Nonstop action continues at U Series of Poker Vietnam as Day 3 opens with the exciting conclusion of the Mystery Bounty tournament which will be joined by four events later in the day. The most anticipated is undoubtedly the Superstar Challenge, a huge favorite among the high rollers, and popularized right here in Vietnam.
Listing down a few of the confirmed players: Triton Vietnam champion Dao Minh Phu, High Roller Warm Up champion Chu Anh, Australia’s Anton Lu, 2023 PSPC runner up Max Menzel, Vietnam’s Tobias Bui, and USOP founder Ian Lee.
For this edition, VN₫ 1.5 Billion (~US$ 63,980) is guaranteed. It is a two-day event with Day 1 playing down to the final table. This is the most expensive event of the series with buy in at VN₫ 107,000,000 (~US$ 4,520). Players start with a stack 300x the opening big blind. Blinds increase every 40 minutes. Registration closes at the end of Level 12. Action gets underway at 12:30pm.
Other events on Sunday, April 16, 2023
While the Superstar Challenge may be too costly for some players, there are three other trophy events more suitable for the lighter pockets. These are all single day events.
- Superstack Madness – VN₫ 600,000,000 (~US$ 25,600) guaranteed – VN₫ 6,,600,000 (~US$ 280) buy in; this is perfect for players that enjoy a deep structure. Players start with a stack 400x the opening big blind. Blinds increase every 25 minutes. Registration closes at the end of Level 10 – Cards in the air at 11am
- Deepstack – VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$ 145) buy in – registration closes at the end of Level 8 – Cards in the air at 4pm
- Turbo Event – VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190) buy in – registration closes at the end of Level 8- Cards in the air at 7pm
Mystery Bounty – Final Day
52 players out of 414 entries return for a shot at the Mystery Bounty title, VN₫ 540M top prize, and biggest bounty of VN₫ 270M. Cards in the air at 10:30am.
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 106,600)
Entries: 414
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,609,900,000 (~US$ 111,320)
Bounty Pool: VN₫ 1,405,500,000 (~US$ 59,950)
Day 2 qualifiers / ITM: 52 players
Top 10 in chips
| Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| Quang Ngoc Phan | Vietnam | 454,000 | 76 |
| Dao Minh Phu | Vietnam | 434,000 | 72 |
| Snow Love | 419,000 | 70 | |
| Pham Truong Thu | Vietnam | 380,000 | 63 |
| Ngo Anh Cao | Vietnam | 347,000 | 58 |
| Ha Thien | Vietnam | 345,000 | 58 |
| Vu Ta Nhat | Vietnam | 330,000 | 55 |
| Roland Kivi | Estonia | 323,000 | 54 |
| Nevan Chang | Taiwan | 317,000 | 53 |
| Thanh Tien Dinh | Vietnam | 311,000 | 52 |
For the full chip counts and Final Day updates, click on the link provided:
Mystery Bounty Chip Counts – Side Events Live Updates
Mystery Bounty Day 2 draw
Payout breakdown
| Place | Payouts in VN₫ |
| 1 | 540,000,000 |
| 2 | 376,000,000 |
| 3 | 240,000,000 |
| 4 | 161,200,000 |
| 5 | 124,000,000 |
| 6 | 104,000,000 |
| 7 | 85,500,000 |
| 8 | 68,000,000 |
| 9 | 53,500,000 |
| 10-12 | 44,700,000 |
| 13-15 | 37,500,000 |
| 16-18 | 30,600,000 |
| 19-21 | 25,400,000 |
| 22-24 | 21,000,000 |
| 25-27 | 17,500,000 |
| 28-36 | 14,400,000 |
| 37-45 | 12,900,000 |
| 46-52 | 11,700,000 |
Mystery Bounty prizes
| Pcs | Prize in VN₫ |
| 1 | 270,000,000 |
| 2 | 150,500,000 |
| 4 | 80,000,000 |
| 6 | 40,000,000 |
| 15 | 9,500,000 |
| 24 | 5,500,000 |
* One of the VN₫ 150,500,000 (~US$ 6,420) bounty prizes will be set aside for the Final Table.
Event 5: Roland Kivi wins the Hyper Turbo
Continuing his hot run, Estonia’s Roland Kivi scored a win at Day 2 of the festival. Kivi outlasted the 84 runners of the Hyper Turbo event, denying Vietnam the side event title. Prior to this, on opening day, Kivi bagged up the second largest stack at Mystery Bounty Day 1A and cashed at the evening’s Hyper Turbo. For his victory, he earned the largest cut of the VN₫ 244,440,000 (~US$ 10,400) prize pool, taking home VN₫ 70,240,000 (~US$ 3,000).
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$ 145)
Entries: 84 (54 unique, 30 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 244,440,000 (~US$ 10,40)
ITM: 11 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Roland Kivi | Estonia | 70,240,000 |
| 2 | Vu Quang Dinh | Vietnam | 46,000,000 |
| 3 | Hyunwoo Kang | Korea | 32,000,000 |
| 4 | Tuan Minh Nguyen | Vietnam | 23,000,000 |
| 5 | Sebastian Tan | Singapore | 17,000,000 |
| 6 | Thinh Ba Nguyen | Vietnam | 13,000,000 |
| 7 | Baldan Lkhagva | Mongolia | 10,600,000 |
| 8 | Nam Giang Le | Vietnam | 9,300,000 |
| 9 | Chih Feng Li | Taiwan | 8,300,000 |
| 10 | Sergei Kopyl | 7,500,000 | |
| 11 | Eric Wasylenko | Canada | 7,500,000 |
USOP Vietnam – Festival Results
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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