USOP Da Nang 2023: Live Updates
Latest poker news about USOPDanang2023
Key Info U Series of Poker USOP Da Nang, Vietnam 2023
Location: Furama Resort Danang
Dates: Nov 17th to Nov 27th
Main Event Buy-In: VND 25M
Schedule:
It has been a spectacular year for Asia’s latest sensation, drawing massive crowds and shattering records to rapidly become one of the most sought-after festivals in the region. As the year-end approaches, all eyes are on Danang, Vietnam for USOP’s grand season finale where a jaw dropping VN₫ 50 Billion (~$2 Million) in guarantees has been announced alongside a vibrant 53-event schedule. This is the brand’s largest offering to date and it is all set to take place at Furama Resort from November 17 to 27, 2023. Let’s take a closer look at what’s in store.
53 Trophies Up for Grabs
For the finale, USOP expanded its schedule to 53 trophy events featuring low-end buy ins from VN₫ 3,400,000 (~$ 144) to VN₫ 11,000,000 (~$465), mid-ranged buy ins from VN₫ 15,500,000 (~$698) to VN₫ 25,000,000 (~$1,057), and high-end buy ins from VN₫ 33,000,000 (~$1,395) to VN₫ 250,000,000 (~$10,570).
Players can expect the return of all the crowd favorites, an extensive high roller lineup, new events, and of course the crown jewel Main Event highlighted by its VN₫ 15 Billion (~$612,870) guarantee.
MAIN EVENT – VN₫ 15 Billion (~$612,870) guarantee
In September, the USOP Hanoi Main Event drew a country record field of 1,336 entries and record prize pool of VN₫ 29,158,200,000 (~$1,212,000). India’s Vishal Ojha emerged victorious to seize a career high payout of VN₫ 4,952,000,000 (~$205,840).
With the brand’s popularity on a consistent rise, and interest very high since the announcement of the festival, players can expect the upcoming USOP Danang Main Event to smash its VN₫ 15 Billion guarantee with the potential to break its own record. Among the players expected to attend are past champions Vishal Ojha, Nguyen Ngoc Dai, and Edwin Dela Cruz.
The Main Event runs from November 23 to 27, 2023. To enter, four starting days are available. Buy in is VN₫ 25,000,000 (~$1,057). Each Day 1 plays down to ITM of 12.5% of the field. As early as now, players can avail of the Main Event Early Bird Package with rooms at Furama Resort.
Other Key Events
In addition to the Main Event are numerous events backed by guarantees. For players interested in low to mid-ranged buy ins, listed below are events to plug in your calendars.| Event | Date | Guarantee in VN₫ | Buy in in VN₫ |
| Mystery Millions | November 17-19 | 4,000,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| Sunday Superstack | November 19 | 600,000,000 | 8,800,000 |
| Mini Main Event | November 20-22 | 2,000,000,000 | 8,800,000 |
| Midweek Superstack | November 22 | 800,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| Bounty Event | November 23 | 600,000,000 | 10,000,000 |
| Mystery Rush Bounty | November 24 | 600,000,000 | 8,800,000 |
| Megastack | November 26-27 | 1,000,000,000 | 11,000,000 |
| The Closer | November 27 | 500,000,000 | 6,600,000 |
Special Qualifiers
For players looking to get an early start at qualifying for Day 2 of the Main Event, Mystery Millions, and Mini Main Event, Special Qualifiers will be held at Saigon Poker Room in Ho Chi Minh City and at Crown Poker Club in Hanoi. It is advisable to jump on these qualifiers in order to have more time during the festival to tackle the side events.
High Rollers
USOP high roller events have grown in popularity that at the Hanoi festival, the Superstar Challenge set a new record of 94 entries and a prize pool of VN₫ 10,212,100,000 (~$424,000).
| Event | Date | Guarantee in VN₫ | Buy in in VN₫ |
| High Roller Warm Up | November 17 | 1,500,000,000 | 44,000,000 |
| Mini High Roller | November 17 | 400,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
| High Roller For Red Cross | November 18 | 2,000,000,000 | 55,000,000 |
| Mini High Roller | November 18 | 400,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
| Superstar Challenge | November 19-20 | 4,000,000,000 | 120,000,000 |
| Mini High Roller | November 19 | 400,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
| High Roller Bounty Hunter | November 20 | 2,000,000,000 | 66,000,000 |
| Mini High Roller | November 20 | 400,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
| High Roller Megastack | November 21-22 | 3,000,000,000 | 77,000,000 |
| Super High Roller | November 22-23 | 2,000,000,000 | 88,000,000 |
| Billionaire Club Challenge | November 24 | 4,000,000,000 | 250,000,000 |
| Mini High Roller | November 25 | 400,000,000 | 22,000,000 |
| High Roller The Finale | November 26-27 | 4,000,000,000 | 66,000,000 |
| High Roller Last Chance | November 27 | 1,200,000,000 | 33,000,000 |
As early as now, players can start booking their stay and avail of the High Roller Early Bird Package. The promo is limited to the first 50 bookings.
Heads Up Event increased to 64 player cap
New Events
With the USOP Danang schedule much bigger than previous, the newest events include Crazy Pineapple, Midweek Superstack, Double Board – Single Winner, and 6-Card PLO. Be the first winners of these events!Satellites
In addition to trophy events are daily satellites to a long list of games: Main Event, Mystery Bounty, Sunday Superstack, Mini Main Event, Megastack, The Closer, High Roller Warm Up, High Roller For Red Cross, Superstar Challenge, High Roller Bounty Hunter, High Roller Megastack, Super High Roller, Billionaire Club Challenge, High Roller The Finale, and High Roller Last Chance.Flipouts are also available on demand. Kicking off the games is the Freeroll For Main Event Seat which is capped at 100 players. That event runs on November 17 at 10:30am. Imagine winning your seat to the Main Event for FREE and taking it all the way to the top!
Hotel Accommodations
With USOP Danang 2023 drawing near, players are recommended to start securing accommodations at host venue Furama Resort. This five-star hotel overlooks the gorgeous white sands of Danang Beach and it is just 20 minutes from the Danang Airport. For assistance booking your stay as well as the Early Bird Packages, contact information is provided below.
- HR for Red Cross
- Mystery Millions - Day 2
- Mini Main Event - Day 2
- Heads Up Challenge
- Billionaire Club Challenge
- Main Event
High Roller for Red Cross – Charity Event
Date: November 18, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~$2,326)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~$82,420)
Entries: 123 (78 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 5,842,500,000 (~$240,800)
Charity amount raised: VN₫ 369,000,000 (~$15,200)
ITM: 18 places
Mystery Millions
Date: November 17 to 19, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~$465)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~$165,000)
Entries: 568
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,566,500,000 (~$147,930)
Bounty pool: VN₫ 1,920,000,000 (~$79,130)
ITM: 72 players
Day 1A: 148 (117 unique) – 19 advance
Day 1B: 206 (163 unique) – 26 advance
Day 1C: 201 (149 unique) – 25 advance
Ho Chi Minh – 13 – 2 advance
Mystery Bounty Pool
| Amount | Pcs | Total |
| ₫300,000,000 | 1 | ₫300,000,000 |
| ₫200,000,000 | 1 | ₫200,000,000 |
| ₫150,000,000 | 1 | ₫150,000,000 |
| ₫100,000,000 | 2 | ₫200,000,000 |
| ₫50,000,000 | 8 | ₫400,000,000 |
| ₫30,000,000 | 11 | ₫300,000,000 |
| ₫10,000,000 | 20 | ₫200,000,000 |
| ₫5,000,000 | 28 | ₫135,000,000 |
| Total | 72 | ₫1,920,000,000 |
Payouts
| 1 | ₫670,000,000 |
| 2 | ₫470,000,000 |
| 3 | ₫302,300,000 |
| 4 | ₫212,000,000 |
| 5 | ₫168,600,000 |
| 6 | ₫138,200,000 |
| 7 | ₫111,300,000 |
| 8 | ₫86,600,000 |
| 9 | ₫67,000,000 |
| 10-12 | ₫52,900,000 |
| 13-15 | ₫44,300,000 |
| 16-18 | ₫37,300,000 |
| 19-21 | ₫31,200,000 |
| 22-24 | ₫25,900,000 |
| 25-27 | ₫21,800,000 |
| 28-36 | ₫18,700,000 |
| 37-45 | ₫16,100,000 |
| 46-54 | ₫14,000,000 |
| 55-63 | ₫12,500,000 |
| 64-72 | ₫11,500,000 |
Chips in play: 13,875,000
Average stack: 198,214
Day 2 starting blinds: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Day 2 – 70 players
| Rank | Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| 1 | Lee Wai Huen | 706,000 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Đỗ Văn ThắNg | 704,000 | 6 | 8 |
| 3 | Baxooka (Tan Wah Meng) | 561,000 | 8 | 2 |
| 4 | Li Xiao Lin | 522,000 | 7 | 6 |
| 5 | Đỗ Phi Hùng | 471,000 | 2 | 8 |
| 6 | Bjorn Stian Vuilliomenet | 451,000 | 7 | 3 |
| 7 | Moo Young Jae | 413,000 | 5 | 8 |
| 8 | NguyễN Thanh Sơn | 397,000 | 4 | 7 |
| 9 | Zhu Jingxuan | 331,000 | 6 | 1 |
| 10 | Frank Lillis | 325,000 | 5 | 5 |
| 11 | Leonard Yannick | 322,000 | 9 | 2 |
| 12 | Shen Hao | 284,000 | 3 | 7 |
| 13 | Lee Seok Young (Tiger) | 283,000 | 6 | 4 |
| 14 | The Naing | 255,000 | 2 | 6 |
| 15 | Anuy Voong | 234,000 | 7 | 7 |
| 16 | Tan Xiao Hui | 228,000 | 4 | 1 |
| 17 | Phí TiếN Sáng | 224,000 | 7 | 9 |
| 18 | Đỗ Phong | 223,000 | 8 | 7 |
| 19 | Jacob Yong Yan Chee | 219,000 | 9 | 1 |
| 20 | Bazerli Demian | 214,000 | 7 | 5 |
| 21 | Ham Dong Myung | 202,000 | 2 | 3 |
| 22 | Po-So | 192,000 | 7 | 2 |
| 23 | Habo Clement | 191,000 | 5 | 2 |
| 24 | Isaac Phua Chern Chze | 191,000 | 9 | 4 |
| 25 | Sukhum Kiwanont | 189,000 | 4 | 8 |
| 26 | Tan Ong Kwan | 187,000 | 2 | 1 |
| 27 | NguyễN Duy Tùng | 187,000 | 6 | 2 |
| 28 | Anmol Mehta | 187,000 | 9 | 3 |
| 29 | TrầN Văn Tài | 184,000 | 3 | 5 |
| 30 | Mai Bien | 184,000 | 8 | 1 |
| 31 | Jehanne Jeremy | 182,000 | 3 | 1 |
| 32 | ĐặNg Minh ĐạT | 181,000 | 9 | 8 |
| 33 | Xu Wei | 174,000 | 5 | 6 |
| 34 | Ksy | 173,000 | 5 | 9 |
| 35 | Mèo Xinh | 167,000 | 8 | 5 |
| 36 | NguyễN Bích | 166,000 | 2 | 5 |
| 37 | Cal Weixian | 162,000 | 6 | 3 |
| 38 | Ong Beng Wei | 158,000 | 7 | 8 |
| 39 | Lê Ng Chí CườNg | 151,000 | 6 | 5 |
| 40 | Tony Meo | 146,000 | 9 | 6 |
| 41 | Saul Shuoyuam Liu | 144,000 | 4 | 4 |
| 42 | Jaewook Shin | 143,000 | 2 | 7 |
| 43 | NguyễN TrườNg An | 141,000 | 7 | 1 |
| 44 | Erik Rozhynskyi | 132,000 | 6 | 7 |
| 45 | Avneesh Munjal | 128,000 | 4 | 5 |
| 46 | Tung Zi Wei | 122,000 | 3 | 9 |
| 47 | Xie Jialei | 121,000 | 5 | 1 |
| 48 | Lee Jin Xiong | 120,000 | 5 | 3 |
| 49 | NguyễN ĐứC LợI | 119,000 | 2 | 2 |
| 50 | Jin Yuan Mai | 119,000 | 4 | 9 |
| 51 | Amit Kaushik | 112,000 | 4 | 2 |
| 52 | Vũ Văn Tháng | 109,000 | 3 | 4 |
| 53 | Huang Jiangho | 104,000 | 2 | 9 |
| 54 | Baatar Munkhsukh | 103,000 | 2 | 4 |
| 55 | Đoàn Quang Trung | 102,000 | 8 | 3 |
| 56 | Lee Koangho | 101,000 | 4 | 6 |
| 57 | Lê TuấN KiệT | 100,000 | 5 | 4 |
| 58 | Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu | 96,000 | 7 | 4 |
| 59 | Lo Kuen Wai Jefferey | 94,000 | 6 | 9 |
| 60 | Peter Kiem | 93,000 | 8 | 4 |
| 61 | TrầN NguyễN NgọC ĐạT | 85,000 | 8 | 6 |
| 62 | Mai Thanh Sơn | 80,000 | 5 | 7 |
| 63 | PhạM NguyễN Gia Vương | 79,000 | 3 | 8 |
| 64 | Wonhyong Choi | 78,000 | 9 | 7 |
| 65 | Meherzad Munjaf | 75,000 | 3 | 3 |
| 66 | Dat Duc Nguyen | 75,000 | 6 | 6 |
| 67 | Lê Thị Kim Thùy | 72,000 | 8 | 8 |
| 68 | Jian Zhu Chen | 58,000 | 3 | 2 |
| 69 | Phuong Nguyen | 33,000 | 4 | 3 |
| 70 | David Battersby | 26,000 | 9 | 5 |
Seat Draw by Table
| Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| Đỗ Phi Hùng | 471,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Tan Ong Kwan | 187,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Huang Jiangho | 104,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Ham Dong Myung | 202,000 | 2 | 3 |
| NguyễN ĐứC LợI | 119,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Jaewook Shin | 143,000 | 2 | 7 |
| NguyễN Bích | 166,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Baatar Munkhsukh | 103,000 | 2 | 4 |
| The Naing | 255,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Jehanne Jeremy | 182,000 | 3 | 1 |
| PhạM NguyễN Gia Vương | 79,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Jian Zhu Chen | 58,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Vũ Văn Tháng | 109,000 | 3 | 4 |
| TrầN Văn Tài | 184,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Tung Zi Wei | 122,000 | 3 | 9 |
| Shen Hao | 284,000 | 3 | 7 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | 75,000 | 3 | 3 |
| Lee Wai Huen | 706,000 | 3 | 6 |
| Avneesh Munjal | 128,000 | 4 | 5 |
| Amit Kaushik | 112,000 | 4 | 2 |
| Sukhum Kiwanont | 189,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Saul Shuoyuam Liu | 144,000 | 4 | 4 |
| Tan Xiao Hui | 228,000 | 4 | 1 |
| NguyễN Thanh Sơn | 397,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Jin Yuan Mai | 119,000 | 4 | 9 |
| Phuong Nguyen | 33,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Lee Koangho | 101,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Lê TuấN KiệT | 100,000 | 5 | 4 |
| Mai Thanh Sơn | 80,000 | 5 | 7 |
| Lee Jin Xiong | 120,000 | 5 | 3 |
| Moo Young Jae | 413,000 | 5 | 8 |
| Habo Clement | 191,000 | 5 | 2 |
| Ksy | 173,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Frank Lillis | 325,000 | 5 | 5 |
| Xie Jialei | 121,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Xu Wei | 174,000 | 5 | 6 |
| NguyễN Duy Tùng | 187,000 | 6 | 2 |
| Cal Weixian | 162,000 | 6 | 3 |
| Erik Rozhynskyi | 132,000 | 6 | 7 |
| Lo Kuen Wai Jefferey | 94,000 | 6 | 9 |
| Dat Duc Nguyen | 75,000 | 6 | 6 |
| Lee Seok Young ( Tiger) | 283,000 | 6 | 4 |
| Zhu Jingxuan | 331,000 | 6 | 1 |
| Đỗ Văn ThắNg | 704,000 | 6 | 8 |
| Lê Ng Chí CườNg | 151,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Anuy Voong | 234,000 | 7 | 7 |
| Bazerli Demian | 214,000 | 7 | 5 |
| Po-So | 192,000 | 7 | 2 |
| Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu | 96,000 | 7 | 4 |
| NguyễN TrườNg An | 141,000 | 7 | 1 |
| Bjorn Stian Vuilliomenet | 451,000 | 7 | 3 |
| Li Xiao Lin | 522,000 | 7 | 6 |
| Ong Beng Wei | 158,000 | 7 | 8 |
| Phí TiếN Sáng | 224,000 | 7 | 9 |
| Mai Bien | 184,000 | 8 | 1 |
| Baxooka (Tan Wah Meng) | 561,000 | 8 | 2 |
| Lê Thị Kim Thùy | 72,000 | 8 | 8 |
| TrầN NguyễN NgọC ĐạT | 85,000 | 8 | 6 |
| Mèo Xinh | 167,000 | 8 | 5 |
| Peter Kiem | 93,000 | 8 | 4 |
| Đỗ Phong | 223,000 | 8 | 7 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | 102,000 | 8 | 3 |
| Anmol Mehta | 187,000 | 9 | 3 |
| Wonhyong Choi | 78,000 | 9 | 7 |
| Tony Meo | 146,000 | 9 | 6 |
| Jacob Yong Yan Chee | 219,000 | 9 | 1 |
| ĐặNg Minh ĐạT | 181,000 | 9 | 8 |
| David Battersby | 26,000 | 9 | 5 |
| Leonard Yannick | 322,000 | 9 | 2 |
| Isaac Phua Chern Chze | 191,000 | 9 | 4 |
End of Day 1A – 19 players
| 1 | Bjorn Stian Vuilliomenet | 451,000 |
| 2 | Moo Young Jae | 413,000 |
| 3 | Nguyen Thanh Son | 397,000 |
| 4 | Leonard Yannick | 322,000 |
| 5 | Lee Seokyoung | 283,000 |
| 6 | Anuy Voong | 234,000 |
| 7 | Ham Dong Myung | 202,000 |
| 8 | Isaac Phua Chern Chze | 191,000 |
| 9 | Jehanne Jeremy | 182,000 |
| 10 | Dang Minh Dat | 181,000 |
| 11 | Erik Rozhynskyi | 132,000 |
| 12 | Nguyen Duc Loi | 119,000 |
| 13 | Jin Yuan Mai | 119,000 |
| 14 | Vu Vien Theng | 109,000 |
| 15 | Le Tuan Kiet | 100,000 |
| 16 | Lo Kuen Wai Jeffrey | 94,000 |
| 17 | Le Thi Kim Thuy | 72,000 |
| 18 | Jian Zhu Chen | 58,000 |
| 19 | Phuong Nguyen | 33,000 |
End of Day 1B – 26 players
| 1 | Baxooka | 561,000 |
| 2 | Li Xiao Lin | 522,000 |
| 3 | Đỗ Phi Hùng | 471,000 |
| 4 | Frank Lillis | 325,000 |
| 5 | Shen Hao | 284,000 |
| 6 | The Naing | 255,000 |
| 7 | Đỗ Phong | 223,000 |
| 8 | Mbazerli Demian | 214,000 |
| 9 | Po-So | 192,000 |
| 10 | Sukhom Kiwanont | 189,000 |
| 11 | Xu Wei | 174,000 |
| 12 | Ksy | 173,000 |
| 13 | Cal Weixian | 162,000 |
| 14 | Lê Ng Chí CườNg | 151,000 |
| 15 | Tony Meo | 146,000 |
| 16 | NguyễN TrườNg An | 141,000 |
| 17 | Avneesh Munjal | 128,000 |
| 18 | Tung Zi Wei | 122,000 |
| 19 | Lee Jin Xiong | 120,000 |
| 20 | Huang Jiangho | 104,000 |
| 21 | Lee Koangho | 101,000 |
| 22 | Peter Kiem | 93,000 |
| 23 | Mai Thanh Sơn | 80,000 |
| 24 | Wonhyong Choi | 78,000 |
| 25 | Dat Duc Nguyen | 75,000 |
| 26 | Meher2Ad Munjaf | 75,000 |
End of Day 1C – 25 players
| 1 | TrầN Văn Tài | 184,000 |
| 2 | Amit Kaushik | 112,000 |
| 3 | David Battersby | 26,000 |
| 4 | TrầN NguyễN NgọC ĐạT | 85,000 |
| 5 | Anmol Mehta | 187,000 |
| 6 | Tan Ong Kwan | 187,000 |
| 7 | NguyễN Bích | 166,000 |
| 8 | PhạM NguyễN Gia Vương | 79,000 |
| 9 | Zhu Jingxuan | 331,000 |
| 10 | Jacob Yong Yan Chee | 219,000 |
| 11 | NguyễN Duy Tùng | 187,000 |
| 12 | Saul Shuoyuam Liu | 144,000 |
| 13 | Phí TiếN Sáng | 224,000 |
| 14 | Đoàn Quang Trung | 102,000 |
| 15 | Đỗ Văn ThắNg | 704,000 |
| 16 | Habo Clement | 191,000 |
| 17 | Ong Beng Wei | 158,000 |
| 18 | Nguyen Doan Trung Hieu | 96,000 |
| 19 | Tan Xiao Hui | 228,000 |
| 20 | Mèo Xinh | 167,000 |
| 21 | Mai Bien | 184,000 |
| 22 | Xie Jialei | 121,000 |
| 23 | Jaewook Shin | 143,000 |
| 24 | Baatar Munkhsukh | 103,000 |
| 25 | Lee Wai Huen | 706,000 |
Oliver Schulze wins the Mini Main Event
After a lengthy twelve hours, Germany’s Oliver Schulze won the Mini Main Event and pocketed an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 1,056,000,000 (~$43,800). The last hand saw Schulze limp in and Kyle Bao Diep check, flop came 
. Schulze bet 300,000, Diep check-called. On the turn 
, Diep checks again, Schulze bets 1,500,000 Diep shoves and is called. The river was 
.
