Day 1A
Hung Xuan Ha Leads Chip Count of Day 1A
Hung Xuan HaIt took nineteen (19) 30-minute levels before the bubble burst and for the remaining 27 players to bag their chips to advance to Day 2 of the Madness Kickoff to be played on Sunday, December 1.
Hung Xuan Ha leads the flight with the biggest stack of 567,000 chips. Duc Minh Nguyen follows with a second-ranked 450,000 chips and Khanh Ngoc Nguyen rounds up the top three with 369,000.
Madness Kickoff Day 1A
Date: November 29, 2024
Buy-in:VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)
Guarantee: VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000)
Entries: 212 (161 unique)
ITM: 27 places to advance
Here are the top chip counts
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
HX Hung Xuan Ha ![Viet Nam [VNM]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/vn.svg "Viet Nam [VNM]"){kind=small} Viet Nam | 567,000(71 BB) |
DM Duc Minh Nguyen Viet Nam | 450,000(56 BB) |
KN Khanh Ngoc Nguyen Viet Nam | 369,000(46 BB) |
LT Long Thanh Bui Viet Nam | 353,000(44 BB) |
SD Son Dinh Nguyen Viet Nam | 278,000(35 BB) |
TP Tung Phuong Nguyen Viet Nam | 258,000(32 BB) |
JC Jonathan Curtis ![Australia [AUS]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/au.svg "Australia [AUS]"){kind=small} Australia | 251,000(31 BB) |
HT Hong Thi Minh Pham Viet Nam | 239,000(30 BB) |
DT Dung Tien Pham Viet Nam | 195,000(24 BB) |
NH Nam Hoang Nguyen Viet Nam | 194,000(24 BB) |
Pham Takes Out Timofeev
Thi Minh Hong PhamIlia Timofeev pushed his short stack of 7,200 all in and Hong Thi Minh Pham made the call.
Pham showed rockets while Timofeev showed tens. Pham extended the lead when she flopped a set of aces and had Timofeev drawing dead on the turn and out of the tournament after the board officially completed.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
HT Hong Thi Minh Pham Viet Nam | A♣A♥ | 47,800(80 BB) |
IT Ilia Timofeev ![Russian Federation [RUS]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ru.svg "Russian Federation [RUS]"){kind=small} Russian Federation | T♠T♣ | busted |