Mini Main Event

Ngo Minh Tien goes bust in two hands. The first hand he calls Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet jam with A♦ J♣ and is fifty-fifty against 5♠ 5♥ . The board runs 7♥ 3♥ 4♠ 2♣ K♣ , the small pair holds for a double up to Diep and Ngo down to 2 bb.

Next hand Ngo puts his 400,000 on the line with Q♦ 4♠ , cutoff Oliver Schulze has A♥ 9♠ , board runs 8♣ 7♣ K♠ 6♣ T♣ .

After a lengthy twelve hours, Germany’s Oliver Schulze won the Mini Main Event and pocketed an ICM deal payout of VN₫ 1,056,000,000 (~$43,800). The last hand saw Schulze limp in and Kyle Bao Diep check, flop came 5♥ 4♠ K♠ . Schulze bet 300,000, Diep check-called. On the turn 9♦ , Diep checks again, Schulze bets 1,500,000 Diep shoves and is called. The river was 8♠ .

Kyle Bao Diep J♥ 5♦ mid pair Oliver Schulze K♦ 6♥ top pair

Date: November 20 to 22, 2023 Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000 (~$82,950) Entries: 935 (659 unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 7,255,600,000 (~$300,940) ITM/Survivors: 117 players

*Heads up ICM deal

Kyle Bao Diep three-bets all in with A♠ J♠ , initial raiser Oliver Schulze calls with A♥ T♣ . With the board running 7♠ 2♥ 9♥ 4♠ 3♥ , it’s a double up for Diep.

Utg+1 Pham Duy Tien shoves A♦ 4♣ , big blind Calvin Tan calls with J♥ 9♥ , board runs 3♦ 9♦ T♥ A♣ T♣ , Pham doubles up.

Button Kyle Bao Diep raises a massive 1,000,000, small blind Pham Duy Tien three-bets all in, Diep risks it all. Pham shows K♠ K♥ , Diep A♠ 5♣ , board runs 9♥ 8♣ 7♠ 2♦ 6♣ for a lucky straight to Diep.

Hijack Pham Duy Tien raises 300,000, cutoff Chirag Khanduja three-bet jams 1,300,000, big blind Calvin Tan four-bet jams, Pham folds. Khanduja opens K♣ J♦ , Tan opens A♦ J♠ , board runs 9♣ 6♦ 4♥ 5♣ T♣ .

Button Oliver Schulze raises 300,000, big blind Kyle Bao Diep three-bets 1,050,000, Schulze calls. Board completes Q♥ 2♣ 3♠ 5♣ Q♣ , Diep bets 550,000 flop, 1,125,000 turn, then jams the river. Schulze calls throughout, Diep shows the T♦ 7♠ bluff, Schulze ships a double with 2♦ 2♠ full house.

Ngo Minh Tien three-bets all in with A♦ 9♦ , initial raiser Calvin Tan calls with A♥ Q♠ , the board runs 9♥ 3♠ T♦ 4♦ 5♥ for a lucky pair to Ngo.

Small blind Oliver Schulze raises 400,000 then calls big blind Calvin Tan’s three-bet of 1,300,000, flop comes 7♥ 5♥ {2d. Tan bets 400,000, Schulze check-calls. On the turn Q♠ , Tan fires 1,500,000, Schulze check-folds.

Teoh Ming Hong shoves with A♣ 8♠ then falls to Kyle Bao Diep’s A♣ 9♣ . Board was 6♣ 7♦ 9♠ 7♠ J♠ .

Hijack Chirag Khanduja opens 250,000, big blind Teoh Ming Hong calls, flop is 6♠ A♣ 7♦ . Khanduja c-bets 320,000, Teoh check-calls. On the turn K♦ , Khanduja shoves (1,150,000) and wins the pot.

Pham Duy Tien opens 250,000 from cutoff, big blind Guy Taylor calls, flop comes K♣ Q♥ J♣ . Taylor shoves 800,000 holding Q♠ 7♠ mid pair, Pham snap-calls with K♥ 7♥ top pair. The turn 2♣ and river A♣ ends Taylor’s run in 8th place.

Down to 4 bb, Guy Taylor doubles up with A♥ 4♥ against Pham Duy Tien’s K♦ 6♥ .

From hijack Guy Taylor shoves holding A♣ Q♣ , button Teoh Ming Hong calls for his last 805,000 with 8♥ 8♦ . Teoh wins the flip on a board 8♠ K♦ 3♦ 9♥ 5♣ . Taylor plunges to

8 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize.

Utg Kyle Bao Diep opens 200,000 then calls Cao Minh Thang’s three-bet shove of 700,000. Cao is ahead 8♦ 8♥ to Diep’s 6♠ 6♣ . However, Diep spikes the two-outer on the river A♣ J♥ 7♣ 3♥ 6♣ to send Cao packing.

Kyle Bao Diep - 5,700,000 (57 bb Cao Minh Thang - Eliminated in 9th place

Chirag Khanduja lands another double up to rise to 20 bb. He three-bet shoved with J♣ J♦ and further improved to a set to easily dust Pham Duy Tien’s 2♥ 2♠ .

