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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
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Day 2
Phan Quang Thai outkicks Kim Yong
Action folds to the small blind Kim Yong who min-raises, big blind Phan Quang Thai three-bets 85,000, Kim calls. The flop runs 6♠ A♠ 4♦ , Phan c-bets 80,000, Kim check-raises 180,000, Phan flats. On the turn Q♦ and river 2♦ Phan calls bets 100,000 and 100,000. Kim shows A♣ 3♦ , Phan wins the pot with A♦ T♥ .
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 1,050,000(70 BB) | -3,650,000 | |
KY | 240,000(16 BB) | -340,000 |
Mai Nguyen determined to defend the big blind
Utg+1 Kim Yong opens, big blind Mai Nguyen defends, flop is J♥ J♦ 3♠ . Kim bets 20,000, Nguyen check-raises 65,000, Kim calls. On the turn 6♥ , Nguyen snaps all in, Kim folds.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
KY | 580,000(58 BB) | -105,000 |
| 287,000(29 BB) | 203,000 |
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
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| 6 | KY |
| 7 | SO |
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| 21 | LT |
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| 23 | JL |
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Blinds up, 97 players remaining
Chip leaders at the new level:
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 424,000(106 BB) | 29,000 | |
| 423,000(106 BB) | 423,000 | |
| 390,000(98 BB) | 101,000 | |
| 360,000(90 BB) | ||
KY | 360,000(90 BB) | |
| 278,000(70 BB) | 278,000 | |
| 260,000(65 BB) | 260,000 | |
SK | 420(0 BB) | 420 |
Kim Yong burns a player on the river
All in preflop, Kim Yong behind Ax 3x to Ax Kx . The board runs clean until a 3 lands on the river for Kim to ship it.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
KY | 360,000(120 BB) | 360,000 |