Mystery Millions

Duc Thien Bui wins the Mystery Millions!

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Date: March 22 to 24, 2024 Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~USD 161,400) Entries: 753 Prize pool: VN₫ 6,456,100,000 (~USD 260,440 Bounty pool: VN₫ 4,500,000,000 (~USD 181,530) Total prize pool: VN₫ 10,956,100,000 (~USD 441,970) ITM: 94 players

*Heads up deal, played for trophy

Chips in play: 22,605,000 Average stack: 2,511,667 (31 bb)

Remaining payouts

Cutoff Duc Thien Bui opens, button Nikolic Jovan three-bets all in, Duc Thien Bui calls and is ahead A♣ Q♥ to A♦ 5♦ . The board runs out Q♣ T♥ 6♦ 8♣ J♠ , Jovan is eliminated.

Utg Terence Stevens raises 225,000, Robert Emmerson defends the big blind, the flop is 4♣ 3♦ 8♠ . Stevens c-bets all in, Emmerson check-calls. Stevens has A♥ 5♥ , Emmerson ahead with a pair 8♦ 7♦ , Stevens misses the turn J♥ and river T♦ to bust in 11th place.

Down to 13 bbb, Nikolic Jovan shoves from utg with Q♥ 8♥ , button Robert Emmerson calls with A♠ J♥ . The board runs 3♥ 6♥ 6♠ 8♦ 5♣ , Jovan spikes a pair to double up.

Following the double up, Jovan goes head to head with Yi Xiaotung. Jovan with T♠ T♥ , Yu with K♦ T♦ . Three diamonds turn up on board 6♦ A♦ 4♠ 6♣ 3♦ , Yu doubles up.

Preflop war opens with utg Robert Emmerson raising 120,000, button Cankai Zhang three-bets 320,000, Emmerson four-bets all in, Zhang calls and is at risk.

Emmerson 9♥ 9♣ Zhang A♣ J♥

When the board runs K♠ 6♥ 4♥ 3♠ Q♥ , Zhang misses and is eliminated.

Robert Emmerson - VN₫ 10 Million, VN₫ 10 Million

Zeyu Chen - VN₫ 300 Million Cankai Zhang - VN₫ 30 Million Peng Yang - VN₫ 200 Million

From small blind, Truong Vu Tuan Khanh all in for 23 bb holding K♦ Q♠ , big blind Farukh Tach calls with A♠ J♦ . The board runs eight-high to end Truong’s run in 13th place.

After paying out costly double up to Romain Bier, Rick Jason Ambata is down to just 1 big blind and goes on to exit in 14th place. On his final hand, he falls to Farukh Tach with Q♣ 5♣ outdrawn by 7♠ 4♥ on a board 7♥ 6♠ 5♥ 6♥ 10d}.

Cutoff Rick Jason Ambata bumps it up to 125,000, big blind Romain Bier defends, then proceedds to check-call the flop and turn A♣ 8♦ 6♥ 2♠ , 125,000 and 120,000 bets. On the river 4♦ , Bier checks, Ambata jams, Bier calls for all of his chips and gets paid with A♠ 8♠ two pair beating Ambata’s A♥ 7♦ .

Duong Ngo Linh all in wiht Q♥ J♥ but doesn’t get past Zeyu Chen’s A♥ K♦ on a board A♦ 9♦ 3♠ 7♦ A♠ .

On a flop 3♥ J♣ 4♠ , Raju Jaruplavath shoves, Duc Thien Bui snap-calls, Jaruplavath behind with A♦ 4♦ to Duc Thien Bui‘s K♥ K♣ . The turn 6♠ and river 3♣ sees no change, Jaruplavath is eliminated.

Nikolic Jovan - VN₫ 30 Million Robert Emmerson - VN₫ 30 Million

Nguyen Phuong Ngoc is down to his 3 bb and puts it all in on the big blind with 8♥ 3♦ , then falls to Nikolic Jovan’s J♠ 8♠ .

Preflop war opens with a 130,000 raise from Liu Xiaohu, Xichen Li follows with a three-bet shove of 645,000, Lee Hyun Dong continues the pace with a four-bet shove of 1.5M+ chips, Liu folds. At the showdown, Xichen 9♥ 9♠ is flipping againt Lee’s A♠ Q♣ , the board runs K♥ 8♥ 9♦ J♣ 7♥ .

Blinds head to the flop Q♥ 5♦ 7♥ then both check. On the turn 8♦ , Rick Jason Ambata leads out 60,000, big blind Truon Vu Tuan Khanh raises 250,000, Ambata calls. On the river 9♠ , Ambata makes it 475,000 to go, Truong calls. Ambata has 6♦ T♦ flush, Truong mucks.

63,800,000 (~$2,580)

Jun Min Su all in with T♥ T♦ and falls to Robert Emmerson’s A♠ A♣ . Board was A♦ J♥ 5♣ Q♥ Q♦ .

Hoping to steal the blinds and ante, small blind Farukh Tach shoves 5♦ 7♦ , big blind Le Manh Cuong risks his 22 bb with K♠ J♦ , the board runs Q♥ 2♠ 6♣ 7♥ 4♣ . Tach outdraws Le to clean house and soar to 3M.

It took some hard hunting but it has been drawn! The lucky winner of the VN₫ 500,000,00 was Robert Emmerson.

Other players drawing were:

Beng Wei Lim - VN₫ 10 Million Rick Jason Ambata - VN₫ 50 Million

Heavy preflop betting war starts with utg raising to 80,000, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata thee-bets 185,000, button Le Manh Cuong four-bets 400,000, big blind Lee Hyun Dong shoves 550,000, utg folds, Ambata six-bet shoves, and Le calls.

Lee A♣ A♦ Ambata T♠ T♣ Le Q♦ Q♠

The board runs 8♣ 3♣ 4♥ A♥ T♦ . Lee’s set dominates Ambata’s set to triple up. Le loses the side pot to Ambata.

Romain Bier’s A♣ T♠ wins the flip against Jun Minsu’s 8♠ 8♥ on a board A♥ 9♠ 6♥ 6♣ J♣ for a double up.

Utg+1 Raju Jaruplavath raises 95,000 and finds two callers to the flop 5♥ 4♣ 2♦ . Utg+2 Liu Xiaohu bets 115,0000, cutoff Jun Min Su calls, Jaruplavath check-calls. On the turn 7♦ , Jun bets 200,000, only Jaruplavath continues to see the river 9♠ . Both check. Jun shows 8♠ 8♥ , Jaruplavath mucks.

Facing a raise from hijack Yu Xiaotung, small blind Terence Stevens three-bet jams 670,000 with Q♥ Q♦ . Yu calls with 9♣ 9♥ . Board is good to Stevens 7♥ 2♥ 6♥ 5♥ Q♠ for a higher flush.

Seven rounds in the books and only 22 players left on the hunt for the title, the VN₫ 1.1 Billion (~USD 44K) top prize, and the VN₫ 500 Million ~(~USD 20K) top bounty prize still hidden in the chest.

Utg+2 Ngo Minh Tien K♥ J♥ opens and big blind Rick Jason Ambata Q♠ T♦ defends. Minh Tien c-bets the flop {jqh} 9♦ 2♦ and is check-called. On the turn T♥ , both improve. Minh Tien bets 95,000 for his straight, Ambata check-raises 300,000 for his two pair, Minh Tien jams for 500,000, Ambata calls. The river T♠ completes a full house for Ambata to boot out the shocked Minh Tien.

Facing a raise, button Nguyen Phuong Ngoc three-bets 170,000, big blind Cankai Zhang four-bets 425,000, initial raiser folds, Nguyen calls. It’s a flip with Nguyen A♥ K♦ , Zhang T♣ T♠ . Nguyen jumps out front on the flop A♦ 9♠ 4♠ with no change on the turn 5♥ . The river T♦ is exactly what Zhang needed to reclaim the lead and double up.

Ngo Minh Tien - VN₫ 10 Million Julian Warhurst - VN₫ 50 Million Le Manh Cuong - VN₫ 20 Million

Le Manh Cuong A♥ T♦ calls two short stack shoves Truong Dinh Giang A♠ J♣ and Negishi Ryoji A♦ 4♣ . The board runs Q♦ J♠ 8♣ 8♠ K♦ for a broadway takedown.