Action folds to the button Calvin Tan who raises to 200,000, Pham Duy Tien defends the big blind, flop comes 9♦ Q♦ 3♣ . Tan c-bets 175,000, Pham check-calls, turn is K♣ . Tan bets 225,000, Pham check-raises 700,000, Tan three-bets 1,500,000, Pham uses one time bank then flats. Both players check the river 2♠ . Pham opens A♣ T♣ , Tan wins it with K♦ 4♥ top pair.

Kyle Bao Diep opens from hijack with K♠ T♠ , Chirag Khanduja shoves with A♠ J♥ , Diep calls. The board rus A♥ 2♠ 3♣ 5♥ Q♦ for a double up to Khanduja.

Small blind Kyle Bao Diep shoves, big blind Amit Kaushik calls for everything and opens A♦ T♦ . Diep has Q♠ 5♥ . The board runs 2♦ 6♣ 3♠ 4♥ 2♥ for a one-card straight to Diep.

Utg+1 Gatmanee Jitbert goes all in for 700,000 with 7♠ 7♦ and runs into Pham Duy Tien’s A♥ A♠ . With no help on the board, Jitbert is eliminated.

Field is nearly at one table with 11 players left. Players are hunting down the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Calvin Tan leads the race with 4,300,000.

Hijack Oliver Schulze raises 160,000, big blind Lyn Linfeng defends, flop comes Q♠ A♠ 5♣ . Schulze c-bets 110,000, Linfeng check-calls, both see the turn K♣ . Same action with a 410,000 c-bet. On the river 9♦ , Schulze shoves, Linfeng check-calls for everything and opens A♥ J♦ top pair then busts to Schulze’s K♥ 5♦ two pair.

Oliver Komarnicki fell to Pham Duy Tien in 13th place for VN₫ 80,000,000 (~$3,320). We will attempt to get that hand for you.

From cutoff Lee Jung Yeol shoves (815,000), button Kyle Bao Diep calls. It’s a flip with Lee turning over A♣ Q♥ and Diep with J♥ J♠ . The board runs out K♥ 7♣ 5♥ 6♣ 8♠ .

Utg+1 opens for 160,000, button Oliver Komarnicki calls, big blind Lyn Linfeng three-bets all in for 905,000, initial raiser folds, Komarnicki calls. Linfeng opens A♥ K♣ , Komarnicki behind K♥ J♥ , the board runs 9♣ A♠ K♠ 5♠ A♣ .

Shortly after cleaning out a player, Kyle Bao Diep picked up another nice pile of chips with K♠ K♥ . He opened 160,000 from utg and went to the flop 4♣ [ac} T♦ joined by button Teoh Ming Hong. Diep check-called 120,000 then both checked the turn K♦ . Then on the river K♣ Teoh slid out 400,000, Diep check-raised to 1,000,000, Teoh called then mucked to Diep’s K♠ K♥ quads.

Utg Tran Quoc Uy raises 200,000, hijack Kyle Bao Diep three-bets all in, Tran calls for his tournament life and opens K♣ {0s}. Diep has A♦ Q♦ . The board runs out 5♦ 5♠ 9♣ 5♥ J♠ , Diep ships it and boots Tran.

15 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Calvin Tan leads the race with 4,300,000. Here are the top 5 in chips.

Oliver Schulze raises 225,000 from cutoff, small blind Nguyen Manh Hung three-bets all in for 480,000, Schulze calls and shows A♥ K♥ , Nguyen is dominated with 9♠ 9♥ . The board runs out 5♥ 6♥ 4♥ A♣ 7♣ .

Calvin Tan opens for 120,000, hijack three-bets 300,000, Tan calls to see the flop 2♦ 6♠ Q♣ . Nguyen c-bets 300,000, Tan check-raises to 750,000, Nguyen calls. On the turn Q♥ , Tan leads out 700,000, Nguyen tanks using up two time banks then jams around 955,000. Tan calls and shows A♣ A♦ , Nguyen with 9♣ 9♦ . The river 7♥ ensures the win for Tan and 17th place for Nguyen.

Utg+1 opens for 130,000, button Robert Kiss three bets 310,000, big blind Pham Duy Tien four-bets 760,000, initial raiser folds, Kiss uses up three time-banks then five-bets all in for 1,530,000. Pham calls and opens A♠ A♣ , it’s a cooler with Kiss turning over K♥ K♦ . The board runs out A♥ 9♦ 9♥ 2♥ 4♠ .

From utg+3, Chirag Khanduja shoved his last 6.5 bb with 7♣ 7♥ , hijack Teoh Ming Hong three-bet jammed to successfully isolate and showed A♥ J♠ . With the board running 9♦ Q♣ 5♥ 6♠ T♥ it was a double up.

