Main Event

Singapore’s The Naing aka Mao took down the biggest Main Event in Vietnam history and locked up an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 4,979,000,000 (~$205,100). Mao’s dominance started on Day 2, where he powered through the competition, amassing an overwhelming stack that propelled him to the final day. Maintaining his lead throughout the final table, Mao clinched victory against Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Ha after he spiked a higher pair on the river.

Date: November 23 to 27, 2023 Venue: Furama Resort Danang Buy in: VN₫ 25,000,000 (~$1,057) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~$617,920) Entries: 1,595 (1,126 daily unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 34,801,800,000 (~$1,434,000) ITM: 201 players

For the complete payouts, head to the USOP Danang - Festival Results

Chips in play: 63,800,000

Final hand of the Main Event opens with a button raise of 1,300,000 by Nguyen Trung Ha J♦ 7♦ , The Naing K♠ Q♦ three-bets 3,500,000, Nguyen calls. On the flop 3♠ J♠ 5♠ , The Naing c-bets 2,000,000, Nguyen flats. On the turn 2♣ , Naing fires 5,000,000, Nguyen shoves 15,000,000, Naing calls. The river K♦ sends Nguyen crashing out in 2nd place for VN₫ 4,786,000,000 (~$197,160).

It is now heads up between Singapore’s The Naing and Vietnam’s Nguyen Trung Ha. Naing leads with 92 bb to 67 bb. Players are very deep. An ICM deal has been reached, VN₫ 100,000,000 and the trophy is set aside for the champion.

ICM deal guarantee:

The Naing - VN₫ 4,879,000,000 (~$201,000) Nguyen Trung Ha - VN₫ 4,786,000,000 (~$197,160)

*The trophy and VN₫ 100,000,000 for the champion

Three-handed was rough on Ng Tsun Yin as he is flanked by the big stacks. He progressively dropped to 1 bb and got it all in with 7♦ 7d . With the board running 7♥ 8♠ A♥ 9♣ 5♦ , his set was cracked by Nguyen Trung Ha’s T♠ 6♣ straight.

Utg Ng Tsun Yin A♣ 6♣ opens, bb Nguyen Quang Huy K♦ 3♥ all in, Ng calls. Board runs 5♥ Q♥ J♥ 4♣ 7♣ .

Tian Hao Zheng continues to drop in chips. His runs ends in a hand against Ng Tsun Yin. Preflop action Ng K♦ J♦ raises to 600,000, big blind Zheng J♠ 9♠ defends. Ng hits the flop K♣ T♥ 5♠ and c-bets 300,000, Zheng check-calls. On the turn 3♠ , Zheng shoves, and is called. The river is 8♥ .

Cutoff Nguyen Trung Ha 7♣ 7♠ opens 500,000, small blind Tian Hao Zhang A♠ 5♠ three-bets 1,300,000, Nguyen calls. The flop lands 6♠ 9♣ 2♦ , Zheng c-bets 1,000,000, Nguyen calls. On the J♣ turn, Zheng bets 2,400,000, Nguyen tanks then shoves. Zheng folds.

Ng Tsun Yin J♦ 7♥ all in (950,000), big blind Tian Hao Zheng calls with J♠ 9♥ , board runs A♠ 7♠ 3♥ 4♠ 2♦ , Ng doubles up.

Short stacked Lee Sangmin all in with K♥ 8♥ , Nguyen Quang Huy calls with T♥ 9♠ . Board runs 5♠ 8♣ 9♦ Q♣ 6♠ .

Small blind The Naing raises 1,600,000, big blind Lu Ning risks his last 900,000. Naing is ahead A♣ Q♣ , Lu Q♥ J♦ , the board comes 4♦ 6♦ A♦ 5♣ 2♥ .

Small blind The Naing shoves J♣ T♠ , big blind Hoang Hai Nam risks his 14 bb stack with A♦ 7♦ . The board runs Q♠ 3♣ K♣ 9♦ 4♣ .

Utg+1 The Naing opens 400,000, utg+2 Konstantin Held three-bets 1,200,000, Naing four-bets 3,500,000, Held jams (47 bb stack), Naing tanks seeing it is 75% of his stack. Naing finds the guts to call and shows A♠ K♣ , Held with A♦ 6♦ . The board runs Q♥ 9♣ 6♠ 9♠ A♣ .

