Day 2
Hyo Seok Park wins the flip
Utg+1 Tien Nguyen opens 27,000, button Hyo Seok Park three-bets all in for 215,000, Nguyen calls and covers Park. Nguyen A♦ Q♠ , Park J♦ J♠ , board runs ten-high, Park doubles up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
455,000(46 BB) | 455,000 | |
450,000(45 BB) | -359,000 |
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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4 | |
5 | |
6 | KY |
7 | SO |
8 | |
9 | |
10 | |
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12 | |
13 | |
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 |
Random big stacks
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
395,000(198 BB) | 395,000 | |
360,000(180 BB) | ||
289,000(145 BB) | -771,000 | |
278,000(139 BB) | 278,000 | |
270,000(135 BB) | 270,000 | |
250,000(125 BB) | -150,000 | |
230,000(115 BB) | -480,000 |
Tien Nguyen burns one on the river
Tien Nguyen is already sporting a towering stack then picks up a pot on a nasty river. The hand opens with a raise by utg, Nguyen three-bets 18,000, utg shoves and is quickly called by Nguyen. The at-risk player has T♣ T♥ , Nguyen with A♠ 9♦ , the board runs K♥ 7♠ 9♠ J♠ 9♥ for trips on the river to Nguyen.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
360,000(180 BB) | 360,000 |