Date: September 4, 2023 Buy in: VND 8,800,000 (~USD 365) Guarantee: VND 2,000,000,000 (~USD 83,040) Day 1A: 163 entries (112 unique) Bagging time: 12.5% of the field - 20 players
Chips in play 4,890,000
After nine and a half hours of play, Day 1A of the Mini Main Event ended with Vietnam’s Le Huy Thanh up top with 501,000 in chips.
Next up is Day 1B which hits the felt on Tuesday, September 5 at 10:30am. This is followed by Day 1C at 4pm. All the Day 1 survivors then return on Wednesday, September 6 for the race to the throne starting at 10:30 am.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 501,000 | 501,000 | |
| 481,000 | 101,000 | |
| 393,000 | 393,000 | |
| 376,000 | 86,000 | |
| 376,000 | 376,000 | |
| 374,000 | -46,000 | |
| 322,000 | 322,000 | |
| 321,000 | 321,000 | |
| 271,000 | 271,000 | |
| 266,000 | 16,000 | |
| 262,000 | 262,000 | |
| 240,000 | 240,000 | |
| 166,000 | 166,000 | |
S | 160,000 | 160,000 |
| 114,000 | 114,000 | |
| 94,000 | -136,000 | |
| 81,000 | 81,000 | |
LR | 74,000 | 74,000 |
| 26,000 | 26,000 | |
CB | 18,000 | 18,000 |
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| 14 | S |
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| 18 | LR |
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| 20 | CB |
Under the gun Arjanveer Chadha raises to 18,000, small blind Nguyen Van Phu three-bet shoves (29,000), easy call for Chadha and shows T♠ T♥ . It’s a flip with Nguyen turning over A♠ J♥ . With the board running 5♣ 9♦ 3♦ 8♠ 6♠ , Nguyen misses the board to fall on the bubble.
All in preflop and it’s a flip. Ivan Konechnyi with 6♦ 6♥ , at risk player with K♦ Q♣ , the board runs K♥ 5♥ K♠ 2♥ 4♥ for flush over trips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 250,000(31 BB) | 250,000 |
Heavy preflop betting war leads to Gautam Rohilla all in showing K♦ K♠ that dominates his rival’s Q♠ Q♦ . The board runs K♣ 3♠ 7♠ 6♠ 7♦ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 420,000(84 BB) | 420,000 |
Under the gun+1 raises to 10,000 and finds three callers to the flop 3♥ 3♠ 2♥ . The raiser c-bets 15,000, two players call to the turn A♣ . Another c-bet fired, this time 30,000, cutoff raises to 80,000, small blind Choi Jaeki check-calls, utg+1 folds. On the river 4♠ , Choi leads out with everything (90,000) and cutoff folds. He shows his 3♣ 3♦ quads.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 380,000(76 BB) | 180,000 |
Two pots for Dmitri Suchkov to rise to 48 bb. The first pot sees utg open for 10,000, Suchkov jams 70,000 (14 bb) from cutoff holding A♠ K♦ , utg calls with J♠ T♠ . Both players find the board 5♥ T♣ 5♣ A♣ {ag}, Suchkov dominates for a double up.
Several hands after Suchkov has A♠ K♦ again and sends one player with K♥ Q♠ packing up on an ace-high board.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 240,000(48 BB) | 240,000 |
Hijack player raises and is called by three players, the dealer fans out the flop 7♣ 3♣ 3♥ . Cutoff player bets 16,000, button raises to 43,000, two folds follow, hijack shoves and is called.
Hijack K♣ 2♣ Choi Jaeki 8♠ 8♣
The turn 6♠ and river A♦ are no help to the draw, Choi cleans up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 200,000(50 BB) | 200,000 |
Big pot by the turn 4♥ 2♣ 6♠ 5♠ leading to two players all in. Long Seven ahead with 8♦ 8♣ against 7♣ 7♠ . The river 7♥ improves both players, Long’s straight wins it to dust one.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 290,000(97 BB) | 290,000 |
All in at the flop 2♦ 5♥ Q♠ , Yu Hung Kien A♣ A♦ overpair dominates his opponent’s A♥ Q♥ top pair, the turn 8♥ and river K♠ completes the board for a huge double up to Yu. He has now taken over the chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 460,000(153 BB) | 340,000 |
Three way all in again, Phan Hung Cuong Q♥ Q♦ wins the flip against A♥ K♣ and A♣ Q♠ on a board running Q♣ 6♥ 4♠ 6♦ 2♦ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 290,000(97 BB) | 290,000 |
Three ways are popular with another one booting two from the field. Konstantine Shpunt called the shoves with his larger stack and prevailed with K♠ K♦ firmly planted against 7♣ 7♠ and A♦ Q♦ on a board 5♣ 5♦ 2♣ 6♥ 4♠ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 230,000(92 BB) | 230,000 |
Preflop betting war leads to three players with cards turned up and stacks pushed out front. Yu Hung Kien has the advantage with A♠ K♦ against A♣ J♣ and A♥ Q♠ . With the board running K♣ 5♥ 4♣ K♥ 9♦ , it’s a sweep!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 120,000(60 BB) | 120,000 |
Three way all in preflop goes Nguyen Duc Cuong’s way with K♣ K♠ dominating 6♣ 6♠ and cracking A♥ A♣ on a board running K♥ 7♣ T♦ J♦ 5♦ .
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 140,000(9 BB) | 140,000 |