Day 2
Jacob Johnston gives Mark Kavalev the boot
Mark Kavalev risks it all on lojack with Q♥ T♠ but can’t get past cutoff Jacob Johnston’s J♦ J♠ on a board that runs 4♠ 6♠ 8♥ A♣ 2♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,200,000(24 BB) | 908,000 |
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
Place | Player |
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5 | |
6 | KY |
7 | SO |
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14 | |
15 | |
16 | |
17 | |
18 | |
19 | |
20 | |
21 | LT |
22 | |
23 | JL |
24 | |
25 | |
26 | |
27 | |
28 | |
29 | |
30 | |
31 | |
32 | |
33 | |
34 | |
35 | |
36 | |
37 | |
38 | |
39 | |
40 | |
41 | |
42 | |
43 | |
44 | |
45 | |
46 |
Bubble bursts! Jacob Johnston delivers the bubble
Hijack K♦ Q♣ jams 22,000, big blind Jacob Johnston 8♥ 8♣ calls, both players improve on the board K♥ 8♦ 3♠ K♣ 4♦ , Johnston’s full house rules to end Day 1A.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
292,000(24 BB) | 292,000 |