Day 2 - Final
Nguyen's Kings Crushes Hoang
Nhat Duong Hoang raised to 30,000 on the button and was three-bet raised to 90,000 by Duc Minh Nguyen on the small blind.
Hoang answered by moving all-in and Nguyen made the call, putting his last 370,000 chips at risk.
Nguyen's kings held strong to double him up and put some serious pain on Hoang's stack.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
ND Nhat Duong Hoang ![Viet Nam [VNM]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/vn.svg "Viet Nam [VNM]"){kind=small} Viet Nam | K♣K♦ | 770,000(51 BB) |
DM Duc Minh Nguyen Viet Nam | A♣J♣ | 70,000(5 BB) |
Day 1C
Yuan Xu Leads Chip Counts In Madness Kickoff Day 1C
USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale Madness Kickoff Day 1C Chip Leader Yuan XuThe USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale made history with the Madness Kickoff flight Day1C as the most entries for a single flight in an opening event with 606. Of the 606 contenders, only the top 76 would qualify for a bag to keep their chips and bring it to tomorrow's Day 2 Final.
Leading the flight with the largest stack was Yuan Xu of China, who built a stack of 647,000 from a starting stack of 25,000 chips. Second in rank was Vietnam's Hoang Giang Luong with 568,000 with Nhat Duong Hoang rounding up the top three of the flight, sitting on 521,000 chips.
The 76 qualifiers are guaranteed a minimum payout from the prize pool, which was speculated to already go beyond the VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000) because of the Day 1C attendance. The Day 1D total entries will be adding gravy to a juicy prize pool and all that's left to do is what for the final numbers.
Madness Kickoff Day 1C
Date: November 30, 2024
Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)
Guarantee: VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000)
Entries: 606 entries (418 unique)
ITM: 76
Starting Stack: 25,000
Total Chips In Play: 15,150,000
Average Stack: 199,300
Players Remaining: 76
Blinds: 4,000/8,000 with ante of 8,000
TOP TEN CHIP COUNTS DAY 1C
| Player | Chips |
|---|---|
YX Yuan Xu ![China [CHN]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/cn.svg "China [CHN]"){kind=small} China | 647,000(81 BB) |
HG Hoang Giang Luong Viet Nam | 568,000(71 BB) |
ND Nhat Duong Hoang Viet Nam | 521,000(65 BB) |
WL Wencheng Lin China | 515,000(64 BB) |
GL Gerardo Lubas III ![Philippines [PHL]](/assets/images/flags/4x3/ph.svg "Philippines [PHL]"){kind=small} Philippines | 496,000(62 BB) |
DH Duc Hieu Nguyen Viet Nam | 482,000(60 BB) |
TQ Thai Quang Nguyen Viet Nam | 456,000(57 BB) |
QD Quang Duc Nguyen Viet Nam | 390,000(49 BB) |
TG Truong Giang Pham Viet Nam | 387,000(48 BB) |
NV Nguyen Van Cuong Viet Nam | 382,000(48 BB) |
Xiangyu Yu Is The Bubble Boy
Nhat Duong HoangUnder the gun limped. UTG+1 limped. Nhat Duong Hoang raised to 32,000 on the button and Xiangyu Yu shoved all-in for 236,000 from the big blind. Everyone folded. When it came to Hoang, he used all his time-bank tokens to weigh his options. Hoang peeked into his cards, studies his chip stack, thought if leprechauns really did keep pots of gold at the end of rainbows, counted the 236,000 and made the call.
The queens were head, but it was still a coin flip against he Big Slick of Yu. Lucky For Hoang, none of the bigger cards came out and his ladies held on to give his stack a huge boost, taking out Yu in the process as the bubble boy.
With the bubble bursting, the remaining 76 players are all ITM and will bag their chips to bring back with them on the Day 2 Final tomorrow.
| Player | Hand | Chips |
|---|---|---|
ND Nhat Duong Hoang Viet Nam | Q♥Q♣ | 521,000(65 BB) |
XY Xiangyu Yu China | A♥K♦ | 211,000(26 BB) |