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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Button Konstantin Held raises 160,000, big blind Lu Ning calls. At the flop J♣ 2♣ 5♠ , Held c-bets 110,000, Lu check-calls. The turn 5♣ sees a switch as Lu leads out 250,000 and Held calls. On the river 8♠ , switch again. Lu checks, Held bets 400,000, Lu folds.

Small blind Lu Ning opens 180,000, big blind Ritwik Khanna three-bets 500,000, Lu uses up one time bank then opts to fold.

Fourth break of the day, 28 players remaining. Here are the leaders:

Button Lu Ning ups it to 80,000, Wong Ka Fai calls from the big blind, the flop comes 4♠ 3♦ 5♥ , Wong leads out 100,000, Lu raises 375,000, Wong calls. On the turn J♦ , Lu c-bets 600,000, Wong check-raises all in, Lu snap calls. At the showdown, Wong has 3♦ 3♠ set, Lu with 5♦ 5♠ higher set, the J♠ river changes nothing for a double up to Lu.

Third break of the day, it has been six hours since the start. The field opened with 201 players, only 40 remain. Here are the leaders:

Cutoff Lu Ning opens 60,000 big blind Wong Ka Fai defends. When the board completes J♠ T♦ T♣ 3♣ K♦ , Wong check-calls Lu’s bets - 40,000, 185,000, 585,000 - Lu has A♣ 4♦ , Wong ships it with A♦ Q♣ broadway.

Hijack Lu Ning opens 60,000, big blind Le Van Binh three-bets 175,000, Lu answers with a shove, Le calls for his tournament life. Lu is ahead A♥ K♣ , Le A♦ Q♦ , both hit the board K♥ Q♣ 4♣ 5♣ 2♣ . Though not needed, Lu improves to a flush to ship it and rail Le.

Action folds to the small blind Lu Ning who raises 90,000, big blind Nguyen Thi Bao An three-bets 260,000, Lu four-bets all in for 1,465,000, this was enough to take the pot.

Utg+1 Lu Ning riases 50,000, hijack Nguyen Thi Bao An calls. At the flop and turn 9♣ J♥ 3♥ K♠ , Lu c-bets 80,000 and 180,000, Nguyen calls. On the river 2♦ , Nguyen folds to Lu’s 450,000 bet.

Kỳ giải lao thứ 4 trong ngày, 28 vận động viên đang thi đấu. Dưới đây là chip leader:

Giờ nghỉ giải lao thứ ba trong ngày, đã sáu giờ kể từ giải đấu khi bắt đầu với 201 vận động viên, hiện chỉ còn lại 40 vận động viên. Dưới đây là chip leader: