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Numbers are in! The Championship Event drew a total of 775 entries at ₫16.5 Million each for huge prize pool of ₫10,927,500,000 (~US$ 445,200). 98 players advanced to the final day, all of the guaranteed a minimum payout of ₫27,000,000 (~US$ 1,100). At the top of the totem pole is ₫2,200,000,000 (~US$ 89,630) for the eventual champion.

Date: September 13 to 15, 2024

Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 660)

Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~US$ 162,570)

Entries: 775

Prize pool: VN₫ 10,927,500,000 (~US$ 445,200)

ITM: 98 players

Payouts

1st VN₫ 2,200,000,000

2nd VN₫ 1,400,000,000

3rd VN₫ 911,500,000

4th VN₫ 666,000,000

5th VN₫ 512,800,000

6th VN₫ 412,500,000

7th VN₫ 330,400,000

8th VN₫ 261,000,000

9th VN₫ 220,000,000

10th-11th VN₫ 160,000,000

12th-14th VN₫ 122,600,000

15th-17th VN₫101,000,000

18th-20th VN₫ 82,400,000

21st-23rd VN₫ 68,100,000

24th-26th VN₫ 56,000,000

27th-35th VN₫ 47,000,000

36th-44th VN₫ 40,000,000

45th-53rd VN₫ 35,000,000

54th-62nd VN₫ 32,000,000

63rd-71st VN₫ 30,000,000

72nd-80th VN₫ 28,500,000

81st-89th VN₫ 27,500,000

90th-98th VN₫ 27,000,000

Nguyen Tuan Anh was chip leader well before the bubble burst and despite losing several hands, he still closed out Championship Event Day 1C at the top. One of the hands that helped Nguyen was eliminating Julian Warhurst with J♥ J♣ full house crushing A♥ T♥ . Nguyen also won a pot against Malik Gagandeep to add another 15 bb to his stack.

Nguyen closed the day with 622,000 (62 bb). Close behind is Chen Xiaoxiao with 604,000 (60 bb).

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CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT – Survivor Chip Counts

Two spots to ITM / bagging time, Tony Miles opened, found two callers then they all checked to the turn T♠ 9♠ 3♥ 8♠ . Dinh Gia Tu led out, Alex Lindo called, then Miles called with less behind. More betting on the river J♣ . Dinh had A♥ J♠ , Lindop with 7♦ 8♦ straight, Miles was eliminated with T♥ T♦ set.

With the bubble round at hand, it took five deals for it to burst. The first all in called hand saw Dong Yixuan double up with A♦ K♠ survive the flip against 9♦ 9♣ with an ace on the board.

At the other tabl, Nguyen Manh Hao was down to 6 bb and had it all in with T♠ T♥ , bigger stacked Nguyen Hoang Duy had A♦ K♦ , the board ran A♣ Q♦ 7♠ 2♦ K♠ . Hao bubbled.

35 players remaining. It's bagging time.

Dutch player Joris Michl lifted his first ever USOP trophy at Day 4's Mini High Roller event. Michl outlasted the 27-entry field to lock up the top prize of VN₫ 218,268,000 (~US$ 8,890).

Le The Hung amassed a monster stack during the bubble round and kept it intact to the end to win the Weekend Special. With no prior stats on Hendon Mob, Le may well have earned his first ever live tournament victory and payout of VN₫ 155,040,000 (~US$ 6,315).

The Weekend Special drew 86 entries (69 unique) at VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 264) each for a prize pool of VN₫ 485,040,000 (~US$ 19,760). The top 11 earned a piece of that pot.

Another player has clinched a second event here at USOP Hai Phong. Joining Xinxing Tang in the exclusive multi-winners club is Ton Le Thanh Long who won the Pot Limit Omaha - Turbo for his second series title. Yesterday, Long won the Double Board event. We should see him move into the upper ranks in the USOP Player of the Series race.

On his latest win, Long triumphed over a field of 16 entries (13 unique). At three-handed with the bubble at hand, the players opted to each get VN₫ 26,000,000 (~US$ 1,060) then the remaining VN₫ 3,216,000 (~US$ 130) and the trophy reserved for the eventual winner. Long persevered to pocket VN₫ 29,216,000 (~US$ 1,190) and his second trophy.

Welcome Tony Miles to USOP Hai Phong! The American pro whose claim to fame was finishing second at the 2018 WSOP Main Event was first seen in Asia early this year cashing small in several events. This is Miles's first USOP visit and is already testing the competition at the Championship Event. We will keep a watch on his progress throughout the series.

