Mini Main Event

Ge Yungrui raised to 12,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Jules Rohr in the small blind. The flop came 8♣ 6♥ 2♠. Rohr check-raised the 8,000 bet of Yungrui to 26,000. Yungrui called to see a Q♣ turn. Rohr fired 53,000.

Yingrui gave it much thought, looked at his cards, threw in two time-bank tokens and eventually also threw his cards to the muck, awarding the pot to Rohr. who now sits at the chip leader throne.

Lee Jonggu raised to 8,000 from the hi-jack and called the three-bet to 21,000 by Yang Qinghao on the cut-off. Both players were shown a flop of 6♠ Q♠ J♥. Both checked to see a Q♣ turn. Jonggu led for 17,000 and Qinghao called.

The river came K♥. Jonggu fired 30,000, but Qinghao didn't call.

Li Yongxin, The UTG+2 Player and Dinh Tien Thanh were are all-in before the flop.

Dinh Tien Thanh: A♠ A♦

Li Yongxin: 8♦ 8♠

UTG+2: 9♠ 4♠

Board ran Q♠ 3♠ 6♦ 9♦ A♥

Thanh's hand improved to a set on the river for winning emphasis, busting out UTG+2 and doubling frmo Yongxin.

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Zhou Yutong raised to 5,000 from the lo-jack and as called by the dealer and the big blind. Three players were given a flop of 8♥ 2♣ 3♥. Action was checked to Yutong, who fired 6,000. The button folded, but big blind Tran Quang Linh shoved all-in for 32,500. Yutong made the quick call.

Linh showed A♦ 8♠ for a pair of eights, but Yutong showed A♣ A♥ for a much-better pair. The board ran 2♠ 4♣, booking the win for Yutong and busting out Linh.

UTG+1 raised to 5,500. Zhan ZIjing at UTG+2 three-bet to 13,000. Jules Rohr called in the small blind. Big blind Li Jiaming four-bet all-in for 65,500. There were no more customers and Jiaming scooped the pot.

Zhao Wanhao raised to 5,000 from UTG+2 and found three callers. Four players entered a flop of J♣ 9♠ 7♦. Action was checked around to Li Jia on the lo-jack who fired 8,000. The button and big blind stepped away, but Wanhao stuck around to see an A♥ turn.

Both checked to open a Q♣ river. Wanhao pushed all-in to put Jia at risk, but Jia decided to fight another time.

Yang Qinghao raised to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by Wang Jingyi from UTG+2. The dealer peeled a flop of 4♣ 4♥ 9♥. Both checked to see a 6♣ turn. Qinghao led out for 6,000 and Jingyi called to open a 5♦ river.

Qinghao bet 21,000, but did not call when Jingyi raised to 50,000.

Gutta Nikhil raised to 4,000 from UTG+1 and Pham Duy Anh called from the cut-off. Small blind Pham Duy all-in shoved forhis last 25,500. Nikhil and Anh called behind to see a flop of T♥ 9♥ K♠. Both checked down to see 5♥ turn. Nikhil bet 20,000 and Anh did not continue.

The two remaining showed their hands. Nikhil showed Q♥ J♦ for a flopped straight while Duy showed A♦ J♥. The 4♣ didn't help improve anything and Nikhil took down the pot while eliminating Duy.

Jules Rohr and Ge Yingrui were looking at a flop of 5♥ K♦ 2♣ and a 31,000 pot. Yingrui was the first to act and checked his option. Rohr fired out 9,500 which Yingrui raised to 30,000. Rohr answered by going all-in to put Yingrui at risk. Yingrui surrendered.

Weng Chien Chih and Ved Kartik Mahesh were staring at a board of K♥ A♥ 8♠ A♦ and a 17,000 pot.

Chih checked his option from the big blind to allow Mahesh to fire 8,000. Chih matched and saw a 3♠ turn. Chih then fired 19,000 all-in, but Mahesh did not continue.

Nghem Xuan Thieu raised to 3,000 from under the gun and found three callers. Four players saw a flop of A♠ K♣ 2♣. The blinds checked their option to Thieu who fired 6,000. Two players folded except for Le Giang Nam in the small blind.

The turn came 7♣. Both checked to see an 8♣ on the river. Nam checked and Thieu checked behind.

Thieu showed 2♥ 2♦ for a set of twos while Nam showed A♦ T♣ for a flush to take down the pot.

Babayev Agharazi raised to 3,000 from UTG+1 and was called by both blinds. The flop arrived 7♣ 7♦ 5♥. Small blind Vo Quoc Hiep checked to big blind Nguyen Thi My Phuong, who fired 6,500 to the pot. Agharazi and Hiep called to see a 4♣ on the turn.

Hiep checked and Phuong shoved all-in for 40,500. Agharazi also re-raised all-in to isolate, but Hiep didn't back down.

Phuong showed 8♣ 2♣ for a flush draw; Agharazi flipped over a better Q♦ Q♠, but Hiep held a leading hand of 7♠ 9♦ for a set. The river K♦ kept Hiep ahead, eliminating Phuong and denting Agharazi.

Registration has officially closed for Mini Main Event Day 1A. A total of 220 entries bought in for VND 20,000,000 (~USD 780) to earn a shot for a share from the VND 15,000,000,000 (~USD 600,000) guaranteed prize pool.

112 players remain to compete for 28 qualifying slots for the Day 2 final. So far, leading the chip counts of Day 1A is Zhao Wanhao with 158,000 chips. Truong Vu Tuan Khanh is not far behind with the second largest stack of 157,000. Jules Rohr rounds up the top three chip counts with 154,500.

Mini Main Event Day 1A

Date: December 2, 2024

Buy-in:VND 20,000,000 (~USD 780)

Guarantee: VND 15,000,000,000 (~USD 600,000)

Entries: 220 (165 unique)

ITM: 28 places to advance to Day 2

Starting Stack: 30,000

Total Chips in Play: 6,600,000

Average Stack: 58,900

Players Remaining: 112

Live updates begin at the end of registration at 430pm local time.