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U Series Of Poker

Pham Tien Dung

Re-Entries

Place

4th

Prize

$30,770

Prize (VND)

₫780,000,000

Blind level

Level 38: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Entries

1/1,582

Total Chips

39,550,000

Average

4,300,000

Day 2 - Final

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 7:41:38 PM

Pham Tien Dung Has Been Eliminated in 4th Place - VND 780,000,000 (~USD 30,700)

Level 38: 300,000 / 600,000 ante: 600,000

Pham Tien Dung - 4th Place - VND 780,000,000 (~USD 30,700)

Pham Tien Dung shoved all-in from the small blind for 8,100,000 and was called by Herve Guozil. It was a flip between a small pair versus two over cards. However, the flip was immediately decided when the poker gods gave Guozil a set on the flop. Dung was drawing dead on the river and all he could do was tap the table "nice hand" and walk away.

Pham Tien Dung's 4th place run earned him VND 780,000,000 (~USD 30,700).

Player	Hand	Chips
HG Herve GouzilFrance	7♦7♣	17,000,000(28 BB)
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	A♣K♥	busted

Board:7♥T♠8♠3♦T♦

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 6:23:04 PM

Gouzil Grabs Big Double Boost

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Herve Gouzil

Herve Gouzil raised to 800,000 from under the gun with Q♣ Q♠ while Pham Tien Dung defended his big blind wtih J♦ 9♣.

Flop came T♣ 9♠ 5♥. Dung check-raised the 600,000 bet of Gouzil to 1,800,00 to open a K♠ on the turn.

Dung pushed all-in again with Gouzil making the call to put his last 3,100,000 chips at risk. Guozil flipped queens while Dung flipped J♦ 9♣, pairing the 9. Gouzil's queens scooped the pot for a double-up while Dung inched down.

Player	Chips
HG Herve GouzilFrance	12,000,000(40 BB)
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	9,300,000(31 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 6:15:49 PM

Gouzil Keeps Hopes Alive

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Herve Gouzil raised to 600,000 from under the gun and Pham Tien Dung defended the big blind. Both were shown a flop of 6♠ A♦ 4♦. Dung check-called the 400,000 bet to see a 3♣ turn. Dung check-called again after Gouzil bet 8,000. to see a 9♠ on the river. This time, Dung folded.

Player	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	14,000,000(47 BB)
HG Herve GouzilFrance	11,000,000(37 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 6:02:36 PM

Nam Doubles From Dung

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Nguyen Hoang Nam

Nguyen Hoang Nam shoved 2,200,000 all-in from the button and was called by Pham Tien Dung on the small blind.

Both players missed the board, but the Ace-Jack suited of Nam made a better hand than Dung's and that was enough to win the pot and double up.

Player	Hand	Chips
NH Nguyen Hoang NamViet Nam	A♠J♠	5,000,000(17 BB)
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	A♥9♦	14,000,000(47 BB)

Board:T♥7♠3♣2♦4♠

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 5:41:50 PM

Trung Phong Nguyen Has Been Eliminated in 7th Place - VND 383,000,000 (~USD 15,100)

Level 35: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000

Trung Phong Nguyen - 7th Place - VND 383,000,000 (~USD 15,100)

Trung Phong Nguyen raised to 675,000 from the hi-jack and called when chip leader Pham Tien Dung shoved all-in to put his tournament life at risk.

Dung flopped the top pair and while there was a threat of Nguyen making a flush, it did not happen. Dung's hand withstood the threat to take down the pot and show Nguyen the exit.

Trung Phong Nguyen made VND 383,000,000 (~USD 15,100) for his run.

