Day 2
Kyle Bao Diep ships the three-way

Darragh Curtin all in for 70,000, Vitalii Polikarpov three-bets 140,000, cutoff Kyle Bao Diep shoves his last 190,000, Polikarpov calls to attempt a double knockout.
Curtin J♦ 6♦ Diep J♣ J♠ Polikarpov A♥ T♥
Board runs K♠ 8♣ 3♣ 6♠ 4♦ , Diep ships, Curtin dries up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
510,000(20 BB) | 305,000 | |
300,000(12 BB) | 84,000 | |
busted | -280,000 |
Darragn Curtin doubles through

From utg+2, Darragh Curtin shoves his last 8 bb with A♠ Q♥ , cutoff Yoon Gwon Woo calls with K♦ Q♣ and is dominated. No change as the board runs J♣ 6♥ 8♠ 9♥ 2♠ for a double up to Curtin.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
280,000(19 BB) | -15,000 | |
260,000(17 BB) | -210,000 |
Day 1C
David Erquiaga
David Erquiaga tops Kickoff Event Day 1C; 22 players join the ITM list

Fresh off a big win in Hanoi, Filipino notable carried the winning vibe into the final flight of the Kickoff Event and wrapped up bagging the largest stack of the 22 remaining players. With a hefty 666,000 (56 bb) in chips, Erquiaga earned second position in the overall Day 2 lineup.
That concludes the Kickoff Event entry flights. A total of 535 entered with 68 into the ITM round. Day 1B chip leader Artem Utevskii commands with 94 bb. Erquiaga follows with 56 bb, and to round out the top three is Hung Wan with 42 bb.
Play resumes on Thursday, March 21 at 12pm. Official prize pool and payout breakdown will be posted as soon as it has been made available.
Date: March 20, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~USD 362) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~USD 81,930) Day 1C: 174 entries (133 unique) ITM: 22 players Chips in play: 5,220,000
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
666,000 | 366,000 | |
HW | 503,000 | 503,000 |
501,000 | 57,000 | |
459,000 | 459,000 | |
429,000 | 429,000 | |
371,000 | 371,000 | |
295,000 | -55,000 | |
274,000 | 184,000 | |
251,000 | 251,000 | |
244,000 | ||
179,000 | 179,000 | |
178,000 | -62,000 | |
163,000 | 163,000 | |
155,000 | 55,000 | |
134,000 | 134,000 | |
132,000 | 132,000 | |
61,000 | 61,000 | |
46,000 | 46,000 | |
45,000 | 45,000 | |
36,000 | 36,000 | |
MC | 18,000 | 18,000 |
Big flop for Darragh Curtin to end Tan Win Meng

Darragh Curtin opens from utg then calls utg+1 Tan Win Meng’s repop of 59,000. Both see a flop A♠ Q♣ A♦ , Curtin bets 5,000, Tan shoves his 1000 chip behind and way behind with 8♣ 8♥ to Curtin’s A♣ K♣ trips. The turn 4♠ seals it for Curtin as Tan packs up to go.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
350,000(70 BB) | 350,000 | |
busted |