Ho Tram Resort Casino and poker operations partner World Players Entertainment – a division of World Gaming Group (WGG) – have announced the inaugural Vietnam Poker Cup (VPC), to be held in the Ho Tram Poker Room from 21 to 23 August 2015.
The Vietnam Poker Cup follows on from the hugely successful APT Vietnam in May and is Vietnam’s first truly home grown poker festival. Aimed primarily at non-Vietnamese passport holders living in Ho Chi Minh City and elsewhere throughout Vietnam, it features smaller buy-ins including a US$550 Main Event, a US$1,100 High Rollers tournament and other events with buy-ins ranging from US$55 to US$275.
VPC1 represents a unique opportunity for one player to stamp their name in the history books as the very first winner of the Vietnam Poker Cup. It is sponsored locally by Ho Chi Minh-based poker training and media website SoMuchPoker.com.
The APT Vietnam event held earlier this year was attended by a number of players of Vietnamese heritage, including WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star winner Nam Le and well known Los Angeles-based professional poker player Phong “Turbo” Nguyen, who was born just 30km from Ho Tram Resort Casino near Vung Tau.
“The Asian Poker Tour event in May at Ho Tram was fantastic,” said Turbo. “I’m looking forward to the first Vietnam Poker Cup and seeing it become a regular fixture on the Ho Tram calendar.”
Phong "Turbo" Nguyen and WPE CEO Andrew W Scott at the WSOP earlier this week
Making the announcement from the floor of the World Series of Poker in Las Vegas, World Gaming Group CEO Mr Scott said, “This is the beginning of something that will last for many years to come. The Vietnam Poker Cup is a historic event with the winner’s name to forever be etched in glory.
“It is also a major milestone for Ho Tram Resort Casino as Vietnam’s first home grown poker event.”
Bookings can be made by contacting Ho Tram Resort Casino on +84 64 378 8022 or by emailing [email protected].
