Crown Poker Series: Bien Mai closes Main Event Day 2 as final table chip leader, Yu Shin Lee close behind; Su Jung Park wins Deepstack

The inaugural Crown Poker Series resumed play at Crown Plaza in Da Nang, Vietnam with Day 2 of the Main Event taking place on Wednesday, April 25,  2023. The final 58 players returned to hunt down the money which started at 32nd place. It concluded with Vietnam’s Bien Mai bagging the final 9 chip lead and Korea’s Yu Shin Lee a close second rank. Soo Jo Kim and Vivian Im also found their way into the lineup. Over at the side events, Su Jung Park lifted a trophy at the Deepstack. Here are the results.

Two and a half hours in, the bubble burst with Nam Hoang Tran knocking out a short stacked player. It was all in preflop, short stack had , Tran [qs}, the board ran . From there, the first payouts were being claimed. Among the early busts were Hwang Seong Il (31st), Jaeho Lee (26th), Namhyung Kim (23rd), and Nhat Duc Nguyen (21st).

Down to 15 players, two players were all in on the turn, Vietnamese ace, Bien Mai proceeded to eliminate Korea’s Ta Na Lee with two pair on a board that completed . Mai also cleaned out Seongmin Lee in 12th place with crushing . Mai will bring in the biggest stack into the final table.

Day 1B chip leader Soojo Kim went head to head against Bluff & Catch Pro Seungmook Jung and burned Jung’s with that landed two pair on the river . Jung settled for 13th place.

Another strong Day 2 finisher was Yu Shin Lee who eliminated Vietnam’s Harry Duong in 14th place and delivered the bubble to form the final table. Against Duong, both were all in preflop, Lee was ahead with , Duong opened . The board was for two pair to Lee. The final hand of Day 2 was Hyun Sup Kim , Lee, the board {kd.

Final 9 players – by chip rank

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Bien Mai	Vietnam	1,375,000	55
2	Yu Shin Lee	Korea	1,315,000	53
3	Moonho Seo	Korea	1,290,000	52
4	Beab Su Kim	Korea	780,000	31
5	Trung Van Nguyen	Vietnam	710,000	28
6	Soo Jo Kim	Korea	570,000	23
7	Youngshin Im	Korea	545,000	22
8	Jiwon Yoon	Korea	510,000	20
9	Tun Nguyen	Vietnam	495,000	20

Buy in: VN₫ 44,000,000 (~US$ 1,875)
Guarantee: VN₫ 10,000,000,000 (~US$ 426,500)|
Entries: 254
Prize pool: VN₫  9,855,200,000 (~US$ 419,800)
ITM: 32 places

Final 9 payouts

Place	Payout in VN₫
1	2,680,000,000
2	1,550,000,000
3	880,000,000
4	740,000,000
5	590,000,000
6	440,000,000
7	320,000,000
8	240,000,000
9	180,000,000

Payouts 10th – 32nd

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in VN₫
10	Hyun Sup Kim	Korea	140,000,000
11	Louie Yu	Korea	120,000,000
12	Seongmin Lee	Korea	120,000,000
13	Seungmook Jung	Korea	120,000,000
14	Harry Duong	Vietnam	120,000,000
15	Ta Na Lee	Korea	120,000,000
16	Chul Bae Won	Korea	100,000,000
17	Dong Kyu Kim	Korea	100,000,000
18	Ji Beom Kang	Korea	100,000,000
19	Min Jung Kim	Korea	100,000,000
20	Seung Yeol Kim	Korea	100,000,000
21	Nhat Nguyen Duc	Vietnam	90,000,000
22	Nam Hoang Tran	Vietnam	90,000,000
23	Namhyung Kim	Korea	90,000,000
24	Jun Hee Kim	Korea	90,000,000
25	Chunho Seo	Korea	90,000,000
26	Jaeho Lee	Korea	80,000,000
27	Jong Jin Han	Korea	80,000,000
28	Duc Minh Phan	Vietnam	80,000,000
29	Ho Yoo Sun	Korea	80,000,000
30	Yangrae Kim	Korea	80,000,000
31	Seong Il Hwang	Korea	72,600,000
32	Changwook Son	Korea	72,600,000

Su Jung Park wins the Deepstack

Wrapping up in the wee hours of the night was the Deepstack. Su Jung Park rose above the 99-entry field to capture her first known live win and a substantial payout of VN₫ 273,700,000 (~US$ 11,670).

Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 
Entries: 99
Prize pool: VN₫ 960,300,000 (~US$ 40,908,000
ITM: 13 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in VN₫
1	Su Jung Park	Korea	273,700,000
2	Young Jun Son	Korea	160,000,000
3	Ju Yeol Lee	Korea	100,000,000
4	Anuy Voong	UK	78,800,000
5	Vu Dinh Nguyen	Vietnam	67,200,000
6	Jung Sup Yun	Korea	57,000,000
7	Jieun Um	Korea	48,000,000
8	Carlos Shiu	Canada	39,000,000
9	Roland Kivi	Estonia	33,600,000
10	Jiseung Jang	Vietnam	28,000,000
11	Gi Bum Kim	Vietnam	25,000,000
12	Sangkyun Lee	Vietnam	25,000,000
13	Daewoong Song	Vietnam	25,000,000