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WPC Hanoi 2022: Kartik Ved Leads Main Event Final 8

The World Poker Championship (WPC) hosted at the Grand Loyal Poker Club in Hanoi, Vietnam, has now reached the final day of its record-breaking Main Event. The final 8 of the Main Event was set after WSOP bracelet winner Abhinav Iyer bubbled the final table in 9th place. However, not all hope is lost for India as fellow Indian poker and WSOP bracelet winner Kartik Ved leads the final table with a strong stack of 9 million chips.

There were 128 runners out of 1,020 total entries survived to Day 2. Ved entered Day 2 with a stack of 374,000 chips. He continued to build his stack and run deeper until he eventually made it to the final table with the chip lead. His most significant double-up came when he won a pot from Kim Beab Su who finished in 12^th place. Ved is no stranger in the South East Asian circuit and has been active on the live felts since 2015. In WSOP 2022, where Ved finished third at the $1,000 Mini Main Event for $275,593.

However, Ved is not the only Indian on the final table, as Deepak Bothra also made it. Bothra entered Day 2 with 398,000 and reached the final 8 with a stack of 2 million chips. The Indian pro has also experienced good results on the felts of Asian Poker Tour at VSOP in July 2022 when he led the final table of the Main Event and also finished third at the Championship event. He was also in the final table of the APPT Manila 2022 National event.

Final Table Chip Counts:

Player	Country	Chip Counts
Kartik Ved	India	9,000,000
Nguyen Quang Minh	Vietnam	6,100,000
Ha Manh Tuong	Vietnam	4,100,000
Hao Seo	Vietnam	2,675,000
Jason Lau	Malaysia	2,625,000
Nguyen Quang Huy	Vietnam	2,550,000
Deepak Bothra	India	2,000,000
Eric Wasylenko	Canada	1,600,000

There are 30,650,000 chips in play with players having an average stack of 3,831,250. The winner of the event will walk away with a WPC trophy and the lion’s share worth VN₫ 3,226,200,000 from the prize pool. With two Indians on the FT, we hope another WPC title comes home!

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