The High Roller Championship bagged up at the Final 9 . They return at 12:30pm tomorrow, September 15 to chase the VN₫ 1,700,000,000 (~US$ 69,260) top prize and the Elite Champions Trophy. Leading the race is Le Ngoc Minh with a very healthy 113 bb.

Buy in: VN₫ 150,000,000 (~US$ 6,000)

Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 101,850)

Entries: 34 (28 unique)

Prize pool: VN₫ 4,474,400,000 (~US$ 182,295)

ITM: 5 places

Payouts

1st VN₫ 1,700,000,000 (~US$ 69,260)

2nd VN₫ 1,100,000,000 (~US$ 44,815)

3rd VN₫ 745,000,000 (~US$ 30,350)

4th VN₫ 529,000,000 (~US$ 21,550)

5th VN₫ 400,400,000 (~US$ 16,315)

Chips in play: 8,500,000

Average stack: 944,444 (47 bb)

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000 (17:37 remaining)

Championship Event Day 1C is chugging along with 64 players remaining out of the 276 total entries. The heat bags up once ITM is reached of 35 players. Let's have a look at the current big stacks.

Immediately after bagging up at Championship Event Day 1B, China's Xinxing Tang jumped in the Win The Button event and went on to ship it for his second trophy this series! Tang's first victory was at Event 5: 7-Handed Hyper Turbo. This was also his fourth cash. Tang is now one of the top contenders for the USOP Player of the Series title.

On Tang's latest win, he overcame the 20-entry field for a payout of VN₫ 33,800,000 (~US$ 1,377).

Buy in: VN₫

Entries: 20 (19 unique)

Prize pool: VN₫ 67,680,000 (~US$ 2,757)

ITM: 3 places

Another guarantee-crusher with the Championship Event closing at a total of 775 entries. The first two heats Day 1A (205 entries) and Day 1B (294 entries) pulled in a combined 499 entries then Day 1C added in 276 more. While we await the official prize pool, without a doubt it is well into the VN₫ 10 Billion range possibly even VN₫ 11 Billion.

Day 1C is plays down to ITM of 35 players. 63 players have already advanced to Day 2 and are all guaranteed a piece of the pot. You can view the survivor list via the link.

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CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT – Survivor Chip Counts

Numbers are in for the High Roller Championship. The VN₫ 150,000,000 (~US$ 6,000) buy in major attracted 34 runners (28 unique) for a prize pool of VN₫ 4,474,400,000 (~US$ 182,295). The top 5 will claim a piece of the pot with the eventual champion locking up VN₫ 1,700,000,000 (~US$ 69,260) and the Elite Champions Trophy.

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CHAMPIONSHIP EVENT – Survivor Chip Counts

SMP: How difficult was it to make this event happen and how special is it to you now that it is here?

KBD: With the Typhoon Yagi, it did make a lot of difficulties. But, we as a team with partner with Crown tried our very best and made it happen. All the blood and sweat did pay off. Looks like it’s becoming a successful event and it's a really good turnout. And there’s more coming in.

SMP: This is the first international event in Vietnam since March. Do you think international poker brands will start returning to Vietnam?

KBD: Yes you can say that this is the first international event after March, let’s call it Black March. We’re good, we’re happy to be back. It looks like there will be more international events coming back to Vietnam in the future. Hopefully not just USOP but more brands because Vietnam is still a very popular destination for everyone.

SMP: What do you find most rewarding about representing USOP?

KBD: It’s growing with the brand. I remember one year ago, I started to become the ambassador of USOP. We were a still small company, now we completely grew to a very big top competing Asian brand. I have also grown myself along the way. I’m happy that I grew with an incredible company.

Earlier today, U Series of Poker unveiled its newest hardware, the Elite Champions Trophy and just moments ago, the first one was captured by UK's Ryan Plant at the USOP Hai Phong Superstar Challenge. Along with the trophy Plant won VN₫ 2,180,000,000 (~US$ 88,600), the biggest live tournament score for his poker career. In a brief chat with the newly minted Plant, he shared,

“This is my biggest score in live poker. I won the Mini High Roller last USOP Danang but the trophy is better this time. We made a joke with our friend that that’s what we want to play for, it’s like the nicest trophy."

With everyone at the table highly decorated, Plant felt his toughest competition was his fried Max Buschmann and Abhinav Iyer.

"Abhi is pretty good. We had similar stacks, then Ace-King versus Kings, I got a lucky ace on the turn."