Kyle Bao Diep 
mid pair
Oliver Schulze 
top pair
Date: November 20 to 22, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950)
Entries: 935 (659 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 7,255,600,000 (~$300,940)
ITM/Survivors: 117 players
Final table payouts
| 1 | Oliver Schulze | ₫1,084,000,000* |
| 2 | Kyle Bao Diep | ₫1,056,000,000* |
| 3 | Pham Duy Tien | ₫571,000,000 |
| 4 | Calvin Tan | ₫421,800,000 |
| 5 | Ngo Minh Tien | ₫321,400,000 |
| 6 | Chirag Khanduja | ₫258,700,000 |
| 7 | Teoh Ming Hong | ₫207,500,000 |
| 8 | Guy Taylor | ₫162,700,000 |
| 9 | Cao Minh Thang | ₫126,000,000 |
*Heads up ICM deal
Chips in play: 28,050,000
00:20: Oliver Schulze overtakes
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Button Oliver Schulze limps then calls big blind Kyle Bao Diep’s 750,000 raise. Flop comes 
, Schulze bets 450,000, Diep check-calls. The turn 
Diep leads out 1,320,000, Schulze calls. Both players check the river 
. Schulze wins it with 
.
Oliver Schulze – 17,500,000 (70 bb)
Kyle Bao Diep – 10,500,000 (42 bb)
00:11: ICM Deal reached!
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Kyle Bao Diep – VN₫ 1,084,000,000 (~$44,960)
Oliver Schulze – VN₫ 1,056,000,000 (~$43,800)
00:10: Heads up! Kyle Bao Diep versus Oliver Schulze
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Kyle Bao Diep – 15,050,000 (60 bb)
Oliver Schulze – 13,000,000 (52 bb)
00:10: Pham Duy Tien eliminated in 3rd place – VN₫ 571,000,000
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Pham Duy Tien shoved his last 10 bb with 
then fell to Oliver Schulze’s 
to finish in 3rd place.
Oliver Schulze – 13,000,000 (52 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – Eliminated in 3rd place
00:05: Calvin Tan eliminated in 4th place – VN₫ 421,800,000 (~$17,500)
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
Calvin Tan nosedived to fall out of contention in 4th place. It happened in two hands with the first one pretty much sealing his fate. Tan opens 500,000 from cutoff, then calls button Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet of 1,575,000. At the flop 
, Diep c-bets 700,000, Tan calls. On the turn 
, Diep jams 5,200,000, Tan calls, Diep shows 
set, Tan is drawing dead with 
. River is 
.
With Tan down to 2 bb, he is all in on the next hand with 
, Schulze dominates with 
, board is 
.
Oliver Schulze – 9,900,000 (39 bb)
Kyle Bao Diep – 15,550,000 (62 bb)
Calvin Tan – Eliminated in 3rd place
00:00: Blinds up, 4 players remaining
Level 33: 100,000-250,000 ante 250,000
| Oliver Schulze | 9,500,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 8,000,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 7,500,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 2,900,000 |
23:45: Ngo Minh Tien eliminated in 5th place – VN₫ 321,400,000
Level 32: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Ngo Minh Tien goes bust in two hands. The first hand he calls Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet jam with 
and is fifty-fifty against . The board runs , the small pair holds for a double up to Diep and Ngo down to 2 bb.
Next hand Ngo puts his 400,000 on the line with , cutoff Oliver Schulze has 
, board runs 
.
Oliver Schulze – 8,200,000 (41 bb)
Kyle Bao Diep – 8,070,000 (40 bb)
Ngo Minh Tien – Eliminated in 5th place
23:30: Kyle Bao Diep doubles up
Level 32: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Kyle Bao Diep three-bets all in with 
, initial raiser Oliver Schulze calls with . With the board running 
, it’s a double up for Diep.
Kyle Bao Diep – 4,080,000 (20 bb)
Oliver Schulze – 10,000,000 (50 bb)
23:20: Pham Duy Tien doubles up
Level 32: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
Utg+1 Pham Duy Tien shoves , big blind Calvin Tan calls with , board runs 
, Pham doubles up.
Pham Duy Tien – 2,820,000 (14 bb)
Calvin Tan – 5,600,000 (28 bb)
23:15: Blinds up, 5 players remaining
Level 32: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000
| Oliver Schulze | 11,800,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 6,900,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 4,800,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 3,000,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 1,500,000 |
23:10: Kyle Bao Diep survives
Level 31: 100,000-150,000 ante 150,000
Button Kyle Bao Diep raises a massive 1,000,000, small blind Pham Duy Tien three-bets all in, Diep risks it all. Pham shows , Diep , board runs for a lucky straight to Diep.
Kyle Bao Diep – 3,500,000 (23 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – 1,600,000 (10 bb)
23:00: Chirag Khanduja eliminated in 6th place – VN₫ 258,700,000
Level 31: 100,000-150,000 ante 150,000
Hijack Pham Duy Tien raises 300,000, cutoff Chirag Khanduja three-bet jams 1,300,000, big blind Calvin Tan four-bet jams, Pham folds. Khanduja opens 
, Tan opens , board runs 
.
Calvin Tan – 7,700,000 (51 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – 3,400,000 (22 bb)
Chirag Khanduja – Eliminated in 6th place
22:55: Kyle Bao Diep pays up on a failed bluff, Schulze banks a double
Level 31: 100,000-150,000 ante 150,000
Button Oliver Schulze raises 300,000, big blind Kyle Bao Diep three-bets 1,050,000, Schulze calls. Board completes 
, Diep bets 550,000 flop, 1,125,000 turn, then jams the river. Schulze calls throughout, Diep shows the bluff, Schulze ships a double with 
full house.
Oliver Schulze – 9,860,000 (65 bb)
Kyle Bao Diep – 2,000,000 (13 bb)
22:40: Ngo Minh Tien gets lucky
Level 31: 100,000-150,000 ante 150,000
Ngo Minh Tien three-bets all in with , initial raiser Calvin Tan calls with , the board runs 
for a lucky pair to Ngo.
Ngo Minh Tien – 3,800,000 (25 bb)
Calvin Tan – 5,800,000 (38 bb)
22:25: Blinds up, 6 players remaining
Level 31: 100,000-150,000 ante 150,000
| Calvin Tan | 7,700,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 5,800,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | 5,400,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 3,900,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | 2,000,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 1,500,000 |
22:30: Calvin Tan hard-bets to win the pot
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Small blind Oliver Schulze raises 400,000 then calls big blind Calvin Tan’s three-bet of 1,300,000, flop comes {2d. Tan bets 400,000, Schulze check-calls. On the turn , Tan fires 1,500,000, Schulze check-folds.
Calvin Tan – 7,300,000 (60 bb)
Oliver Schulze – 5,400,000 (45 bb)
22:20: Teoh Ming Hong eliminated in 7th place – VN₫ 207,500,000 (~$8,605)
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Teoh Ming Hong shoves with then falls to Kyle Bao Diep’s . Board was 
.
Kyle Bao Diep – 6,200,000 (51 bb)
Teoh Ming Hong – Eliminated in 7th place
22:15: Chirag Khanduja applies pressure
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Hijack Chirag Khanduja opens 250,000, big blind Teoh Ming Hong calls, flop is . Khanduja c-bets 320,000, Teoh check-calls. On the turn , Khanduja shoves (1,150,000) and wins the pot.
Chirag Khanduja – 2,290,000 (19 bb)
Teoh Ming Hong – 1,500,000 (12 bb_
22:10: Guy Taylor eliminated in 8th place – VN₫ 162,700,000 (~$6,750)
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Pham Duy Tien opens 250,000 from cutoff, big blind Guy Taylor calls, flop comes . Taylor shoves 800,000 holding mid pair, Pham snap-calls with top pair. The turn and river ends Taylor’s run in 8th place.
Pham Duy Tien – 4,500,000 (37 bb)
Guy Taylor – Eliminated in 8th place
22:05: Chip counts
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
| Oliver Schulze | 6,600,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 5,700,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 5,100,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 3,200,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | 2,000,000 |
| Teoh Ming Hong | 1,910,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 1,625,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 1,200,000 |
22:01: Guy Taylor survives
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
Down to 4 bb, Guy Taylor doubles up with against Pham Duy Tien’s .
Guy Taylor – 1,200,000 (10 bb0
Pham Duy Tien – 3,200,000 (26 bb)
22:00: Teoh Ming Hong doubles, Guy Taylor plunges
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
From hijack Guy Taylor shoves holding , button Teoh Ming Hong calls for his last 805,000 with 
. Teoh wins the flip on a board . Taylor plunges to
Teoh Ming Hong – 1,910,000 (16 bb)
Guy Taylor – 510,000 (4 bb)
21:55: Blinds up, 8 players remaining
Level 30: 60,000-120,000 ante 120,000
21:50: Cao Minh Thang eliminated in 9th place – VN₫ 126,000,000
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Utg Kyle Bao Diep opens 200,000 then calls Cao Minh Thang’s three-bet shove of 700,000. Cao is ahead to Diep’s . However, Diep spikes the two-outer on the river to send Cao packing.
Kyle Bao Diep – 5,700,000 (57 bb
Cao Minh Thang – Eliminated in 9th place
21:45: Chirag Khanduja doubles up again
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Chirag Khanduja lands another double up to rise to 20 bb. He three-bet shoved with and further improved to a set to easily dust Pham Duy Tien’s .
Chirag Khanduja – 2,020,000 (20 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – 3,950,000 (39 bb)
21:30: Calvin Tan picks up a hefty pot
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Action folds to the button Calvin Tan who raises to 200,000, Pham Duy Tien defends the big blind, flop comes 
. Tan c-bets 175,000, Pham check-calls, turn is . Tan bets 225,000, Pham check-raises 700,000, Tan three-bets 1,500,000, Pham uses one time bank then flats. Both players check the river . Pham opens , Tan wins it with top pair.
Calvin Tan – 5,500,000 (55 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – 4,800,000 (48 bb)
21:20: Chirag Khanduja doubles up through Kyle Bao Diep
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Kyle Bao Diep opens from hijack with , Chirag Khanduja shoves with , Diep calls. The board rus for a double up to Khanduja.
Chirag Khanduja – 1,140,000 (11 bb)
Kyle Bao Diep – 5,200,000 (52 bb)
21:00: Final 9 players
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
| Pham Duy Tien | 6,410,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | 6,105,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 5,705,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 3,505,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 1,891,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 1,625,000 |
| Teoh Ming Hong | 1,410,000 |
| Cao Minh Thang | 990,000 |
| Gatmanee Jitber | 800,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | 495,000 |
20:47: Amit Kaushik bubbles to third final table – VN₫ 101,700,000 (~$4,220)
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Small blind Kyle Bao Diep shoves, big blind Amit Kaushik calls for everything and opens . Diep has . The board runs for a one-card straight to Diep.
Kyle Bao Diep – 5,700,000 (57 bb)
Amit Kaushik – Eliminated in 10th place
20:40: Gatmanee Jitbert eliminated in 11th place – VN₫ 101,700,000 (~$4,220)
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Utg+1 Gatmanee Jitbert goes all in for 700,000 with and runs into Pham Duy Tien’s . With no help on the board, Jitbert is eliminated.
Pham Duy Tien – 5,700,000 (57 bb)
Gatmanee Jitbert – Eliminated in 11th place
20:35: Blinds up, 11 players remaining
Level 29: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
| Oliver Schulze | 5,800,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 4,800,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 4,200,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 3,100,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 1,800,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 1,600,000 |
| Teoh Ming Hong | 1,400,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | 1,200,000 |
| Gatmanee Jitber | 800,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | 500,000 |
| Cao Minh Thang | 500,000 |
20:33: Lyn Linfeng eliminated in 12th place – VN₫ 101,700,000 (~$4,220)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Hijack Oliver Schulze raises 160,000, big blind Lyn Linfeng defends, flop comes . Schulze c-bets 110,000, Linfeng check-calls, both see the turn . Same action with a 410,000 c-bet. On the river , Schulze shoves, Linfeng check-calls for everything and opens top pair then busts to Schulze’s two pair.
Oliver Schulze – 5,300,000 (66 bb)
Lyn Linfeng – Eliminated in 12th place
20:21: Oliver Komarnicki eliminated in 13th place – VN₫ 80,000,000 (~$3,320)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
20:20: Lee Jung Yeol eliminated in 14th place – VN₫ 80,000,000 (~$3,320)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
From cutoff Lee Jung Yeol shoves (815,000), button Kyle Bao Diep calls. It’s a flip with Lee turning over and Diep with . The board runs out .
Kyle Bao Diep – 4,300,000 (54 bb)
Lee Jung Yeol – Eliminated in 14th place
20:15: Lyn Linfeng doubles up through Oliver Komarnicki
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg+1 opens for 160,000, button Oliver Komarnicki calls, big blind Lyn Linfeng three-bets all in for 905,000, initial raiser folds, Komarnicki calls. Linfeng opens , Komarnicki behind , the board runs .
Lyn Linfeng – 2,090,000 (26 bb)
Olimver Komarnicki – 1,800,000 (22 bb)
20:10: Kyle Bao Diep paid with quads
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Shortly after cleaning out a player, Kyle Bao Diep picked up another nice pile of chips with . He opened 160,000 from utg and went to the flop [ac} joined by button Teoh Ming Hong. Diep check-called 120,000 then both checked the turn . Then on the river Teoh slid out 400,000, Diep check-raised to 1,000,000, Teoh called then mucked to Diep’s quads.
Kyle Bao Diep – 3,300,000 (41 bb)
Teoh Ming Hong – 1,300,000 (16 bb)
20:03: Tran Quoc Uy eliminated in 15th place – VN₫ 80,000,000 (~$3,320)
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg Tran Quoc Uy raises 200,000, hijack Kyle Bao Diep three-bets all in, Tran calls for his tournament life and opens {0s}. Diep has . The board runs out , Diep ships it and boots Tran.
Kyle Bao Diep – 1,800,000 (22 bb)
Tran Quoc Uy – Eliminated in 15th place
19:50: Blinds up, 15 players remaining
Level 28: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Calvin Tan – 4,300,000 (54 bb)
Oliver Schulze – 3,400,000 (42 bb)
Pham Duy Tien – 3,300,000 (41 bb)
Teoh Minh Hong – 3,000,000 (37 bb)
Oliver Komarnicki – 2,500,000 (31 bb)
19:49: Nguyen Manh Hung eliminated in 16th place – VN₫ 66,000,000 (~$2,738)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Oliver Schulze raises 225,000 from cutoff, small blind Nguyen Manh Hung three-bets all in for 480,000, Schulze calls and shows , Nguyen is dominated with . The board runs out .
Oliver Schulze – 4,400,000
Nguyen Manh Hung – Eliminated in 16th place
19:45: Nguyen Ngoc Son eliminated in 17th place – VN₫ 66,000,000 (~$2,738)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Calvin Tan opens for 120,000, hijack three-bets 300,000, Tan calls to see the flop . Nguyen c-bets 300,000, Tan check-raises to 750,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn , Tan leads out 700,000, Nguyen tanks using up two time banks then jams around 955,000. Tan calls and shows , Nguyen with . The river ensures the win for Tan and 17th place for Nguyen.
Calvin Tan – 4,300,000 (71 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Son – Eliminated in 17th place
19:35: Robert Kiss eliminated in 18th place – VN₫ 66,000,000 (~$2,738)
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Utg+1 opens for 130,000, button Robert Kiss three bets 310,000, big blind Pham Duy Tien four-bets 760,000, initial raiser folds, Kiss uses up three time-banks then five-bets all in for 1,530,000. Pham calls and opens , it’s a cooler with Kiss turning over . The board runs out .
Pham Duy Tien – 3,300,000 (55 bb)
Robert Kiss – Eliminated in 18th place
19:25: Chirag Khanduja doubles up
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
From utg+3, Chirag Khanduja shoved his last 6.5 bb with , hijack Teoh Ming Hong three-bet jammed to successfully isolate and showed . With the board running it was a double up.
