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The record-breaking Mini Main Event is down to its last three tables with 27 players remaining in contention for the title. Each player is now guaranteed VN₫ 48,000,000 in winnings, with local runners Nguyen Manh Tu and Nguyen Viet Dang remaining ahead of the battle to win the VN₫ 1,760,000,000 top prize.

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: 1,244,444 (25 bb)

Blinds: 25,000/ 50,000 ante 50,000

Remaining players: 27

Remaining 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

10th-12th VN₫ 131,600,000

13th-15th VN₫ 105,200,000

16th-18th VN₫ 86,000,000

19th-21st VN₫ 70,000,000

22nd-24th VN₫ 57,000,000

25th-27th VN₫ 48,000,000

The Championship Event continues its fast pace with shoves up the wazoo. Pham Tien Dung fell on a cooler in 14th place with Q♥ Q♠ running into Alex Lindop's K♥ K♦ .

Jongbea Jang was also all in with Q♦ Q♣ but unlike Pham, his ladies got lucky against Xin Tang's K♣ K♠ on a board running 3♥ 3♦ 4♦ Q♥ 5♣ to stick around. For Tang, he nosedived to 3 bb and managed to double up then still fell in 12th place with 8♠ 8♥ straight losing to Tianhao Zheng's K♣ 7♣ higher straight on a board 9♠ Q♣ T♦ 9♦ J♥ .

Before Tang fell, Kiyoung Kim landed the two-outer to improve his 9♣ 9♠ to a set that burned Nguyen Tuan Hung's J♥ J♦ into 13th place.

11 players remaining.

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

Chips in play: 23,250,000

Average stack: 2,113,636 (26 bb)

Blinds: 40,000-80,000 ante 80,000

Remaining 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 Xin Tang - VN₫ 122,600,000

13th Nguyen Tuan Hung - VN₫ 122,600,000

14th Pham Tien Dung - VN₫ 122,600,000

15th Pham Truong Giang - VN₫101,000,000

16th Bui Van Nam - VN₫101,000,000

17th Nguyen Trong Kim - VN₫101,000,000

It's a shove fest at the Championship Event and now it is down to 14 players. After Alex Lindop cracked Pham Truong Giang's aces, Pham plunged to 6 bb then lost it all to Lindop with A♥ 8♦ dominating J♦ 9♠ to finish in 15th place.

Before Pham's fall, Nguyen Trung Ha got chunked to 7 bb by Ledong Zhou when his 8♣ 8♦ dodged Nguyen's A♦ Q♥ overcards. Nguyen recovered some by doubling up through Tianhao Zheng with A♥ 9♦ besting Q♦ 5♥ .

Not so fortunate though for Bui Van Nam who three-bet his last 16 bb on A♣ T♠ then failed to improve against Jun Zhao's K♦ K♠ that even landed a set.

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

Remaining 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 Pham Truong Giang - VN₫101,000,000

16th Bui Van Nam - VN₫101,000,000

17th Nguyen Trong Kim - VN₫101,000,000

Eliminations continue in rapid succession at the Championship Event to bring the field down to just 17 players. Among the latest casualties was the Day 1C chip leader Nguyen Tuan Anh (27th) and Day 1B chip leader Yankai Zhang (25th). Currently in the lead is Kyongrok Moon with 2,700,000 (54 bb).

Chips in play: 23,250,000

Average stack: 1,367,647 (27 bb)

Blinds: 25,000-50,000 ante 50,000

Fast eliminations continue to be seen at the Championship Event with the field now down to 27 players.

Remaining 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 VN₫ 47,000,000

Blinds: 20,000-40,000 ante 40,000

Chips in play: 23,250,000

Avergae stack: 861,111 (21 bb)

The Championship Event Day 2 opened with 97 players returning and within the first two hours, well over half the field was dusted. Currently, 44 players remain per the screens. The players are hunting down the enormous top prize of ₫2,200,000000 (~US$ 89,630).

Let's have a look at the race leaders.

Chips in play: 23,250,000

Average stack: 528,409 (26 bb)

Blinds: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000

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.