Main Event

6000 ante - 30 remaining -284,000 average

Short stack all in with A♦ 8♥ , Dinh Tien Thanh calls with 7♦ 7♥ , no help comes for the short stack to bring the field down to 29 players.

Main Event - Day 1B

Just past the eleventh hour, Main Event Day 1B ended with the 213-entry field down to 27 players. Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi bagged the lead with 864,000 (144 BB) and Singapore’s Benson finished in second rank with 105 BB.

6000 ante - 29 remaining -293,793 average

All in preflop, Linh Duc Dinh with A♦ T♥ , Jae Kang Park with 9♥ 9♠ , it is a flip. The board runs 7♦ 3♥ 8♣ 3♦ 7♥ Park has the higher two pair to send Dinh out on the bubble. He closed with 500,000.

6000 ante - 29 remaining -293,793 average

On a board showing T♦ 8♠ Q♣ 3♣ 2♣ and around 110,000 in the pot, action checks to Keni Tran on the button who lays out a 45,000 bet. Anh Duy Nguyen check-calls and in mid-position, Benson does the same. Tran quickly mucks, Nguyen opens Q♥ 4♥ , Benson mucks, Nguyen is surprised at the win and celebrates. He rises to 315,000.

6000 ante - 29 remaining -293,793 average

Tony Bui calls the all in of a short stack and is ahead with J♣ J♠ over A♦ 7♦ . No bad beat comes to bring the field down to 28 players. Bui rises to 250,000.

It is bubble time! All tables go hand for hand.

6000 ante - 30 remaining -284,000 average

Chip leader Ha Trung Nguyen raises from the small blind, big blind Hung Pham calls, the flop is K♥ A♦ 7♥ . Do checks, Pham tests the waters with a 16,000 bet, Nguyen calls. On the turn J♥ , same action with Nguyen check-calling 23,000. The river 50,000, Nguyen switches up and leads out for 50,000, Pham folds.

6000 ante - 31 remaining - 266,250 average

Blinds are up, 31 players remaining. Four busts to the money.

5000 ante - 32 remaining - 266,250 average

Vuong LC is on push or fold mode and gets it all in with A♠ K♦ . Vinh Huu Nguyen calls and is behind with A♥ 9♣ . With the board running 6♥ 9♦ T♥ 2♠ J♦ , Nguyen improves to a pair to outdraw Vuong LC out of the running. Nguyen rises to 330,000.

Nhat Bien shoves and Sua Shung Er flats, no other takers for a head to head showdown. Bien with Q♠ J♣ , Sua dominates with K♦ K♣ . Sua stays ahead and completes a flush on a board T♦ 3♦ 5♦ 9♠ 4♦ to ship it and boot Bien.

Benson raises to 10,000 and finds two callers to the flop 5♥ 4♥ 5♦ . Big blind Anh Duy Nguyen checks, Benson c-bet 13,000, mid position Khanh Xuan Dao raises to 30,000, Nguyen folds, back to Benson who jams. Dao weighs his options and decides to fold.

All in on a flop T♠ 5♣ 9♠ and a pot of over 190,000, Minh Quang Nguyen with A♠ Q♠ draw, Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi with K♥ K♣ . The turn 9♣ and river 9♥ further improved Hasagi to eliminate Minh.

Blinds are up! 34 players remaining. 7 busts to the money of 27 places. Ha Trung Nguyen leads with over 600,000.

4000 - 46 remaining - 213 entries - 185,217 average

All in preflop, short stacked Terry Nguyen risks it with 9♠ 9♦ but runs in to Sua Shung Er’s J♣ J♥ . With the board throwing blanks, out goes Nguyen. Sua rises to 300,000.

4000 - 46 remaining - 213 entries - 185,217 average

Sick sick turnout as Ha Trung Nguyen rails two players, one of them was big stacked Michael Kim Falcon. Preflop action, Nguyen raises and is called by the blinds Falcon and Bomsar. At the flop 5♠ 5♦ 8♥ , Falcon bets a small 5,000, Bomsar jams 42,000, Nguyen calls, Falcon three-bets all in for 245,000, Nguyen tanks. After spending one time bank, Nguyen calls.

Bomsar J♠ 8♠ two pair Falcon 6♥ 5♥ trips Nguyen T♥ T♦ higher two pair

With the turn T♠ , Nguyen spiked his one outer (Terry Nguyen said he had King-Ten), Falcon and Bomsar were drawing dead and busted.

