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It took eleven hours on the floor before the Mini Main Event drew down to its final 9 players. 139 Day 1 survivors returned to the felt, many of which fell short of making the cut. Local runner Nguyen Manh Tu leads the final table games with Timofeev Ilia right on his tail. Each final table contender is now guaranteed VN₫ 176,000,000 in prizes, and a fighting chance to claim the VN₫ 1,760,000,000 top listed payout.

Date/s: September 16-18, 2024

Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 440)

Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~US$ 122,220)

Prize pool: VN₫ 10,518,600,000 (~US$ 427,410)

Entries: 1,120 (732 unique)

ITM: 140 players

Chips in play: 33,600,000

Average stack: 3,733,333 (18 bb)

Blinds: 100,000/ 200,000 ante 200,000

Remaining players: 9

Final Table Payouts

1st VN₫ 1,760,000,000

2nd VN₫ 1,228,500,000

3rd VN₫ 804,400,000

4th VN₫ 599,000,000

5th VN₫ 487,500,000

6th VN₫ 388,000,000

7th VN₫ 307,900,000

8th VN₫ 236,000,000

9th VN₫ 176,000,000

The Madness Kick Off Event saw two more players get the boot with all of their chips going to Khoi Nguyen. After losing a big pot against Joris Michl, Nguyen recovered some by finishing off Dinh Gia Tu (18th) with 6♥ 6♣ winning the flip against A♥ K♦ .

He then cleaned out Siddharth Karia (17th) with pocket Sixes again 6♥ 6♣ winning the flip against A♥ 8♥ .

The Madness Kick Off Event Day 2 just finished its first break of the day. Only 86 players are left out of the 167 returned for Day 2. Here are the current big stacks: