Coming from a stellar 2023, tournament poker at Crown Poker Club, Hanoi, Vietnam is gearing up to bring in more action for the year ahead. In preparation of what’s to come, the popular poker venue has recently announced its list of international tours slated for 2024 in addition to its bustling schedule of local events as well as daily games.
The unveiled lineup comprises of six legs circling around its growing partnership with renowned brands, U Series of Poker and the World Poker Tour. These returning events have fared pretty well in its previous seasons, breaking record prize pools, welcoming staggering turnouts and overall, offering global attention-worthy events. This year’s chapter is set to follow through on those high expectations and bring in another round of exciting games on the table.
U Series of Poker
Entering the scene as a newcomer, U Series of Poker made waves following its tremendous success across its inaugural events, tuning everyone to mark their calendars festival after festival. Crown Poker Club’s first quarter of the year is headlined by Part 1 of the USOP Da Nang festivities scheduled from March 19 through April 1st, 2024.
The USOP festival previously held in Furama Resort in the coastal city of central Vietnam, stacked up to be the tour’s biggest event of the year after 1,595 entries turned up for itsMain Event Singapore’s The Naing seized the lion’s share of the VN₫ 34,810,800,000 (~$1,434,020) prize pool and racked up the single largest festival payout of VN₫ 4,979,000,000 (~$205,190).
WPT Vietnam
Joining the list are two thrilling WPT festivals, the first one being the WPT Viet Nam: Passport to the World Championship which kicks things off on May 14-27. The Passport to the World Championship series follows through its previous season held last October where the festival awarded ₫74,871,972,000 (~$3,060,000) in prizes in addition to the nine coveted World Championship packages. This upcoming edition charges a similar ₫30,000,000 (~US$ 1,230) Main Event buy-in beginning on the 23rd and a festival guarantee of 10 packages in total.