We don’t know what happened to Nishant Sharma’s big stack but he is down to 180,000 and sends it all in with A♣ 9♥ . He finds himself up against Julian Warhurst with 7♥ 7♠ and Ngo Minh Tien K♥ Q♣ who covers both.

With the board running A♠ 6♣ 3♦ T♦ 6♠ , Sharma triples up and Warhurst wins the side pot agaist Minh Tien.

Utg+2 Le Manh Cuong A♥ K♥ opens with a shove for 22 bb, small blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh calls with Q♥ Q♦ , a king quickly finds the board K♠ 9♠ 4♠ J♣ 9♣ . Le scores a double up.

Luu Danh Tuan shoves his last 10 bb holding K♥ Q♠ then falls to Raju Jaruplavath’s A♠ J♣ on board J♥ {10d T♠ 4♦ 6♦ .

Oliver Biles shoves holding T♣ T♠ , next to him is Beng Wei Lim with a tad more chips shoves with K♠ K♣ , board runs clean to end Biles run.

Action folds to the button Xichen Li who shoves his last 11 bb, big blind Julian Warhurst tank-calls then opens K♠ 8♣ which is dominated by Li’s A♦ 8♦ . The board runs T♠ T♥ 5♥ 3♠ 3♣ , Li’s ace-high wins it for a good double.

On the next hand, Warhurst proceeds to double up through Romain Beir with A♣ 5♥ flush over A♠ 3♠ on a board K♣ Q♥ 8♣ 6♣ J♣ .

From utg+1 Luu Danh Tuan min-raises, finds one caller then big blind Phuc Le jams (5 bb), Luu four-bets all in to push out the caller. Luu A♣ T♥ , Phuc 8♦ 8♥ , the board spreads 6♦ 5♠ 3♠ 2♦ 6♠ , snowmen hold for a double up.

Top 5 at the break:

From cutoff, Romain Bier shoves 12 bb and button Terence Stevens calls. It’s a flip with Bier Q♣ J♣ , Stevens 8♠ 8♣ . Two jacks find the board A♣ J♠ 6♦ J♦ 5♥ for a double up to Bier.

Jun Minsu - VN₫ 100 Million Gavin Flynn - VN₫ 10 Million Truong Vu Tuan Khanh - VN₫ 10 Million Li Xiaohu - VN₫ 20 Million Nguyen Phuong Ngoc - VN₫ 30 Million Julian Warhurst - VN₫ 30 Million Phuc Le - VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 30 Million

Three way showdowns seem to be very popular. The latest one starts with a raise by utg Duc Thien Bui, hijack Lee Junam three-bet shoves 235,000, big blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh four-bets 500,000, Duc Thien Bui five-bets all in and Truong calls.

Lee Junam A♦ K♣ Duc Thien Bui A♣ K♥ Truong Vu Tuan Khanh T♥ T♣

Board runs low 2♦ 2♣ 5♦ 7♦ 6♣ , Truong drags it in as Lee goes bust.

Gavin Flynn’s J♣ J♠ is dominated by Duong Ngo Linh’s A♣ A♠ to pay the double up.

Blinds are up, 33 players left on the hunt for the title, the VN₫ 1.1 Billion top prize, and VN₫ 500 Million top bounty hiding in the chest

Utg+1 opens and finds two callers to the flop A♦ 7♦ T♥ . Big blin3d Zhou Tiahe leads 35,000, utg folds, small blind Warhurst check-raises 110,000, Zhou shoves, Warhurst snap-calls.

Zhou A♣ 7♣ two pair Warhurst 7♥ 7♠ set

The turn 8♠ and river 5♦ ensure the win for Warhurst.

Lojack Lee Junam opens 45,000, small blind Truong Vu Tuan Khanh three-bets it all (505,000), Lee calls and shows A♦ Q♠ . Truong is at risk with K♦ Q♣ but a King shows up on the river T♦ 8♦ 6♣ 2♠ K♠ to save Truong.

Cutoff Cankai Zhang opens 45,000, small blind three-bets 120,000, Zhang flats. At the flop 7♥ J♥ 7♣ , small blind c-bets 40,000, Zhang jams and wins it then and there.

