Nonstop action at the U Series of Poker Vietnam with the Mini Main Event crowding host venue Crown Poker Club. Day 5 of the festival also witnessed Huu Dung Nguyen clinch a billion at the High Roller Superstack, and in a thrilling late night showdown, Isaac Phua won the Hyper Turbo. Here are the results.
Event 10: Mini Main Event – Day 1B and Day 1C recap
It was a thrilling day at the Mini Main Event as hundreds of players joined the last two flights to easily reach and breach the VN₫ 2 Billion guarantee. In its place was a prize pool that doubled to VN₫ 4 Billion. A total of 51 players survived the day’s flights to secure themselves a piece of the boosted pot.
Bagging big at Flight B was Vietnam’s Ha Van Thien notably one of the strongest running mid-ranged buy in player in the country since last year. Thien amassed a staggering 169 BB to earn the overall lead of all the flights. Anh Duy Nguyen was a strong second rank with 137 BB.
Over at Flight C, bagging in the 100 BB range were Harry Tran (139 BB), Mac Khoa (119 BB), and Duong Candy (108 BB). Tran will bring in the second largest stack into Day 2.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Entries: 525
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 173,300)
Day 2 qualifiers: 65 players
Day 1A: 117 (87 unique, 30 re-entry)
Day 1B: 206 (132 unique, 74 re-entry)
Day 1C: 202 (125 unique, 77 re-entry)
Chips in play: 15,750,000
Average stack: 242,307
Day 2 opening blinds: 3K-6K, 6K ante
Top 10 entering Day 2
| Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| Ha Van Thien | Vietnam | 1,012,000 | 169 |
| Harry Tran | Vietnam | 834,000 | 139 |
| Anh Duy Nguyen | Vietnam | 820,000 | 137 |
| Mac Khoa | Vietnam | 711,000 | 119 |
| Duong Candy | Vietnam | 648,000 | 108 |
| Hua Wei Lin | Taiwan | 559,000 | 93 |
| Snow Love | Vietnam | 487,000 | 81 |
| Long Thanh Nguyen | Vietnam | 440,000 | 73 |
| Trung Van Nguyen | Vietnam | 425,000 | 71 |
| Nam Hoai Le | Vietnam | 424,000 | 71 |
For the full list of Day 2 qualifiers and chip counts by flight, follow the link below:
Mini Main Event – Chip Counts – Side Events Live Updates
Huu Dung Nguyen clinches the High Roller Superstack
Vietnamese pro Huu Dung Nguyen added another title to his belt with a victory at the High Roller Superstack. This was his first USOP title. Along with it was a handsome payout of VN₫ 1,100,000,000 (~US$ 46,800).
However it wasn’t all roses for Nguyen. He started the day with a modest stack of 20 BB, dropped to 6 BB, then staged an impressive comeback. On his first shove, it was a close call. Nguyen was behind with 
against Max Menzel’s 
which ended on a split pot.
He later tripled up to 14 BB with 
beating Quang Ngoc Phan’s 
and Menzel’s 
. The momentum continued bringing another double up to 40 BB with 
full house outdrawing Calvin Tan‘s 
.
Nguyen went on to face Lich Van Vu at heads up, once again coming from behind. He took the lead with pocket Jacks over Jack-Seven suited then closed it out in a dramatic full house over full house. Nguyen 
, Vu 
, the board 
.
Relive Nguyen’s race to victory via the livestream recorded on the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xrp6q3DRThw
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,325)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,200,000,000 (~US$ 51,000)
Entries: 75 (50 unique, 25 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,637,500,000 (~US$ 154,850)
ITM: 11 places
| Place | Player | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Huu Dung Nguyen | 1,100,000,000 |
| 2 | Lich Van Vu | 700,000,000 |
| 3 | Wayne Lam | 440,000,000 |
| 4 | Thanh Tien Dinh | 309,000,000 |
| 5 | Tony Truong | 240,000,000 |
| 6 | Max Menzel | 195,000,000 |
| 7 | Calvin Tan | 165,000,000 |
| 8 | Huy Quang Nguyen | 143,500,000 |
| 9 | Quag Ngoc Phan | 125,000,000 |
| 10 | Devan Tang | 110,000,000 |
| 11 | Khoi Nguyen | 110,000,000 |
Thrilling victory for Isaac Phua at the Hyper Turbo
Plenty of exciting showdowns at the fast and fierce Hyper Turbo. In the end it was Isaac Phua outlasting the 84-entry field. On the last hand, Phua’s pocket Sevens was behind Tai Anh Do‘s Ace-Two with an Ace on the flop but the turn came the two-outer for a set, Phua’s rail erupted as Do was drawing dead.
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$
Entries: 84 (56 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 244,440,000 (~US$ 10,400)
ITM: 11 places
| Place | Player | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Isaac Phua | 75,040,000 |
| 2 | Tai Anh Do | 47,000,000 |
| 3 | Tuan Manh Nguyen | 30,000,000 |
| 4 | Ryan Ong | 20,000,000 |
| 5 | Son Thai Hoang | 15,500,000 |
| 6 | Dung Anh Tran | 13,000,000 |
| 7 | Long Huu Le | 11,000,000 |
| 8 | Ong Chien Chan | 9,500,000 |
| 9 | Tu Thanh Phung | 8,400,000 |
| 10 | Dyb Kjell Ove | 7,500,000 |
| 11 | Lim Beng Wei | 7,500,000 |
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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