Nguyen Quang Huy opens 600,000, button Seonguk Huh shoves his 1,000,000 stack, Nguyen calls and shows a dominating K♦ K♠ , Huh with A♥ 9♦ . No help comes for Huh as the board runs out J♣ 4♣ 2♠ 6♥ Q♦ .

Nguyen Quang Huy doubles up with aces again! All in with A♦ A♥ against Seonguk Huh’s 6♦ 6♣ . Board runs Q♥ 8♠ T♣ K♦ 8♣ .

Small blind Seonguk Huh limps, big bind Nguyen Trung Ha checks, flop comes Q♥ J♣ 3♦ , both check. On the turn 4♦ , Huh checks, Nguyen bets 625,000, Huh raises 1,500,000, Nguyen jams, Huh tank-folds.

On a min-raised pot preflop and no bets on the flop, turn board is 5♥ 8♠ Q♦ 8♦ , Lu Ning is all in holding Q♣ 4♠ top pair and faces Seonguk Huh with A♥ 9♣ . The river is T♣ for a double up.

Small blind Konstantin Held limps, big blind Seonguk Huh checks, flop is 8♠ A♥ K♥ . Both players check. The turn J♠ sees Held bet 500,000, Huh calls. On the river K♣ , Held bets 550,000, Huh calls then mucks to A♣ 7♠ .

Shortly after doubling up his short stack, Lee Sang Min is all in holding A♠ 5♠ , caller Hoang Hai Nam puts Lee at risk with more chips and A♣ Q♠ . With the board running 3♠ T♥ 4♥ 9♠ 2♠ , it’s a flush for Lee to rise to 5,000,000.

The Naing opens 500,000, Lee Sang Min all in for 900,000, easy call for the leader Naing. Lee has K♣ J♠ and is live against Naing’s A♣ 8♦ . Lee pairs up on the board 5♦ K♥ 4♠ 9♦ Q♠ to survive the runout.

Utg Nguyen Quang Huy raises 600,000, big blind Lu Ning shoves, Nguyen snap-calls and turns over K♦ K♥ . Lu has A♠ T♥ . Board runs 3♣ 2♣ 6♠ 8♠ 2♥ , double up for Nguyen.

Cutoff Hoang Hai Nam raises 400,000, button Nguyen Ngoc Son three-bets all in for 1,075,000, Nam calls and turns over A♣ T♣ . Nguyen is behind A♦ 8♥ . Board runs Q♦ 6♥ K♣ 9♥ 5♣ . Nguyen is eliminated.

Utg Nguyen Trung Ha opens 400,000, big blind Seonguk Huh defends. Both players proceed to check down the board 7♥ 4♣ K♣ 9♦ 3♠ . Nguyen wins the pot with A♦ 7♦ top pair over Huh’s 2♦ 2♠ .

Utg+1 Phan Tuan Vinh raises 2,500,000 (leaving 250,000 behind), button Nguyen Trung Ha calls, no other takers, the flop lands J♣ 7♠ 2♥ . Phan goes all in (250,000), Nguyen calls. Phan A♥ Q♣ , Nguyen dominates with A♦ [kh}, turn T♦ and river 3♠ ends Phan’s run in 12th place.

By the turn board 5♦ 6♣ 9♥ Q♦ , the pot was at 2M, big blind Lu Ning checks, button Seonguk Huh bets 800,000, Lu shoves 2,925,000, Huh folds.

Button Tian Hao Zhang opens 300,000, big blind Hoang Hai Nam defends, flop runs 6♥ 3♦ 8♣ . Nam leads out 310,000, Zheng jams, Nam calls for his tournament life and shows Q♥ 8♠ . Upon seeing Zheng’s J♦ 6♦ , Nam fist pumps and proceeds to win it with the turn K♠ and river 7♥ .

Cutoff Lu Ning opens 300,000, big blind Phan Tuan Vinh defends, flop comes 4♥ 9♠ 2♣ . Lu Ning c-bets 200,000, Phan quickly folds.

Chip leader has been very active with preflop min-raises at nearly every hand. He received a one hand penalty for acting out of turn then a three-hand penalty on his second out of turn in this hand. From cutoff, he raised 300,000, big blind Lee Sang Min called, flop ran K♠ 9♦ 2♣ . Naing c-bet 225,000, Lee folded.

Action folds to the small blind Lee Woo Young, he shoves (1,700,000), big blind Tian Hao Zheng snap-calls. Lee opens K♠ 9♥ and is behind Zheng’s A♠ 6♠ . The board runs out 3♦ 9♠ A♣ 4♥ 5♦ .

