The highly awaited World Poker Tour World Championship is drawing near and to help players secure seat(s) cheap is via WPT Vietnam Passport to World Championship which is currently ongoing at the Crown Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam. Up to 10 packages are guaranteed – 8 WPT Prime Championship packages and 2 WPT World Championship packages. The first package can be won at the WPT Opener. The first of three flights has already completed. We have those results below including the first side event winners.

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WPT Opener – Day 1A

Kicking off the games was the WPT Opener which boasts a ₫3 BN guarantee and the coveted WPT Prime Championship package. Throughout the eight levels of registration, 56 entered. The heat concluded at the fall of Sriran Subramanian on the bubble to Romain Bier with dominating . Seven players bagged up and advanced to the money round.

Among the survivors Bier bagged up 235,500 (58 bb) placing him in second rank, just behind India’s Pradeep Sharma with 252,000 (63 bb). This was another impressive performance by Sharma who two months back, claimed two trophies at WPT Prime Taiwan. Also on top form was WPT Prime Taiwan runner up Yannick Leonard who advanced with a healthy 146,000 (36 bb) stack.

The survivors have a one day break before returning for Day 2. They await the results of Day 1B and Day 1C, both heats running on Saturday, October 7 at 11am and 4pm.

Buy in: ₫11,000,000 (~US$ 450)
Guarantee: ₫3,000,000,000 (~US$ 123,000)
Day 1A Entries: 56 (37 unique)
Day 2 qualifiers: 7 players (ITM 12.5%)

Haisheng Qiu wins High Roller Warm Up for first WPT win

The first high roller event was a hot item with 54 ponying up the ₫33,000,000 (~US$ 1,350) buy in. China’s Haisheng Qiu looked to be a sure win as he carried a monstrous stack into the final table however after multiple clashes with Nguyen Nang Quang, he was behind at heads up 72 bb to 36 bb. 

On the second heads up hand, with a board that completed , Nguyen fired2 bb (flop) and 6 bb (turn), Qiu check-called after tanking and won it with , Nguyen was bluffing and commented “Wow, good call.”

Qiu’s momentum continued winning two more decent pots to slightly edge Nguyen. The final had was Qiu , Nguyen , the board ran low. Qiu locked  up his first ever WPT win and a payout of ₫513,400,000 (~US$ 21,000).

Buy in: ₫33,000,000 (~US$ 1,350) buy in
Entries: 54 (35 unique)
Prize pool: ₫1,571,400,000 (~US$ 64,440)
ITM: 8 places

Michael Newby wins the Cheap Freeze 

UK’s Michael Newby was the last player standing at the Cheap Freeze to capture the day’s second trophy and the ₫51,320,000 (~US$ 2,100) top prize. Newby outlasted the 52-player field defeating Akihito Morita at heads up. The final hand was all in preflop, Newby , Morita , the board ran . 

Buy in: ₫3.300,000 (~US$ 135) buy in
Players: 52
Prize pool: ₫151,320,000 (~US$ 6,200)
ITM: 7 places

Tran Thanh Hung closes out the Turbo

Tran Thanh Hung continued his impressive winning streak by claiming yet another trophy, this time at the evening’s Turbo event. Tran’s penchant for victory seems unstoppable as he consistently triumphs (at least once) at every festival he attends. For his latest win, Tran heavily dominated at heads up and defeated Nguyen Vu Lam with spiking the queen to bust .

Buy in: ₫4,400,000 (~US$ 180) buy in
Players: 30 (23 unique)
Prize pool: ₫116,400,000 (~US$ 4,775)
ITM: 7 places

WPT Global

Did you know that WPT brand launched WPT Global? WPT Global is one of the fastest growing rooms, has a soft field, and offers action in every limit.

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