Chirag Khanduja – 810,000 (13 bb)
Teoh Ming Hong – 3,700,000 (61 bb)
19:15: Blinds up, 18 players remaining
Level 27: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
19:10: Final 18 players
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
| Teoh Ming Hong | 3,900,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | 3,600,000 |
| Oliver Komarnicki | 2,100,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | 2,000,000 |
| Calvin Tan | 2,000,000 |
| Robert Kiss | 1,900,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Son | 1,900,000 |
| Lyn Linfeng | 1,400,000 |
| Gatmanee Jitbert | 1,200,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 1,100,000 |
| Cao Minh Thang | 1,000,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | 1,000,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | 900,000 |
| Tran Quoc Uy | 850,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | 800,000 |
| Lee Jung Yeol | 800,000 |
| Pham Duy Tien | 700,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | 400,000 |
18:50: Hoang Nam Son plunges to 4 bb
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Action folds to the small blind Hoang Nam Son who raises 125,000, big blind Oliver Schulze calls, flop is . Hoang c-bets 50,000, Schulze calls. On the turn , Hoang bets 50,000 again, Schulze raises 200,000, Hoang three-bets 400,000, Schulze calls. The river Hoang shoves his last 400,000, Schulze snap calls, Hoang has small pair , Schulze with top pair, Hoang drops to 4 bb. He busts on the next hand.
Oliver Schulze – 3,600,000 (72 bb)
Hoang Nam Son – Eliminated in 19th place
18:30: Blinds up, 20 players remaining
Level 26: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
18:25: Jungsup Yun eliminated in 21st place
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
One time leader Jungsup Yun has fallen in 21st place. Hand opens with utg+1 Ming Hong Teoh raising 89,000, button and big blind Jungsup call. At the flop , Teoh c-bets 135,000, Jungsup check-calls, the turn is . Teoh bets 155,000, Jungsup check-raises 400,000, Teoh calls. On the river , Jungsup leads ou 500,000, Teoh jams, Jujgsup calls for everything, then discovers he is drawing dead.
Ming Hong Teoh set
Jungsup Yun top pair
Ming Hong Teoh – 4,000,000
Jungsup Yun – Eliminated in 21st place
18:22: Kabir Khattar eliminated
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Calvin Tan claims another head sending Kabir Khattar to the exit. Players fold to the button Khattar who raises 170,000 leaving 5,000 behind. Small blind calls, big blind Calvin Tan three-bets all in with . Khattar tosses the rest in holding , sb folds. The board runs .
Calvin Tan – 2,700,000 (67 bb)
Kabir Khattar – Eliminated in 22nd place
18:15: Ngo Minh Tien triple barrels Hoang Nam Son
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
From utg+2, Ngo Minh Tien raises 80,000, Hoang Nam Son defends the big blind. Ngo c-bets 70,000 on the flop , Hoang check-calls. Same action on the turn Ngo sends out 70,000 and is called. The river , Ngo fires 180,000 and wins the pot.
Ngo Minh Tien – 1,700,000 (42 bb)
Hoang Nam Son – 1,900,000 (47 bb)
18:10: Nguyen Ngoc Son wins the flip to rail one
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
All in preflop, big stacked Nguyen Ngoc Son’s won the flip against Nguyen Van Son’s to bring the field down to 22 players.
17:50: Calvin Tan rails Louie Yu
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
17:40: Blinds up, 29 players remaining
Level 25: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Teoh Ming Hong – 2,300,000
Hoang Nam Son – 2,000,000
Oliver Schulze – 1,600,000
Cao Ming Thang – 1,500,000
Calvin Tan – 1,400,000
16:55: Blinds up, 34 players remaining
Level 24: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Jungsup Yun – 1,500,000
Kyle Bao Diep – 1,400,000
Tan Wah Meng aka Baxooka – 1,300,000
Hoang Nam Son- 1,300,000
Cao Ming Thang – 1,200,000
16:10: Blinds up 42 players remaining
Level 23: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Hoang Nam Son – 1,600,000
Jungsup Yun – 1,400,000
Guy Taylor – 1,200,000
Hwigon Park – 1,200,000
Oliver Schulze – 1,200,000
15:15: Blinds up, 48 players remaining
Level 22: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Jungsup Yun – 1,800,000
Cao Minh Thang – 1,700,000
Hoang Nam Son – 1,300,000
Oliver Schulze – 1,200,000
Vinay B – 1,100,000
Guy Taylor – 1,000,000
14:40: Blinds up, 60 players remaining
Level 21: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Jungsup Yun – 1,600,000
Guy Taylor – 1,400,000
Amit Kaushik – 1,200,000
Choi Dong Yeol – 1,000,000
Oliver Schulze – 960,000
14:05: Jungsup Yun delivers double KO to zoom to 1.6M
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Massive takedown by Jungsup Yun to send his stack sky high. One player all in preflop, pot grows to over 160,000, two players call then check the flop . Jungsup Yun bets 125,000 on the turn , Jason Goh check-raises all in for 604,000 and shows flush and straight draw. Jungsup ahead set. The river is a sweep for Jungsup.
14:00: Guy Taylor soars to 1.4M on set over set
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Three-way action at the flop , pot at 132,000 blinds check to utg+1 Ngo Minh Tien who bets 100,000, small blind check-raises all in for 352,000, big blind Guy Taylor joins the shove with 820,000, Ngo folds.
Small blind
Guy Taylor
The turn and river improve both to a boat. Taylor ships it.
13:40: Blinds up, 79 players remaining
Level 20: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hwigon Park – 910,000
Amit Kaushik – 824,000
Nguyen Ngoc Son – 820,000
Jungsup Yun – 810,000
Sun Li Wei – 800,000
13:10: Blinds up, 100 players remaining
Level 19: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Hwigon Park – 880,000
Nguyen Ngoc Son – 800,000
Louie Yu – 770,000
Tran Nguyen Ngoc Dat – 700,000
12:40: Cards in the air!
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000
Day 2 – 117 players
| Louie Yu | South Korea | 950,000 |
| Tan Kean Wei | Malaysia | 811,000 |
| Hwigon Park | South Korea | 684,000 |
| Lee Wai Huen | Hong Kong | 678,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Son | Viet Nam | 560,000 |
| Yoon Wook | South Korea | 550,000 |
| Teoh Ming Hong | Malaysia | 541,000 |
| Dinh Tien Thanh | Viet Nam | 528,000 |
| Vaibhav Temani | India | 524,000 |
| Phuc Le | Viet Nam | 515,000 |
| Anmol Mehta | India | 489,000 |
| Tran Quoc Uy | Viet Nam | 484,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | None | 479,000 |
| Yun Jung Sup | Korea | 475,000 |
| Giatmanee Jihest | Thailand | 453,000 |
| NguyễN Duy ThứC | Viet Nam | 445,000 |
| Milkty | Viet Nam | 438,000 |
| Ham Dong Myung | South Korea | 421,000 |
| Cao Minh Thang | Viet Nam | 398,000 |
| Sung Ho Kim | South Korea | 385,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | India | 376,000 |
| Dziundemvv Jin | Hong Kong | 375,000 |
| Sun Li Wei | Taiwan | 363,000 |
| Tung Zi Wei | Taiwan | 347,000 |
| Tsang Ka Shun | Hong Kong | 335,000 |
| Phong Le | Viet Nam | 332,000 |
| Huynh Tai | Viet Nam | 320,000 |
| Dat Duc Nguyen | Viet Nam | 319,000 |
| Komarnicki Olivier | France | 314,000 |
| Choi Dong Yeol | Korea | 313,000 |
| Duong Thanh Ha | Viet Nam | 302,000 |
| Tan Wah Meng | Singapore | 300,000 |
| Lyu Lin Feng | China | 297,000 |
| Vladimir Mikheev | Russia | 291,000 |
| Li Xia Lin | China | 285,000 |
| Do Phong | Viet Nam | 281,000 |
| Anatolli Gorbusin | Russia | 278,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | India | 271,000 |
| Isaac Phua Chern Chze | Maylaysia | 261,000 |
| Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Viet Nam | 254,000 |
| Andrew Hawes | Australia | 246,000 |
| Nguyen Van Son | Viet Nam | 243,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 242,000 |
| Robert Kiss | USA | 239,000 |
| Cuong Lee | Viet Nam | 238,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | Viet Nam | 236,000 |
| Darian Tan | Maylaysia | 236,000 |
| Vu Van Nam | Viet Nam | 234,000 |
| Jieun Umi | South Korea | 224,000 |
| Thai Nguyen | Viet Nam | 219,000 |
| Vinay B | India | 214,000 |
| Goh Jia Hao Jayton | Singapore | 203,000 |
| Ngoc Ha Nguyen | Viet Nam | 202,000 |
| Seonggwoon Kim | Korea | 200,000 |
| Abhishek Paul | India | 195,000 |
| Yoon Young Jae | South Korea | 193,000 |
| Yellow Fish | None | 186,000 |
| Guy Taylor | United Kingdom | 186,000 |
| Lee Jung Yeol | South Korea | 185,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | Viet Nam | 180,000 |
| Ng Tsun Yin | Hong Kong | 180,000 |
| Peter Kiem | Usa | 179,000 |
| Truong Ding Giang | Viet Nam | 176,000 |
| Chua Yong Kwee | Singapore | 175,000 |
| Dang Bao Quan | Viet Nam | 175,000 |
| Denis Seveven | Russia | 173,000 |
| Park Young Soo | South Korea | 169,000 |
| Ivan Konechnyi | Rusia | 166,000 |
| Ttht | Viet Nam | 165,000 |
| Lê HữU Long | Viet Nam | 164,000 |
| Woon Bao Sheng | Singapore | 164,000 |
| Gioh Chee Kiong | Singapore | 163,000 |
| Xu Wei | China | 159,000 |
| PhạM Duy TiếN | Viet Nam | 158,000 |
| Ahn Hyeonjun | South Korea | 156,000 |
| Lee Jin Xiong | Singapore | 150,000 |
| Ko Ji Hyeon | South Korea | 149,000 |
| Mike Takayama | Philippines | 149,000 |
| Cao Van Son | Viet Nam | 142,000 |
| Truong Khanh | 38 | 140,000 |
| Mohit Bohra | India | 138,000 |
| Hai Dang | Vietnam | 137,000 |
| Jung Yun Hyeok | Korea | 131,000 |
| Leonard Yannick | France | 127,000 |
| Hong Rye Lee | South Korea | 125,000 |
| The Naing | Singapore | 125,000 |
| Yao Ya Di | China | 122,000 |
| Lee Tsung Ying | Taiwan | 121,000 |
| Hai Le | Vietnam | 118,000 |
| Seo Jin Hyeok | South Korea | 116,000 |
| NguyễN ĐứC Thành | Viet Nam | 116,000 |
| Vishal Ojha | India | 114,000 |
| Edwin Dela Orut | Philippines | 107,000 |
| Ton Van Viet | Viet Nam | 105,000 |
| Kuo Cheng Ya | Taiwan | 103,000 |
| Youngwon Woo | 37 | 102,000 |
| Lau Wing Yu | Hong Kong | 102,000 |
| Huang Jiang Ho | Singapore | 98,000 |
| Jeong Hyun Woo | South Korea | 94,000 |
| Kostiakov Konstantin | Russia | 94,000 |
| Hoàng Nam | Viet Nam | 92,000 |
| Tun | Vietnam | 90,000 |
| Nguyen Nhat Minh | Viet Nam | 86,000 |
| Baek Bo Ram | South Korea | 85,000 |
| Soon Jo Kwon | Korea | 84,000 |
| Matatas Scher | Switzerland | 84,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Trung | Viet Nam | 81,000 |
| Lê MạNh Hùng | Viet Nam | 78,000 |
| Tai Weiliang | Singapore | 68,000 |
| Celly Chi Chi | Viet Nam | 67,000 |
| Jedidan Tan | Singapore | 65,000 |
| Kabir Khattar | India | 61,000 |
| Munkh Sukh | Mongolia | 54,000 |
| Thomas Pound | UK | 54,000 |
| Song Nhi | Viet Nam | 50,000 |
| Yang Peng | China | 50,000 |
| Phi Tien Sang | Viet Nam | 17,000 |
Payouts
| 1 | ₫1,260,000,000 |
| 2 | ₫880,000,000 |
| 3 | ₫571,000,000 |
| 4 | ₫421,800,000 |
| 5 | ₫321,400,000 |
| 6 | ₫258,700,000 |
| 7 | ₫207,500,000 |
| 8 | ₫162,700,000 |
| 9 | ₫126,000,000 |
| 10-12 | ₫101,700,000 |
| 13-15 | ₫80,000,000 |
| 16-18 | ₫66,000,000 |
| 19-21 | ₫55,100,000 |
| 22-24 | ₫45,800,000 |
| 25-27 | ₫38,100,000 |
| 28-36 | ₫32,800,000 |
| 37-45 | ₫28,400,000 |
| 46-54 | ₫25,100,000 |
| 55-63 | ₫22,900,000 |
| 64-72 | ₫21,000,000 |
| 73-81 | ₫19,200,000 |
| 82-90 | ₫17,500,000 |
| 91-99 | ₫15,800,000 |
| 100-108 | ₫14,200,000 |
| 109-117 | ₫12,700,000 |
Mini Main Event – Day 1A
Date: November 20, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950)
Entries: 267 (195 unique)
ITM: 33 players
| Hwigon Park | South Korea | 684,000 |
| Lee Wai Huen | Hong Kong | 678,000 |
| Tran Quoc Uy | Viet Nam | 484,000 |
| Milkty | Viet Nam | 438,000 |
| Ham Dong Myung | South Korea | 421,000 |
| Sung Ho Kim | South Korea | 385,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | India | 376,000 |
| Tung Zi Wei | Taiwan | 347,000 |
| Tsang Ka Shun | Hong Kong | 335,000 |
| Dat Duc Nguyen | Viet Nam | 319,000 |
| Vladimir Mikheev | Russia | 291,000 |
| Do Phong | Viet Nam | 281,000 |
| Andrew Hawes | Australia | 246,000 |
| Cuong Lee | Viet Nam | 238,000 |
| Ngo Minh Tien | Viet Nam | 236,000 |
| Vu Van Nam | Viet Nam | 234,000 |
| Ngoc Ha Nguyen | Viet Nam | 202,000 |
| Kyle Bao Diep | Viet Nam | 180,000 |
| Ng Tsun Yin | Hong Kong | 180,000 |
| Park Young Soo | South Korea | 169,000 |
| Xu Wei | China | 159,000 |
| Cao Van Son | Viet Nam | 142,000 |
| Leonard Yannick | France | 127,000 |
| Hong Rye Lee | South Korea | 125,000 |
| The Naing | Singapore | 125,000 |
| Seo Jin Hyeok | South Korea | 116,000 |
| Ton Van Viet | Viet Nam | 105,000 |
| Jeong Hyun Woo | South Korea | 94,000 |
| Nguyen Nhat Minh | Viet Nam | 86,000 |
| Baek Bo Ram | South Korea | 85,000 |
| Tai Weiliang | Singapore | 68,000 |
| Kabir Khattar | India | 61,000 |
| Phi Tien Sang | Viet Nam | 17,000 |
Mini Main Event Day 1B
Date: November 21, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950)
Entries: 366 (258 unique)
ITM: 46 players
| Louie Yu | South Korea | 950,000 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Son | Viet Nam | 560,000 |
| Youngwon Woo | Korea | 102,000 |
| Truong Khanh | Viet Nam | 140,000 |
| Lau Wing Yu | Hong Kong | 102,000 |
| Isaac Phua Chern Chze | Maylaysia | 261,000 |
| Sun Li Wei | Taiwan | 363,000 |
| Vaibhav Temani | India | 524,000 |
| NguyễN ĐứC Thành | Viet Nam | 116,000 |
| Yellow Fish | None | 186,000 |
| Tan Wah Meng | Singapore | 300,000 |
| Seonggwoon Kim | Korea | 200,000 |
| Jung Yun Hyeok | Korea | 131,000 |
| Li Xia Lin | China | 285,000 |
| Lee Jung Yeol | South Korea | 185,000 |
| Yao Ya Di | China | 122,000 |
| Lê MạNh Hùng | Viet Nam | 78,000 |
| Darian Tan | Maylaysia | 236,000 |
| Duong Thanh Ha | Viet Nam | 302,000 |
| Kostiakov Konstantin | Russia | 94,000 |
| Ttht | Viet Nam | 165,000 |
| Soon Jo Kwon | Korea | 84,000 |
| Yun Jung Sup | Korea | 475,000 |
| Anatolli Gorbusin | Russia | 278,000 |
| Chirag Khanduja | India | 271,000 |
| Vinay B | India | 214,000 |
| Lê HữU Long | Viet Nam | 164,000 |
| Choi Dong Yeol | Korea | 313,000 |
| Ahn Hyeonjun | South Korea | 156,000 |
| Robert Kiss | USA | 239,000 |
| Huang Jiang Ho | Singapore | 98,000 |
| Yoon Young Jae | South Korea | 193,000 |
| Celly Chi Chi | Viet Nam | 67,000 |
| Hoàng Nam | Viet Nam | 92,000 |
| Guy Taylor | United Kingdom | 186,000 |
| NguyễN Duy ThứC | Viet Nam | 445,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Trung | Viet Nam | 81,000 |
| PhạM Duy TiếN | Viet Nam | 158,000 |
| Ko Ji Hyeon | South Korea | 149,000 |
| Peter Kiem | USA | 179,000 |
| Song Nhi | Viet Nam | 50,000 |
| Woon Bao Sheng | Singapore | 164,000 |
| Anmol Mehta | India | 489,000 |
| Goh Jia Hao Jayton | Singapore | 203,000 |
| Oliver Schulze | None | 479,000 |
| Komarnicki Olivier | France | 314,000 |
Mini Main Event Day 1C
Date: November 21, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950)
Entries: 302 (206 unique)
ITM: 38 players
| Tan Kean Wei | Malaysia | 811,000 |
| Yoon Wook | South Korea | 550,000 |
| Teoh Ming Hong | Malaysia | 541,000 |
| Dinh Tien Thanh | Viet Nam | 528,000 |
| Phuc Le | Viet Nam | 515,000 |
| Giatmanee Jihest | Thailand | 453,000 |
| Cao Minh Thang | Viet Nam | 398,000 |
| Dziundemvv Jin | Hong Kong | 375,000 |
| Phong Le | Viet Nam | 332,000 |
| Huynh Tai | Viet Nam | 320,000 |
| Lyu Lin Feng | China | 297,000 |
| Nguyen Phuong Ngoc | Viet Nam | 254,000 |
| Nguyen Van Son | Viet Nam | 243,000 |
| Nguyen Manh Hung | Viet Nam | 242,000 |
| Jieun Umi | South Korea | 224,000 |
| Thai Nguyen | Viet Nam | 219,000 |
| Abhishek Paul | India | 195,000 |
| Truong Ding Giang | Viet Nam | 176,000 |
| Chua Yong Kwee | Singapore | 175,000 |
| Dang Bao Quan | Viet Nam | 175,000 |
| Denis Seveven | Russia | 173,000 |
| Ivan Konechnyi | Rusia | 166,000 |
| Gioh Chee Kiong | Singapore | 163,000 |
| Lee Jin Xiong | Singapore | 150,000 |
| Mike Takayama | Philippines | 149,000 |
| Mohit Bohra | India | 138,000 |
| Hai Dang | Vietnam | 137,000 |
| Lee Tsung Ying | Taiwan | 121,000 |
| Hai Le | Vietnam | 118,000 |
| Vishal Ojha | India | 114,000 |
| Edwin Dela Orut | Philippines | 107,000 |
| Kuo Cheng Ya | Taiwan | 103,000 |
| Tun | Vietnam | 90,000 |
| Matatas Scher | Switzerland | 84,000 |
| Jedidan Tan | Singapore | 65,000 |
| Munkh Sukh | Mongolia | 54,000 |
| Thomas Pound | UK | 54,000 |
| Yang Peng | China | 50,000 |
South Korea’s Yo Hwan Lim aka BoxeR defeated hot running Taiwanese pro Nevan Yu Chung Chang at the finals of the Heads Up Challenge for his first ever USOP title and a cool VN₫ 552,900,000 (~$22,930).