Small blind Seonguk Huh shoves his big stack, big blind Daewoong Song risks his 7 bb stack with K♣ 7♠ and is ahead of Huh’s J♥ 6♠ . The board runs out 2♣ A♦ A♣ T♥ J♠ . Huh spikes a pair on the river to oust Song in 14th place.

Utg Seonguk Huh opens 330,000, button Nguyen Quang Huy three-bets all in for 885,000, Huh calls. Nguyen has a dominating A♣ A♠ , Huh with 6♣ 6♦ . No bad beats on the board for a double up to Nguyen.

Mid position Konstantin Held opens 300,000, big blind Ritwik Khanna calls leaving 3 bb behind, flop runs 9♠ T♥ 4♠ . Khanna checks, Held puts Khanna all in, Khanna calls and is ahead with A♦ Q♥ , Held has A♣ J♠ . A J♣ lands on the turn, and with the river 7♣ Khanna is eliminated.

Hoang Hai Nam shoves 730,000, Jiyoung Kim with less shoves, no other callers. At risk Kim has A♠ J♣ , Nam with a better kicker A♣ Q♠ , board runs 6♦ 2♣ T♠ K♠ 2♠ .

16 players remaining on the hunt for the coveted title and VN₫ 5,720,000,000 (~$235,630) top prize. Minimum payout is VN₫ 264,900,000 (~$10,910). Singapore’s The Naing continues to hold a commanding lead of 13,000,000 (86 bb). Once it reaches the final 9 players, this event will be livestreamed.

From mid position, Ng Tsun Yin opens 250,000, no callers. Next hand, Ng opens 250,000 again, big blind Hoang Hai Nam calls. flop comes K♠ K♦ Q♥ . Ng c-bets 130,000, Nam folds.

Hijack The Naing opens 250,000, big blind Tian Hao Zheng calls, flop comes T♥ A♣ 2♣ . Naing c-bets 230,000, Zheng check-calls. No bets on the 3♣ turn to bring the river 4♥ . Zheng checks, Naing bets 500,000, Zheng calls and shows 6♣ 5♣ straight, Naing with A♥ J♠ top pair.

Lee Sang Min min-raises, small blind The Naing calls, flop is 5♥ J♥ 2♥ . Lee c-bets 250,000, Naing check-calls. Same action on the 4♦ turn, Naing check-calls 425,000. Both players check the river 8♠ . Naing has K♥ J♠ top pair, Lee shows Q♣ Q♠ overpair and wins the pot.

All in preflop, Guy Taylor 5♥ 5♦ , Nguyen Trung Ha dominates in chips and in hand K♠ K♦ , board runs out 3♠ 3♥ 9♠ Q♣ 8♥ .

Lucky Duong Chan all in with J♦ J♠ and falls to Lee Sang Min’s A♣ K♣ on a board A♥ 9♦ T♣ 6♣ 9♠ .

Raised pot preflop to 695,000, flop comes Q♦ J♦ K♠ , Tian Hao Zheng checks, Nguyen Quang Huy bets 250,000, Zheng calls. On the turn T♥ , Nguyen bets 325,,000, Zheng check-raises all in, Nguyen folds. Zheng shows A♦ straight.

Short stacked sb Doan Quang Trung goes all in Q♦ 8♣ , big blind Seonguk Huh calls holding A♦ 2♦ , window card is a Ace as it completes Q♠ 3♥ A♥ 4♣ 9♥ . Trung is eliminated in 19th place.

Utg Hoang Hai Nam opens 240,000, small blind The Naing three-bets 600,000, Nam calls. At the flop 6♠ 8♠ 7♣ , Naing shoves, Nam folds.

Following that hand, Naing raises 250,000 from the button, big blind Nam calls, Naing bets 325,000 on the flop 6♥ 5♣ 9♥ , Nam folds.

First had at table 7, utg Daewoong Song limps, cutoff Seungmook Jung shoves (1,810,000), big blind Konstantin Held calls and dominnates. Jung has 9♥ 9♦ , Held with Q♥ Q♠ , board runs 3♠ T♠ 8♥ 7♣ 4♣ .

Those famous words “Shuffle up and deal” has been announced. 20 players remaining. The minimum payout is VN₫ 211,300,000 (~$8,700) but all eyes will be on the jaw dropping VN₫ 5,720,000,000 (~$235,630) top prize. Final table will be livestreamed on U Series of Poker YouTube channel.