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Viet Nam, Furama Resort DanangEVENT Billionaire Club Challenge
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AustraliaFinal Day
Jinho Hong
South Korea’s entered the final table as chip leader, stayed ahead throughout to clinch the inaugural Billionaire Cup Challenge and an enviable ICM payout deal of VN₫ 4,585,700,000 (~$188,900). In addition, Hong became the first player to be inaugurated into the USOP Hall of Fame! Runner up Nam Hyung Kim also walked away with a very healthy ICM deal payout amounting to VN₫ 3,763,700,000 (~$155,000). With this win, Korea has now claimed the two highest buy in events of the series.
Watch the final table race via the livestream link below. Pre-final table live updates at the bottom of the page.
The first ever USOP Billionaire Club Challenge was the most expensive event on the menu with a price tag of VN₫ 250,000,000 (~$10,370). It produced a substantial 72 entry field for a prize pool of VN₫ 16,761,600,000 (~$690,500). To date, this was the richest prize pool of all the key events, impressively surpassing the Superstar Challenge by over VN₫ 2 Billion.
Date: November 24, 2023 Buy in: VN₫ 250,000,000 (~$10,370) Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~$164,800) Entries: 72 (51 unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 16,761,600,000 (~$690,500) ITM: 11 places
*Heads up ICM deal
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,585,700,000 | 4,582,200,000 | |
| 3,763,700,000 | 3,762,630,000 | |
| 2,028,100,000 | 2,028,100,000 | |
| 1,404,400,000 | 1,404,400,000 | |
| 1,086,400,000 | 1,082,500,000 | |
| 894,700,000 | 894,700,000 | |
| 744,300,000 | 742,700,000 | |
| 653,700,000 | 652,300,000 | |
| 578,200,000 | 576,600,000 | |
| 511,200,001 | 510,500,001 | |
| 511,200,000 | 511,200,000 |
Junhyoung Ki eliminated
Small blind Junhyoung Ki all in for his last 5 bb holding T♠ 5♦ , big blind Alan Pham calls with A♥ 9♦ . The board runs 5♥ A♠ 4♦ 7♣ 2♠ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,600,000(40 BB) | 580,000 | |
busted | -200,000 |
Chip count update by table and seat
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,600,000(87 BB) | ||
| 1,500,000(50 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,100,000(37 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 1,020,000(34 BB) | ||
| 1,000,000(33 BB) | 250,000 | |
| 535,000(18 BB) | 535,000 | |
| 395,000(13 BB) | -305,000 | |
| 130,000(4 BB) | 130,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,700,000(90 BB) | ||
| 2,000,000(67 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,300,000(43 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 900,000(30 BB) | -175,000 | |
| 900,000(30 BB) | 140,000 | |
| 800,000(27 BB) | 272,000 | |
QQ | 500,000(17 BB) | 280,000 |
| 300,000(10 BB) | 300,000 |
Alan Pham boost a shorty
Short stacked Konstantin Held all in for 45,000 with J♦ 8♣ , button Alan Pham three-bets 115,000, no takers. Pham shows A♦ 2♥ . The board runs 4♥ 4♦ 6♠ 3♣ Q♥ , Pham ships it and Held goes bust.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,020,000(34 BB) | 1,020,000 | |
busted | -5,000 |