Madness Kick Off (11,000,000 VND)

Andres Vasquez min-raised to 240,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Thi Minh Hong Pham in the cut-off and Pham Tien Dung in the small blind.

The flop came J♦ 6♠ 3♣. Dung checked his option and Vasquez took his turn to bet 180,000. Pham made the call and then Dung re-popped to 600,000. Both folded for Dung to scoop the pot.

28 Levels have been completed with already over 6 hours played in today's Madness Kickoff Day 2 Final. 24 players remain from the 198 who started the day.

Madness Kickoff

Date: November 29 - December 1, 2024

Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)

Entries: 1,582 entries (1,235 unique)

Prize Pool: VND 14,722,092,000 (~USD 580,000)

ITM: 199

Starting Stack: 25,000

Total Chips In Play: 39,550,000

Average Stack: 1,640,000

Players Remaining: 24

Nam Hoang Nguyen raised to 120,000 and Andres Vasquez defended his big blind. Both players were given a flop of A♠ T♠ 5♥. Vasquez check-called the 100,000 bet by Nguyen to see a J♠ turn.

Vasquez checked again, but this time didn't call when Nguyen fired a 250,000 second barrel.

Andres Vasquez raised to 85,000 from under the gun and Hoang Giang Luong defended his big blind for a flop to open Q♣ 5♣ T♠.

Luong led for 100,000 and Vasquez re-raised to 415,000. Luong took a moment, but made the call to see a 3♠ on the turn.

Luong knocked his option to Vasquez who fired 415,000. Luong again took a moment, but made the call to see a A♠ on the river.

Luong bet all-in and Vasquez called, putting his 845,000 at risk.

Luong showed K♦ 5♠ for a pair of fives while Vasquez flipped T♥ T♣ for a set of tens.

Vasquez crippled Luong and jumped into the chip leader throne.

The Madness Kickoff Day 2 has officially put 25 levels into the books. There are still 47 remaining challengers who are already guaranteed VND 51,000,000 (~USD 2,100) but all will want to climb higher up the payout ladder and win the top prize of VND 2.15 BILLION (~USD 85,000).

Madness Kickoff

Date: November 29 - December 1, 2024

Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)

Entries: 1,582 entries (1,235 unique)

Prize Pool: VND 14,722,092,000 (~USD 580,000)

ITM: 199

Starting Stack: 25,000

Total Chips In Play: 39,550,000

Average Stack: 841,400

Players Remaining: 47

Next Blinds: 20,000/40,000 with ante of 40,000

Three (3) 40-minute levels have passed and the 198 contenders who began Day 2 has dwindled down to a field of 106.

Jinlong Hu of China leads the field in chips with 1,300,000 and is the only player so far beyond the million mark. Second-ranked Duc Hieue Nguyen is not that far behind with 970,000 chips with Pham Van Phu and Ilia Timofeev trailing at the third spot with an identical stack of 880,000.

Madness Kickoff

Date: November 29 - December 1, 2024

Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)

Entries: 1,582 entries (1,235 unique)

Prize Pool: VND 14,722,092,000 (~USD 580,000)

ITM: 199

Starting Stack: 25,000

Total Chips In Play: 39,550,000

Average Stack: 369,600

Players Remaining: 107

Hi-jack Nguyen Van Cuong and big blind Andres Vasquez were fighting for 175,000 chips in the middle with a board that showed K♣ 7♠ 4♠ . Vasquez led for 30,000 and was matched by Cuong to see a T♣ turn. Vasquez fired another barrel for 65,000 which Cuong replied with an all-in shove. Vasquez folded and surrendered the pot to Cuong.