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Day 1A
Le Giang Nam
Le Giang Nam bags the chip lead at Kickoff Event Day 1A
After Vietnam’s cracked pocket Kings, he continued to ascend to wrap up Kickoff Event Day 1A as chip leader with 494,000 (33 bb). The opening heat attracted 141 entries (107 unique) with 18 advancing to the next round. When they return, each one is guaranteed to cash. Up next is Day 1B which runs on Wednesday, March 20, 2024 starting at 12pm local time.
Kickoff Event - Day 1A
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~USD 362) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~USD 81,930) Entries: 141 (107 unique) ITM: 18 players Chips in play: 4,230,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 494,000 | 24,000 | |
| 414,000 | ||
| 380,000 | 380,000 | |
| 338,000 | -2,000 | |
| 334,000 | -16,000 | |
| 286,000 | 286,000 | |
| 279,000 | 279,000 | |
| 262,000 | 262,000 | |
| 245,000 | 245,000 | |
| 219,000 | 219,000 | |
| 211,000 | ||
| 209,000 | 209,000 | |
| 160,000 | 160,000 | |
| 100,000 | 100,000 | |
| 98,000 | 98,000 | |
| 81,000 | 81,000 | |
| 79,000 | -84,000 | |
| 42,000 | 42,000 |
Lai Zhijian eliminated, money bubble round begins
Short stacked Lai Zhijian all in for his last 3 bb holding A♣ 5♠ and is sent packing by two callers, both with King-Queen that landed the straight on board T♦ 9♠ 8♣ J♥ 9♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 470,000(31 BB) | 20,000 | |
| 340,000(23 BB) | 40,000 | |
busted |
No chop as Young Hun’s edge proves a winner
All in preflop with Young Hun’s A♦ Q♦ slightly ahead of Armon Van Wijk’s A♣ Q♠ . The slight edge made all the difference on board T♦ 6♦ T♣ 8♥ 3♦ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 300,000(30 BB) | -30,000 | |
| 106,000(11 BB) | 66,000 |
Armon Van Wijk defends his small pair
Button Armon Van Wijk bumps it up to 15,000, small blind Young Hun shoves, Armon calls for everything and opens up 6♦ 6♣ which is still a flip against Young’s 8♥ 7♥ . The board favors Armon as it runs J♦ 2♠ T♦ 2♥ J♥ . Armon zooms to the top of the counts.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 330,000(55 BB) | 330,000 | |
| 40,000(7 BB) | 40,000 |