Mini Main Event

Akgul Huseyin raise to 12,000 from the cut-off and Oh Junseok defended the big blind to see a flop of 9♣ 3♠ 3♥. Junseok check-raised the 10,000 bet of Huseyin to 25,000. Huseying matched to open a 4♠ on the turn.

Junseok check-called the 40,000 bet to open a 9♦ river. Junseok shoved all-in. Huseying went into think mode, counted his chips, peeked at his cards, wondered if he should try the Pullman Hotel buffet, threw some time-bank cards to the dealer and then soon followed by his folded cards.

Despite the faux pas, Huseyin still maintained his throne atop the chip leader counts.

Action fell to the blinds when Gu Yuefan raised to 20,000 in the small blind and Liu Shuoyuan defended the big blind. The flop was shown Q♦ 2♦ 2♥ . Yuefan led out for 15,000 and Shuoyan raised all-in. Yuefan folded to surrender pot to Shuoyan.

ZhangYankai raised to 10,000 from the lo-jack and wa called by cutoff Lee Hasung and big bling Le Xuan Huy. Three were given a flop of K♠ 7♦ 5♦ . Action checked to Hasung who bet out 8,000. Huy made the call but Yankai re-raised to 36,000. Both Hasung and Huy completed to see the J♠ turn.

Both Hy and Yankai checked to Hasung, who didn't shy away from firing 50,000 in the middle. Hy folded and Yankai followed, shipping the chips to Hasung.

Zhifan Ye raised to 8,000 from UTG+1 and Le Manh Cuong at the lo-jack and the big blind made the call. The flop arrived J♥ 4♣ 9♠. Big blind and Ye checked to Cuong who fired 9,000. The big blind called and Ye raised it to 25,000. Cuong and the big blind called.

The turn came K♦. Big blind checked, Ye went all-in and put his 70,000 chips. Cuong called and big blind went away.

When they flipped their cards Zhifan Ye was holding a pair pocket A♣ A♥ while Cuong's K♣ K♠ had made a set on the turn. It looked completely over, but the poker gods... You guessed it? Barry Greensteiin. A♦ On The River.

Drama. Suspense. Thriller. Action.

The remaining 32 players are going to take a short break.

So far here are some chip counts:

Kumar Asish Ghosh min-raised from under the gun to 5,000 then called the three-bet of 15,500 from Zhang Yankai on the hi-jack. Flop arrived J♦ K♠ Q♠.

Ghosh led with 7,500 and Yankai raised to 23,000. Ghosh announced "all-in" for 87,500. Yankai shouted "call" even before Ghosh's chips touched the betting line.

Ghosh showed J♣ J♠ for a set. Yankai showed A♣ T♦ for a nut-straight.

Ghosh couldn't pair the board with turn 4♠ and river 7♦ and he is busted from the tournament.

Long Zhentao min-raised to 5,000 from the cut-off. Liang Tien-Min three-bet to 20,000 from the small blind. The big blind Rakhimov Azizjon four-bet to 45,000.

Zhentao put them to the test and when all-in with his stack, covering theirs.

Tien-Min folded. Azizjon folded. Zhentao scoops an easy 65,000.

Andres Vasquez raised to 4,000 from the hi-jack then called the three-bet raise of Gu Yuefan for 13,500 from the cut-off. The flop came 7♥ 5♣ 4♦. Vasquez check-called the 16,000 bet of Yuefan to see a 7♣ turn.

Vasquez check-called again for 37,000 to see a 3♦ river. Vasquez check-called the all-in bet of Yuefan for 53,500. Vasquez flashed J♠ J♥ wihile Yuefan showed ladies.

Spell - "cooler"

Vladimir Litasov raised to 4,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Vu Duc Toi in the big blind. Flop came A♠ 9♠ K♦. Toi check-called Litasov's 4k c-bet to see a 3♠ on the turn. They both checked to see a 5♣ on the river. Then, they checked again.

Toi showed 5♠ 2♠ and Litasov mucked to take down some change.

Younghun Seo, Jennifer Cassell and Tingjia Cao were starting at a flop of K♦ 7♣ 9♦ beside a 13,500 pot. Small blind Cassell and big blind Tingjia Cao checked their option to Seo who fired 7,500 all-in. Cao raised to 25,000 and Cassell then re-popped all-in for 62,000. Cao also called for a three-way.

Younghun Seo: K♣ J♠

Jennifer Cassell: A♦ 4♦

Tingjia Cao: K♠ 7♥

Seo hit top pair. Cao had a flopped two pair. Cassell was drawing for the nut-flush.

The board ran out J♥ 4♠, improving Seo to a better two pair and tripled up. Cassell busted out, giving the side pot to Cao.

Yang Qinghao raised to 3,000 from UTG+1 and Graeme Endersby defended the big blind. The flop arrived K♠ 6♠ 4♠ . Endersby check-raised the 3,500 bet of Qinghao to 13,500. Qinghao then decided to fold.

139 entries booked their VND 20,000,000 (~USD 780) seat for a chance to win a share of the VND 15,000,000,000 (~USD 600,000) guaranteed prize pool. 65 players still remain to compete for the 17 qualifying slots for the Day 2 final.

Leading the 65 players in chips is Long Zhentao with 211,000 chips. The secondbiggest stack belongs to Zhang Yankai with 143,000. Third in the leaderboard list is Zhang Xun with 142,000.

Mini Main Event Day 1B

Date: December 2, 2024

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

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

Entries: 139 (110 unique)

ITM: TBD

Starting Stack: 30,000

Total Chips in Play: 4,170,000

Average Stack: 64,100

Players Remaining: 65

Here are some of the top chip counts

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