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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
Day 2
Buyu Sakurai gains the max with aces
Utg opens, button Buyu Sakurai three-bets 600,000, big blind Trung Vu Tuan four-bet jams 1,150,000, utg fold, Sakurai calls and shows A♣ Q♣ , Trung is way ahead with A♦ A♠ . The board runs Q♠ 2♠ 3♥ 7♦ 8♦ . Trung doubles up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,650,000(27 BB) | -450,000 | |
| 2,200,000(22 BB) | -800,000 |
Final 26 players - 3 tables
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 9,100,000(114 BB) | 2,100,000 | |
| 6,200,000(78 BB) | 3,750,000 | |
| 4,000,000(50 BB) | 2,000,000 | |
| 2,250,000(28 BB) | -60,000 | |
| 2,000,000(25 BB) | -1,600,000 | |
| 1,400,000(18 BB) | -100,000 | |
| 1,100,000(14 BB) | -1,285,000 | |
| 500,000(6 BB) | -1,800,000 | |
| 330,000(4 BB) | -46,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 3,800,000(48 BB) | 2,700,000 | |
| 3,000,000(38 BB) | 600,000 | |
| 3,000,000(38 BB) | 2,696,000 | |
| 2,750,000(34 BB) | -200,000 | |
| 2,400,000(30 BB) | 2,046,000 | |
| 2,050,000(26 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 825,000(10 BB) | -235,000 | |
| 730,000(9 BB) | -570,000 |
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,005,000(63 BB) | 5,000 | |
| 3,800,000(48 BB) | -800,000 | |
| 2,840,000(36 BB) | 1,440,000 | |
IL | 2,700,000(34 BB) | -170,000 |
JM | 2,640,000(33 BB) | 40,000 |
| 1,790,000(22 BB) | 90,000 | |
| 1,300,000(16 BB) | 1,040,000 | |
| 1,295,000(16 BB) | -205,000 | |
| 1,225,000(15 BB) | 825,000 |
42 players remaining
Chip leaders:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,000,000(83 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 3,600,000(60 BB) | 2,950,000 | |
| 3,100,000(52 BB) | 800,000 | |
| 2,950,000(49 BB) | 250,000 | |
| 2,450,000(41 BB) | -350,000 | |
| 2,400,000(40 BB) | -350,000 | |
| 2,300,000(38 BB) | 1,858,000 |
Ge Ying Rui plunges on a cooler, Buyu Sakurai catapults
Cutoff Ge Ying Rui opens, small blind Buyu Sakurai three-bets 270,000, Rui four bets 600,000, Sakurai answers witha five bet shove of 1,335,000, Rui snap calls with more chips. Rui opens K♥ K♦ , Sakurai has the hole nuts A♦ A♥ , board runs 4♦ 3♥ 3♦ A♣ 2♠ , Rui is chunked down to 140,000 as Sakurai ships it.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,750,000(69 BB) | 1,150,000 | |
| 140,000(4 BB) | -179,000 |
Buyu Sakurai’s mid-pocket pair denies the big cards
Button Buyu Sakurai min-raises, small blind Changeun Kim three-bets all in for 600,000, Sakurai calls and shows 8♠ 8♥ flipping with Kim’s A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 9♣ 5♣ 8♦ J♣ 6♠ , Sakurai improves while Kim is booted in 55th place
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,600,000(40 BB) | 700,000 |
Do Tuan Phong takes control
Utg Buyu Sakurai opens, cutoff three-bets 120,000, Buyu calls, flop is 8♥ 9♦ 3♣ . Phong bets 125,000, Buyu check-calls, the turn is 7♣ . Phong jams, this time Buyu opts to fold.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,150,000(58 BB) | 832,000 | |
| 900,000(45 BB) | 447,000 |
Day 1B
Kim Tae Hyoeng
Kim Tae Hyoeng wraps up Day 1B as chip leader, Won Chul Bae at his tail, 52 players advance
After twelve hours of play, Main Event Day 1B closed with Korea’s leading the 52 ITM qualifiers. Kim was a grinding force throughout the day claiming pot after pot with rarely a showdown. He dragged in one of the last pots at his table to just edge over fellow countryman Won Chul Bae for the day’s top spot.
Also advancing was 2024 USOP Taiwan Main Event champion Sam Chen Yu Hung with a decent 24 bb stack. He became the first USOP champion to qualify with Nguyen Ngoc Dai and The Naing both missing the mark today.