4000 - 46 remaining - 213 entries - 185,217 average

Blinds are up. 46 players remaining. Day 1B plays down to 27 players (ITM / 12.5% of the field).

3000 ante - 54 remaining - 213 entries - 152,778 average

On a raised pot preflop, the flop Q♦ A♦ T♠ see all check. On the turn 8♠ , big blind Tu Le bets 13,500 onto a pot of 21,500. Button player Benson calls. On the river T♦ , no bets. Le shows A♥ 2♦ , Benson mucks. Le up to 75,000.

3000 ante - 54 remaining - 213 entries - 152,778 average

By the river the board shows A♥ K♦ 2♣ 3♦ 8♦ and 115,000 in the pot, Benson check-calls the big blind on the turn and river. Big blind shows pocket Nines, Benson scooops it up with A♣ Q♠ . Benson rises to 430,000.

3000 ante - 54 remaining - 213 entries - 152,778 average

Domination game with Sebastian Mueller all in with Q♣ Q♠ and Trung Duc Vu ahead K♣ K♠ . The board brings no help to Mueller to bust out. Vu soars to 490,000.

3000 ante - 54 remaining - 213 entries - 152,778 average

Catching the action as Minh Quang Nguyen was shipping it. He had pocket Aces against a player’s King-Ten on a dry board. Nguyen zooms to 300,000.

ante - 69 remaining - 213 entries

Hand opens with Vinh Huu Nguyen raising to 6,500, Sua Shung Er three-bets to 16,000, Thanh Huy Le calls and Nguyen opts to fold. On the flop A♦ 7♣ 8♦ , Le checks, Sua bets 9,000, Le check-raises to 25,000. Sua folds.

ante - 69 remaining - 213 entries

After Thanh Huy Le lost a third of his chips, he made up for it by railing Phinh Van Nguyen. It was all in preflop. Le with A♥ K♥ , Nguyen with J♠ T♠ . The board ran 4♣ 4♠ 4♦ A♦ Q♦ for a full house to Le.

ante - 69 remaining - 213 entries

Players could not believe that Thanh Huy Le called Vinh Huu Nguyen’s 42,500 all in with 7♦ 3♦ . Nguyen had A♠ J♣ . Both players missed the board for Nguyen’s hand to stay ahead. Le drops to under 100K.

ante - 69 remaining - 213 entries

Michael Kim Falcon continues to put pressure on his tablemates with some unable to call his big bets. One of the latest was Terry Nguyen who faced a 45,000 bet on a board 8♦ 9♥ 7♦ J♦ . Nguyen tank-folded.

ante - 69 remaining - 213 entries

Mid position Minh Quang Nguyen raises to 5,000, button Hung Pham and big blind call. On the flop 4♥ 9♦ Q♠ , action folds to Pham who lays out a 5,500 bet. Only Nguyen calls and the turn lands 7♦ . Pham lays out a but before it is counted, Nguyen quickly folds.

2000 ante - 213 entries

On a board 2♣ 6♥ 4♥ 5♦ , Anh Duy Nguyen is at risk all in with K♥ K♦ against a player’s 7♦ 7♥ . The river is T♦ for a double up.

2000 ante - 213 entries

2000 ante - 213 entries

Earlier in the day, Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi struggled with his short stack but now, he is in fine shape as he sits with the largest stack. One of his recent pots saw under the gun Khoi Nguyen raise to 5,000, Hasagi calls, small blind Benjamin Sai three-bets to 19,500, Khoi calls, Hasagi four-bets to 80,000. Sai tank-folds, Khoi quickly folds.

2000 ante - 213 entries

That’s it for Day 1B registration! 134 entered plus 79 re-entries for 213 total entries. Day 1B will play down to ITM of 27 players.

1500 ante - 199 entries

After losing a majority of his stack, Wayne Lam shoves on the next hand with A♥ 7♥ and is behind Trung Van Nguyen’s A♠ K♥ . With the board running 2♥ T♣ J♥ 9♠ 8♥ , Lam lands the flush to stay in the running.

1500 ante - 199 entries

On a board 3♦ 3♥ 7♦ 9♥ and 56,500 in the pot, Trung Duc Vu shoves his 60,600 stack, down the orbit Wayne Lam tank-calls with 77,600, one player gets out of they way. Vu opens A♥ A♠ , Lam Q♥ Q♠ , the river is 10h}. Vu doubles up.