Blinds up, 18 players remaining. Average stack is 1,558,333

Action folds to the small blind Hoang Nam Son who raises 125,000, big blind Oliver Schulze calls, flop is Q♥ 3♥ T♣ . Hoang c-bets 50,000, Schulze calls. On the turn 4♠ , Hoang bets 50,000 again, Schulze raises 200,000, Hoang three-bets 400,000, Schulze calls. The river 7♠ Hoang shoves his last 400,000, Schulze snap calls, Hoang has 5♣ 4♥ small pair , Schulze with Q♦ 5♠ top pair, Hoang drops to 4 bb. He busts on the next hand.

29 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Teoh Ming Hong holds a commanding lead with 4,000,000 (80 bb) in chips.

One time leader Jungsup Yun has fallen in 21st place. Hand opens with utg+1 Ming Hong Teoh raising 89,000, button and big blind Jungsup call. At the flop K♠ 5♣ Q♠ , Teoh c-bets 135,000, Jungsup check-calls, the turn is Q♣ . Teoh bets 155,000, Jungsup check-raises 400,000, Teoh calls. On the river 2♥ , Jungsup leads ou 500,000, Teoh jams, Jujgsup calls for everything, then discovers he is drawing dead.

Ming Hong Teoh Q♥ Q♦ set Jungsup Yun K♣ 7♠ top pair

Calvin Tan claims another head sending Kabir Khattar to the exit. Players fold to the button Khattar who raises 170,000 leaving 5,000 behind. Small blind calls, big blind Calvin Tan three-bets all in with J♣ J♠ . Khattar tosses the rest in holding K♠ 9♣ , sb folds. The board runs 9♠ 7♥ 7♣ 7♦ T♣ .

From utg+2, Ngo Minh Tien raises 80,000, Hoang Nam Son defends the big blind. Ngo c-bets 70,000 on the flop 4♦ 2♦ K♠ , Hoang check-calls. Same action on the turn 9♠ Ngo sends out 70,000 and is called. The river Q♥ , Ngo fires 180,000 and wins the pot.

All in preflop, big stacked Nguyen Ngoc Son’s T♥ T♦ won the flip against Nguyen Van Son’s K♠ J♠ to bring the field down to 22 players.

Overnight chip leader Louie Yu sent the last of his chips out front with pocket Eights and ran into Kelvin Tan’s pocket Aces to fall in 25th place.

29 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

34 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

42 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

48 players remaining on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize. Here are the frontrunners.

Redraw at 45 players.

Players have returned from the first break. Chips have been colored up. 60 remain on the hunt for the title and the VN₫1,260,000,000 top prize.

Live updates begin at the final three tables.

Massive takedown by Jungsup Yun to send his stack sky high. One player all in preflop, pot grows to over 160,000, two players call then check the flop 4♦ J♥ 9♠ . Jungsup Yun bets 125,000 on the turn A♦ , Jason Goh check-raises all in for 604,000 and shows Q♦ T♦ flush and straight draw. Jungsup ahead 9♦ 9♣ set. The river 3♠ is a sweep for Jungsup.

Three-way action at the flop 2♦ K♦ J♥ , pot at 132,000 blinds check to utg+1 Ngo Minh Tien who bets 100,000, small blind check-raises all in for 352,000, big blind Guy Taylor joins the shove with 820,000, Ngo folds.

Small blind 2♥ 2♠ Guy Taylor J♦ J♠

The turn K♠ and river 9♠ improve both to a boat. Taylor ships it.

Players are dropping fast. The next half hour sent 21 in the dust. On the flip side, sitting with large stacks are listed below.

Opening level in the bag and with it went 17 players to bring the field down to 100 players. Listed below are the current frontrunners:

After a bit of delay, Mini Main Event Day 2 is underway! 117 players back on the beat and will play to a champion. Live updates will begin when it is down to the final three tables.

Chips in play: 28,050,000

Button Oliver Schulze limps then calls big blind Kyle Bao Diep’s 750,000 raise. Flop comes 6♠ 3♥ 4♣ , Schulze bets 450,000, Diep check-calls. The turn K♣ Diep leads out 1,320,000, Schulze calls. Both players check the river 5♣ . Schulze wins it with K♥ 9♦ .

The final two players have reached an ICM deal and will play for the trophy. Here is the breakdown.

Kyle Bao Diep - VN₫ 1,084,000,000 (~$44,960) Oliver Schulze - VN₫ 1,056,000,000 (~$43,800)

Pham Duy Tien shoved his last 10 bb with A♦ 7♥ then fell to Oliver Schulze’s A♠ T♦ to finish in 3rd place.

Calvin Tan nosedived to fall out of contention in 4th place. It happened in two hands with the first one pretty much sealing his fate. Tan opens 500,000 from cutoff, then calls button Kyle Bao Diep’s three-bet of 1,575,000. At the flop Q♥ Q♠ 7♠ , Diep c-bets 700,000, Tan calls. On the turn T♠ , Diep jams 5,200,000, Tan calls, Diep shows A♦ Q♦ set, Tan is drawing dead with K♣ T♣ . River is 4♥ .

With Tan down to 2 bb, he is all in on the next hand with Q♦ 5♠ , Schulze dominates with A♣ Q♥ , board is T♥ 2♣ Q♠ T♠ 2♦ .