Nikolic Jovan - VN₫ 30 Millon Hsin Yu Hung - VN₫ 30 Million Rick Jason Ambata - VN₫ 30 Million and VN₫ 20 Million Jun Minsu - VN₫ 100 Million

Rai Nguyen started the day on a knockout spree but has now been given the boot by Duc Thien Bui. In a preflop battle that saw Nguyen call for his tournament life, he was ahead A♣ Q♥ but as the board fell, he was outdrawn by Duc Thien Bui‘s J♠ T♠ flush with a spade on the flop then runner runner spades.

Three way all in showdown, Chen Dong Q♥ Q♦ , Matthew Bevin T♣ T♠ , Rick Jason Ambata A♥ A♣ . The board comes 2♦ 7♥ 8♠ 6♥ K♠ , Ambata sweeps and knocks out two in one go.

Facing a short stack shove, cutoff Lee Hyun Dong shoves his larger 7 bb, button Liu Xiaohu covers both and calls.

Lyu Hangkai J♥ 9♥ Lee Hyun Dong Q♣ T♥ Liu Xiaohu A♣ 9♠

Board runs T♣ 9♣ 7♦ K♣ J♣ for a rare straight flush, Lee ships it as Lyu ships out of the running.

Action folds to the small blind Rai Nguyen who jams 40 bb with A♣ 4♣ , big blind Raju Jaruplavath risks his 25 bb stack with A♦ T♠ . With the board running J♥ 9♥ 4♦ K♣ T♦ , Jaruplavath sweats it on the flop then finds relief and a double up on the river.

Down to 40 players with the top VN₫ 500 Million bounty still in the mix. Minimum payout is now VN₫ 29.5 Million.

Oliver Biles - VN₫ 200 Million Yu Xiaotung - VN₫ 20 Million

Terence Stevens limps from lojack, hijack raises 40,000, button Corey Van Jaarsveldt three-bets all in for 100,000, Stevens four-bets all in which is enough to push out lojack.

Jaarsveldt 9♦ 9♣ Stevens Q♥ Q♦

The board runs T♣ 4♦ 5♥ 8♥ 3♠ , Jaarsveldt dries up.

Utg+1 shoves (95,000) and finds two callers that both check the flop T♥ 5♦ 2♠ . On the turn K♠ sb Liu Xiaohu bets 55,000, utg+2 Le Manh Cuong calls. Liu bets a larger 225,000 on the river 9♦ , and this time wins the side pot on Le’s fold. Liu wins the main pot as well with Q♦ J♦ straight over A♠ T♠ .

From utg+1 Kim Yang Jun shoves 13 bb, cutoff Julian Warhurst calls, big blind Rai Nguyen three-bets all in for 425,000, again Warhurst calls.

Kim Yang Jun Q♣ Q♠ Rai Nguyen 8♦ 8♣ Julian Warhurst 2♦ 2♣

The board runs out 6♦ 9♣ 8♦ 8♠ 7♦ , Nguyen improves to a boat and scoops. Kim is eliminated.

Rai Nguyen - VN₫ 10 Million

Players are back from their first break of the day. Here are the chip leaders and bounty pullers.

Rick Jason Ambata - VN₫ 10 Million and VN₫ 30 Million Julian Warhurst - VN₫ 20 Million and 20 Million Yu Xiaotung - VN₫ 50 Million Lu Wei Chen - VN₫ 50 Million Gabriel Carter - VN₫ 50 Million Le Manh Cuong - VN₫ 10 Million

Facing a raise, utg+1 Rick Jason Ambata three-bets 75,000, small blind Le Giang Nam four-bets all in 220,000, initial raiser folds, Ambata calls then finds his 9♦ 9♣ is behind Le’s J♠ J♣ . Thing’s quickly switch up when the flop drops Ambata’s two-outer 9♠ 8♦ Q♣ , then with the turn K♣ and river 6♠ , Le is eliminated.

Action folds to the small blind Young Hee Park who shoves 34 bb holding A♣ 4♣ but instead of stealing the blinds and antes, he is called by big blind Le Minh Cuong with A♥ K♠ and a larger stack. No help comes for Park on a board 9♠ 9♥ 7♥ 9♣ 8♠ .

