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WPC Hanoi 2022: Nishant Sharma Takes Home Another Live Title

The Grand Loyal Poker Club’s ballroom was filled with poker playing looking to ship titles at the World Poker Championship Hanoi 2022. The day saw Indian poker pro Nishant Sharma ship the WPC High Roller Single Day event. Sharma is the first Indian player in the current series edition to clinch a title for VN₫ 679,500,000.

With many players taking part in the Main Event starting flights, the series added a High Roller Single Day event to keep the poker action flowing. The event had a buy-in worth VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,321) which was bigger compared to the other tournaments. The prize pool of the event was VN₫ 1,697,500,000 (~US$ 71,639). There were 35 entries who participated in the event and five players finished in the money.

Sharma was consistently in the lead since the start of the game and he continued his run until he was among the final five. Once the money bubble burst, player Ng Vu Huy and Gary Pound Thomas were quickly eliminated in 5th for VN₫ 153,000,000 and 4th place for VN₫ 186,000,000, respectively. With only three players remaining, Sharma and Michael Kim Falcon sat comfortably with massive stacks.

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Kalyan Chakravarthy brought the gap closer when he doubled up with As 2d against Falcon’s Jd Jh. However, Falcon soon recovered just a few hands after when he called off with Ad 8h against Chakravarthy’s check-jam with Ac 9d on a flop of 3h 8s Qs. Falcon’s pair won, and he busted Chakravarthy in the 3rd place for VN₫ 254,000,000. In the final hand, both Sharma who had a slight lead, and Falcon went all-in with Ace-high. Sharma took home the title after holding a better kicker. Falcon walked away in the runner-up position for VN₫ 425,000,000.

Final Table Payouts:

Rank	Player	Prize (VN₫)
1st	Nishant Sharma	679,500,000
2nd	Michael Kim Falcon	425,000,000
3rd	Kalyan Chakravarthy	254,000,000
4th	Gary Pound Thomas	186,000,000
5th	Ng Vu Huy	153,000,000

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