
India
138,600,000*
2
Tuan Anh Tran
Vietnam
169,100,000*
3
Hung Viet Le
Vietnam
149,300,000*
4
Man Lok
Macau
53,000,000
5
Chien Kuei Shih
Taiwan
41,000,000
6
Anh Duy Nguyen
Vietnam
34,000,000
7
Shu Wei Choi
Taiwan
29,000,000
8
Jae Kyung Sim
Korea
25,400,000
9
Linh Dieu Phuong Nguyen
Vietnam
22,000,000
Duyen Thi Thuy Le wins the Deepstack Hyper Turbo
The last event to complete was the Deepstack Turbo with Duyen Thi Thuy Le dominating the final table to seize the title, the VN₫ 140,500,000 (~US$ 5,985), and her first WPT trophy. Heads up was just one hand with Le’s 
beating 
when a queen spiked the turn on a board 
.
Le Thi Thuy Duyen
Date: May 25, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 280)
Entries: 69 entries (63 unique, 6 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 401,580000 (~US$ 17,100)
ITM: 9 places
Place
Player
Flag
Payout in VN₫
1
Le Thi Thuy Duyen
Vietnam
140,500,000
2
Chu The Dan
Vietnam
80,500,000
3
Michael Wilklow
USA
49,000,000
4
Po Chun Wen
Taiwan
35,000,000
5
Seiya Ishikawa
Japan
27,000,000
6
Raju Jaruplavath
India
21,000,000
7
Ha Quang Nguyen
Vietnam
18,000,000
8
Ravi Shankar Metlapalli
India
16,080,000
9
Yu Wang
China
14,500,000
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