Day 2
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 |
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2,750,000(69 BB) | 1,150,000 | |
140,000(4 BB) | -179,000 |
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 |
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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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Sangyoon Kim wins a pot
Cutoff opens, button Ge Ying Rui three-bets 65,000, small blind Sangyoon Kim four-bets 135,000, cutoff folds, Ge calls. Both players check the flop Q♥ Q♣ K♦ then Kim bets 100,000 on the turn 6♠ , Ge folds.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
950,000(95 BB) | 265,000 | |
260,000(26 BB) | 260,000 |