1500 ante - 199 entries

Button player Vuong LC opens, big blind John Perry three-bets to 14,000, Viuong LC calls. At the flop 4♦ 2♠ 4♣ , Vuong calls Perry’s 15,000 c-bet. On the turn Q♦ , Perry sends out 25,000 and still Vuong calls. The river 3♠ , Perry shoves, Vuong snap-calls.

Perry A♠ K♠ Vuong Q♥ 8♠

Vuong ships a double up to 250,000, Perry plunges to 5,000.

1500 ante - 199 entries

Blinds are up! Last level to join this flight. Currently 199 entries with 94 seated.

1200 ante -132 entries

Similar to yesterday’s flight, Michael Kim Falcon is sitting on the biggest stack with around 220,000. He gets it all in on a four-bet by Kong Fung who opens K♥ K♠ . Falcon has Q♣ Q♦ . The board runs low for a double up to Kong to 100,000. Falcon drops to 163,000.

To make up the lost chips, Falcon eliminates short stacked Ngo Minh Tien on the next hand then follows it up with a lucky win. It was all in preflop with Falcon T♥ 8♥ against a player with 8♦ 8♠ . The board runs J♠ 2♥ Q♥ Q♦ J♣ to render the all in player’s pocket pair counterfeit and Falcon’s 10 kicker at play to ship it.

1200 ante - 132 entries

Just before the break, Beng Wei Lim bets 6,000 on a board 4♦ 8♠ T♦ T♣ , Tsao Tsu Lin calls. On the river 8♦ . Lim fires 40,000, Lin calls again. Lim mucks to Lin’s A♦ A♥ and rises to 130,000.

1200 ante

New level with blinds going up 600-1200, 1200 ante. 95 players in the field. Registration is open until 6:10pm.

1000 ante - 132 entries

On a board showing 6♠ K♥ 3♠ 7♣ A♦ and a sizable pot in the middle, Hal Rotholz bets 20,000, Ha Trung Nguyen calls then mucks to the A♠ J♠ top pair.

1000 ante - 132 entries

Catching the action as Seok Young Lee aka Tiger Lee is getting up to leave. A quick glance at the board 9x Jx Qx Kx Ax , Lee with Ax Jx two pair, Sua Shung Er Ax Kx for a higher two pair. Sua cleans out Lee and rises to 100,000

1000 ante - 132 entries

1000 ante - 132 entries

Big pot of 30K built preflop between lojack and cutoff Khanh Xuan Dao. At the flop Q♦ 6♦ 2♥ , lojack is all in, Dao tank-calls with 9♦ 9♣ , lojack has A♦ 4♦ . The turn 4♣ and river 5♠ for a double up to Dao to 120,000.

800 ante - 132 entries

From under the gun, Aoi Suzuki raises and is called by the blinds. At the flop Q♠ 3♠ 4♥ , action is checked to Suzuki who c-bets 2,000, only big blind Ha Trung Nguyen calls. Both players check the turn K♠ , but on the river K♦ , Suzuki sends out 7,500. Nguyen folds.

800 ante - 132 entries

From the button, chip leader Wayne Lam calls Trung Duc Vu’s 2,200 raise and the flop comes 9♠ 6♦ 8♦ . Vu c-bets 2,200, Lam raises to 5,200, Vu smiles and chucks his had to the muck.

Calling all ladies! Ladies Event is up and running with seven players so far. Registration stays open until 6pm. Buy in is VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 140). Come on out and bring home a USOP trophy! 

600 ante - 132 entries

Second break of the day. The screens show 132 entries with 86 seated. When the game resumes, there are still four levels to join the action. Among the latecomers were USOP COO Alex Wong, Ang Yang Siang, Minh Quang Nguyen, and Beng Wei Lim. Sitting on the chip lead is Wayne Lam with 170,000.

600 ante - 100 entries

500 ante - 100 entries

No rest for the mighty! Super High Roller champion John Perry is back on the felt after his big win late last night which ran until past 4am.

500 ante

Nearly halfway through registration and already the field is 100-entry strong. Among the players in attendance are many Day 1A fallouts hoping to fare better in this flight namely Michael Kim Falcon, Seok Young Lee aka Tiger Lee, Dylan Foster, and Japanese popstar GACKT.