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Viet Nam, Pullman Danang Beach ResortEVENT 
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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You Hyun Kim rails Rick Jason Ambata
Utg You Hyun Kim raises 20,000, next to act Rick Jason Ambata three-bets all in 70,000, Kim calls and shows T♣ T♥ Ambata is behind J♥ 8♥ . The board offers little help 4♣ A♥ 4♦ 8♠ and with the river 5♥ , Ambata is eliminated.
Chip Counts
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
| 750,000(94 BB) | -176,000 |