U Series of Poker USOP Danang: Part I Vietnam 2024

Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT

2024.03.28 - 2024.03.31Add to Calendar

U Series Of Poker

Darragh Curtin

New Zealand

Day 2

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3/31/2024, 5:13:00 PM

Darragh Curtin’s ducks hold against big slick

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

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
DC Darragh Curtin	1,170,000(47 BB)	620,000
AB Andrei Budykin	130,000(5 BB)	-920,000

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3/31/2024, 3:05:00 PM

Natty Chaimungkhun shows the big bluff

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Cutoff Darragh Curtin opens, button Natty Chaimungkhun calls then calls down the flop 25,000 and turn A♠ A♥ 4♠ 9♥ fro 45,000. On the river, Curtin triple barrels 125,000, Chaimungkhun shoves (500,0000), Curtin folds. Chaimnugkhun shows the J♠ T♠ bluff.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	865,000(58 BB)	250,000
DC Darragh Curtin	550,000(37 BB)	-146,000

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3/31/2024, 1:45:00 PM

Darragh Curtin rakes it in

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Utg+2 Pham Tien Dung Q♦ J♦ open jams 90,000, small blind Darragh Curtin T♣ T♦ three-bets all in for 207,000, big blind Natty Chaimungkhu calls with A♣ 4♣ . The board runs T♥ 7♥ 5♥ 3♣ A♠ , Curtin ships in a big one

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Darragh Curtin	696,000(58 BB)	530,000
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	615,000(51 BB)	365,000
PT Pham Tien Dung	busted	-246,000

Day 1C

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3/30/2024, 11:55:00 PM

Pham Bao

Nattapon Chaimungkhun bags big at Day 1C; 73 players advance

Natty Chaimungkhun at USOP Danang 2024 — Natty Chaimungkhun

In keeping with tradition, Main Event Day 1C attracted the largest crowd in USOP history bringing in 587 entries. Rising above the ranks was USOP first timer Nattapon Chaimungkhun from Thailand who bagged a massive 1,161,000 (97 bb) stack. Early on, Chaimungkhun was already causing silent havoc, becoming one of the early leaders. At Level 19, she won a big pot with pocket aces over big slick to balloon to over a million in chips. Also racking up over a million was who turned his blig slick into a flush to deny the split pot.

Date: March 30, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Day 1C: 587 entries (411 unique) Bagging time: 73 players

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Nattapon Chaimungkhun	1,161,000	1,161,000
PB Pham Bao	1,065,000	1,065,000
CK Changjun Kim	853,000	853,000
NM Nguyen Manh Hung	700,000	700,000
HD Ham Dong Myung	696,000	696,000
HL Hoang Le Anh Tuan	689,000	689,000
VB Vi Bai Yu	663,000	663,000
HM Huang Ming	659,000	59,000
RM Rene Mar David	647,000	307,000
SK Sangyoon Kim	631,000	-319,000
AB Alok Birewar	588,000	-42,000
PQ Phan Quang Thai	579,000	579,000
VP Vitalii Polikarpov	575,000	150,000
JG Jae Gwang Kim	518,000	68,000
NT Nguyen Tuan Anh	468,000	468,000
MS Michael Smith	456,000	-14,000
NT Nguyen Thanh Hai	425,000	75,000
DD Duong Duc Dung	414,000	414,000
CC Christos Chronis	377,000	167,000
BX Bo Xu	375,000	375,000
TH Tran Hai Ha	368,000	-128,000
RM Rishi Mehra	351,000	101,000
JM Jun Minsung	349,000	349,000
DK Duc Kien Tran	343,000	343,000
NM Nguyen Minh Hoai An	335,000	251,000
PA Phan Anh Antoine	333,000	333,000
BH Bu Hui Zhi	332,000	332,000
LD Lee Dong Yeon	321,000	321,000
GY Ge Ying Rui	319,000	59,000
BE Brady Economu-Bartan	319,000	319,000
TT Tien Thanh Dinh	318,000	8,000
JP John Phan	318,000	-86,000
DT Do Tuan Phong	318,000	318,000
JW Jingzhi Wang	311,000	311,000
CK Can Kai Zhang	296,000	296,000
NT Nguyen Tan Khoa	296,000	296,000
JS Jein Seong Chan	290,000	290,000
SW Sung Woo Jin	283,000	283,000
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	282,000	282,000
NQ Nguyen Quang Hien	262,000	262,000
NT Nguyen Tien Dung	257,000	257,000
MJ Moon Jang-Ho	243,000	243,000
LV Laury Vanlerberghe	221,000	-179,000
BK Baek Ki Jun	210,000	210,000
WG Wei Gouliang	204,000	204,000
HK Hyugwoon Kim	195,000	195,000
DB Devid Berlin	190,000	190,000
NV Nguyen Van Thai	186,000	186,000
GC Gabriel Carter	185,000	185,000
JC Joseph Cheong	182,000
JH Jun Huang	178,000	178,000
DD Dinh Duc Linh	176,000	176,000
DC Darragh Curtin	166,000	-59,000
DS David Soin	161,000	161,000
MB Matthew Bevin	157,000	97,000
DM Dhaval Mudgal	156,000	156,000
SS Song Seong Wook	141,000	-94,000
AP Alexander Puchalski	131,000	131,000
JH Jin Hoon Lee	120,000	120,000
HJ Hu Jingwei	116,000	116,000
LS Luo Shaohua	112,000	112,000
YJ Yun Jung Sup	110,000	110,000
HS Heo Seok Park	108,000	108,000
CY Changxiao Yan	107,000	107,000
MK Min Kwan Chae	104,000	104,000
VM Vu Minh Hai	99,000	99,000
YR Yao Ren Hao	72,000	72,000
WS Wiriya Sumranson	71,000	71,000
JK Jiyoung Kim	70,000	70,000
JK Joonee Kim	66,000	66,000
EY Edward Yam	54,000	-646,000
NT Nguyen Thanh Hai	52,000	-373,000
EC Evgenii Chernyi	44,000	44,000

