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Final 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 |
Nguyen Trung Quan eliminated in 11th place - VN₫ 511,200,000 (~$21,060)
Button Jinho Hong min-raises, small blind Nguyen Trung Quan three-bets all in 580,000, Hong calls. Nguyen shows K♠ T♣ , Hong with A♣ 8♦ , board runs 7♥ 9♦ J♠ 6♦ 6♠ , Nguyen misses to fall in 11th place.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,500,000(58 BB) | 700,000 |
Jinho Hong delivers double KO, ITM reached
Cutoff Victor Chong raises 270,000 (leaves 5,000 behind), button Jin Hoon Lee three-bets all in 465,000, big blind Jinho Hong uses two time-banks then calls, Chong tosses in his last 5,000 for a three-way.
Victor Chong A♥ 5♦ Jin Hoon Lee 8♣ 8♦ Jinho Hong 7♠ 8♥
The board runs Q♠ 6♠ 9♦ T♥ 3♣ for a doozy straight to Hong to knock out two players simultaneously. That means no bubble round. 11 players remain and are all in the money.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,800,000(47 BB) | 800,000 | |
busted | -800,000 | |
busted | -865,000 |
Jinho Hong takes down another pot
Hijack Jinho Hong raises 80,000, cutoff Josh McCully three-bets 185,000, Hong answers with a four-bet of 500,000, McCully folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,000,000(50 BB) | 300,000 | |
| 1,250,000(31 BB) | -250,000 |
Peng Yang’s jacks run into cowboys
Hijack Hyunsup Kim raises 80,000, cutoff Jinho Hong three-bets 210,000, button Peng Yang four-bets all in for 700,000, Kim folds, Hong calls. Yang turns over J♥ J♣ and is behind Hong’s K♥ K♦ . No bad beat land on a board 7♦ T♦ 9♣ A♠ Q♥ , Yang goes bust.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,700,000(43 BB) | 700,000 | |
busted | -700,000 |
Pot goes to Josh McCully
Button Jinho Hong and small blind Peng Yang limp in, big blind Josh McCully checks, then all three check the flop 8♦ 9♦ 5♠ . On the 7♠ turn, Yang bets 40,000 and is called by both opponents. All three check the river 4♥ . Yang opens 5♥ 2♠ pair, McCully has T♣ 8♣ higher pair, Hong mucks.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,500,000(38 BB) | 200,000 | |
| 1,000,000(25 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 700,000(18 BB) | -200,000 |
Kicker plays for Hyunsup Kim
Utg Hyunsup Kim raises 85,000, big blind Jinho Hong calls, flop comes 7♦ K♣ 8♦ . Kim c-bets 65,000, Hong check-calls. Both players check the turn T♥ . The river 3♥ , Hong leads out 100,000, Kim calls, Hong turns over K♦ 4♦ top pair, Kim outkicks with K♠ Q♦ to claim the pot.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
| 2,700,000(68 BB) | |
| 900,000(23 BB) |
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 |
Jinho Hong keeps firing and wins the pot
Hijack Jinho Hong opens 30,000, big blind Nguyen Ngoc Dai calls, flop comes 3♦ Q♦ Q♠ . Hong c-bets 20,000 and Nguyen check-callls. The turn 4♠ , Hong bets 80,000 then calls Nguyen’s 180,000 check-raise. The river K♣ , Hong shoves, Nguyen check-folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,075,000(72 BB) | 1,075,000 | |
| 300,000(20 BB) | 300,000 |