2022 Poker Dream Vietnam

Main Event (VND10,000,000,000 GTD)
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 Poker Dream Vietnam

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
73
Prize
3,378,000,000 VND
Event Info
Buy-in
25,000,000 VND
Prize Pool
17,940,150,000 VND
Entries
822
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
150,000 / 300,000
Ante
300,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
293
Players Left
72

Kim Wins a Small Pot; Pamplona Loses Some

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Junnie Pamplona raised to 3,000 and received two callers on a table filled with notables in the Asia-Pacific region. On the {a-Spades}{5-Clubs}{3-Spades} flop, Pamplona bet 4,000 and was instantly raised to 11,000, which he called. Pamplona checked the {8-Hearts} turn and folded when facing another bet worth 10,500 to get shown the {a-Hearts}.

One table over, Jun Hee Kim was happy to call a river bet on a king-high board by Kannapong Thanarattrakul. His {k-Spades}{q-Diamonds} had made trips kings on turn and river and that was good for the win.

Player Chips Progress
Kannapong Thanarattrakul th
Kannapong Thanarattrakul
120,000
120,000
120,000
Natural8
Jeffrey Pamplona ph
Jeffrey Pamplona
105,000
-25,000
-25,000
Junnie Pamplona ph
Junnie Pamplona
65,000
5,000
5,000
Jun Hee Kim kr
Jun Hee Kim
50,000
24,000
24,000
Chu Kit Leung
Chu Kit Leung
35,000
35,000
35,000
Mike Takayama ph
Mike Takayama
25,000
8,000
8,000
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Jun Hee KimJunnie PamplonaKannapong Thanarattrakul

One Nguyen Departs as Tai Flips Well

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

With many local players sporting the same family names, it was no surprise to see "Nguyen" involved once more. This time, however, that happened to be Anh Duc Nguyen from the United States who was flipping for his tournament life against Chun Min Tai.

Anh Duc Nguyen: {5-Spades}{5-Clubs}
Chun Min Tai: {a-Diamonds}{k-Hearts}

Board: {k-Diamonds}{10-Diamonds}{9-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{3-Spades}

The king on the flop was enough for Tai to deal the final blow.

Player Chips Progress
Chun Min Tai tw
Chun Min Tai
48,000
Anh Duc Nguyen us
Anh Duc Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Anh Duc NguyenChun Min Tai

Ha Ngoc Nguyen Among the Chip Leaders

Level 8 : Blinds 500/1,000, 1,000 ante

Several players have already doubled and tripled their starting stacks and local player Ha Ngoc Nguyen is now up almost five-fold. In the latest all-in showdown, she took on Khanh Tran Vu Truong with {k-Hearts}{k-Spades} versus {9-Spades}{9-Hearts} and there was no upset to boost the stack of Nguyen further.

Player Chips Progress
Ha Ngoc Nguyen vn
Ha Ngoc Nguyen
140,000
140,000
140,000
Khanh Tran Vu Truong
Khanh Tran Vu Truong
Busted

Tags: Ha Ngoc NguyenKhanh Tran Vu Truong

Level: 8

Blinds: 500/1,000

Ante: 1,000

Chung Busts Lee and Iyer

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Abhinav Iyer
Abhinav Iyer

In a three-way all-in, former big stack Abhinav Iyer had the bets of it against Seokyoung Lee as short stack but was covered by newly-arrived Ming San Chung.

Seokyoung Lee: {k-Spades}{9-Diamonds}
Abhinav Iyer: {a-Clubs}{a-Spades}
Ming San Chung: {j-Diamonds}{j-Spades}

The {q-Diamonds}{q-Hearts}{10-Clubs}{4-Hearts}{j-Clubs} board gave Chung a full house on the river and that secured the double knockout.

Player Chips Progress
Ming San Chung hk
Ming San Chung
80,000
80,000
80,000
Seokyoung Lee ph
Seokyoung Lee
Busted
GGPoker
Abhinav Iyer in
Abhinav Iyer
Busted
WSOP 1X Winner

Tags: Abhinav IyerMing San ChungSeokyoung Lee

Chan Doubles Through Nguyen

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante

Duong Thuy Thi Nguyen raised it up preflop and sigh-called the shove by Ying Kit Chan when both got it in for fewer than the starting stack.

Ying Kit Chan: {a-Clubs}{j-Spades}
Duong Thuy Thi Nguyen: {a-Hearts}{10-Clubs}

The {j-Clubs}{7-Hearts}{3-Hearts}{8-Diamonds}{4-Hearts} board kept Chan ahead and Nguyen saw her stack reduced to very few big blinds.

Player Chips Progress
Ying Kit Chan hk
Ying Kit Chan
42,000
Duong Thuy Thi Nguyen vn
Duong Thuy Thi Nguyen
4,000

Tags: Ying Kit ChanDuong Thuy Thi Nguyen

Nguyen Eliminated by Mehrotra

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Minh Quang Nguyen
Minh Quang Nguyen

Sanat Mehrotra looked up the short stack all-in of Minh Quang Nguyen who was at risk for a mere 7,100.

Minh Quang Nguyen: {a-Spades}{k-Spades}
Sanat Mehrotra: {k-Clubs}{10-Hearts}

The inferior hand got there on the {q-Diamonds}{5-Diamonds}{4-Clubs}{10-Spades}{3-Spades} board and Nguyen quickly left the tournament area. The same table also features one of the biggest stacks in the room, which happens to be Vo Ho Duong Thai.

Player Chips Progress
Vo Ho Duong Thai vn
Vo Ho Duong Thai
190,000
125,000
125,000
Sanat Mehrotra in
Sanat Mehrotra
46,000
1,000
1,000
Ngoc Tranh Anh Nguyen
Ngoc Tranh Anh Nguyen
15,000
Minh Quang Nguyen vn
Minh Quang Nguyen
Busted

Tags: Minh Quang NguyenSanat MehrotraVo Ho Duong Thai

Assorted Counts in the Field

Level 7 : Blinds 400/800, 800 ante
Player Chips Progress
Tse Paul Lee my
Tse Paul Lee
140,000
Richard Marquez ph
Richard Marquez
105,000
75,000
75,000
Vincent Huang au
Vincent Huang
70,000
-5,000
-5,000
Day 1C Chip Leader
Aigars Plivcs lv
Aigars Plivcs
70,000
41,000
41,000
Tzai Wei Phua sg
Tzai Wei Phua
58,000
-5,000
-5,000
Hamish Crawshaw nz
Hamish Crawshaw
50,000
22,000
22,000
Kunal Patni in
Kunal Patni
38,000
-7,000
-7,000
Linh Phuong Dieu Nguyen vn
Linh Phuong Dieu Nguyen
37,000
-23,000
-23,000
Jeffrey Lo hk
Jeffrey Lo
33,000
33,000
33,000
Hoang Huy Tran vn
Hoang Huy Tran
32,000
Hwany Lee kr
Hwany Lee
30,000
-35,000
-35,000
Vincent Li hk
Vincent Li
30,000