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Viet Nam, Furama Resort Danang
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 |
Suengmook Jung spikes two-outer on a three-way
Hijack Nguyen Trung Quan min-raises, button Seungmook Jung three-bets all in (395,000), big blind Ho Koon Leong risks it (130,000), Nguyen calls.
Seungmook Jung 7♣ 7♥ Ho Koon Leong J♣ J♦ Nguyen Trung Quan A♥ K♦
The board runs 2♠ Q♥ 7♦ 8♥ T♠ , Jung spikes the lucky two-outer to ship it and boot out Leong.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 975,000(33 BB) | 580,000 | |
| 700,000(23 BB) | -300,000 | |
busted | -130,000 |
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 |
Nguyen Trung Quan wins another pot
Nguyen Trung Quang raises 25,000 on the button, Qiu Quan defends the big blind, flop runs K♦ T♣ T♥ . Nguyen c-bets 20,000, Qiu check-raises 65,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn 7♥ , Qiu leads out 125,000, Nguyen calls. The river J♣ , Qiu checks, Nguyen shoves, Qiu folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 750,000(63 BB) | 180,000 | |
QQ | 220,000(18 BB) | 220,000 |
Pot for Nguyen Trung Quan
Utg+1 John Perry opens 24,000, small blind Nguyen Trung Quan calls, flop is Q♠ A♥ 7♥ . Nguyen check-calls 24,000. On the turn 4♥ , Perry bets 53,000, Nguyen raises 150,000, Perry folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,400,000(117 BB) | 1,400,000 | |
| 570,000(48 BB) | 570,000 |