USOP Vietnam: Tien Van Dinh, Fu Bang Huang, Chinh Duc Tran win trophies; SHR draws 80 entries, Minh Ngoc Le leads, reg still open

U Series of Poker Vietnam crossed the halfway mark after the completion of Day 6 at the Crown Poker Club. Another batch of games were tabled and another batch of champions emerged – Tien Van Dinh, Fu Bang Huang, and Chinh Duc Tran. Over at the Super High Roller event, Minh Ngoc Le bagged the Day 1 chip lead. Here are the results.

Event 14: Super High Roller (in progress)

Day 1 of the 2 Billion VND guaranteed Super High Roller completed its scheduled ten levels with 80 entries in total. 39 players survived with Minh Ngoc Le at the helm. Le bagged up 2,531,000 which was equivalent to an enormous 211 BB. Another player powering through was Japanese popstar GACKT who returned to the felt after wrapping up his first big music tour since the pandemic.

For all the high roller railbirds out there and for those that missed the mark at Day 1, good news, registration is still open on Day 2 / Final Day with two levels of late registration available. Players that sign up at the very last second will still start with a decent 20 BB stack. Cards in the air at 12:00pm, Thursday, April 20.

Buy in: VN₫ 88,000,000 (~US$ 3,720)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Entries: 80 (52 unique, 28 re-entry)
Chips in play: 3,200,000
Average stack: 82,051
Day 2 / Final Day opening blinds: 6K-12K, 12K ante (Level 11)
Registration: closes at the start of Level 13 at 1:30PM

Bigger stacked Tien Van Dinh claims Mini Main Event title after ICM deal

The Mini Main Event was a big crowd favorite with 525 entries tallied over three starting flights. This generated a crushing VN₫ 4 Billion prize pool, doubling up the guarantee.

After three days of competition and a tough final table, the last two standing were Tien Van Dinh and Anh Duy Nguyen. Both players decided on an ICM deal and award Dinh the victory for his larger stack.

You can relive the final table race via the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel. If you want to read up on the action before the final table, head to the SMP live updates. 

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)
ITM: 65 players

Final table payouts

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Tien Van Dinh	693,200,000*
2	Anh Duy Nguyen	664,700,000*
3	Nam Hoai Le	357,000,000
4	Yuk Chak Lucas	250,000,000
5	Anh Hoai Tran	200,000,000
6	Cuong Ngoc Huynh	156,000,000
7	Hieu Quang Nguyen	126,000,000
8	Thang Quang Do	100,000,000
9	Ng Shun Hong	79,800,000

*Heads up ICM deal

Fu Bang Huang gives Taiwan its first USOP Vietnam series trophy

Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 280)
Entries: 52 (35 unique, 17 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 302,600,000 (~US$ 12,870)
ITM: 7 places

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Fu Bang Huang	112,000,000
2	Cong Hoan Le	66,100,000
3	Duc Minh Vu	43,000,000
4	Shyh Chyn Lim	30,500,000
5	Evgenii Chernyi	22,000,000
6	Chih Feng Li	16,000,000
7	Baatar Munkhsukh	13,000,000

Chinh Duc Tran comes from behind to win the Turbo Event

Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 140)
Entries: 89 (61 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 258,900,000 (~US$ 11,000)
ITM: 11 places 

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Chinh Duc Tran	80,000,000
2	Eric Ceret	50,000,000
3	Huy Quang Pham	31,000,000
4	Chang Kok Leong	21,000,000
5	Hien Duc Nguyen	16,500,000
6	Thinh Ba Nguyen	13,500,000
7	Ang Quoc Nguyen	11,600,000
8	Dan Van Nguyen	10,200,000
9	Chinbaatar Maamu	8,900,000
10	Phu Ngoc Tran	7,800,000
11	Sergei Kopyl	7,800,000