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Viet Nam, Crown Poker Club
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Final Day
Break time update, 11 players remaining
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
BM | 10,000,000(100 BB) | 10,000,000 |
| 8,720,000(87 BB) | 4,220,000 | |
| 6,700,000(67 BB) | -900,000 | |
| 6,600,000(66 BB) | 1,300,000 | |
| 6,150,000(62 BB) | -80,000 | |
| 5,250,000(53 BB) | 1,050,000 | |
| 3,200,000(32 BB) | 100,000 | |
| 2,425,000(24 BB) | 595,000 | |
| 1,760,000(18 BB) | -240,000 | |
| 940,000(9 BB) | ||
| 130,000(1 BB) | -1,460,000 |
No chop, no chop!
Under the gun Charles Wong raises to 675,000, big blind Le Ngoc Minh shoves his big stack, Wong tosses in the 45,000 he has behind and opens A♦ K♣ . Le has A♥ 2♦ . When the board runs A♠ J♠ 5♣ , Wong chants “no chop no chop!” With the turn and river 6♦ 9♦ , he gets his wish for a double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 4,000,000(40 BB) | -1,120,000 | |
| 1,590,000(16 BB) | 1,490,000 |
Day 1A
USOP Hanoi
Day 1A of the Main Event ran for 12.5 hours with 268 entries filling up the Crown Poker Club. The heat closed at 34 players, each one guaranteed a spot in the money round.
Bagging the largest was Vietnam’s Dang Minh Dat with 912,000 (114 bb). Dang’s biggest pot came just before the bubble round when a player three-bet shoved 40 bb into Dang’s raise. Holding pocket Aces, Dang instantly called.
Also making the cut were High Roller Megastack champion Dao Minh Phu, multi side event winner Khoi Nguyen, and WSOP bracelet winner Renji Mao. Check out the list provided and the live updates for the action.
Date: September 7, 2023 Buy in: ₫25,000,000 (~USD 1,057) Guarantee: VN₫ 12,000,000,000 (~USD 500,000) Day 1A: 268 entries (175 unique) / 34 ITM
Chips in play: 10,720,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 912,000 | 912,000 | |
| 808,000 | -32,000 | |
| 800,000 | 60,000 | |
| 690,000 | 690,000 | |
| 660,000 | 660,000 | |
| 594,000 | 594,000 | |
| 558,000 | 38,000 | |
| 480,000 | 20,000 | |
| 467,000 | 467,000 | |
| 432,000 | 432,000 | |
| 385,000 | 385,000 | |
| 379,000 | -61,000 | |
| 356,000 | 356,000 | |
| 351,000 | 351,000 | |
| 329,000 | 329,000 | |
| 282,000 | -8,000 | |
| 262,000 | -98,000 | |
| 237,000 | 237,000 | |
| 192,000 | 37,000 | |
| 161,000 | -129,000 | |
| 150,000 | 150,000 | |
| 145,000 | 145,000 | |
| 129,000 | 129,000 | |
| 126,000 | 126,000 | |
| 123,000 | 123,000 | |
| 116,000 | 116,000 | |
| 102,000 | 12,000 | |
| 100,000 | 34,000 | |
| 79,000 | 79,000 | |
| 76,000 | 76,000 | |
| 72,000 | 72,000 | |
| 61,000 | 61,000 | |
| 59,000 | 59,000 | |
| 31,000 | 31,000 |
Bubble round: Charles Wong doubles up
From under the gun, Charles Wong min-raises, big blind Sebastian Tan defends, the flop comes A♠ Q♠ J♣ . Wong quickly shoves his last 11,000, Tan makes the easy call and opens A♦ 4♥ top pair, Wong is way ahead with A♣ Q♥ top two pair. The turn J♥ and river K♦ is a double up for Wong.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 90,000(11 BB) | ||
| 66,000(8 BB) | 66,000 |