Main Event Day 1B was another record setter with 416 entries on record, marking it the largest Day 1B flight in USOP history. Combined with Day 1A, the cumulative entries is now 782 bringing the pot to around VN₫ 20 Billion.
Among the faces in the crowd today were WSOP bracelet holders Abhinav Iyer, Siyang Phua, Aayush Arya however they were unable to go the day’s distance. Also falling were notables Nam Hyung Kim, Pham Tien Dung, Dao Minh Phu, Gab Yong Kim, Edward Yam, Manish Lakhotia, and Ian Lee to mention a few. Luckily, there are still two more flights to run, both taking place on Saturday, March 30, 2024.
Date: March 29, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Day 1B: 416 entries (314 unique) ITM: 52 players Chips in play: 16,640,000
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 883,000 | 883,000 | |
| 874,000 | 874,000 | |
| 790,000 | 790,000 | |
| 774,000 | 774,000 | |
| 650,000 | 650,000 | |
| 622,000 | 412,000 | |
| 581,000 | 581,000 | |
| 545,000 | 545,000 | |
| 537,000 | 537,000 | |
| 461,000 | 461,000 | |
| 453,000 | -47,000 | |
| 442,000 | 442,000 | |
| 427,000 | 427,000 | |
| 407,000 | 407,000 | |
| 405,000 | 405,000 | |
| 398,000 | 215,000 | |
| 375,000 | 375,000 | |
| 354,000 | 354,000 | |
| 346,000 | 346,000 | |
| 334,000 | 259,000 | |
| 321,000 | -4,000 | |
| 308,000 | 308,000 | |
| 291,000 | 291,000 | |
| 282,000 | 282,000 | |
| 277,000 | 277,000 | |
| 249,000 | 249,000 | |
| 243,000 | 243,000 | |
| 239,000 | 239,000 | |
| 233,000 | 233,000 | |
| 228,000 | 228,000 | |
| 218,000 | 218,000 | |
| 216,000 | 216,000 | |
| 211,000 | 211,000 | |
| 209,000 | 209,000 | |
| 203,000 | 143,000 | |
| 200,000 | 200,000 | |
| 188,000 | 188,000 | |
| 182,000 | 182,000 | |
JM | 177,000 | 177,000 |
| 176,000 | 176,000 | |
| 173,000 | 13,000 | |
| 169,000 | 169,000 | |
| 148,000 | 148,000 | |
| 137,000 | 137,000 | |
| 134,000 | 134,000 | |
| 122,000 | -70,000 | |
| 118,000 | 118,000 | |
CB | 98,000 | 98,000 |
| 91,000 | 91,000 | |
| 86,000 | 86,000 | |
| 60,000 | 60,000 | |
| 30,000 | 30,000 |
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Buyu Sakurai burned on the river
Mid position Buyu Sakurai min-raise, cutoff shove 46,000, small blind calls, Sakurai four-bets 170,000, small blind calls. At the flop 4♥ 5♦ 5♣ , Sakurai c-bets 214,000, sb check-folds. Sakurai opens T♠ T♣ , cutoff K♠ T♥ . The turn A♠ changes nothing but the river K♣ saves cutoff to ship a triple up.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 500,000(63 BB) | -200,000 |
Buyu Sakurai soars to 700K
Utg+1 opens, hijack Buyu Sakurai three-bet, utg+1 four-bets, Sakurai calls. At the flop 3♠ 7♣ T♣ , utg+1 c-bets, Sakurai calls, pot now at 305,000. On the turn A♥ , utg+1 bets 120,000, Sakurai shoves, utg+1 tanks then folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 700,000(117 BB) | 300,000 |
106 players remaining
106 players remaining. Here are the top 5 in chips:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 400,000(100 BB) | -30,000 | |
| 390,000(98 BB) | -384,000 | |
| 350,000(88 BB) | ||
| 320,000(80 BB) | 320,000 |
Buyu Sakurai marches to the chip lead
Utg Nam Hyung Kim opens and finds two callers. All three check the flop J♠ 4♣ 5♥ to get a free turn 2♥ . Kim bets 30,000, cutoff raises 75,000, big blind Buyu Sakurai check-raises 200,000, no takers. Sakurai kindly shows his A♣ 3♥ straight.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 430,000(172 BB) | 170,000 |
Big stacks
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 280,000(140 BB) | 280,000 | |
| 270,000(135 BB) | 270,000 | |
| 260,000(130 BB) | 260,000 | |
| 240,000(120 BB) | -38,000 | |
| 200,000(100 BB) | 200,000 |