Nguyen Chanh Tin Bags the Biggest Chips for Day1A of the Inaugural Won Poker Cup Main Event#2; Warm-Up Event#1 Champion Daniel Lau Lik Kun takes home $21,000 and a Won Poker Cup Eagle trophy; Song Bug Yun wins Deepstack Event#3 for $3,341

With a guaranteed prize pool of US$500,000 for a buyin of US$1,100, the Won Poker Cup Main Event#2 debuted with flying colors as Nguyen Chanh Tin leads a pack of 22 players into Day2 of this inaugural event with 388,000 in chips. 

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Following Tin closely, Nguyen Duc Thanh bagged 352,000 chips as second in chip lead.  Tin will have to be careful maintaining his chip lead coming into Day2 considering his compatriot’s experience over his. 

The first flight of Day1 attracted 133 players which included some of the most familiar names in the Asian poker industry.  Every 40-minute level was filled with tension as the players attempted to survive to make it to Day2. Some of those prestigious names, however, fell short of qualifying.  WSOP 2019 Ladies Champion Ji Young Kim went deep into the day but didn’t survive long enough to move forward.  Other notables included Dao Minh Phu, Quang Huy Nguyen, Kyle Bao Diep, Hai Nam Hoang.

The 22 players who qualified are: 

Name Country Chip Count
1 Nguyen Chanh Tin Vietnam                                 388,000
2 Nguyen Duc Thanh Vietnam                                 352,000
3 Alex Lindop UK                                 325,000
4 Ilva Firstov Kazakhstan                                 293,000
5 Armon Van Wijk Australia                                 252,000
6 Elena Penzina Russia                                 230,000
7 Ke Hong Jing China                                 228,000
8 Zou China                                 215,000
9 Hoang Hai Nam Vietnam                                 184,000
10 Gan Caho China                                 179,000
11 Ye Xian Bao China                                 167,000
12 Jang Hyuk Hui Korea                                 148,000
13 Sevvy Steenman UK                                 148,000
14 Li Xi Yu China                                 138,000
15 Leong Chuen Wai Malaysia                                 123,000
16 Wang Su Chong Malaysia                                 121,000
17 Li Qing Lin China                                 111,000
18 Zhu Lai Ming China                                 107,000
19 Doan Quang Trung Vietnam                                   98,000
20 Le Ngoc Minh Vietnam                                   85,000
21 David Anstice UK                                   79,000
22 Lau Huat Siong Malaysia                                   19,000

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The Warm-Up Event#1 also finished today with Daniel Lau Lik Kun winning US$21,100 against Lee Sung Hak who took home $14,000 for his efforts.  It was a breathtaking moment when both players tabled their hands to show Jc Jd for Kun against Hak’s who held pocket As Ac. But as all poker players know, sometimes it is not enough to have pocket Aces especially when the board revealed 2h Jh 6d 6h Td, leaving his opponent shocked and in 2nd place with $14,000. 

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The Deepstack Event #4 tournament which happened today found itself a champion in Song Bug Yun who outlasted a total of 31 players in the field. He received US$3,341 and a Won Poker Cup Side Event trophy.  The Top 5 for the Deepstack Event#4 is as follows:

Name  Country Cash Prize ($)
1 Song Bug Yun Korea       3,341
2 Nguyen Trung Ha Viet Nam       2,300
3 Deninas Tomas Lithuania       1,470
4 Shah Vikaash India       1,060
5 Vsylenko Anzhela Ukraine           850

 

 

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