Robert Emmerson - VN₫ 20 Million Liu Xiaohu - VN₫ 10 Million Jiang Ming - VN₫ 30 Million

Utg opens 25,000, utg+1 three-bets 70,000, utg+2 Matthew Bevin four-bets 150,000, no takers.

Three players with all thier chips sent to the middle, Hyun Dong Q♣ J♣ , Truong Vu Tuan Khanh A♠ T♦ , and Anatolii Gorbusin K♦ Q♠ . Truong proceeds to ship it on a board J♦ 4♥ A♥ 2♣ 3♦ while Gorbusin goes bust.

Having just doubled up, Aleksei Ignater’s Q♥ Q♠ was then outdrawn by Cankai Zhang’s A♣ Q♣ flush on a board K♥ 9♣ 4♣ 3♣ 3♥ . Ignater was eliminated.

The first two rounds saw 33 players eliminated leaving 61 to battle for the title, top prize of VN₫ 1.1 Billion (~$44K), along with hunting down the largest bounty of VN₫ 500 Million hidden in the bounty chest.

All in preflop, Aleksei Ignater A♣ J♠ , Dang Minh Dat calls with K♠ Q♠ , board runs 4♣ J♥ 3♠ 4♠ A♥ .

NIkolic Jovan - VN₫ 20 Million Truon Vu Tuan Khanh - VN₫ 30 Million Le Manh Cuong - VN₫ 30 Million

Not a good day for Day 1A chip leader Ruiyang Wang hiaving been eliminated early by Nguyen Phuong Ngoc. After losing a couple of hands, from utg+1 Wang called a four-bet of 80,000 by utg+2 Nguyen and both saw a flop A♥ K♠ T♥ . Nguyen fired 70,000, Wang check-called. On the turn 6♦ , Nguyen jammed over 400K, Wang check-called for his tournament life and was behind A♦ Q♥ to Nguyen’s A♠ K♥ two pair. The river 2♥ ended Wang’s run.

Rai Nguyen - VN₫ 20 Million Corey Van Jaarsveldt - VN₫ 20 Million Lu Wei Chen - VN₫ 20 Million Nikolic Jovan - VN₫ 30 Million

Nishant Sharma opens from hijack then calls short stack Mak Wing Fung’s 8 bb all in. Sharma proceeds to send Fung to the rails with A♦ T♥ crushing 3♦ 5♣ . Easy peasy, Sharma wins another bounty.

Facing a three-bet of 65,000, cutoff Gabriel Carter four-bets all in for 131,000. Initial raiser folds while hijack makes the call with A♣ 5♣ . Carter opens the nuts A♠ A♥ which holds on a board 9♦ 9♥ 4♥ 4♠ 8♥ .

From the small blind, Yu Xiaotung calls down the hijack aggressor who fired at every stage to see the board complete Q♠ 2♣ 4♣ 6♠ K♥ . Yu’s Q♥ T♥ wins it to send A♣ 6♣ to dust and out of the field.

Getting to the table as the chips are being counted, Julian Warhurst ships it with K♦ 9♦ beating out A♦ K♣ and A♠ T♦ to soar to 630,000 and earn one knockout.

Darragh Curtin - VN₫ 30 Million Cankai Zhang - VN₫ 100 Million Le Manh Cuong - VN₫ 20 Million Anatolii Gorbusin - VN₫ 20 Million Rai Nguyen - VN₫ 30 Million, VN₫ 50 Million, VN₫ 20 Million Jun Minsu - VN₫ 20 Million, VN₫ 30 Million Huang Yuntian - VN₫ 100 Million Duong Ngo Linh (Super GTO) - VN₫ 200 Million Trung Dinh Giang (Zang TN) - VN₫ 20 Million Robert Emmerson - VN₫ 20 Million

Not only is Nishant Sharma sitting on the biggest stack, he also eliminated a player to draw the first bounty. Sharma pulled the second largest, VN₫ 300 Million (~USD 12,100)!

Following Sharma was Day 1A chip leader Ruiyang Wang who was disappointed to have drawn one zero less than Sharma, pulling a bounty of VN₫ 30 Million (~USD 1,200).

Cards are now flying! And quickly, 5 players have dropped out. 89 players remaining with Nishant Sharma still top dog.