Main Event

From hijack, Seunghun Ko raises 40,000, cutoff Tsang Cheuk Him calls, both proceed to check the flop 6♣ T♦ 9♣ . On the turn J♥ , Ko bets 50,000, Tsang calls. On the river J♠ , Ko bets 100,000, Tsang snap calls then mucks to Ko’s K♥ Q♦ straight.

Cutoff Seunghun Ko opens, button Tsang Cheuk Him three-bets 95,000, Ko calls to see a flop T♣ 3♣ 4♥ . Tsang c-bets 105,000, Ko check-calls. The turn Q♠ Tsang tanks using one time bank then fires 235,000, Ko tanks then uses two time banks then calls. Both players check the river 7♥ . Ko has J♣ J♥ , Tsang takes it with K♠ K♥ .

Players are back from the first break of the day. New level underway. 132 players remaining. Here are the chip leaders:

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