For the second time, the USOP festival included the exciting Heads Up Challenge in the roster. The 64 cap roster attracted 38 players for a prize pool of VN₫1,105,800,000 (~$45,865). Lim’s road to the top began with a match against Bjorn Vuilliomenet. All in on the turn , Vuilliomenet had draw, Lim had top pair that held.
At round 16, the game went deep against Zhiwen Deng, completing with Lim’s dominating . Lim advanced to the quarters which was the bubble round.
Facing Roland Kivi, it ran the max of 12 levels. Lim took the lead with pair against on a board . Per TD rules, the player with the most chips at the end of the level earned a spot in the semis. At the closing buzzer, Lim advanced and faced Vitaliya Dubovik.
It was another intense and lengthy grind with both players battling hard for a seat at the finals. For most of the match, Lim was ahead in chips. It ended on a cooler with Dubovik’s running into Lim’s .
Finals: Yo Hwan Lim versus Nevan Yu Chung Chang
Returning the next day, Lim faced hot running Taiwanese player Nevan Yu Chung Chang. This was Chang’s fourth final table with a victory at the High Roller Warm Up. Chang’s road to the finals were victories against Vincent Chauve (pocket Aces over pocket Kings), Moonho Seo, Vu Thai Bao (quarters), Tanja Vujanic (semis).
It was a slow race to victory. Lim overcame a 3:1 deficit to deny Chang a series second title. Watch the final bout via the livestream link below.Date: November 22 to 23, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 33,000,000 (~$1,395)
Players: 38
Prize pool: VN₫1,105,800,000 (~$45,865)
ITM: 4 places
Payouts
| 1 | Yo Hwan Lim “BoxeR | ₫552,900,000 |
| 2 | Nevan Yu Chung Chang | ₫276,500,000 |
| 3-4 | Vitaliya Dubovik | ₫138,200,000 |
| 3-4 | Tanja Vujanic | ₫138,200,00 |
| Finals | ||
| Nevan Yu Chung Chang | versus | Yo Hwan Lim |
| Semis | ||
| Nevan Yu Chung Chang | def | Tanja Vujanic |
| Yo Hwan Lim | def | Vitaliya Dubovik |
| Quarters | ||
| Tanja Vujanic | def | Romain Dours |
| Nevan Yu Chung Chang | def | Vu Thai Bao |
| Vitaliya Dubovik | def | Jacob Yong |
| Yo Hwan Lim | def | Roland Kivi |
| Round 2 | ||
| Tanja Vujanic | def | Adrien Tantaro |
| Romain Dours | def | Le Ngoc Minh |
| Nevan Yu Chung Chang | def | Moon Ho Seo |
| Vu Thai Bao | def | Peng Yang |
| Vitaliya Dubovik | def | Sebastian Tan |
| Jacob Yong | def | Kim Wooseok |
| Roland Kivi | def | Song Li |
| Yo Hwan Lim | def | Zhiwen Deng |
| Round 1A – 13 players BYE | ||
| Jacob Yong | def | Florent Remi |
| Vitaliya Dubovik | def | Qui Quan |
| Vu Thai Bao | def | Alen Bakovic |
| Table | Round 1 | ||
| 24 | Jacob Yong | def. | Tan Ong Kwan |
| Peng Yang | def. | Youhyun Kim | |
| 25 | Adrien Tantaro | def. | Simon Lim |
| Nevan Yu Chung Chang | def. | Vincent Chauve | |
| 26 | Romain Dours | def | Zhe LI |
| Moon Ho Seo | def. | Tim Schimmel | |
| 27 | Alen Bakovic | def. | Sean Chua |
| Yo Hwan Lim | def. | Bjorn Vuilliomenet | |
| 28 | Le Ngoc Minh | def. | Chris Tong |
| Vu Thai Bao | def. | Seokyoung Lee | |
| 29 | Zhiwen Deng | def. | Pasith Tecka-Ottamakorn |
| Tanja Vujanic | def. | Dinh Manh Hung | |
| 30 | Song Li | def. | Shogo Otani |
| Roland Kivi | def. | Natalia Rozova | |
| 31 | Qiu Quan | def. | Josh McCully |
| Kim Wooseok | def. | Kaoru Kishimoto | |
| 32 | Sebastian Tan | def. | Philippe Clerc |
| Vitaliya Dubovik | def. | Taku Kubota | |
| 33 | Florent Remi | def. | David Erquiaga |
South Korea’s Jinho Hong entered the final table as chip leader, stayed ahead throughout to clinch the inaugural Billionaire Cup Challenge and an enviable ICM payout deal of VN₫ 4,585,700,000 (~$188,900). In addition, Hong became the first player to be inaugurated into the USOP Hall of Fame! Runner up Nam Hyung Kim also walked away with a very healthy ICM deal payout amounting to VN₫ 3,763,700,000 (~$155,000). With this win, Korea has now claimed the two highest buy in events of the series.
Watch the final table race via the livestream link below. Pre-final table live updates at the bottom of the page. The first ever USOP Billionaire Club Challenge was the most expensive event on the menu with a price tag of VN₫ 250,000,000 (~$10,370). It produced a substantial 72 entry field for a prize pool of VN₫ 16,761,600,000 (~$690,500). To date, this was the richest prize pool of all the key events, impressively surpassing the Superstar Challenge by over VN₫ 2 Billion.Date: November 24, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 250,000,000 (~$10,370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~$164,800)
Entries: 72 (51 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 16,761,600,000 (~$690,500)
ITM: 11 places
*Heads up ICM deal
| 1 | Jinho Hong | ₫4,585,700,000* |
| 2 | Nam Hyung Kim | ₫3,763,700,000* |
| 3 | Ivan Hon Cheong Lee | ₫2,028,100,000 |
| 4 | Joshua McCully | ₫1,404,400,000 |
| 5 | Nguyen Quang Huy | ₫1,086,400,000 |
| 6 | John Bert Perry | ₫894,700,000 |
| 7 | Hyunsup Kim | ₫744,300,000 |
| 8 | Seungmook Jung | ₫653,700,000 |
| 9 | Alan Pham | ₫578,200,000 |
| 10 | Ji Hoon Lee | ₫511,200,000 |
| 11 | Nguyen Trung Quan | ₫511,200,001 |
Chips in play: 18,000,000
23:30: Final 9 players
Level 21: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Seat 1: Seungmook Jung – South Korea – 885,000
Seat 2: John Perry (Bert) – Australia – 1,645,000
Seat 3: Hon Cheong Lee (Ivan) – Hong Kong – 1,940,000
Seat 4: Nam Hyung Kim – South Korea – 1,240,000
Seat 5: Jinho Hong – South Korea – 4,125,000
Seat 6: Hyunsup Kim – South Korea – 1,555,000
Seat 7: Nguyene Quang Huy – Vietnam – 3,770,000
Seat 8: Joshua McCully – Australia – 1,820,000
Seat 9: Alan Pham – Australia – 1,150,000
23:00: Jin Hoon Lee eliminated in 10th place – VN₫ 511,200,000 (~$21,060)
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Small blind Josh McCully shoves , big blind Jin Hoon Lee (8 bb) calls for his tournament life holding . The board runs . McCully pairs up to oust Lee in 10th place.
Josh McCully – 1,720,000 (28 bb)
Jin Hoon Lee – Eliminated in 10th place
22:47: Nguyen Trung Quan eliminated in 11th place – VN₫ 511,200,000 (~$21,060)
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Button Jinho Hong min-raises, small blind Nguyen Trung Quan three-bets all in 580,000, Hong calls. Nguyen shows , Hong with , board runs , Nguyen misses to fall in 11th place.
Jinho Hong – 3,500,000 (58 bb)
Nguyen Trung Quan – Eliminated in 11th place
22:45: Nam Hyung Kim doubles up
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Button Nam Hyung Kim shoves his last 425,000 (7 bb), John Perry calls. Kim shows [qs}, Perry with , board runs low, Kim doubles up.
Nam Hyung Kim – 1,070,000 (17 bb)
John Perry – 1,955,000 (32 bb)
22:42: John Perry doubles up
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Cutoff Hyunsup Kim raises 120,000, big blind John Perry calls, flop runs . Perry checks, Kim shoves, Perry snap-calls with less chips and shows flush. Kim has and is drawing dead.
John Perry – 2,300,000 (38 bb)
Hyunsup Kim – 1,600,000 (26 bb)
22:40: Jinho Hong delivers double KO, ITM reached
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Victor Chong
Jin Hoon Lee
Jinho Hong
The board runs for a doozy straight to Hong to knock out two players simultaneously. That means no bubble round. 11 players remain and are all in the money.
Jinho Hong – 2,800,000 (46 bb)
Victor Chong – Eliminated
Jin Hoon Lee – Eliminated
22:30: Blinds up, 13 players remaining
Level 20: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
22:25: Flush is good for Seungmook Jung
Level 19: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg Hyunsup Kim opens 105,000, big blind Seungmook Jung defends, flop comes . Jung check-calls Kim’s 75,000 bet. Same action on the turn with a 130,000 bet by Kim check-called by Jung. Both players check the river , Jung has flush, KIm mucks.
Seungmook Jung – 1,400,000 (28 bb)
Hyunsup Kim – 2,400,000 (48 bb)
22:20: Nguyen Quang Huy with top pair
Level 19: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Button John Perry kicks off the hand with a min-raise, small blind Nguyen Quang Huy and big blind Seungmook Jung call. All three check the flop . Nguyen leads out 130,000 on the turn . Jung calls Perry folds. On the river , Nguyen bets 150,000, Jung calls, Nguyen turns over and wins the pot.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 3,900,000 (78 bb)
Seungmook Jung – 1,000,000 (20 bb)
John Perry – 1,400,000 (28 bb)
22:15: Jin Hoon Lee doubles up
Level 19: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
From cutoff, Jin Hoon Lee shoves (395,000) holding , big blind Hon Cheong Lee calls with , board runs . Both improve, Jin Hoon’s set prevails.
Jin Hoon Lee – 865,000 (17 bb)
Hon Cheong Lee – 1,500,000 (30 bb)
22:05: John Perry wins it on c-bets
Level 19: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Button John Perry bumps it up to 110,000, Nguyen Quang Huy defends the big blind. The flop is , Nguyen check-calls 80,000. On the turn , Perry fires 175,000, Nguyen check-folds.
John Perry – 1,600,000 (32 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 3,200,000 (64 bb)
22:03: Blinds up, 13 players remaining
Level 19: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
22:02: Hyunsup Kim claims the pot
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Nguyen Quang Huy opens 80,000, hijack Hyunsup Kim three-bets 230,000, Nguyen calls. Kim bets the flop , Nguyen folds to the 100,000.
Hyunsup Kim – 2,800,000 (70 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 3,400,000 (85 bb)
22:00: Jinho Hong takes down another pot
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Jinho Hong – 2,000,000 (50 bb)
Josh McCully – 1,250,000 (31 bb)
21:55: Peng Yang’s jacks run into cowboys
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Hijack Hyunsup Kim raises 80,000, cutoff Jinho Hong three-bets 210,000, button Peng Yang four-bets all in for 700,000, Kim folds, Hong calls. Yang turns over and is behind Hong’s . No bad beat land on a board , Yang goes bust.
Jinho Hong – 1,700,000 (42 bb)
Peng Yang – Eliminated
21:50: Pot goes to Josh McCully
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Button Jinho Hong and small blind Peng Yang limp in, big blind Josh McCully checks, then all three check the flop . On the turn, Yang bets 40,000 and is called by both opponents. All three check the river . Yang opens pair, McCully has higher pair, Hong mucks.
Josh McCully – 1,500,000 (37 bb)
Peng Yang – 700,000 (17 bb)
Jinho Hong – 1,000,000 (25 bb)
21:40: Kicker plays for Hyunsup Kim
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Hyunsup Kim raises 85,000, big blind Jinho Hong calls, flop comes . Kim c-bets 65,000, Hong check-calls. Both players check the turn . The river , Hong leads out 100,000, Kim calls, Hong turns over top pair, Kim outkicks with to claim the pot.
Hyunsup Kim – 2,700,000 (67 bb)
Jinho Hong – 900,000 (22 bb)
21:37: Junhyoung Ki eliminated
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Small blind Junhyoung Ki all in for his last 5 bb holding , big blind Alan Pham calls with . The board runs .
Alan Pham – 1,600,000 (40 bb)
Junhyoung Ki – Eliminated
21:35: Seungmook Jung scores another double up
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Action folds to the small blind Seungmook Jung who raises 160,000, big blind Junhyoung Ki three-bets all in, Jung calls and turns over , Ki with . An ace quickly finds the board as it completes .
Seungmook JU=uung – 1,810,000 (45 bb)
Junhyoung Ki – 200,000 (5 bb)
21:30: Jin Hoon Lee doubles up through Qiu Quan
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Button Jin Hoon Lee shoves 280,000 holding , big blind Qiu Quan tanks then calls with . Board runs , double up for Lee.
Jin Hoon Lee – 620,000 (15 bb)
Qiu Quan – 200,000 (5 bb)
21:30: Blinds up, 15 players remaining
Level 18: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
21:28: Suengmook Jung spikes two-outer on a three-way
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Seungmook Jung
Ho Koon Leong
Nguyen Trung Quan
The board runs , Jung spikes the lucky two-outer to ship it and boot out Leong.
Seungmook Jung – 975,000 (32 bb)
Nguyen Trung Quan – 700,000 (23 bb)
Ho Koon Leong – Eliminated
21:25: Chip count update by table and seat
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
| 1 | Nam Hyung Kim | 535,000 |
| 2 | John Perry | 1,500,000 |
| 3 | Nguyen Trung Quan | 1,000,000 |
| 4 | Nguyen Quang Huy | 2,600,000 |
| 5 | Seungmook Jung | 395,000 |
| 6 | Junhyoung Ki | 1,100,000 |
| 7 | Ho Koon Leong | 130,000 |
| 8 | Alan Pham | 1,020,000 |
| 1 | Victor Chong | 800,000 |
| 2 | Qiu Quan | 500,000 |
| 3 | Hon Cheong Lee | 2,000,000 |
| 4 | Jinho Hong | 900,000 |
| 5 | Hyunsup Kim | 2,700,000 |
| 6 | Peng Yang | 900,000 |
| 7 | Josh McCully | 1,300,000 |
| 8 | Jin Hoon Lee | 300,000 |
21:20: Alan Pham boost a shorty
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Short stacked Konstantin Held all in for 45,000 with , button Alan Pham three-bets 115,000, no takers. Pham shows . The board runs , Pham ships it and Held goes bust.
Alan Pham – 1,020,000 (34 bb)
Konstantin Held – Eliminated
21:15: Another takedown for Hyunsup Kim
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Shortly after his lucky two-outer, Hyunsup Kim boots Eric Tsai. Kim raises 60,000 on the button, small blind Tsai thee-bets all in (750,000), Kim calls and shows , Tsai with . Kim wins the flip on a board .
Hyunsup Kim – 2,700,000 (90 bb)
Eric Tsai – Eliminated
21:10: Hyunsup Kim lands two-outers, rails Adrian Chua
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg opens 60,000, Adrian Chua three-bets 160,000, small blind Hyunsup Kim four-bets all in, utg folds, Chua risks his tournament life. Chua shows , Kim behind with . The window card is queen and the board completes .
Hyunsup Kim – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
Adrian Chua – Eliminated
21:08: Yo Hwan Lim eliminated on a cooler
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Cutoff Yo Hwan Lim shoves (350,000), button Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets all in, no takers. Lim has and is behind Nguyen Quang Huy’s . The board runs . Nguyen ships it and storms to the top.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 2,600,000 (86 bb)
Yo Hwan Lim – Eliminated
21:00: Konstantin Held nosedives, Hyunsup Kim soars
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg Hyunsup Kim raises 60,000, big blind Konstantin Held calls, both see a flop . Kim c-bets 40,000, Held check-calls. On the turn , Held switches up and bets 85,000, Kim calls. The river Held shoves (375,000), Kim tank-calls and shows , Held mucks.
Hyunsup Kim – 1,150,000 (38 bb)
Konstantin Held – 5,000
20:55: Blinds up, 23 players remaining
Level 17: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Hon Cheong Lee – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
John Perry – 1,600,000 (53 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 1,400,000 (46 bb)
Junhyoung Ki – 1,300,000 (43 bb)
Josh McCully – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
20:35: Nguyen Quang Huy on a tear, delivers double bust
Level 16: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg Nevan Chang all in (165,000) , small blind Chen Mo Yan (250,000) , big blind Nguyen Quang Huy dominates both in chips and in hand . No bad beat on the board for a double knockout.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 1,100,000 (44 bb)
Nevan Yu Chung Chang – Eliminated
Chen Mo Yan – Eliminated
20:30: Nguyen Quang Huy doubles up through Chen Mo Yan
Level 16: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
All in preflop, Nguyen Quang Huy , Chen Mo Yan , board runs , Nguyen doubles up.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 680,000 (27 bb)
Chen Mo Yan – 350,000 (14 bb)
20:25: Junhyoung Ki takes it on a raise
Level 16: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Button Junhyoung Ki opens 50,000, Yo Hwan Lim defends the big blind. At the flop , Lim bets 40,000, Ki raises 300,000, Lim folds.
Junhyoung Ki – 1,550,000 (62 bb)
Yo Hwan Lim – 600,000 (24 bb)
20:20: Hon Cheong Lee joins up top
Level 16: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Hijack Hon Cheong Lee raises 50,000, button three-bets 150,000, Lee calls. The board completes , both players check the flop and turn. On the river, Lee bets 280,000, button calls then mucks to Lee’s top two pair. Lee now at par with the leader John Perry.
