Day 1A
Mini Main Event Day 1A ends with Le Huy Thanh bagging the lead

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.
Chip Counts
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 |
Payouts
Place | Player |
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3 | |
4 | |
5 | |
6 | |
7 | |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
11 | |
12 | |
13 | |
14 | S |
15 | |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | LR |
19 | |
20 | CB |
Choi Jaeki shows quads
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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
380,000(76 BB) | 180,000 |
Choi Jaeki’s snowmen survive against the draw

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.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
200,000(50 BB) | 200,000 |