2023 WPT President of Vietnam 25,000,000 VND ($1,065 USD). American dollar) The main event drew a field of 1,151 entries, making it the largest WPT Major event of all time in Asia and the second largest WPT president The main event in general. The strong turnout resulted in a prize pool equivalent to nearly $1.1 million American dollar. The tournament ran from May 25-29 at the Crown Poker Club in Ha Noi. In the end, Vietnam-based Dui Thuc Nguyen came out on top with the title and first prize of $177,764.
It was Nguyen’s second title of the year, having also won an event at the Grand Prix suitable Phu Quoc March series. He now has approximately $220,000 in tournament winnings registered to his name.
Nguyen also got a score of 960 card player Player of the Year indicates that he is the champion of this event. With two titles and three final table finishes so far this year, Nguyen has climbed outside the top 150 in 2023. POY Race order submitted by Global Poker.
Nguyen made it to the final table with nine third place chips, with Xizhen Huang at the top of the leaderboard and Chak Lam Tsang sitting in front of Nguyen as the cards fell through the air.
Tsang scored the first knockout of the day to create some distance between himself and Nguyen, but that gap was soon closed when Nguyen cracked a suitable A-4 break to Satoshi Corega’s aces to narrow the field to seven.
Nguyen also won his pre-qualifying race with AK fitting in against sixth-place finisher Jaeho Lee to get close to 100 big blinds with the five-on start.
Nguyen then cleared Philip Nguyen (5th) and Yohan Liu (4th) to take a huge chip lead. Huang was next to fall, his K-7 suits unable to beat Tsang’s A-8. Huang had a flush pull at the turn, but missed the river and was eliminated in third place ($87,753).
The head-to-head game started with Nguyen in the lead, earning 21,225,000 to Tsang’s 13,200,000. He quickly extended his advantage to almost 5:1 just in time to get the last hand. Chips entered on Q
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89 Plank, with Tsang holding J
8 For a couple while Nguyen had an A.10 For straight queen high. 4 The board completed, making Tsang the official runner-up ($118,637).
Here is a look at payments and POY Points awarded at the final table:
| place | player | earnings | POY points |
| 1 | Doi Thuc Nguyen | $177,764 | 960 |
| 2 | Chuck Lam Tsang | $118,637 | 800 |
| 3 | Xizhen Huang | $87,753 | 640 |
| 4 | Johann Liu | $65,559 | 480 |
| 5 | Philip Nguyen | $49,457 | 400 |
| 6 | Jaeho Lee | $37,700 | 320 |
| 7 | Julian Warhurst | $29,010 | 240 |
| 8 | Satoshi Corega | $22,608 | 160 |
| 9 | Jin Long Ho | $17,764 | 80 |
Winner image courtesy of World Poker Tour.