Payouts

Place	Player
1	NC Nattapon Chaimungkhun
2	PB Pham Bao
3	CK Changjun Kim
4	NM Nguyen Manh Hung
5	HD Ham Dong Myung
6	HL Hoang Le Anh Tuan
7	VB Vi Bai Yu
8	HM Huang Ming
9	RM Rene Mar David
10	SK Sangyoon Kim
11	AB Alok Birewar
12	PQ Phan Quang Thai
13	VP Vitalii Polikarpov
14	JG Jae Gwang Kim
15	NT Nguyen Tuan Anh
16	MS Michael Smith
17	NT Nguyen Thanh Hai
18	DD Duong Duc Dung
19	CC Christos Chronis
20	BX Bo Xu
21	TH Tran Hai Ha
22	RM Rishi Mehra
23	JM Jun Minsung
24	DK Duc Kien Tran
25	NM Nguyen Minh Hoai An
26	PA Phan Anh Antoine
27	BH Bu Hui Zhi
28	LD Lee Dong Yeon
29	GY Ge Ying Rui
30	BE Brady Economu-Bartan
31	TT Tien Thanh Dinh
32	JP John Phan
33	DT Do Tuan Phong
34	JW Jingzhi Wang
35	CK Can Kai Zhang
36	NT Nguyen Tan Khoa
37	JS Jein Seong Chan
38	SW Sung Woo Jin
39	TC Tsang Cheuk Him
40	NQ Nguyen Quang Hien
41	NT Nguyen Tien Dung
42	MJ Moon Jang-Ho
43	LV Laury Vanlerberghe
44	BK Baek Ki Jun
45	WG Wei Gouliang
46	HK Hyugwoon Kim
47	DB Devid Berlin
48	NV Nguyen Van Thai
49	GC Gabriel Carter
50	JC Joseph Cheong
51	JH Jun Huang
52	DD Dinh Duc Linh
53	DC Darragh Curtin
54	DS David Soin
55	MB Matthew Bevin
56	DM Dhaval Mudgal
57	SS Song Seong Wook
58	AP Alexander Puchalski
59	JH Jin Hoon Lee
60	HJ Hu Jingwei
61	LS Luo Shaohua
62	YJ Yun Jung Sup
63	HS Heo Seok Park
64	CY Changxiao Yan
65	MK Min Kwan Chae
66	VM Vu Minh Hai
67	YR Yao Ren Hao
68	WS Wiriya Sumranson
69	JK Jiyoung Kim
70	JK Joonee Kim
71	EY Edward Yam
72	NT Nguyen Thanh Hai
73	EC Evgenii Chernyi

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3/30/2024, 11:15:00 PM

Darragh Curtin lands a double up

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Button Darragh Curtin open-shoves 155,000, big blind defends and calls. Curtin ahead A♠ T♥ against K♥ Q♠ . The board further improves Curtin to A♦ 3♥ 4♠ 2♠ 4♥ two pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Darragh Curtin	225,000(23 BB)	65,000

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3/30/2024, 8:43:00 PM

John Phan outkicks to win the maximum

Level 14: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

John Phan at USOP Danang 2024 — John Phan

Following a raise of 8000 from lojack, cutoff John Phan and big blind Darragh Curtin call, then all three head to the flop Q♠ Q♥ A♦ . Action is checked to Phan who bets 6000, Curtin raises 28,000, lojack calls, Phan three-bets 88,000, Curtin calls, lojack gets out of the way. On the turn 3♣ , Phan shoves (48,000), Curtin check-calls. Phan with Q♣ J♣ trips, Curtin with Q♦ 4♦ trips lower kicker. The river 5♠ is a double up for Phan.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP John Phan	330,000(83 BB)	330,000
DC Darragh Curtin	160,000(40 BB)	-140,000

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3/30/2024, 8:15:00 PM

Chip leaders at the new level, 171 players remaining

Level 14: 2,000 / 4,000 ante: 4,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RM Rene Mar David	470,000(118 BB)	470,000
JG Jae Gwang Kim	420,000(105 BB)	420,000
NT Nguyen Thanh Hai	350,000(88 BB)	40,000
SK Sangyoon Kim	345,000(86 BB)	345,000
JL Jaesung Lee	330,000(83 BB)	330,000
DC Darragh Curtin	300,000(75 BB)	-15,000

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3/30/2024, 7:43:00 PM

Darragh Curtin trusts his strong connectors

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Utg+1 Darragh Curtin min-raises, lojack calls, cutoff re-raises all in for 43,000, Curtin calls, hijack gets out of the way. Curtin turns over J♥ T♥ , cutoff with A♥ 8♥ , board comes K♦ 6♣ 5♣ {js 6♥ . Curtin ships it and boots one in the process.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Darragh Curtin	315,000(105 BB)	315,000
C Cutoff	busted