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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
Day 2
The Naing soars to a mil, Nguyen Quang Huy eliminated
The Naing is now sitting on around a million in chips after knocking out Nguyen Quang Huy. According to The Naing it was all in preflop with his pocket Nines holding against Nguyen’s Ace-Jack offsuit.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,000,000(83 BB) | 386,000 | |
busted | -274,000 |
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 |
Nguyen Quang Huy puts an end to Michael Kim Falcon’s day
Utg+2 Nguyen Quang Huy raises 11,000, button calls, small blind Michael Kim Falcon three-bets all in for 74,000, Nguyen isn’t budging and joins the shove as button gets out of the way. Nguyen is ahead A♦ 4♣ , Falcon with Q♣ 9♠ , flop 9♦ J♠ 2♠ improves Falcon but with the turn A♣ Nguyen overtakes and holds on the 5♠ river.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 90,000(23 BB) | -55,000 |
Nguyen Quang Huy rivers it
Min-raising from utg+1, Nguyen Quang Huy calls utg+2’s 10,000 re-raise and both head to the flop K♣ 8♠ J♠ . Utg+2 c-bets 6,000, Nguyen check-calls. On the turn 4♣ , utg+2 fires 15,000, Nguyen check-raises all in for 54,000, gets called and shows his 5♣ 6♣ draw. Utg+2 is ahead A♠ K♠ . The river 9♣ is the money card for Nguyen to ship a double up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 145,000(73 BB) | 145,000 |