20:15: Blinds up, 25 players remaining
Level 16: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
20:12: Nguyen Ngoc Dai goes bust
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
Cutoff Yita Choong shoves (150,000) holding , button Nguyen Ngoc Dai risk his last 25,000 with , big blind Nguyen Quang Huy calls with . The board runs out , Choong survives, Ngoc Dai busts out.
Yita Choong – 355,000 (
Nguyen Quang Huy – 700,000 (17 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – Eliminated (35 bb)
20:10: Eric Tsai doubles up, William Jia chunked and out
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
Cutoff Hyunsup Kim opens 40,000, button William Jia calls, small blind Eric Tsai three-bets 150,000, back to Kim who calls, Jia four-bets all in for 420,000, Tsai joins all in for less, Kim folds. Jia opens , Tsai with , the board runs , Tsai doubles up, Jia plunges to 2 bb (40,000). Jia busts on the next hand.
Eric Tsai – 950,000 (47 bb)
Hyunsup Kim – 460,000 (23 bb)
William Jia – Eliminated
20:05: Mike Takayama eliminated
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
Hijack Mike Takayama all in (200,000) holding , big blind Seungmook Jung calls . The board runs . Jung’s kicker plays to rail Takayama.
Seungmook Jung – 700,000 (35 bb)
Mike Takayama – Eliminated
20:00: Anton Lu eliminated by Hon Cheong Lee
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
Utg+2 Anton Lu shaoves 215,000, hijack Yo Hwan Lim calls, cutoff Hon Cheong Lee three-bets all in, Lim folds for a heads up showdown. Lu , Lee with . The board runs Lee’s ladies are best, Lu busts.
Hon Cheong Lee – 1,150,000 (57 bb)
Yo Hwan Lim – 190,000 (9 bb)
Anton Lu – Eliminated
19:54: Josh McCully picks up a sizable pot
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
Utg+2 Nguyen Quang Huy opens 40,000, button Josh McCully and big blind Yita Choong call. At the flop , Nguyen c-bets 20,000, McCully calls, Choong check-raises 85,000, Nguyen folds, McCully calls. The turn , Choong check-calls 65,000. On the river, Choong checks again, McCully bets 325,000 (5,000 behind), Choong folds.
Josh McCully – 800,000 (40 bb)
Yita Choong – 200,000 (10 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 550,000 (27 bb)
19:45: Blinds up, 31 players remaining
Level 15: 10,000-20,0000 ante 20,000
19:40: Strong bets by Nguyen Quang Huy against Nguyen Ngoc Dai
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+1 Nguyen Ngoc Dai opens 30,000, utg+2 calls, hijack Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets 90,000, Ngoc Dai calls, utg+2 folds, flop runs . Ngoc Dai leads out 100,000 then faces a shove from Quang Huy, Ngoc Dai folds.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 610,000 (40 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 125,000 (8 bb)
19:35: Yo Hwan Lim exposes Anton Lu’s bluff
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Small blind Anton Lu raises 30,000, Yo Hwan Lim calls. Same action throughout the board . Lu bets 50,000, 175,000, 325,000, Lim check-calls it down. Lu has bluff, Lim scoops it up with .
Yo Hwan Lim – 1,200,000 (80 bb)
Anton Lu – 200,000 (13 bb)
19:33: Jinho Hong keeps firing and wins the pot
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Hijack Jinho Hong opens 30,000, big blind Nguyen Ngoc Dai calls, flop comes . Hong c-bets 20,000 and Nguyen check-callls. The turn , Hong bets 80,000 then calls Nguyen’s 180,000 check-raise. The river , Hong shoves, Nguyen check-folds.
Jinho Hong – 1,075,000 (71 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 300,000 (20 bb)
19:30: Nevan Chang wins flip against Chen Mo Yan
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+1 Chen Mo Yan raises 30,000 then calls hijack Nevan Chang’s 165,000 shove. It’s a flip with Chen , Chang . A king find the board .
Nevan Yu Chung Chang – 370,000 (24 bb)
Chen Mo Yan – 700,000 (46 bb)
19:25: Hon Koon Leong bets all the way
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Small blind Adrian Chua limps, big blind Hon Koon Leong raises 50,000, sb calls. As the board completes , Leong bets every street – 35,000, 82,000, 155,000. He is check-called by Chua on the flop and turn then wins it on the river with a fold from Chua.
Hon Koon Leong – 750,000 (50 bb)
Adrian Chua – 500,000 (33 bb)
19:15: Blinds up, 32 players remaining
Level 14: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
19:10: Nguyen Trung Quan wins another pot
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Nguyen Trung Quang raises 25,000 on the button, Qiu Quan defends the big blind, flop runs . Nguyen c-bets 20,000, Qiu check-raises 65,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn , Qiu leads out 125,000, Nguyen calls. The river , Qiu checks, Nguyen shoves, Qiu folds.
Ngiuyen Trung Quan – 750,000 (62 bb)
Qiu Quan – 220,000 (18 bb)
19:08: Pot for Nguyen Trung Quan
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg+1 John Perry opens 24,000, small blind Nguyen Trung Quan calls, flop is . Nguyen check-calls 24,000. On the turn , Perry bets 53,000, Nguyen raises 150,000, Perry folds.
Nguyen Trung Quan – 570,000 (47 bb)
John Perry – 1,400,000 (116 bb)
19:05: Victor Chong rivers it to survive
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Button Victor Chong shoves (252,000) , small blind Wu Jun Hao calls with , board runs for broadway and a double up to Chong.
Victor Chong – 528,000 (44 bb)
Wu Jun Hao – 6,000 (half a big blind)
19:02: Daewoong Song eliminated
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Action folds around to the small blind Chen Mo Yan who bumps it up to 36,000, big blind Daewoong Song calls. At the flop , Song bets 30,000, Chen check-raises all in, Song calls for everything and shows flush. Chen has outs with . The turn is blank but the river is the nut flush for Chen and the exit for Song.
Chen Mo Yan – 900,000 (75 bb)
Daewoong Song – Eliminated
18:55: Peng Yang vs William Jia
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Button Peng Yang opens 25,000, William Jia defends the big blind. At the flop Yang bets 22,000 and Jia calls. The turn , another 22,000 from Yang, Jia check-raises 85,000, Yang flats. On the river , Jia checks, Yang fires 275,000, Jia snap-folds.
Peng Yang – 760,000 (63 bb)
William Jia – 300,000 (25 bb)
18:50: Hyunsup Kim doubles through Victor Chong
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hyunsup Kim – 400,000 (33 bb)
Victor Chong – 210,000 (17 bb)
18:40: 34 players remaining, registration closed
Level 13: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Main Event – Day 1A
Date: November 23, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 25,00,000 (~$1,057)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$622,150)
Entries: 308 (228 unique)
ITM: 39 players
| Player | Stack |
| Hwany Lee | 1,008,000 |
| The Naing | 923,000 |
| Lu Ning | 740,000 |
| Zhu Jingxuan | 671,000 |
| Le Von Binh | 597,000 |
| Lee Kuh Han | 583,000 |
| Nguyen Van Phuong | 500,000 |
| Moonho Seo | 438,000 |
| Vinay B | 411,000 |
| Tony T | 397,000 |
| Gyeong Byeong Lee | 388,000 |
| Tim Schimmel | 352,000 |
| Mimosa | 340,000 |
| Lee Junghyun | 325,000 |
| Ko Kyung Suk | 314,000 |
| Le Van Son | 299,000 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 291,000 |
| Masich | 283,000 |
| Matthew Bevin | 241,000 |
| Nguyen Thanh Hung | 237,000 |
| Nguyen Huu Vinh | 220,000 |
| Truong Quang Vu | 215,000 |
| Tan Kean Wei | 215,000 |
| Daewoong Song | 201,000 |
| Kim Min Hyun | 196,000 |
| Bernard Keh Wei Yao | 190,000 |
| Kim Sung Hun | 182,000 |
| Bier Romain Michel | 171,000 |
| Valerii DaniLiants | 166,000 |
| Lau Wing Yu | 152,000 |
| Lee Geeheon | 149,000 |
| Wong Charles Ying Wai | 124,000 |
| William Bolton | 112,000 |
| Tan Ong Kwan | 102,000 |
| Nguyen Duy Tung | 98,000 |
| Wong Tung Wing | 86,000 |
| Win Meng Tan | 81,000 |
| Chauve Vincent | 47,000 |
| Park Chal Min | 27,100 |
Main Event – Day 1B
Date: November 24, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 25,00,000 (~$1,057)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$622,150)
Entries: 382 (286 unique)
ITM: 48 players
Chips in play: 15,280,000
Average stack: 318,333
Day 1B closing blinds: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
| Meherzad Munsaf | 989,000 |
| Hoang Hai Nam | 854,000 |
| Wong Ka Fai | 775,000 |
| Amit Kaushik | 720,000 |
| Guy Taylor | 633,000 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | 622,000 |
| Seong Uk Huh | 584,000 |
| Aditya Singh | 575,000 |
| Farhad Aghayev | 497,000 |
| Deng Zhiwen | 494,000 |
| Tianhao Zheng | 486,000 |
| Bui Anh Khoa | 476,000 |
| Nguyen Duy Thuc | 474,000 |
| Nguyen Hoang Long | 449,000 |
| Jingwei Guo | 400,000 |
| Pavel Kuznetsov | 368,000 |
| Nguyen Thi Bao An | 361,000 |
| Chen Yong Qi | 355,000 |
| Nguyen The Anh | 332,000 |
| Vishal Ojha | 314,000 |
| Sean Tan | 300,000 |
| Phu Te Te | 286,000 |
| Lee Wooyoung | 281,000 |
| Meremans Antoine | 261,000 |
| Pham Bao | 258,000 |
| Xu Wei | 257,000 |
| Hieu Ngo | 234,000 |
| Tran Thi Xuan Ha | 210,000 |
| Florent Remi | 197,000 |
| Ming Huang | 195,000 |
| Lee Wai Huen | 194,000 |
| Tan Kwang Chung | 188,000 |
| Sangmin Lee | 184,000 |
| Jae Wook Shin | 153,000 |
| Sishu Peng | 152,000 |
| Moo Jae | 149,000 |
| Tran Thinh | 147,000 |
| Siddharth Karia | 145,000 |
| Kabir Khattar | 145,000 |
| Wooseok Kim | 141,000 |
| Oliver Biles | 111,000 |
| Vu Thai Bao | 102,000 |
| Ian Modder | 101,000 |
| Kai Hung Hu | 90,000 |
| Goh Chee Kiong | 82,000 |
| Grant Gardner | 79,000 |
| Mohit Bohra | 51,000 |
| Aladin Reskallah | 42,000 |
Main Event – Day 1C
Date: November 24, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 25,00,000 (~$1,057)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$622,150)
Entries: 576 (396 unique)
ITM: 72 players
Chips in play: 23,040,000
Average stack: 320,000
Day 1B closing blinds: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000
| PhạM Duy Ánh | 833,000 |
| Lee Tsung Ying | 805,000 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 748,000 |
| Ivan Koneochuyi | 709,000 |
| Manoj Pentakota | 631,000 |
| Harsh Bubna | 618,000 |
| Yuan Xin | 615,000 |
| Đinh TiếN Thành | 576,000 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | 562,000 |
| Ritwik Khana | 559,000 |
| ĐặNg Văn HiểN | 545,000 |
| Hu Jinlong | 518,000 |
| Tô Duy HuyềN | 515,000 |
| Phan HữU Minh Trí | 483,000 |
| Ng Tsun Zin | 438,000 |
| Đỗ Văn ThắNg | 437,000 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | 434,000 |
| NguyễN Trung Quân | 433,000 |
| PhạM Huy Hoàng | 417,000 |
| Shiniohi Takenouchi | 415,000 |
| Nhu Hai Le | 400,000 |
| Yao Yadi | 397,000 |
| Phan TrọNg Linh | 379,000 |
| Soon Chul Hwang | 365,000 |
| Deepankur Gupta | 361,000 |
| Lucky Dương Châu | 356,000 |
| Frank James Lillis | 356,000 |
| Mai Trí Minh | 331,000 |
| NguyễN NgọC Sơn | 321,000 |
| Jin Hoon Lee | 321,000 |
| Hung Wan | 315,000 |
| Natalia Rozova | 306,000 |
| Lin Chia Huang | 306,000 |
| Phan Thanh Hùng | 294,000 |
| Kim Bosub | 291,000 |
| David Erquiaga | 282,000 |
| Jiyoung Kim | 274,000 |
| Huang Ying Che | 264,000 |
| Yeung Tsz Wai | 262,000 |
| Phi Hùng | 260,000 |
| NguyễN TrườNg Giang (Mèo Xinh) | 258,000 |
| Hoai Anh Tran | 257,000 |
| Hong Sunguk | 255,000 |
| Arun Vijay | 253,000 |
| Chi Tam Truong | 235,000 |
| Zheng Xiaosheng | 233,000 |
| Mr Big | 229,000 |
| NguyễN Quang Minh | 219,000 |
| Dinh Quang Huy | 217,000 |
| Mai Bien | 217,000 |
| Je Hun Hong | 215,000 |
| Tung Zi Wei | 213,000 |
| TrầN Công Huân | 201,000 |
| Lưu Danh TuấN | 185,000 |
| Tharit Nanthana | 183,000 |
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 169,000 |
| Wong Pol Liank | 155,000 |
| Sebastian Tan | 151,000 |
| Feng Zhiyi | 125,000 |
| Tan Keng Yong | 125,000 |
| Phan Tuan Vinh | 118,000 |
| Po Hsiang Yang | 116,000 |
| Liang Sheng Wei Tommy | 115,000 |
| Tran Duc Kien | 114,000 |
| Lê Giang Nam | 114,000 |
| Tang Shih Han | 108,000 |
| Luc Quang Van | 106,000 |
| Lim Lai Koon | 105,000 |
| Lim Beng Wei | 103,000 |
| Junjie He | 97,000 |
| Warren Bridgwater | 88,000 |
| Shen Sheng-Hung | 84,000 |
Main Event – Day 1D
Date: November 24, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 25,00,000 (~$1,057)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$622,150)
Entries: 304
ITM: 38 players
| Alan Pham | 1,109,000 |
| Seung Mook Jung | 813,000 |
| Han Dong Bin | 699,000 |
| Konstantin Held | 683,000 |
| Won Gyn Kang | 614,000 |
| Song Peng Fei | 586,000 |
| Chang Yu Chung | 575,000 |
| Nguyen Tien Thanh | 524,000 |
| Milan Stojkovic | 485,000 |
| Adrien Michel Tantaro | 433,000 |
| Lee Ju Yeol | 406,000 |
| NguyễN ĐắC Long | 341,000 |
| Mr Bazerli Demian | 336,000 |
| Hoang Huy | 321,000 |
| Haro Cleement | 297,000 |
| Jeong Hyosun | 294,000 |
| Lee Ji Hoon | 276,000 |
| Minh A Nguyen | 254,000 |
| Chen Wei Hsun | 224,000 |
| Jongnam Jo | 219,000 |
| Hyunsup Kim | 194,000 |
| Avneéh Munjal | 193,000 |
| Conor Berry Grimsley | 181,000 |
| Daesun Smauel Yu | 181,000 |
| Lê Như An (Apt) | 180,000 |
| Phicippe Clerc | 175,000 |
| Lê Anh Minh | 166,000 |
| Dyland Wayne | 156,000 |
| Rohit Begwani | 149,000 |
| Pham Quang Huy | 143,000 |
| Peng Yang | 119,000 |
| NguyễN TuấN Hoàng | 112,000 |
| Dours Rohain | 108,000 |
| Jeon Gyeong Seok | 98,000 |
| Ng Shun Hong | 96,000 |
| Nguyen Van Phinh | 83,000 |
| Jehanne Jerremy | 78,000 |
| Lim Chor Heng | 51,000 |
Main Event – Day 2 – Live Updates
Date: November 23 to 27, 2023
Venue: Furama Resort Danang
Buy in: VN₫ 25,000,000 (~$1,057)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$617,920)
Entries: 1,595 (1,126)
Prize pool: VN₫ 34,801,800,000 (~$1,434,000)
Chips in play: 63,800,000
The Naing ends Main Event Day 2 with a monster stack; 20 players remaining
| Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| The Naing | 12,350,000 | 10 | 2 |
| Seong Uk Huh | 5,340,000 | 5 | 3 |
| Nguyen Ngoc Son | 4,755,000 | 10 | 4 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | 4,135,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Lu Ning | 3,800,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Ng Tsun Yin | 3,745,000 | 4 | 4 |
| Tianhao Zheng | 3,450,000 | 4 | 1 |
| Konstantin Held | 3,395,000 | 5 | |
| Phan Tuan Vinh | 3,115,000 | 4 | 2 |
| Hoang Hai Nam | 2,980,000 | 10 | 5 |
| Lee Wooyoung | 2,450,000 | 10 | 8 |
| Daewoong Song | 2,445,000 | 5 | 6 |
| Guy Taylor | 2,025,000 | 4 | 5 |
| Seingmook Jung | 1,810,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Sangmin Lee | 1,780,000 | 10 | 7 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 1,685,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Lucky Duong Chau | 1,350,000 | 10 | 6 |
| Doan Quang Trung | 1,070,000 | 5 | 2 |
| Jiyoung Kim | 1,010,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Ritwik Khanna | 920,000 | 5 | 8 |
01:00: Wong Ka Fai eliminated in 21st place
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Cutoff Ng Tsun Yin min-raises, small blind Wong Ka Fai shoves his last 70,000 (<1 bb), big blind Lucky Duong Chan calls. At the flop , Ng c-bets 100,000, Chan check-calls to generate a bigger side pot. On the turn, Chan leads out 300,000, Ng calls. Both players check the river . Chan wins the side pot with straight over Ng’s top pair. Chan also takes the main pot, dusting Wong’s .
Lucky Duong Chan – 3,900,000 (39 bb)
Ng Tsun Yin – 4,100,000 (41 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – Eliminated in 21st place
00:57: Nguyen Ngoc Dai eliminated in 22nd place
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
[Feature table] The last remaining USOP champion, has fallen. He was all in with against the massive stacked The Naing . The board ran .
The Naing – 12,000,000 (120 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – Eliminated in 22nd place
00:50: Nguyen Ngoc Dai doubles up
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
[Feature table] Nguyen Ngoc Dai is all in with , overwhelming chip leader The Naing tank-called from the big blind with . The board ran out for a double up to the champ.
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
The Naing – 9,900,000 (99 bb)
00:45: Lucky Duong Chan doubles up, Wong Ka Fai down to 1 bb
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Down to 16 bb, Wong Ka Fai shoves on the button holding , small blind Lucky Duong Chan call with roughly the same count and shows . The board runs , Chan doubles up, Wong plunges.