At three-handed, with Plant and Iyer near even in chips, they engaged in a preflop war that ended with Plant calling Iyer's five-bet shove. Plant had A♣ K♠, Iyer with K♣ K♦ , the board ran J♣ T♦ T♠ A♥ 7♣ . After the count,Iyer still had 1 bb left.

On the next hand, Nguyen Van Binh was all in for his last 6 bb with A♠ 5♥ , Iyer joined in with Q♣ 7♠ , Plant called with 8♦ 8♣ . The board came 5♠ 4♦ T♥ 3♠ 4♠ for a double knockout victory.

Watch the victory hunt via the USOP Hai Phong Livestream

Superstar Challenge

Buy in: VN₫ 120,000,000 (~US$ 4,800)

Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 121,930)

Entries: 68 (47 unique)

Prize pool: VN₫ 7,159,040,000 (~US$ 290,960)

ITM: 10 places

Payouts

1st Ryan Plant - VN₫ 2,180,000,000 (~US$ 88,600)

2nd Nguyen Van Binh - VN₫ 1,454,000,000 (~US$ 59,095)

3rd Abhinav Iyer - VN₫ 965,000,000 (~US$ 39,220)

4th Max Buschmann - VN₫ 670,000,000 (~US$ 27,230)

5th Yuanxi Chen - VN₫ 480,000,000 (~US$ 19,510)

6th Do Xuan Huan - VN₫ 360,000,000 (~US$ 14,630)

7th Tao Wei Chang - VN₫ 295,000,000 (~US$ 11,990)

8th Huu Dung Nguyen - VN₫ 265,000,000 (~US$ 10,770)

9th Xudong Yang - VN₫ 250,000,000 (~US$ 10,160)

10th Minh A Nguyen - VN₫ 240,000,000 (~US$ 9,755)

A new addition to the roster is Weekend Special Event featuring a buy in of VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 264). A decent 86 entries (69 unique) was the final tally for a prize pool of VN₫ 485,040,000 (~US$ 19,760).

Just over six hours in, with the bubble round at hand, Tran Ngoc Quang was chunked down to crumbs with A♦ K♣ outdrawn by Le The Hung's K♠ 7♠ on a board running 7♥ J♣ 4♣ 2♥ 3♦ . Le catapulted to the top while Tran fell on the next hand to Jun Li.

Two quick busts followed to form the final table.

A much larger gathering of players turned up for Championship Event Day 1B to send the prize pool way past the guarantee and into the VN₫ 7 Billion range. With Day 1C still going, the final prize pool has yet to be determined.

Date: September 14, 2024

Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 660)

Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~US$ 162,570)

Day 1B Entries: 294 (219 unique)

Day 2 / ITM: 37 players

Blinds ended: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000

Day 1B closed with 37 players bagging up led by China's Yankai Zhang with 75,000 (75 bb). Zhang was already chip leading at the end of registration and continued to distance himself making it difficult for the rest to catch up. One of Zhang's biggest pots was winning the flip against Zhifan Ye with A♦ Q♠ straight over 2♣ 2♦ set on a board 2♥ J♥ 6♥ T♣ K♠ .

With two spots to bagging time / ITM, three tables still had action going. One player then busted. At another table Pham Tien Dung was exploiting the moment raising then four-bet shoving on top of Yuan Xu's three-bet. Xu folded after using up two time-banks. Pham happily showed his Q♦ T♥ bluff as he raked in the pot.

The last table running ended with short stacked Chu The Dan all in for his last 3 bb holding A♥ T♣ that fell to bigger stacked Hoang Le Anh Tuan's A♠ Q♠ on a board K♦ Q♦ 2♥ T♦ 6♠. While there was no hand-for-hand, Chu was the bubble boy.

Championship Event Day 1B is down to 39 players with ITM at 37 players. Yankai Zhang continues to hold the top spot.

Down to 59 players at Championship Event Day 1B with ITM / bagging time at 37 players. Yankai Zhang continues to lead. Day 1B closed at 294 entries (219 unique).

Total chips in play 8,820,000

Average stack: 149,491

Scattered among the Championship Day 1B remaining player field are numerous Vietnamese aces such as Nang Quang Nguyen, Hue Dang, Le Ngoc Khanh, Hue Dang, and Cao Ngoc Anh. However, we just saw Anh get the boot with A♦ A♣ cracked by Yuan Xu's 7♦ 7♠ on the river 8♥ 9♣ 9♦ 6♦ 7♥ .

Also getting chunked a bit was Khanh who three-bet shoved to isolate short stacked all in player Mingcong Chen . Khanh's J♦ J♣ was cracked by Chen's A♣ J♥ with an ace showing up on the river.

