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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
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Day 2
Darragh Curtin’s ducks hold against big slick
All in preflop, it’s a flip with Andrei Budykin A♥ K♦ , Darragh Curtin 2♣ 2♦ . The board runs out queen-high, Curtin doubles through.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,170,000(47 BB) | 620,000 | |
| 130,000(5 BB) | -920,000 |
Blinds up, 132 players remaining
Players are back from the first break of the day. New level underway. 132 players remaining. Here are the chip leaders:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
JM | 1,600,000(107 BB) | 662,000 |
| 1,580,000(105 BB) | 180,000 | |
| 1,450,000(97 BB) | 567,000 | |
| 1,300,000(87 BB) | 561,000 | |
| 1,150,000(77 BB) | 412,000 | |
| 1,050,000(70 BB) | 640,000 | |
| 1,000,000(67 BB) | 412,000 |
Day 1A
You Hyun Kim
You Hyun Kim sets the bar at Main Event Day 1A
The opening heat of the highly anticipated USOP Main Event pulled in 366 entries over 10 rounds of registration. After 13 hours of play, the bubble burst leaving 46 players advancing to the ITM round in Day 2. Korea’s bagged the chip lead of 926,000 (77 bb). At his tail was New Zealand’s Thomas Ward with 878,000 (73 bb), and to round out the top three was Vietnam’s Tien Nguyen with 809,000 (67 bb).
Date: March 28 to April 1, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Day 1A: 366 entries (282 unique) Chips in play: 14,640,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 926,000 | 926,000 | |
| 878,000 | -12,000 | |
| 809,000 | 449,000 | |
| 739,000 | 739,000 | |
| 738,000 | 318,000 | |
KY | 685,000 | 325,000 |
SO | 642,000 | 132,000 |
| 569,000 | 569,000 | |
| 548,000 | 548,000 | |
| 480,000 | 480,000 | |
| 447,000 | 447,000 | |
| 428,000 | 428,000 | |
| 427,000 | 3,000 | |
| 416,000 | 416,000 | |
| 410,000 | 160,000 | |
| 404,000 | 404,000 | |
| 382,000 | 382,000 | |
| 373,000 | 373,000 | |
| 333,000 | 333,000 | |
| 316,000 | 316,000 | |
LT | 313,000 | 313,000 |
| 292,000 | ||
JL | 238,000 | 238,000 |
| 238,000 | 238,000 | |
| 225,000 | -135,000 | |
| 222,000 | 36,000 | |
| 211,000 | 211,000 | |
| 201,000 | 201,000 | |
| 193,000 | 193,000 | |
| 154,000 | 154,000 | |
| 151,000 | 151,000 | |
| 122,000 | 122,000 | |
| 120,000 | -30,000 | |
| 104,000 | 104,000 | |
| 101,000 | -244,000 | |
| 98,000 | 98,000 | |
| 85,000 | 85,000 | |
| 85,000 | 85,000 | |
| 84,000 | 84,000 | |
| 82,000 | 82,000 | |
| 76,000 | -20,000 | |
| 64,000 | 64,000 | |
| 63,000 | 63,000 | |
| 61,000 | 61,000 | |
| 59,000 | 59,000 | |
| 49,000 | 49,000 |
Payouts
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| 6 | KY |
| 7 | SO |
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| 21 | LT |
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| 23 | JL |
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Random big stacks
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 395,000(198 BB) | 395,000 | |
| 360,000(180 BB) | ||
| 289,000(145 BB) | -771,000 | |
| 278,000(139 BB) | 278,000 | |
| 270,000(135 BB) | 270,000 | |
| 250,000(125 BB) | -150,000 | |
| 230,000(115 BB) | -480,000 |
Andrei Budykin rails one to signal in the bubble
Cutoff raises 26,000, button three-bets all in 11 bb, small blind Andrei Budykin four-bets all in, no takers, for a head-to-head. Button A♠ Q♠ , Budykin A♥ K♦ , board runs 9♣ 3♥ 2♦ 4♣ A♣ , kicker plays. One player goes bust. It’s bubble time.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(33 BB) | 400,000 |