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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
Day 2
Three way showdown. Do Tuan Phong spikes lucky river
Action packed preflop opens with utg+1 Anthony Lewis raising 200,000, utg+2 Thomas Ward three-bets 480,000, lojack Sishu Peng four bets 795,000, cutoff Do Tuan Phong shoves 850,000, Lewis and Ward call, and Peng calls for his tournament life. At the flop A♥ A♦ 7♠ , Lewis bets 70,000, Ward folds. Lewis 7♣ 7♦ full house, Peng 9♠ 9♣ two pair, and Do A♦ K♠ trips. The turn 6♥ sees no change but the river K♥ is a higher full house to Do for a massive scoop. Peng is eliminated.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 5,200,000(52 BB) | -1,000,000 | |
| 3,600,000(36 BB) | 2,500,000 | |
| 1,600,000(16 BB) | -900,000 |
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 |
Do Tuan Phong’s kings hold stand firm
Utg+2 Hon Cheong Lee min-raises, cutoff Do Tuan Phong re-raises 200,000, big blind Tiger Ong calls, back to Lee who four-bets all in, Phong calls with less, Ong folds.
Hon Cheong Lee - J♣ J♦ Do Tuan Phong - K♠ K♥
The board runs nine-high for cowboys to stand and double up Phong.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 2,385,000(95 BB) | 1,235,000 | |
| 1,300,000(52 BB) | 941,000 | |
| 500,000(20 BB) | 317,000 |
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 1C
Pham Bao
Nattapon Chaimungkhun bags big at Day 1C; 73 players advance
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1,161,000 | 1,161,000 | |
PB | 1,065,000 | 1,065,000 |
| 853,000 | 853,000 | |
| 700,000 | 700,000 | |
| 696,000 | 696,000 | |
| 689,000 | 689,000 | |
| 663,000 | 663,000 | |
| 659,000 | 59,000 | |
| 647,000 | 307,000 | |
| 631,000 | -319,000 | |
| 588,000 | -42,000 | |
| 579,000 | 579,000 | |
| 575,000 | 150,000 | |
| 518,000 | 68,000 | |
| 468,000 | 468,000 | |
| 456,000 | -14,000 | |
| 425,000 | 75,000 | |
| 414,000 | 414,000 | |
| 377,000 | 167,000 | |
BX | 375,000 | 375,000 |
| 368,000 | -128,000 | |
| 351,000 | 101,000 | |
| 349,000 | 349,000 | |
| 343,000 | 343,000 | |
| 335,000 | 251,000 | |
| 333,000 | 333,000 | |
| 332,000 | 332,000 | |
| 321,000 | 321,000 | |
| 319,000 | 59,000 | |
| 319,000 | 319,000 | |
| 318,000 | 8,000 | |
| 318,000 | -86,000 | |
| 318,000 | 318,000 | |
| 311,000 | 311,000 | |
| 296,000 | 296,000 | |
| 296,000 | 296,000 | |
| 290,000 | 290,000 | |
| 283,000 | 283,000 | |
| 282,000 | 282,000 | |
| 262,000 | 262,000 | |
| 257,000 | 257,000 | |
| 243,000 | 243,000 | |
| 221,000 | -179,000 | |
| 210,000 | 210,000 | |
| 204,000 | 204,000 | |
| 195,000 | 195,000 | |
| 190,000 | 190,000 | |
| 186,000 | 186,000 | |
| 185,000 | 185,000 | |
| 182,000 | ||
| 178,000 | 178,000 | |
| 176,000 | 176,000 | |
| 166,000 | -59,000 | |
| 161,000 | 161,000 | |
| 157,000 | 97,000 | |
| 156,000 | 156,000 | |
| 141,000 | -94,000 | |
| 131,000 | 131,000 | |
| 120,000 | 120,000 | |
| 116,000 | 116,000 | |
| 112,000 | 112,000 | |
| 110,000 | 110,000 | |
| 108,000 | 108,000 | |
| 107,000 | 107,000 | |
| 104,000 | 104,000 | |
| 99,000 | 99,000 | |
| 72,000 | 72,000 | |
| 71,000 | 71,000 | |
| 70,000 | 70,000 | |
| 66,000 | 66,000 | |
| 54,000 | -646,000 | |
| 52,000 | -373,000 | |
| 44,000 | 44,000 |
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