
Day 2 - Final
Graeme Travis Endersby Has Been Eliminated in 8th Place - VND 290,000,000 (~USD 11,400)

Minh Quan Nguyen raised to 500,000 from early position holding K♥ Q♠. Graeme Travis Endersby shoved all-in for 2,500,000 from the button with A♠ K♣. Pham Tien Dung called in the small blind with Q♥ Q♣. Nguyen didn't complete to leave the two to the showdown.
Endersby didn't catch anything on the board and the queens of Dung won the flip to make Endersby the second victim to exit the final table.
Endersby made VND 290,000,000 (~USD 11,400) for his 8th place finish.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
PT Pham Tien Dung | Q♥Q♣ | 9,600,000(48 BB) |
MQ Minh Quan Nguyen | K♥Q♠ | 1,800,000(9 BB) |
GT Graeme Travis Endersby | A♠K♣ | busted |
Endersby Doubles With Eights

Graeme Travis Endersby raised to 300,000 from under the gun. Thi Minh Hong Pham shoved all-in from the small blind with Endersby calling to risk his last 1,800,000.
In a classic coin flip, Endersby's cards held to double him up and put a significant dent in Pham's stack.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
GT Graeme Travis Endersby | 8♥8♦ | 3,900,000(26 BB) |
TM Thi Minh Hong Pham | K♣Q♥ | 3,900,000(26 BB) |
Final Table Has Been Set!

The last 9 players remain in the Madness Kickoff. All 9 are guaranteed a minimum payout of VND 215,000,000 (~USD 8,400), but all eyes are on the top prize of VND 2,150,000,000 (~USD 84,000).
Here are the final table chip counts
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PT Pham Tien Dung | 9,680,000(65 BB) |
HG Herve Gouzil | 6,495,000(43 BB) |
PV Pham Van Phu | 6,085,000(41 BB) |
TM Thi Minh Hong Pham | 5,585,000(37 BB) |
TP Trung Phong Nguyen | 2,730,000(18 BB) |
GT Graeme Travis Endersby | 2,470,000(16 BB) |
HP Hoai Phong Ngo | 2,385,000(16 BB) |
NH Nam Hoang Nguyen | 2,295,000(15 BB) |
MQ Minh Quan Nguyen | 1,800,000(12 BB) |
Endersby Wins Some Breathing Room

Pham Van Vu min-raised 200,000 from under the gun and Graeme Endersby defended his big blind. The flop arrived A♣ 4♣ K♦. Endersby check-called the 400,000 c-bet of Phu to see a 6♦ turn. Both checked to see a 5♥ river. Endersby fired 800,000 and Phu folded.
Player | Chips |
---|---|
PV Pham Van Phu | 3,600,000(36 BB) |
3,000,000(30 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) |
Break!
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
TOP CHiP COUNTS SO FAR
Player | Chips |
---|---|
HG Hoang Giang Luong | 2,510,000(84 BB) |
TG Truong Giang Pham | 2,400,000(80 BB) |
AV Andres Vasquez | 2,100,000(70 BB) |
PT Pham Tien Dung | 2,100,000(70 BB) |
VH Vu Hoai Lam | 1,400,000(47 BB) |
TM Thi Minh Hong Pham | 1,290,000(43 BB) |
MQ Minh Quan Nguyen | 1,250,000(42 BB) |
LD Linh Do Hoang | 1,230,000(41 BB) |
QB Qiang Bao Ho | 1,210,000(40 BB) |
1,100,000(37 BB) |
Hong Doubles From Endersby
Leong Kei Hong made a raise to 24,000 from the button and found Graeme Travis Endersby three-betting all-in from the small blind. Hong made the call to risk his last 149,000.
Hong's jacks dominated and held to bring an important double up.
Player | Hand | Chips |
---|---|---|
LK Leong Kei Hong | J♣J♠ | 314,000(39 BB) |
Q♣J♦ | 353,000(44 BB) |
Day 1B
Graeme Travis Endersby Leads Day 1B Chip Counts

277 entries (197 unique) punched their ticket worth VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430) for a seat on the Day 1B flight and a chance to compete for 35 spots to bag some chips to carry on to the Day 2 Final on Sunday, December 1. All 35 are guaranteed at least a minimum share from the prize pool.
Leading the flight of 35 is Graeme Travis Endersby who bagged a total of 536,000 to carry into the Day 2 Final. Hongru Zhang has the second-ranked stack with 532,000 while Wongyu Kang gained the third biggest stack of 504,000 after bursting the bubble and shipping those chips.
Two more Day One flights of the Madness Kickoff will be played tomorrow on November 30.
Madness Kickoff Day 1B
Date: November 29, 2024
Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)
Guarantee: VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000)
Entries: 277 entries (197 unique)
ITM: 35 players
Starting Stack: 25,000
Total Chips In Play: 6,925,000
Average Stack: 168,900
Blinds: 3,000/6,000 with ante of 6,000
Player | Chips |
---|---|
GT Graeme Travis Endersby | 536,000(89 BB) |
HZ Hongru Zhang | 532,000(89 BB) |
WK Wongyu Kang | 504,000(84 BB) |
LV Linh Van Vu | 419,000(70 BB) |
MG Meng Guangrui | 386,000(64 BB) |
KS Karia Siddharth | 378,000(63 BB) |
CL Chenghong Lu | 360,000(60 BB) |
SK Sangseop Kim | 344,000(57 BB) |
QB Qiang Bao Ho | 331,000(55 BB) |
LD Linh Do Hoang | 278,000(46 BB) |
HQ Hiep Quoc Vo | 251,000(42 BB) |