Kick Off

Date: March 19 to 21, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~USD 362) Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~USD 81,930) Entries: 535 (415 unique) Prize pool: VN₫ 4,151,600,000 (~USD 167,475) ITM / Day 2: 68 players

Blinds: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000

Vladimir Litasov 7♥ 6♣ limps, Drasko Boskovic J♠ 7♦ checks, both players improve on the flop 3♦ 5♥ 7♠ . Vladimir bets 200,000, Boskovic check-raises to 700,000, Vladimir calls. Both players check the turn 6♠ , then on the Q♥ river, Boskovic leads out for 700,000, Vladimir snap-calls and wins it with two pair.

Blinds: 100,000-200,000 ante 200,000

Litasov Vladimir 9♣ 8♣ limps from the small blind. Le Giang Nam K♦ T♦ checks the big blind, flop is 8♥ 4♣ 9♠ . Vladimir bets 200,000, Le flats. The turn 7♠ , Vladimir bets 800,000, and again Le calls. The river K♣ , Vladimir shoves, Le has 8 bb and makes the call to end his tournament life in 3rd place.

Drasko Boskovic A♦ Q♣ raises from cutoff, big blind The Naing Q♠ Q♥ three-bets all in, the board runs 2♣ 8♣ J♣ A♣ 5♣ .

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From utg Drasko Boskovic raises to 125,000, button Hung Wan three-bets 325,000, Boskovic answers with a four-bet shove, Hung calls. 

Boskovic T♣ T♠ Hung A♦ Q♦

With the board running out K♠ 5♥ 7♣ 9♠ 3♠ Boskovic’s pocket pair holds and doubles through.

On a raised pot preflop, flop lands 3♣ 5♣ 7♦ , button Drasko Boskovic bets 130,000, Erquiaga check-raises 530,000, Boskovic calls. The turn A♣ sees an 800,000 open from Erquiaga, Boskovic folds. 

Utg David Erquiaga opens 110,000, cutoff Drasko Boskovic calls, button Cai Zhao Tian hams (435,000), Erquiaga opts to fold while Boskovic makes the call.

Boskovic 8♣ 9♣ Chi K♦ K♥

When the flop lands 8♠ 8♥ 2♠ , Boskovic jumped to trips, and with turn A♠ river 5♥ , that was it for Chi. 

Drasko Boskovic opens from utg+2 then calls small blind David Erquiaga’s 555,000 shove. Boskovic dominates with a strong A♣ K♦ but Erquiaga finds luck to improve his A♦ 4♠ on board 5♠ 9♠ 3♦ 4♣ Q♥ . 

Top 10 in chips

Chip leader Drasko Boskovic raises 30,000 and Kim Tae Jin calls. Flop comes A♠ 7♣ Q♣ , Boskovic c-bets 30,000, Kim shoves 160,000, quick call by the leader Boskovic who turns over A♦ T♠ top pair. Kim is behind Q♦ J♥ then goes bust after missing the turn 2♦ and river 3♥ .

Drasko Boskovic raises 25,000 from cutoff then calls small blind Juan Gelez’s 75,000 three-bet. More chips land on the flop Q♥ J♥ 2♦ with Gelez firing 50,000 then calling Boskovic’s raise to 100,000. This bring the K♥ turn, Boskovic sends out another 100,000, Gelez check-calls. On the 8♣ river, Boskovic shoves, Gelez tanks using up all of his time-banks, then mucks. Boskovic drags in the huge pot well over 1M.

Drasko Boskovic min-raises from utg, cutoff The Naing three-bets 48,000, Boskovic calls. At the flop 8♠ 4♠ 3♣ , The Naing fires 60,000, Boskovic believes and folds.

Looking down at A♥ A♣ Drasko Boskovic opens then faces a jam of 209,000 by Yechi Palach A♠ K♦ . Easy call for Boskovic who goes on to ship it on board Q♥ T♠ 6♥ 4♥ 8♦ . And just like that, Boskovic zooms to second rank.

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

 Drasko Boskovic raises then four-bet jams 212,000 holding Q♦ 9♦ . He is called by Chen Zhang with a premium A♠ K♦ . Luck finds Boskovic with the board T♦ 3♦ 9♣ 4♥ 3♠ granting him a pair.