Lucky Duong Chan – 3,560,000 (35 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 140,000 (1.4 bb)
00:39: Phan Tuan Vinh doubles up
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Hijack Phan Tuan Vinh raises 200,000, big blind Wong Ka Fai three-bets all in, Phan calls with less chips and turns over . Wong has . The board runs both improve. Phan’s flush earns a double up.
Phan Tuan Vinh – 3,240,000 (32 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 1,600,000 (16 bb)
00:33: Ng Tsun Yin defends big blind with a four-bet
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Ng Tsun Yin – 4,400,000 (44 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 3,200,000 (32 bb)
Phan Tuan Vinh – 1,650,000 (16 bb)
00:30: Lee Woo Young doubles up through The Naing
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
[Feature table] Utg The Naing opens, Lee Woo Young shoves, Naing calls. No bad beats arrive on a board for a double up to Lee.
Lee Woo Young – 2,100,000 (21 bb)
The Naing – 11,000,000 (110 bb)
00:28: Nguyen Trung Ha vs Nguyen Quang Huy
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Hijack Nguyen Trung Ha min-raises and is called by the blinds. All three check the flop [qd} to bring the turn . Big blind Nguyen Quang Huy value-bets 100,000, Trung Ha calls, small blind folds. On the river , Quang Huy checks, Trung Ha bets 210,000 and wins the pot.
Nguyen Trung Ha – 1,800,000 (18 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 2,500,000 (25 bb)
00:20: Wong Ka Fai hard-bets for the pot
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
Utg Tian Hao Zheng min-raises, button Wong Ka Fai three-bets 400,000, Zheng calls. At the flop , Wong c-bets 400,000, Zheng check-calls. The turn , Wong shoves (1,170,000), Zheng check-folds.
Wong Ka Fai – 3,420,000 (34 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,600,000 (26 bb)
00:15: Natalia Rozova eliminated in 23rd place
Level 38: 50,000-100,000 ante 100,000
[Feature table] Button player Natalia Rozova raises 200,000, small blind The Naing shoves, Rozova calls for her tournament life. Once again the board favors Naing as it runs for a bad beat straight.
The Naing – 12,000,000 (120 bb)
Natalia Rozova – Eliminated in 23rd place
00:02: Daewoong Song sends Ritwik Khanna deep in the tank
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Button Daewoong Song opens 160,000, big blind Ritwik Khanna defends. At the flop , Song c-bets 135,000, Khanna check-raises 360,000, Song three-bets all in, Khanna uses all of his remaining time-banks then folds.
Daewoong Song – 2,800,000 (35 bb)
Ritwik Khanna – 935,000 (11 bb)
00:00: Peng Yang eliminated in 24th place
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
[Feature table] Utg+1 Peng Yang opens 160,000, The Naing three-bets 240,000, Yang four-bet shoves, Naing calls. The board runs .
The Naing – 11,000,000 (137 bb)
Peng Yang – Eliminated
23:55: Heavy preflop action goes to Ng Tsun Yin
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Ng Tsun Yin – 2,600,000 (32 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 2,200,000 (27 bb)
23:54: Konstantin Held wins it on a river bet
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Button Konstantin Held raises 160,000, big blind Lu Ning calls. At the flop , Held c-bets 110,000, Lu check-calls. The turn sees a switch as Lu leads out 250,000 and Held calls. On the river , switch again. Lu checks, Held bets 400,000, Lu folds.
Konstantin Held – 2,500,000 (31 bb)
Lu Ning – 3,300,000 (41 bb)
23:50: Tian Hao Zheng pairs up on the river
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
UItg+1 Nguyen Quang Huy raises 160,000, Tian Hao Zheng defends the big blind, flop comes . Nguyen c-bets 200,000, Zheng check-calls. Same action on the turn , Nguyen c-bets 350,000, Zheng check-calls. Both players check the river . Zheng shows , Nguyen mucks.
Tian Hao Zheng – 4,000,000 (50 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 3,300,000 (41 bb)
23:45: Ng Tsun Yin doubles up through Guy Taylor
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Cutoff Ng Tsun Yin shoves just over a million, button Guy Taylor calls. Ng shows , Taylor has him covered with . The cards favor Ng as it runs .
Ng Tsun Yin – 2,230,000 (27 bb)
Guy Taylor – 1,825,000 (22 bb)
23:44: Lee Song Min doubles up
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
[Feature table] Down to 11 bb, Lee Song Min shoves and button Peng Yang joins in with . The board runs out .
Lee Song Min – 2,100,000 (26 bb)
Peng Yang – 1,400,00 (17 bb)
23:39: Battle of the blinds goes to Guy Taylor
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Small blind Ng Tsun Yin raises 160,000, big blind Guy Taylor defends, both check the flop [qh}. On the turn , Taylor sends out 200,000, Ng check-calls. Same action on the river with a 250,000 bet by Taylor, check-called by Ng. Taylor shows straight, Ng mucks.
Guy Taylor – 2,900,000 (36 bb)
Ng Tsun Yin – 2,100,000 (26 bb)
23:37: Ng Tsun Yin pushes out the better hand
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Hijack Ng Tsun Yin in-raises 160,000, big blind Tian Hao Zhang calls, then both players check the flop . On the turn , Zheng leads out 125,000, Ng calls. On the river , Zheng c-bets 175,000, Ng shoves (950,000), Zheng folds and shows straight. Ng shows over pair.
Ng Tsun Yin – 1,800,000 (22 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,500,000 (31 bb)
23:35: Peng Yang doubles up through Nguyen Ngoc Dai
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
[Feature table] Peng Yang finds himself down to 1,100,000 and three-bet shoves. Initial raiser Nguyen Ngoc Dai calls with . Board runs out .
Peng Yang – 2,300,000 (28 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 1,200,000 (15 bb)
23:30: Nguyen Van Phuong eliminated in 25th place
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
[Feature table] Hijack Nguyen Van Phuong opens 160,000, cutoff The Naing three-bets 480,000, Nguyen answers with a four-bet of 1,200,000, Naing calls. The flop runs , Nguyen bets 900,000 for his straight, Naing calls, On the turn Naing improves to a boat, Nguyen announces all in, Naing snap-calls. Nguyen is drawing dead. River is .
The Naing – 9,300,000 (116 bb)
Nguyen Van Phuong – Eliminated
23:26: Hwany Lee eliminated in 26th place
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Hwany Lee shoves (720,000) from cutoff holding , big blind Wong Ka Fai calls with . The board runs . Wong’s kicker holds to eliminate Lee.
Wong Ka Fai – 3,200,000 (40 bb)
Hwany Lee – Eliminated in 26th place
23:23: Hoang Hai Nam versus Lucky Duong Chan
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg Hoang Hai Nam min-raises, utg+1 Lucky Duong Chang three-bets 300,000, Nam flats. Both players check the flop [2c}. On the turn , Nam sends out 425,000, Chan tanks using one time bank then calls. The river Nam bets 325,000, Chan folds.
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,700,000 (58 bb)
Lucky Duong Chan – 1,150,000 (14 bb)
23:20: Konstantin Held doubles up through Lee Woo Young
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg opens 160,000, small blind Lee Woo Young three-bets 425,000, big blind Konstantin Held four-bets all in for 490,000, utg fold, Lee calls. Held is at risk with , Lee with . Both get a piece of the board . Held’s pair dominates for a double up.
Konstantin Held – 1,220,000 (15 bb)
Lee Woo Young – 2,000,000 (25 bb)
23:11: Seungmook Jung versus Seonguk Huh
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
Utg+1 Seonguk Huh raises 175,000, big blind Seungmook Jung calls, flop runs . First to act Jung checks to aggressor Huh who c-bets 85,000, Jung calls. Both players check the turn . Jung bets the river. Huh folds.
Seungmook Jung – 2,300,000 (28 bb)
Seonguk Huh – 4,100,000 (51 bb)
23:06: Blinds up, 26 players remaining
Level 37: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000
23:05: Nguyen Quang Huy defends the big blind against Ji Young Kim
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Ji Young Kim raises 130,000, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy calls. At the flop , Kim c-bets 100,000, Nguyen raises 220,000, Kim folds.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 2,900,000 (48 bb)
Jiyoung Kim – 1,400,000 (23 bb)
23:00: Alan Pham eliminated in 27th place
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Following his showdown loss to Peng Yang, Alan Pham shoves his 7 bb and is eliminated by Nguyen Ngoc Dai on a board .
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 2,800,000 (47 bb)
Alan Pham – Eliminated in 27th place
22:55: Huge double up for Peng Yang, Alan Pham down to 7 bb
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Utg Peng Yang opens 125,000, cutoff Nguyen Ngoc Dai calls, small blind Alan Pham all in (1,600,000), back to Yang who shoves (1,200,000), Nguyen folds. The board runs
Peng Yang – 2,600,000 (42 bb)
Alan Pham – 425,000 (7 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 2,800,000 (47 bb)
22:53: Battle of the blinds, Wong Ka Fai wins the preflop war
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Wong Ka Fai – 2,085,000 (34 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 4,100,000 (68 bb)
22:50: Natalia Rozova earns it with continuation bets
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
From utg+1 Natalia Rozova raises 120,000, Hoang Hai Nam calls from the big blind, flop comes . Rozova c-bets 80,000, Nam check-calls. On the turn , Rozova sends out 280,000, this time Nam check-folds.
Natalia Rozova – 1,400,000 (23 bb)
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,000,000 (66 bb)
22:40: Hwany Lee wins the flip for a full boost
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Cutoff Nguyen Trung Ha opens 120,000, Hwany Lee shoves (530,000), Nguyen calls. It’s a flip with {Lee and Nguyen . When the board completes , Lee ships a double up.
Hwany Lee – 1,150,000 (19 bb)
Nguyen Trung Ha – 600,000 (10 bb)
22:37: Konstantin Held slams into Seonguk Huh’s Aces
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Konstantin Held
Seonguk Huh
The board runs , Held plunges to 10 bb.
Seonguk Huh – 4,880,000 (81 bb)
Konstantin Held – 650,000 (10 bb)
22:32: Battle of the blinds goes to Ritwik Khanna
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Ritwik Khanna – 2,000,000 (33 bb)
Lu Ning – 4,600,000 (76 bb)
22:30: Nguyen Ngoc Son pushes out Peng Yang
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Cutoff Nguyen Ngoc Son raises 125,000, Peng Yang calls from the big blind. At the flop , Yang leads out 135,000, Nguyen raises 270,000, Yang calls. Both players check the turn to bring the river . Yang leads out again 930,000, Nguyen shoves 2,700,000, Yang tank-folds his straight.
Nguyen Ngoc Son – 4,600,000 (76 bb)
Peng Yang – 1,200,000 (19 bb)
22:24: Natalia Rozova pays for Nguyen Quang Huy’s trips
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Hijack Natalia Rozova opens 120,000, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy calls. At the flop and turn , Rozova c-bets 180,000 and 260,000, Nguyen calls. The river , Nguyen leads out 450,000, Rozova tank-calls then mucks to Nguyen’s trips.
Nguyen Quang Huy – 2,700,000 (45 bb)
Natalia Rozova – 975,000 (16 bb)
22:20: Lee Song Min doubles up through Alan Pham
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Small blind Alan Pham shoves, big blind Lee Song Min calls for his last 9 bb. The board runs . Lee doubles up.
Lee Song Min – 1,200,000 (20 bb)
Alan Pham – 1,900,000 (31 bb)
22:18: Tian Hao Zheng successfully defends the big blind
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Tian Hao Zheng – 4,900,000 (81 bb)
Guy Taylor – 3,000,000 (50 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 1,000,000 (16 bb)
22:16: Lucky Duong Chan versus Hoang Hai Nam
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Cutoff Hoang Hai Nam raises 125,000, button Lucky Duong Chan calls, both players check the flop . On the turn , Nam checks again, Chan bets 300,000, Nam calls. Both check the river . Nam has 8s} pair, Chan wins it with higher pair.
Lucky Duong Chan – 2,000,000 (33 bb)
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,600,000 (76 bb)
22:15: Alan Pham dominates for a double up
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Hijack Alan Pham raises 120,000, button Peng Yang three-bets 355,000, Pham tanks then shoves, Yang snap-calls. The board runs , Pham doubles up.
Alan Pham – 2,400,000 (40 bb)
Peng Yang – 2,400,000 (40 bb)
22:10: Tian Hao Zheng wins a chunk for the set
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
Utg+1 Nguyen Trung Ha raises 125,000, hijack Tian Hao Zheng calls, both players check the flop . The turn sees a 150,000 bet from Nguyen, Zheng calls. On the river, Nguyen checks, Zheng bets 690,000, Nguyen calls then mucks to Zheng’s set.
Tian Hao Zheng – 3,600,000 (60 bb)
Nguyen Trung Ha – 1,300,000 (21 bb)
22:07: Peng Yang wins the preflop war
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
[Feature table] Utg+1 The Naing raises 125,000, button Alan Pham [10s} three-bets 280,000, big blind Peng Yang four-bets 660,000, no takers.
Peng Yang – 2,800,000 (46 bb)
Alan Pham – 1,800,000 (30 bb)
The Naing – 3,800,000 (63 bb)
22:05: Blinds up, 28 players remaining
Level 36: 30,000-60,000 ante 60,000
21:55: Break time, 28 players remaining
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Hoang Hai Nam – 5,100,000 (85 bb)
Lu Ning – 4,900,000 (81 bb)
The Naing – 4,000,000 (66 bb)
Guy Taylor – 3,900,000 (65)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 3,100,000 (51 bb)
Konstantin Held – 2,700,000 (45 bb)
21:50: Daewoong Song’s kicker plays
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Cutoff Daewoong Song min-raises, big blind Nguyen Quang Huy defends, flop lands . Song c-bets 100,000, Nguyen check-calls. At turn, Nguyen bets 155,000, Song check-calls. Both players check the river . Song opens , Nguyen , Song’s kicker plays.
Daewoong Song – 2,100,000 (42 bb)
Nguyen Quang Huy – 1,600,000 (32 bb)
21:45: Ritwik Khanna muscles Seungmook Jung
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Small blind Ritwik Khanna limps, big blind Seungmook Jung raises 175,000, Khanna calls. At the flop , Jung c-bets 125,000, Khanna check-raises 350,000, Jung calls. On the turn , Khanna leads out 300,000, Jung folds.
Ritwik Khanna – 2,250,000 (45 bb)
Seungmook Jung – 1,400,000 (28 bb)
21:37: Masich busts on failed bluff, Guy Taylor ships it
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg+2 Guy Taylor raises 110,000, button Masich calls, both players head to the flop . Taylor c-bets 110,000, Masich calls. On the turn , Taylor slows, Masich bets 310,000, Taylor calls. The river , Masich shove 1,040,000, Taylor uses five time-banks then makes the call. Masich shows stone cold bluff , Taylor ships it with two pair.
Guy Taylor – 4,100,000 (82 bb)
Masich – Eliminated
21:30: Nguyen Duy Thuc eliminated by Lee Woo Young
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
End of the road for Nguyen Duy Thuc who shoves (380,000) from hijack position holding but can’t get past big blind Lee Woo Young who calls with . The board runs .
Lee Woo Young – 2,400,000 (48 bb)
Nguyen Duy Thuc – Eliminated
21:28: Top pair wins the pot for Tian Hao Zheng
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Cutoff Wong Ka Fai opens 100,000, Tian Hao Zheng defends the big blind. At the flop , Wong c-bets 75,000, Zhen check-calls. Both players proceed to check the turn and river , Zheng shows , Wong mucks.
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,200,000 (44 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 1,850,000 (37 bb)
21:20: Chip counts
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Table 3
Daewoong Song – 1,500,000
Milan Stojkovic – 1,450,000
Kim Ji Young – 900,000
Nguyen Quang Huy – 1,000,000
Peter Kiem – 600,000
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,900,000
Lucky Duong Chau – 1,300,000
Natalia Rozova – 2,200,000
Table 4
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,800,000
Phan Tuan Vinh – 1,600,000
Hwany Lee – 620,000
Ng Tsun Yin – 1,410,000
Guy Taylor – 2,400,000
Wong Ka Fai – 1,100,000
Nguyen Trung Ha – 2,100,000
Masich – 1,700,000
Table 5
Seungmook Jung – 1,800,000
Doan Quang Trung – 725,000
Soenguk Huh – 2,750,000
Lee Woo Young – 2,000,000
Konstantin Held – 2,400,000
Tran Thinh – 1,200,000
Lu Ning – 4,300,000
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 505,000
21:15: Feature table chip counts
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Seat 1: Nguyen Van Phuong – 2,445,000 (49 bb)
Seat 2: The Naing – 5,930,000 (118 bb)
Seat 3: Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 1,185,000 (23 bb)
Seat 4: Nguyen Ngoc Son – 1,605,000 (32 bb)
Seat 5: Ritwik Khanna – 1,655,000 (33 bb)
Seat 6: Alan Pham – 3,060,000 (61 bb)
Seat 7: Lee Song Min – 610,000 (12 bb)
Seat 9: Peng Yang – 3,350,000 (67 bb)
21:00: Masich snap-folds to Hoang Hai Nam
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg Masich opens 100,000, Hoang Hai Nam defends the big blind, flop comes . Masich c-bets 110,000, Nam check-calls. Both players check the turn, then on the river , Nam sends out 500,000, Masich snap-folds.
Hoang Hai Nam – 2,900,000 (58 bb)
Masich – 1,900,000 (38 bb)
20:55: Seonguk Huh rivers top pair against Guy Taylor
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Cutoff Seonguk Huh ups it to 100,000, big blind Guy Taylor calls, the flop lands . Seonguk c-bets 75,000, Taylor check-calls to bring the turn. Taylor leads out 125,000, Seonguk flats. Both check the river . Seonguk claims the pot with top pair over mid pair.
Seonguk Huh – 2,800,000 (56 bb)
Guy Taylor – 2,400,000 (48 bb)
20:46: The Naing outkicks Wong Ka Fai
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
Utg Wong Ka Fai min-raises, utg+1 The Naing three-bets 300,000, Wong calls. Both players check the flop and turn , then on the river , Wong bets 500,000, Naing calls. Wong shows , Naing outkicks with .
The Naing – 5,300,000 (106 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 1,900,000 (38 bb)
20:36: Blinds up, 34 players remaining
Level 35: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000
20:28: Milan Stojkovic earns with Jacks
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Konstantin Held raises 100,000 button Milan Stojkovic calls. When the board completes , Stojkovic is check-called on the flop ad turn 100,000, 215,000, then both check the river. Held shows pair, Stojkovic wins the pot with overpair.
Milan Stojkovic – 1,480,000 (37bb)
Konstantin Held – 3,200,000 (80 bb)
20:20: Set over set! Lu Ning banks off Wong Ka Fai
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Button Lu Ning ups it to 80,000, Wong Ka Fai calls from the big blind, the flop comes , Wong leads out 100,000, Lu raises 375,000, Wong calls. On the turn , Lu c-bets 600,000, Wong check-raises all in, Lu snap calls. At the showdown, Wong has set, Lu with higher set, the river changes nothing for a double up to Lu.