On the brighter side, Hue Dang doubled up to 66,000 with J♥ J♦ holding against the caller's A♠ 6♦ .

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USOP HAI PHONG 2024 Festival Results

Big day indeed at the Championship Event with Day 1B well surpassing the opening flight's numbers and simultaneously crushing the ₫4 Billion guarantee. There is a high possibility that this will double up wih Day 1C now up and running.

Day 1B closed at 294 entries (219 unique) bringing the combined tally (Day 1A - 205) to 499 entries. The goal is to reach the ITM round / 12.5% of the field of 37 players. Let's have a look at who are the big stacks.

Buy in: VN₫ 150 Million (~US$ 6,000)

Guarantee: VN₫ 2.5 Billion (~$101,600)

Current entries: 14

Starting stack: 250,000

Next blinds: 1000-2000 ante 2000

Level duration: 40 minutes

End of reg: start of Level 13 (around 10pm)

Bagging time: Final Table

At 12pm today in Hai Phong, Vietnam, USOP revealed its highly anticipated Elite Champions Trophy, crafted from 18K gold and 925 silver. This prestigious prize has been teased for weeks.

Representing more than just one's victory, the trophy honors the successes of players at USOP's most elite tournaments. Champions of the High Roller Championship, Super High Roller, Superstar Challenge, and Billionaire Club Challenge will have the honor of claiming this coveted hardware.

The first one will be awarded today at the Superstar Challenge.

Championship Event Day 1B has already surpassed the opening flight numbers with 233 registered at the start of Level 8. There is still time to join in with this heat closing at 4:30pm. Signing up at the last second still gives you 20 bb to play with. Let's have a look at the current big stacks.

Slow going but the engine has now revved up at the High Roller Championship with four players getting things going. This event awards the champion the newly unveiled Elite Champions Trophy. Buy in is VN₫ 150 Million (~US$ 6,000) featuring a VN₫ 2.5 Billion guarantee (~$101,600). With the event starting late, registration also closes later at around 10pm.

Starting stack: 250,000

Opening blinds: 500-1000 ante 1000

Level duration: 40 minutes

End of reg: start of Level 13

Bagging time: Final Table

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USOP Hai Phong - Superstar Challenge

Buy in: VN₫ 120,000,000 (~US$ 4,800)

Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 121,930)

Entries: 68 (47 unique)

Prize pool: VN₫ 7,159,040,000 (~US$ 290,960)

ITM: 10 places

Remaining Payouts

1st VN₫ 2,180,000,000 (~US$ 88,600)

2nd VN₫ 1,454,000,000 (~US$ 59,095)

3rd VN₫ 965,000,000 (~US$ 39,220)

4th VN₫ 670,000,000 (~US$ 27,230)

5th VN₫ 480,000,000 (~US$ 19,510)

6th VN₫ 360,000,000 (~US$ 14,630)

7th VN₫ 295,000,000 (~US$ 11,990)

8th VN₫ 265,000,000 (~US$ 10,770)

9th VN₫ 250,000,000 (~US$ 10,160)

10th Minh A Nguyen - VN₫ 240,000,000 (~US$ 9,755)

Championships Event Day 1B kicked off at 11am and by the first break, the field was up to 129 entries. For latecomers, there's plenty of time to join in with registration closing at the start of Level 11 at 4:30pm. Starting stack is 30,000. Let's have a look at the current leaders.

The final 9 players return on Saturday, September 14 at 12:30pm. Blinds are currently 10,000-25,000 ante 25,000, there may be a rollback.

Buy in: VN₫ 120,000,000 (~US$ 4,800)

Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 121,930)

Entries: 68 (47 unique)

Prize pool: VN₫ 7,159,040,000 (~US$ 290,960)

ITM: 10 places

Remaining Payouts

1st VN₫ 2,180,000,000 (~US$ 88,600)

2nd VN₫ 1,454,000,000 (~US$ 59,095)

3rd VN₫ 965,000,000 (~US$ 39,220)

4th VN₫ 670,000,000 (~US$ 27,230)

5th VN₫ 480,000,000 (~US$ 19,510)

6th VN₫ 360,000,000 (~US$ 14,630)

7th VN₫ 295,000,000 (~US$ 11,990)

8th VN₫ 265,000,000 (~US$ 10,770)

9th VN₫ 250,000,000 (~US$ 10,160)

10th Minh A Nguyen - VN₫ 240,000,000 (~US$ 9,755)