
Day 2 - Final
Duy Thuc Nguyen Has Been Eliminated in 14th Place - VND 130,000,000 (~USD 5,100)

Duy Thuc Nguyen pushed his last 270,000 all-in from under the gun and Minh Quan Nguyen made the call from the small blind.
Duy Thuc Nguyen led all the way until the poker gods decided to end his run by throwing a jack on the river for Minh Quan Nguyen.
Duy Thuc Nguyen was awarded VND 130,000,000 (~USD 5,100) for his effort.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
MQ Minh Quan Nguyen | K♣J♣ | 2,350,000(24 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | A♥9♣ | 270,000(3 BB) |
Phu Doubles Then Cripples

Duy Thuc Nguyen raised to 220,000 from the lo-jack and Pham Van Phu three-bet to 520,000. Nguyen shoved all-in and Phu risked 2,030,000 and made the call.
The queens stayed ahead all the way and even spiked a river for emphasis. Phu doubled up and Nguyen was left with desperate crumbs.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
PV Pham Van Phu | Q♣Q♥ | 4,310,000(43 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | A♠K♦ | 270,000(3 BB) |
Break!
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
Player | Chips |
---|---|
TM Thi Minh Hong Pham | 3,850,000(64 BB) |
MQ Minh Quan Nguyen | 2,900,000(48 BB) |
YL Yongyi Liu | 2,785,000(46 BB) |
AV Andres Vasquez | 2,780,000(46 BB) |
TH Thanh Hung Tran | 2,275,000(38 BB) |
2,210,000(37 BB) | |
HP Hoai Phong Ngo | 2,200,000(37 BB) |
NH Nam Hoang Nguyen | 1,980,000(33 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | 1,800,000(30 BB) |
TV Tran Van Thinh | 1,550,000(26 BB) |
TP Trung Phong Nguyen | 1,420,000(24 BB) |
PT Pham Truong Giang | 1,370,000(23 BB) |
VH Vu Hoai Lam | 1,350,000(23 BB) |
DH Duc Hieu Nguyen | 1,300,000(22 BB) |
PV Pham Van Phu | 1,100,000(18 BB) |
RD Rudolf Domin | 950,000(16 BB) |
HG Herve Gouzil | 855,000(14 BB) |
TQ Thai Quang Nguyen | 840,000(14 BB) |
LD Linh Do Hoang | 835,000(14 BB) |
NM Nguyen Minh Viet | 780,000(13 BB) |
QB Qiang Bao Ho | 755,000(13 BB) |
KN Khanh Ngoc Nguyen | 410,000(7 BB) |
LT Long Thanh Bui | 380,000(6 BB) |
Nguyen Sends Kang To Exit

Wongyu Kang raised all-in from under the gun for 190,000. Small blind Duy Thuc Nguyen also re-raised all-in just in case the big blind had thoughts of jumping in.
Classic flip of two overs vs smaller pair.
The flop added more outs for Kang but none of them came in the turn or river. The chips were shipped Nguyen's way and Kang went the other way to the exit.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | 8♥8♠ | 1,080,000(36 BB) |
K♣9♠ | busted |
Nguyen vs Nguyen
Lo-jack Duc Thuy Nguyen raised to 55,000 and called the 295,000 all-in shove of Thai Quang Nguyen from the small blind.
A classic flip between a small pair versus two over cards.
Flop gave Thai Quang Nguyen the lead and the turn extended the lead even more. Duy Thuc Nguyen two outs were still alive, but none came on the river and left him dead.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
TQ Thai Quang Nguyen | A♦Q♥ | 640,000(26 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | 5♥5♦ | 860,000(34 BB) |
Nguyen Scoops Big Pot Without A Flop
Xuan Dat Mai raised to 30,000 from the lo-jack and was three-bet to 90,000 by Duy Thuc Nguyen on the button.
Mai answered back by pushing 210,000 in the middle. Nguyen fired back by pumping to 400,000.
Mai looked at his cards and threw in the towel.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | 960,000(64 BB) |
XD Xuan Dat Mai | 210,000(14 BB) |
Bao Pham Cracks Aces And Triples

Duy Thuc Nguyen min-raised to 16,000 from under the gun and was called by Hongru Zhang a few seats over. Bao Pham defending the big blind by shoving all-in for his last 136,000.
The flop came 4♣ 4♥ 9♠.
Nguyen check-raised Zhang's 117,000 bet to 240,000 and was able to push Zhang to fold and give up the pot.
Nguyen flipped over his rockets and Pham proudly showed his flopped full house. The 5♣ turn and Q♠ river maintained Pham's lead to bag a triple boost.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
BP Bao Pham | 9♥9♣ | 420,000(53 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | A♠A♥ | 689,000(86 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 324,000(41 BB) |
Day 1D
Andres Vasquez Leads Chip Counts In Madness Kickoff Day 1D

TOP TEN CHIP COUNTS DAY 1D
Player | Chips |
---|---|
AV Andres Vasquez | 507,000(63 BB) |
DT Duy Thuc Nguyen | 400,000(50 BB) |
VD Van Do Luong | 397,000(50 BB) |
DD Dai Duong Nguyen | 374,000(47 BB) |
TN Thi Nga Nguyen | 366,000(46 BB) |
HP Hoai Phong Ngo | 350,000(44 BB) |
TC Tingjia Cao | 338,000(42 BB) |
KR Khanna Ritwikk | 332,000(42 BB) |
DH Duc Hieu Do | 332,000(42 BB) |
JH Jinlong Hu | 325,000(41 BB) |