Lu Ning – 4.500,000 (112 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 3,400,000 (85 bb)
20:10: Hoang Hai Nam versus Konstantin Held
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Hoang Hai Nam bumps it up to 100,000, Konstantin Held defends the big blind, flop runs , Nam c-bets 70,000, Held check-raises 225,000, Nam tanks using up one time-bank then calls. Onthe turn , Held uses a time-bank then bets 475,000, Nam calls. The river < Nam sends out 550,000, Held check-folds.
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,300,000 (107 bb)
Konstantin Held – 3,700,000 (92 bb)
20:00: Konstantin Held dominates Han Dong Bin throughout
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Cutoff Konstantin Held min-raises, big blind Han Dong Bin three-bets 310,000, Held four-bets 800,000, Han shoves 2,000,000, Held calls. Held is way ahead with , Han with , the board runs out . Held ships it, Han is out.
Konstantin Held – 4,650,000 (116 bb)
Han Dong Bin – Eliminated
19:55: Tian Hao Zheng’s broadway rails Manoj Pentakota
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
Utg Nguyen Van Phuong opens 80,000, button Tian Hao Zheng and big blind Manoj Pentakota call. At the flop , it is checked to Zheng who bets 150,000, Pentakota check-raises all in (250,000), Nguyen calls, Zheng calls for a possible side pot. Both players check the turn to bring the river . Zheng generates a side pot with a 200,000 bet, Nguyen calls. Zheng has broadway, Nguyen set, Zheng wins the side pot. Pentakota turns over lower straight and busts.
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,400,000 (60 bb)
Nguyen Van Phuong – 2,750,000 (68 bb)
Manoj Pentakota – Eliminated
19:45: Blinds up, 40 players remaining
Level 34: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000
19:35: Break time, 40 players remaining
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Wong Ka Fai – 4,900,000 (122 bb)
Hoang Hai Nam – 4,000,000 (100 bb)
The Naing – 3,600,000 (90 bb)
Ala Pham – 3,500,000 (87 bb)
Nguyen Van Phuong – 3,400,000 (85 bb)
Lu Ning – 2,200,000 (55 bb)
19:22: Lu Ning bluff bets every street, Wong Ka Fai calls it down
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Cutoff Lu Ning opens 60,000 big blind Wong Ka Fai defends. When the board completes , Wong check-calls Lu’s bets – 40,000, 185,000, 585,000 – Lu has , Wong ships it with broadway.
Wong Ka Fai – 4,250,000 (141 bb)
Lu Ning – 2,400,000 (80 bb)
19:15: Masich fiinishes off Dang Van Hien
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Action folds to the small blind Dang Van Hien who shoves 850,000 holding , big blind Masich calls with . The board runs , Dang hits the rail.
Masich – 1,700,000 (56 bb)
Dang Van Hien – Eliminated
19:08: Lu Ning cleans out Le Van Binh
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Hijack Lu Ning opens 60,000, big blind Le Van Binh three-bets 175,000, Lu answers with a shove, Le calls for his tournament life. Lu is ahead , Le , both hit the board . Though not needed, Lu improves to a flush to ship it and rail Le.
Lu Ning – 3,300,000 (110 bb)
Le Van Binh – Eliminated
19:03: Konstantin Held pumps the pot and wins it
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg Konstantin Held opens 60,000 and finds three callers to the flop . Held c-bets 100,000, and everyone calls. On the turn , Held fires 225,000, this time all three fold.
Konstantin Held – 3,300,000 (110 bb)
Je Hun Hong – 300,000 (10 bb)
Han Dong Bin – 1,200,000 (40 bb)
Nguyen Trung Ha – 500,000 (16 bb)
18:57: Lu Ning wins the preflop war
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Lu Ning – 1,755,000 (58 bb)
Nguyen Thi Bao An – 1,000,000 (33 bb)
18:55: Junjie He lands the flush, Lee Kun Han nosedives to 1 bb
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
[Feature table] Utg Lee Kun Han raises 70,000, big blind Junjie He defends, flop comes , He jams his 275,000 stack, Lee tanks then calls. The turn grants the flush, river is . He doubles up.
Junjie He – 935,000 (31 bb)
Lee Kun Han – 50,000 (1.5 bb)
18:50: Hong Sung flips out of the running
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg+1 Hong Sung min-raises then faces a three-bet of 200,000 from Wong Ka Fai, Hong answers with a four-bet shove of 95,000, Wong calls. It’s a flip with Wong and Hong . The window card is a King but a Nine also turns up as the board completes . Hong is eliminated.
Wong Ka Fai – 3,200,000 (106 bb)
Hong Sung – Eliminated
18:45: Vishal Ojha eliminated
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
18:40: Daewoong Song tanks the max to Wong Ka Fai
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
Utg+2 Daewoong Song min-raises, hijack Wong Ka Fai calls, flop runs . Song c-bets 75,000, Wong calls again. On the turn , Song fires another 185,000, this time Wong raises 425,000, Song calls. The river sees a check from Song, Wong barrels a large 700,000, Song uses all four time banks then folds.
Wong Ka Fai – 2,200,000 (73 bb)
Daewoong Song – 1,900,000 (63 bb)
18:35: Blinds up, 53 players remaining
Level 33: 15,000-30,000 ante 30,000
18:30: Lu Ning drives the pot and claims it
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg+1 Lu Ning riases 50,000, hijack Nguyen Thi Bao An calls. At the flop and turn , Lu c-bets 80,000 and 180,000, Nguyen calls. On the river , Nguyen folds to Lu’s 450,000 bet.
Lu Ning – 1,500,000 (60 bb)
Nguyen Thi Bao An – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
18:24: Nguyen Duy Thuc claims a good sized pot
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg Milan Stojkovic opens 50,000, three players call, flop comes , all check. On the turn , sb Han Dong Bin leads out 55,000, bb Nguyen Duy Thuc raises 200,000, two players fold, Han folds.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 800,000 (32 bb)
Han Dong Bin – 1,400,000 (56 bb)
Milan Stojkovic – 500,000 (20 bb)
Hoang Hai Nam – 3,000,000 (120 bb)
18:15: Hwany Lee doubles up through Lee Woo Young
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Action folds to the small blind Lee Woo Young who raises 65,000, big blind Hwany Lee three-bets all in for 590,000, Young calls with . Hwany is ahead . Board runs for a double up to Hwany.
Hwany Lee – 1,200,000 (48 bb)
Lee Woo Young – 1,000,000 (40 bb)
18:12: Lee Wai Huen doubles up through Lee Wai Huen
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg Lee Wai Huen opens 50,000, three players call, flop comes . Two checks, hijack player Peng Yang bets 115,000, button Won Gyn Kang calls, sb folds, Lee calls. On the turn , Kang bets 225,000, Lee check-raises all in for 595,000, Yang folds, Kang uses up two time banks then calls.
Lee Wai Huen top pair
Won Gyn Kang flush draw
The river comes to further improve Lee to two pair for a double up.
Lee Wai Huen – 1,785,000 (71 bb)
Won Gyn Kang – 65,000 (2 bb)
18:10: Ng Tsun Zin eliminates Phan Thanh Hung
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
All in preflop cutoff Phan Thanh Hung with , small blind puts him at risk with . The board runs . Phan is eliminated.
Ng Tsun Zin – 1,300,000 (50 bb)
Phan Thanh Hung – Eliminated
18:05: Nguyen Thi Bao An spikes the two-outer
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg+2 Le Van Binh opens 50,000, big blind Nguyen Tho Bao An three-bets 125,000, Le four-bets all in, Nguyen commits all of her chips and turns over and will need to get lucky against Le’s . As the flop is felted a queen lands and the board completes . Nguyen is saved to fight another hand.
Nguyen Thi Bao An – 1,165,000 (46 bb)
Le Van Binh – 800,000 (32 bb)
17:58: Peng Yang claims a pot
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Cutoff Peng Yang opens 50,000, big blind Wong Ka Fai three-bets 150,000, Yang calls. At the flop , Wong c-bets 100,000 and gets the call. On the turn , Wong slows, Yang sends out 215,000 which is enough to win the pot right there.
Wong Ka Fai – 2,000,000 (80 bb)
Peng Yang – 1,250,000 (50 bb)
17:55: Ng Tsun Zin wins a small pot with aces
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
[Feature table] Utg+2 Phan Thanh Hung opens 60,000, button Ng Tsun Zin calls, flop comes. Phan c-bets 60,000, Ng calls. The turn sees a check from Phan, Ng bets 130,000, Phan folds.
Ng Tsun Zin – 740,000 (29 bb)
Phan Thanh Hung – 440,000 (17 bb)
17:50: Tian Hao Zheng eliminates Pham Huy Hoang
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Cutoff Pham Huy Hoang shoves (400,000) with to battle with, small blind Tian Hao Zheng calls with for a flip. With the board running , the small pair holds to send Pham packing.
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,300,000 (92 bb)
Pham Huy Hoang – Eliminated
17:45: Masich raises to deny Amit Kaushik the pot
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Cutoff player Masich opens 50,000, big blind Amit Kaushik defends, the flop is . Kaushik leads out 65,000, Masich calls then both check the turn . On the river, Kaushik bets 175,000, Masich raises 400,000, Kaushik folds.
Mascich – 1,200,000 (48 bb)
Amit Kaushik – 1,300,000 (52 bb)
17:40: Daewoong Song rails Park Chul Min
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Utg+1 Park Chul Min shoves his 17 bb stack (425,000) with , big blind Daewoong Song calls with . With the board running , Song wins the race to boot Park.
Daewoong Song – 2,100,000 (84 bb)
Park Chul Min – Eliminated
17:35: Blinds up, 68 players remaining
Level 32: 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000
Hoang Hai Nam – 2,700,000 (108 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 2,450,000 (98 bb)
Konstantin Held – 2,300,000 (92 bb)
Alan Pham – 2,300,000 (92 bb)
Nguyen Van Phuong – 2,100,000 (84 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 1,900,000 (76 bb)
17:25: Second break of the day, 68 players remaining
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
17:22: Suck out over suck out, Adrien Tantaro busts to Tian Hao Zheng
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Utg+1 Tian Hao Zheng raises 45,000, hijack Adrien Tantaro three-bets 400,000, Zheng calls and opens , Tantaro is behind with . When the flop lands the table roars at the set. The turn changes nothing but when the river drops , the table erupts once more as Zheng jumps back out front to rail Tantaro. One player comments he had an Ace.
Tian Hao Zheng – 2,200,000 (110 bb)
Adrien Tantaro – Eliminated
17:15: The Naing raises to claim the pot
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Utg+1 Nguyen Thi Bao An opens 40,000, three players call. At the flop , it is checked to utg+2 The Naing who bets 50,000, button and big blind fold, Nguyen calls. Both players check the turn , river comes . Nguyen bets 25,000, The raises 150,000, Nguyen folds.
The Naing – 1,800,000 (90 bb)
Nguyen Thi Bao An – 1,000,000 (50 bb)
17:05: Nguyen Van Phuong battles with big slick, outdraw Nguyen Quang Minh’s ladies
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Nguyen Van Phuong
Nguyen Quang Minh
It’s a classic flip. The board sees an Ace on the window then completes . Quang Minh is not happy as he pays the double up.
Nguyen Van Phuong – 1,810,000 (90 bb)
Nguyen Quang Minh – 250,000 (12 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 1,750,000 (87 bb)
Adrien Tantaro – 500,000 (25 bb)
16:55: Hoang Hai Nam rises to 3M
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Button Hoang Hai Nam continues his ascent by taking down a sizable pot against Han Dong Bin. It opens with a 40,000 raise from Nam, big blind Han calls. When the board runs , Han bets every street – 125,000, 125,000, 275,000. Nam raises 850,000 on the river, Han uses all of his time-banks then folds.
Hoang Hai Nam – 3,000,000 (150 bb)
Han Dong Bin – 1,100,000 (55 bb)
16:50: Park Chul Min doubles against Vu Thai Bao
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Hijack Nguyen Duy Thuc min-raises, cutoff Vu Thai Bao calls, small blind Park Chul Min three-bets 100,000, Nguyen and Vu call. At the flop , Park c-bets 55,000, Nguyen folds, Vu calls. The turn sees Park shove (135,000), Vu calls after using one time bank. Vu has , Park with , straight, with the river , Park doubles up.
Park Chul Min – 720,000 (36 bb)
Vu Thai Bao – 175,000 (8 bb)
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 625,000 (31 bb)
16:40: Ng Tsun Yin wins the preflop war
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Ng Tsun Yin – 700,000 (35 bb)
Nguyen Ngoc Dai – 300,000 (15 bb)
16:35: Lee Woo Young doubles through Natalia Rozova
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
Utg+2 Lee Woo Young opens 40,000, Natalia Rozova defends the big blind. At the flop and turn , Lee c-bets 40,000, 125,000, Rozova check-calls. On the river , Lee fires 300,000, Rozova folds.
Lee Woo Young – 900,000 (45 bb)
Natalia Rozova – 1,000,000 (50 bb)
16:25: Blinds up, 89 players remaining
Level 31: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000
16:24: Milan Stojkovic earns some from leader Hoang Hai Nam
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Hijack Milan Stojkovic min-raises, big blin Hoang Hai Nam calls, both see the flop land . Stojkovic c-bets 20,000, Nam check-raises 65,000, Stojkovic calls. On the turn , Nam leads out 125,000 and is called. Both players check the river . Nam has to pair, Stojkovic claims the pot with two pair.
Milan Stojkovic – 950,000 (63 bb)
Hoang Hai Nam – 2,300,000 (153 bb)
16:17: Dang Van Hien’s four bet takes it down
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Dang Van Hien – 925,000 (61 bb)
Amit Kaushik – 900,000 (60 bb)
Vishal Ojha – 390,000 (26 bb)
16:08: Ji Young Kim wins the three-way
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg Farhad Aghayev opens 30,000, blinds call, flop runs . Action picks up with a 40,000 bet by sb Pham Duy Anh, big blind Kim Ji Young shoves (225,000), Aghayev joins with less chips, Pham calls for a three-way.
Pham Duy Anh – flush draw
Ji Young Kim – ad} two pair
Farhad Aghayev – top pair
The turn and river changes nothing for Kim to ship it and boot Aghayev.
Ji Young Kim – 700,000 (46 bb)
Pham Duy Anh – 900,000 (60 bb)
Farhad Aghayev – Eliminated
16:00: Back to back pots for Natalia Rozova, Harsh Bubna railed
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Button Natalia Rozova min-raises, blinds call, all three check the flop . On the turn , sb Dang Van Hien bets 25,000, bb folds, Rozova calls, river comes . Dang bets 80,000, Rozova calls, Dang turns over air, Rozova claims the pot with top pair.
Immediately after winning the pot Rozova raises 30,000 from cutoff, small blind Harsh Bubna re-raises 185,000, Rozova shoves, Bubna commits his remaining 15,000 stack. Rozova has , Bubna behind with , board runs . Bubna is eliminated.
Natalia Rozova – 1,300,000 (
Dang Van Hien – 700,000 (46 bb)
Harsh Bubna – Eliminated
15:55: Hoang Hai Nam drags in more chips
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Current leader Hoang Hai Nam raises 30,000 from utg+2, the blinds call, flop comes . Nam c-bets 50,000, sb folds, bb Jin Hoon Lee calls. The turn , Nam fires 100,000, Lee folds.
Hoang Hai Nam – 2,400,000 (160 bb)
Jin Hoon Lee – 580,000 (38 bb)
15:49: Peng Yang wins three-way shove
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Three way all in, Peng Yang , Nguyen Tien Thanh , Yuan Xin , the board runs . Yuan busts, Yang ships it.
Peng Yang – 900,000 (60 bb)
Nguyen Tien Thanh – 300,000 (20 bb)
Yuan Xin – Eliminated
15:40: Lee Kun Han with position bets
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+2 Konstantin Held drives the action with a 30,000 raise, button Lee Kun Han and big blind Lee Ju Yeol call. At the flop , it checks to Kun Han who bets 30,000, Ju Yeol and Held both call. On the turn , Kun Han bets 125,000, no callers.
Lee Kun Han – 585,000 (39 bb)
Lee Ju Yeol – 650,000 (43 bb)
Konstantin Held – 1,000,000 (66 bb)
15:33: Nguyen Duy Thuc double barrels
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
Utg+1 Tan Shih Han opens 30,000, big blind Nguyen Duy Thuc three-bets 85,000, Tang calls. On a flop , Nguyen c-bets 80,000, Tang calls. The tunr {1h} Nguyen double barrels 150,000, this time Tang opts to fold.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 1,100,000 (73 bb)
Tang Shih Han – 500,000 (33 bb)
15:25: Blinds up, 117 back on the hunt
Level 30: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000
15:15: First break of the day, 117 players remaining
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hoang Hai Nam – 2,400,000 (120 bb)
Daewoong Song – 1,400,000 (116 bb)
Milan Stojkovic – 1,350,000 (112 bb)
Tian Hao Zheng – 1,300,000 (108 bb)
Nguyen Hoang Long – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Yao Yadi – 1,100,000 (91 bb)
15:10: Tian Hao Zheng bets to win it against Bien Mai
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg min-raises, button Tian Hao Zheng calls, small blind Bien Mai three-bets 106,000, utg folds, Zheng calls. At the flop , Mai c-bets 80,000, Zheng flats. On the turn , Mai checks then folds to a 110,000 bet from Zheng.
Tian Hao Zheng – 1,300,000 (108 bb)
Bien Mai – 300,000 (25 bb)
15:00: Wong Ka Fain cleans out Lee Ji Hoon
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Hijack Wong Ka Fai min-raises, cutoff three-bets 60,000, big blind Lee Ji Hoon calls, back to Wong with a 160,000 four-bet, cutoff folds, Lee five-bets all in for 240,000. Wong calls. Wong turns over , Lee with . When the flop lands Lee has more outs, but the turn and aren’t it to hit the rail.
Wong Ka Fai – 960,000 (80 bb)
Lee Ji Hoon – Eliminated
14:50: Vincent Chauve eliminated
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Cutoff Daewoong Song min-raises, small blind Vincent Chauve shoves his last 5 bb holding . Song calls with . The board runs out for a flush to Song and the boot for Chauve.
Daewoong Song – 1,450,000 (120 bb)
Vincent Chauve – Eliminated
14:40: Han Dong Bin claims the pot
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg Matthew Bevin opens 26,000, cutoff Han Dong Bin and big blind calls. At the flop , bb checks, Bevin c-bets 25,000, Han raises 70,000, no takers and wins the pot.
Han Dong Bin – 1,200,000 (100 bb)
Matthew Bevin – 310,000 (25 bb)
14:32: Ng Shun Hong flats aces then earns the max
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg Seungmook Jung opens 24,000, utg+2 Ng Shun Hong calls, flop is . Jung c-bets 65,000, Ng calls. On the turn Jung jams his big stack, Ng calls for his tournament life and turns over . Jung is behind . The river is good to Ng for a double up.
