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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT Main Event
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Day 2
Final 26 players - 3 tables
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,100,000(114 BB) | 2,100,000 | |
| 6,200,000(78 BB) | 3,750,000 | |
| 4,000,000(50 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
| 2,250,000(28 BB) | -60,000 | |
| 2,000,000(25 BB) | -1,600,000 | |
| 1,400,000(18 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,100,000(14 BB) | -1,285,000 | |
| 500,000(6 BB) | -1,800,000 | |
| 330,000(4 BB) | -46,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,800,000(48 BB) | 2,700,000 | |
| 3,000,000(38 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 3,000,000(38 BB) | 2,696,000 | |
| 2,750,000(34 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 2,400,000(30 BB) | 2,046,000 | |
| 2,050,000(26 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 825,000(10 BB) | -235,000 | |
| 730,000(9 BB) | -570,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,005,000(63 BB) | 5,000 | |
| 3,800,000(48 BB) | -800,000 | |
| 2,840,000(36 BB) | 1,440,000 | |
IL | 2,700,000(34 BB) | -170,000 |
JM | 2,640,000(33 BB) | 40,000 |
| 1,790,000(22 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 1,300,000(16 BB) | 1,040,000 | |
| 1,295,000(16 BB) | -205,000 | |
| 1,225,000(15 BB) | 825,000 |
Thomas Ward lucks out on the river to survive
Plenty of betting going on initiated by Thomas Ward from cutoff who bumps it up to 100,000, small blind Chang Xiang Guang three-bets 350,000, Ward answers with a four-bet shove (1,350,000), Chang calls with K♥ K♦ . Ward has A♦ J♥ . The board runs T♦ 6♦ 9♦ 8♣ A♥ , Ward finds the river and survives for a double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,800,000(56 BB) | 2,260,000 | |
| 400,000(8 BB) | -1,200,000 |
Lone champion Sam Hung eliminated in 78th place
The only USOP Main Event champion that qualified was 2024 USOP champion Sam Hung. He was just eliminated in 78th place ensuring a new champion will be crowned. Hung’s last hand saw him open from lojack, cutoff Chang Xiang Guang three-bet 175,000, Hung called. On the flop A♦ K♠ 5♠ , Hung check-called 130,000. On the turn 4♦ , Chang shoves, Hung tanks using up a time bank then calls for his tournament life.
Chang Xiang Guang K♥ K♦ set Sam Hung A♣ 9♣ top pair
Hung is drawing dead.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,600,000(64 BB) | 1,502,000 |
Day 1A
You Hyun Kim
You Hyun Kim sets the bar at Main Event Day 1A
The opening heat of the highly anticipated USOP Main Event pulled in 366 entries over 10 rounds of registration. After 13 hours of play, the bubble burst leaving 46 players advancing to the ITM round in Day 2. Korea’s bagged the chip lead of 926,000 (77 bb). At his tail was New Zealand’s Thomas Ward with 878,000 (73 bb), and to round out the top three was Vietnam’s Tien Nguyen with 809,000 (67 bb).
Date: March 28 to April 1, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Day 1A: 366 entries (282 unique) Chips in play: 14,640,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 926,000 | 926,000 | |
| 878,000 | -12,000 | |
| 809,000 | 449,000 | |
| 739,000 | 739,000 | |
| 738,000 | 318,000 | |
KY | 685,000 | 325,000 |
SO | 642,000 | 132,000 |
| 569,000 | 569,000 | |
| 548,000 | 548,000 | |
| 480,000 | 480,000 | |
| 447,000 | 447,000 | |
| 428,000 | 428,000 | |
| 427,000 | 3,000 | |
| 416,000 | 416,000 | |
| 410,000 | 160,000 | |
| 404,000 | 404,000 | |
| 382,000 | 382,000 | |
| 373,000 | 373,000 | |
| 333,000 | 333,000 | |
| 316,000 | 316,000 | |
LT | 313,000 | 313,000 |
| 292,000 | ||
JL | 238,000 | 238,000 |
| 238,000 | 238,000 | |
| 225,000 | -135,000 | |
| 222,000 | 36,000 | |
| 211,000 | 211,000 | |
| 201,000 | 201,000 | |
| 193,000 | 193,000 | |
| 154,000 | 154,000 | |
| 151,000 | 151,000 | |
| 122,000 | 122,000 | |
| 120,000 | -30,000 | |
| 104,000 | 104,000 | |
| 101,000 | -244,000 | |
| 98,000 | 98,000 | |
| 85,000 | 85,000 | |
| 85,000 | 85,000 | |
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 82,000 | 82,000 | |
| 76,000 | -20,000 | |
| 64,000 | 64,000 | |
| 63,000 | 63,000 | |
| 61,000 | 61,000 | |
| 59,000 | 59,000 | |
| 49,000 | 49,000 |
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