Ng Shun Hong – 458,000 (38 bb)
Seungmook Jung – 700,000 (58 bb)
14:27: Oliver Biles falls to Nguyen Duy Thuc
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
From cutoff, Oliver Biles three-bets all for 250,000, initial raiser Nguyen Duy Thuc calls. Biles turns over , Nguyen has live cards, the board runs out . Biles goes bust.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 900,000 (75 bb)
Oliver Biles – Eliminated
14:20: Peter Kiem folds to Seungmook Jung
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
Utg+2 Peter Kiem opens, button Seungmook Jung and big blind call, flop comes . Kiem c-bets 35,000, Jung calls, bb folds. On the turn , Kiem slows to a check, Jung bets 75,000, Kiem folds.
Seungmook Jung – 954,000 (79 bb)
Peter Kiem – 550,000 (45 bb)
14:15: Blinds up, 158 players remaining
Level 29: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000
14:14: Alan Pham earns for his set against Nguyen Duy Thuc
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Hijack Alan Pham min-raises, blinds call, flop comes . Blinds check, Pham c-bets 35,000, sb Nguyen Duy Thuc calls, bb Oliver Biles folds. On the turn , Pham bets 85,000, Nguyen check-calls again then both players check the river . Nguyen shows , Pham wins it with set.
Alan Pham – 1,350,000 (135 bb)
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 650,000 (65 bb)
Oliver Biles – 168,000 (16 bb)
14:11: Daewoong Song sends Jinlong Hu plunging to 5 bb
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg Jinlong Hu min-raises, small blind Daewoong Song three-bets 80,000, Hu four-bets all in, Song takes the challenge for all of his chips. Hu has , Song , board runs .
Daewoong Song – 740,000 (74 bb)
Jinlong Hu – 50,000 (5 bb)
14:08: Hoang Huy’s rockets dominate Sishu Peng’s big slick
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg min-raises, hijack Sishu Peng three-bets 75,000, Hoang shoves, Peng calls with less chips and shows , Hoang has the preflop nuts . The board runs .
Hoang Huy – 600,000 (60 bb)
Sishu Peng – Eliminated
14:02: Vishal Ojha doubles up his short stack
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Short stacked Vishal Ohja opens 42,000, leaving himself 2,000 behind, small blind Dang Van Hien pushes, Ohja tosses in the remaining chips and shows . It’s a flip with Dang holding . Ohja straightens up on a board for a double up.
Vishal Ohja – 108,000 (10 bb)
Dang Van Hien – 760,000 (76 bb)
13:57: Nguyen Trung Giang lucks out on the river against Lee Tsung Ying
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg+1 Ngo Tran Minh Nhat min-raises, Lee Tsung Ying three-bets 57,000, Nguyen Truong Giang calls, back to Ngo who calls for a three-way to the flop . Lee c-bets 35,000, Nguyen and Ngo check-call to the turn . Lee sends out 100,000, only Nguyen continues to the river . Lee shoves, Nguyen check-calls for her tournament life, Lee has top pair, Nguyen shows set on the river for a double up.
Nguyen Truong Giang – 527,000 (52 bb)
Lee Tsung Ying – 500,000 (50 bb)
13:48: Big slick battle ends in flush for The Naing, Phan Trong Linh busts
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg+1 The Naing shoves holding , cutoff Phan Trong Linh calls with less chips and has . Lots of hearts come fill the board for the nut flush to The Naing and the exit to Phan.
The Naing – 1,050,000 (100 bb)
Phan Trong Linh – Eliminated
13:45: Nguyen Duy Thuc bets every street and rivers it
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg+2 Nguyen Duy Thuc raises 21,000, Deepankur Gupta defends the big blind. The board runs , Nguyen bets every street – 20,000, 40,000, all in (177,000) – and Gupta check-calls him down. Nguyen has set on the river, Gupta shows top pair.
Nguyen Duy Thuc – 531,000 (53 bb)
Deepankur Gupta – 380,000 (38 bb)
13:37: Pot for Adrien Tantaro
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Utg Adrien Tantaro opens 24,000, hijack Wong Ka Fai defends, flop comes . Tantaro c-bets 75,000, Wong calls. Both players proceed to check the turn and river . Tantaro turns over , Wong mucks.
Adrien Tantaro – 500,000 (50 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 550,000 (55 bb)
13:30: Bien Mai lucky catch to survive
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Bien Mai limps from the small blind, big blind Yuan Xin three-bets 27,000, Mai four bets 180,000, Yuan five-bets all in, Mai commits his 42,000 behind and shows . Yuan is ahead . With the board running , Mai pairs up to double up.
Bien Mai – 454,000 (45 bb)
Yuan Xin – 300,000 (30 bb)
13:25: Seungmook Jung eliminates Charles Wong
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Cutoff Seungmook Jung opens 20,,000, big blind Charles Wong three-bets 110,000, Jung replies with a four-bet shove, Wong calls for his tournament life. At the showdown, it’s a flip with Jung and Wong . The board runs for a flush to Jung.
Seungmook Jung – 900,000 (90 bb)
Charles Wong – Eliminated
13:20: Lee Ji Hoon doubles up
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Action packed from the get-go as short stacks shove. Over at table 13, from utg+2 Wong Kai Fai opens 25,000, button calls, small blind Lee Ji Hoon three-bets 55,000, Wong answers with a four-bet of 125,000, button calls and Lee calls. The flop runs , Lee jams (99,000), Wong calls, button folds. Lee opens set, Wong way behind with , turn adds out for Wong but isn’t one of them to pay up.
Lee Ji Hoon – 493,000 (49 bb)
Wong Ka Fai – 550,000 (55 bb)
13:15: Shuffle up and deal! Day 2 is underway here at Furama Resort Danang
Level 28: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Seat Draw by stack size
| Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| Alan Pham | 1,109,000 | 12 | 2 |
| Hwany Lee | 1,008,000 | 15 | 2 |
| Meherzad Munsaf | 989,000 | 3 | 6 |
| The Naing | 923,000 | 10 | 6 |
| Hoàng HảI Nam | 854,000 | 4 | 4 |
| PhạM Duy Ánh | 833,000 | 6 | 3 |
| Seung Mook Jung | 813,000 | 19 | 4 |
| Lee Tsung Ying | 805,000 | 4 | 5 |
| Wong Ka Fai | 778,000 | 13 | 8 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 748,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Lu Ning | 740,000 | 15 | 3 |
| Amit Kaushik | 720,000 | 7 | 2 |
| Ivan Koneochuyi | 709,000 | 21 | 1 |
| Han Dong Bin | 699,000 | 17 | 4 |
| Konstantin Held | 683,000 | 20 | 3 |
| Zhu Jingxuan | 671,000 | 18 | 4 |
| Guy Taylor | 633,000 | 6 | 2 |
| Mannoj Pentakota | 631,000 | 15 | 1 |
| Hasagi | 622,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Hash Bubna | 618,000 | 7 | 8 |
| Yuan Xin | 615,000 | 8 | 8 |
| Won Gyn Kang | 614,000 | 22 | 4 |
| Lê Văn Bình | 597,000 | 3 | 5 |
| Song Peng Fei | 586,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Seonguk Huh | 584,000 | 13 | 9 |
| Lee Kuh Han | 583,000 | 9 | 9 |
| Đinh TiếN Thành | 576,000 | 50 | 2 |
| Chang Yu Chung | 575,000 | 16 | 4 |
| Aditya Singh | 575,000 | 22 | 2 |
| Đoàn Quang Trung | 562,000 | 4 | 3 |
| Ritwik Khanna | 559,000 | 14 | 9 |
| ĐặNg Văn HiểN (Mít) | 545,000 | 7 | 6 |
| Nguyen Tien Thanh | 524,000 | 18 | 1 |
| Hu Jinlong | 518,000 | 9 | 4 |
| Tô Duy HuyềN | 515,000 | 11 | 8 |
| NguyễN Văn Phương | 500,000 | 5 | 7 |
| Faro | 497,000 | 6 | 5 |
| Deng Zhi Wen | 494,000 | 19 | 3 |
| Tianhao Zheng | 486,000 | 5 | 5 |
| Milan Stojkovic | 485,000 | 21 | 6 |
| Phan HữU Minh Trí | 483,000 | 23 | 3 |
| Bui Anh Khoa | 476,000 | 9 | 5 |
| NguyễN Duy ThứC | 474,000 | 12 | 7 |
| NguyễN Hoàng Long (Animal) | 449,000 | 14 | 1 |
| Ng Tsun Zin | 438,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Moon Ho Seo | 438,000 | 16 | 3 |
| Đỗ Văn ThắNg | 437,000 | 15 | 6 |
| Ngô TrầN Minh NhậT | 434,000 | 4 | 2 |
| NguyễN Trung Quân | 433,000 | 3 | 4 |
| Adrien Michel Tantaro | 433,000 | 13 | 4 |
| PhạM Huy Hoàng | 417,000 | 5 | 3 |
| Shiniohi Takenouchi | 415,000 | 21 | 3 |
| Vinay B | 411,000 | 22 | 7 |
| Lee Ju Yeol | 406,000 | 9 | 2 |
| Jingwei Guo | 400,000 | 7 | 3 |
| Nhu Hai Le | 400,000 | 22 | 8 |
| Yao Yadi | 397,000 | 3 | 9 |
| Tonyt | 397,000 | 10 | 7 |
| Gyeong Byeong Lee | 388,000 | 15 | 4 |
| Phan TrọNg Linh | 379,000 | 10 | 9 |
| Pavel Kuznetsov | 368,000 | 23 | 6 |
| Soon Chul Hwang | 365,000 | 14 | 2 |
| Nguyen Thi Bao An | 361,000 | 10 | 5 |
| Deepankur Gupta | 361,000 | 12 | 3 |
| Lucky Dương Châu | 356,000 | 8 | 9 |
| Frank James Lillis | 356,000 | 14 | 6 |
| Chen Yong Qi | 355,000 | 8 | 6 |
| Kiem Peter Janghwan | 353,000 | 19 | 1 |
| Tim Schimmel | 352,000 | 23 | 4 |
| NguyễN ĐắC Long (Ttht) | 341,000 | 20 | 7 |
| Duong Thanh Ha | 340,000 | 16 | 1 |
| Mimosa | 340,000 | 50 | 6 |
| Mr Bazerli Demian | 336,000 | 4 | 6 |
| Nguyen The Anh | 332,000 | 4 | 7 |
| Mai Trí Minh (Easy Man) | 331,000 | 13 | 2 |
| NguyễN NgọC Sơn | 321,000 | 5 | 8 |
| Hoang Huy | 321,000 | 16 | 8 |
| Jin Hoon Lee | 321,000 | 20 | 5 |
| Lee Jung Hyun | 315,000 | 11 | 4 |
| Hung Wan | 315,000 | 19 | 5 |
| Vishal Ojha | 314,000 | 7 | 4 |
| Ko Kyung Suk | 314,000 | 20 | 4 |
| Lin Chia Huang | 306,000 | 6 | 8 |
| Natalia Rozova | 306,000 | 7 | 5 |
| Sean Tan | 300,000 | 23 | 2 |
| Le Van Son | 299,000 | 16 | 6 |
| Haro Cleement | 297,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Phan Thanh Hùng | 294,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Jeong Hyosun | 294,000 | 10 | 1 |
| Kim Bosub | 291,000 | 7 | 7 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 291,000 | 21 | 4 |
| Masich | 283,000 | 22 | 6 |
| David Erquiaga | 282,000 | 8 | 5 |
| Lee Wooyoung | 281,000 | 6 | 1 |
| Lee Ji Hoon | 276,000 | 13 | 3 |
| Jiyoung Kim | 274,000 | 18 | 5 |
| Park Chul Min | 271,000 | 9 | 7 |
| Phu Te Te | 268,000 | 11 | 3 |
| Huang Ying Che | 264,000 | 50 | 3 |
| Yeung Tsz Wai | 262,000 | 14 | 5 |
| Meremans Antoine | 261,000 | 11 | 7 |
| Phi Hùng | 260,000 | 20 | 8 |
| NguyễN TrườNg Giang (Mèo Xinh) | 258,000 | 4 | 9 |
| Pham Bao | 258,000 | 4 | |
| Xu Wei | 257,000 | 11 | 5 |
| Hoai Anh Tran | 257,000 | 14 | 3 |
| Hong Sunguk | 255,000 | 8 | 1 |
| Minh A Nguyen | 254,000 | 5 | 9 |
| Arun Vijay | 253,000 | 15 | 8 |
| Matthew Bevin | 241,000 | 17 | 1 |
| NguyễN Thanh Hùng | 237,000 | 18 | 9 |
| Chi Tam Truong | 235,000 | 7 | 1 |
| Hieu Ngo | 234,000 | 5 | 1 |
| Zheng Xiaosheng | 233,000 | 20 | 1 |
| Mr Big | 229,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Chen Wei Hsun | 224,000 | 18 | 2 |
| Hoa Vinh | 220,000 | 21 | 5 |
| Jongnam Jo | 219,000 | 20 | 2 |
| NguyễN Quang Minh | 219,000 | 22 | 3 |
| Mai Bien | 217,000 | 8 | 7 |
| Dinh Quang Huy | 217,000 | 9 | 1 |
| Truong Quang Vu | 215,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Je Hun Hong | 215,000 | 17 | 5 |
| Tan Kean Wei | 215,000 | 17 | 6 |
| Tung Zi Wei | 213,000 | 23 | 7 |
| Tran Thi Xuan Ha | 210,000 | 21 | 2 |
| TrầN Công Huân | 201,000 | 4 | 1 |
| Daewoong Song | 201,000 | 50 | 1 |
| Florent Remi | 197,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Kim Min Hyun | 196,000 | 15 | 9 |
| Ming Huang | 195,000 | 12 | 1 |
| Lee Wai Huen | 194,000 | 13 | 6 |
| Hyunsup Kim | 194,000 | 23 | 1 |
| Avneesh Munjal | 193,000 | 17 | 7 |
| Mifsud Brandon Charles | 191,000 | 3 | 8 |
| Bernard Koh Wei Yao | 190,000 | 13 | 1 |
| Tan Kwang Chung | 188,000 | 15 | 7 |
| Lưu Danh TuấN (Hehe) | 185,000 | 6 | 9 |
| Tharit Nanthana | 183,000 | 3 | 1 |
| Kim Sung Hun | 182,000 | 17 | 2 |
| Daesun Smauel Yu | 181,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Conor Berry Grimsley | 181,000 | 9 | 6 |
| Lê Như An (Apt) | 180,000 | 14 | 7 |
| Phicippe Clerc | 175,000 | 16 | 9 |
| Bier Romain Michel | 171,000 | 22 | 5 |
| Kazuo Yamamoto | 169,000 | 19 | 8 |
| Lê Anh Minh | 166,000 | 12 | 4 |
| Valerii Daniliants | 166,000 | 19 | 2 |
| Dyland Wayne | 156,000 | 9 | 8 |
| Wong Pol Liank | 155,000 | 11 | 6 |
| Jae Wook Shin | 153,000 | 5 | 2 |
| Lau Wing Yu | 152,000 | 22 | 1 |
| Sebastian Tan | 151,000 | 10 | 4 |
| Sishu Peng | 150,000 | 16 | 2 |
| Moo Jae | 149,000 | 6 | 4 |
| Rohit Begwani | 149,000 | 10 | 3 |
| Lee Geeheon | 149,000 | 12 | 9 |
| TrầN ThịNh | 147,000 | 16 | 7 |
| Siddharth Karia | 145,000 | 18 | 6 |
| Kabir Khattar | 145,000 | 18 | 8 |
| Pham Quang Huy | 143,000 | 6 | 7 |
| Wooseok Kim | 141,000 | 11 | 9 |
| Sangmin Lee | 134,000 | 14 | 8 |
| Tan Keng Yong | 125,000 | 16 | 5 |
| Feng Zhiyi | 125,000 | 23 | 8 |
| Wong Charles Ying Wai | 124,000 | 19 | 7 |
| Peng Yang | 119,000 | 8 | 2 |
| Phan Tuan Vinh | 118,000 | 10 | 8 |
| Po Hsiang Yang | 116,000 | 18 | 7 |
| Nemeskeri Kiss Robert Thomas | 116,000 | 23 | 5 |
| Liang Sheng Wei Tommy | 115,000 | 50 | 7 |
| Lê Giang Nam | 114,000 | 17 | 3 |
| Tran Duc Kien | 114,000 | 21 | 8 |
| William Bolton | 112,000 | 3 | 3 |
| NguyễN TuấN Hoàng | 112,000 | 12 | 6 |
| Oliver Biles | 111,000 | 12 | 8 |
| Dours Rohain | 108,000 | 15 | 5 |
| Tang Shih Han | 108,000 | 17 | 8 |
| Luc Quang Van (Katakuri) | 106,000 | 11 | 1 |
| Lim Lai Koon | 105,000 | 10 | 2 |
| Lim Beng Wei | 103,000 | 3 | 7 |
| Tan Ong Kwan | 102,000 | 4 | 8 |
| Vũ Thái BảO | 102,000 | 18 | 3 |
| Ian Modder | 101,000 | 17 | 9 |
| Jeon Gyeong Seok | 98,000 | 11 | 2 |
| NguyễN Duy Tùng | 98,000 | 50 | 8 |
| Junjie He | 97,000 | 13 | 7 |
| Ng Shun Hong | 96,000 | 19 | 6 |
| Kai Hung Hu | 90,000 | 9 | 3 |
| Warren Bridgwater | 88,000 | 50 | 5 |
| Shen Sheng-Hung | 84,000 | 14 | 4 |
| Nguyen Van Phinh | 83,000 | 7 | 9 |
| Goh Chee Kiong | 82,000 | 8 | 4 |
| Win Meng Tan | 81,000 | 8 | 3 |
| Grant Gardner | 79,000 | 20 | 6 |
| Jehanne Jerremy | 78,000 | 5 | 4 |
| Wong Tung Wing | 76,000 | 6 | 6 |
| Mohit Bohra | 51,000 | 12 | 5 |
| Lim Chor Heng | 51,000 | 21 | 7 |
| Chauve Vincent | 47,000 | 5 | 6 |
| Aladin Reskallah | 42,000 | 13 | 5 |
Seat Draw by Table
| Player | Stack | Table | Seat |
| Phan Thanh Hùng | 294,000 | 2 | 1 |
| Daesun Smauel Yu | 181,000 | 2 | 2 |
| Florent Remi | 197,000 | 2 | 3 |
| Truong Quang Vu | 215,000 | 2 | 4 |
| Ng Tsun Zin | 438,000 | 2 | 5 |
| Nguyen Quang Huy | 748,000 | 2 | 6 |
| Haro Cleement | 297,000 | 2 | 7 |
| Mr Big | 229,000 | 2 | 8 |
| Song Peng Fei | 586,000 | 2 | 9 |
| Tharit Nanthana | 183,000 | 3 | 1 |
| Hasagi | 622,000 | 3 | 2 |
| Wil |