Player	Hand	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	A♥Q♥	16,000,000(53 BB)
TP Trung Phong NguyenViet Nam	A♠J♥	busted

Board:Q♠8♠3♥2?6♣

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 4:27:58 PM

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

Level 33: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000

Graeme Travis Endersby - 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 DungViet Nam	Q♥Q♣	9,600,000(48 BB)
MQ Minh Quan NguyenViet Nam	K♥Q♠	1,800,000(9 BB)
GT Graeme Travis EndersbyAustralia	A♠K♣	busted

Board:J♣4♦7♥5♠5♦

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 4:01:30 PM

Trung Phong Nguyen Scoops 1.3 Million Without A Flop

Level 32: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000

Trung Phong Nguyen

Pham Tien Dung raised to 300,000 from the cut-off, holding K♣ 2♠. Herve Gouzil three-bet to 1,000,000 on the button with A♦ K♥. When action hit the big blind, Trung Phong Nguyen shoved all-in for 3,200,000.

Dung folded and Gouzil folded, showing his A♦ K♥ to the table.

Player	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	9,600,000(64 BB)
HG Herve GouzilFrance	7,000,000(47 BB)
TP Trung Phong NguyenViet Nam	4,700,000(31 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 3:44:38 PM

Final Table Has Been Set!

Level 32: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000

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 DungViet Nam	9,680,000(65 BB)
HG Herve GouzilFrance	6,495,000(43 BB)
PV Pham Van PhuViet Nam	6,085,000(41 BB)
TM Thi Minh Hong PhamViet Nam	5,585,000(37 BB)
TP Trung Phong NguyenViet Nam	2,730,000(18 BB)
GT Graeme Travis EndersbyAustralia	2,470,000(16 BB)
HP Hoai Phong NgoViet Nam	2,385,000(16 BB)
NH Nam Hoang NguyenViet Nam	2,295,000(15 BB)
MQ Minh Quan NguyenViet Nam	1,800,000(12 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 3:30:07 PM

Dung Delivers The Pressure

Level 31: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Pham Tien Dung

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.

Player	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	9,780,000(82 BB)
TM Thi Minh Hong PhamViet Nam	4,860,000(41 BB)
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	890,000(7 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 2:38:33 PM

Thanh Hung Tran Has Been Eliminated in 11th Place - VND 170,000,000 (~USD 6,700)

Level 31: 60,000 / 120,000 ante: 120,000

Thanh Hung Tran

Action folded to the blinds when small blind Thanh Hung Tran pushed all-in for 1,320,000 and was called by Pham Tien Dung in the big blind.

Tran was ahead and extended the lead by spiking a four on the flop. However, the poker gods threw a king on the river to switch the momentum to Dung and eliminate Tran from the table.

Tran made a payout of VND 170,000,000 (~USD 6,700) .

Player	Hand	Chips
TH Thanh Hung TranViet Nam	A♥4♦	busted
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	K♣Q♥	8,700,000(73 BB)

Board:7♠4♣5♥5♠K♦

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 12:58:12 PM

Vu Hoai Lam Has Been Eliminated in 18th Place - VND 108,000,000 (~USD 4,200)

Level 30: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Vu Hoai Lam - 18th Place - VND 108,000,000 (~USD 4,200)

Both Vu Hoai Lam and Pham Tien Dung pushed all their chips in the middle with Lam at risk for his last 1,195,000 chips.

Dung showed big slick and Lam showed jacks for a classic coin flip.

Dung's jacks held to eliminate Lam and boost his stack towards the top of the chip count leaderboard.

Lam earned VND 108,000,000 (~USD 4,200) for the 18th place finish.

Player	Hand	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	J♠J♣	5,780,000(58 BB)
VH Vu Hoai LamViet Nam	A♠K♥	busted

Board:9♠9♣3♠9♦Q♦

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 12:17:06 PM

Dung Drops Ho

Level 29: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Pham Tien Dung raised to 160,000 and Qiang Bao Ho defended his big blind for both to see a flop of K♦ A♣ Q♥. Ho check-called the 160,000 bet to open a turn of K♥. Ho shoved all-in for 360,000 and Dung called almost immediately.

Dung's set of kings maintained its hold to retire Ho from the tourney and boost his stack.

Player	Hand	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	K♣Q♠	3,560,000(45 BB)
QB Qiang Bao HoSingapore	A♥2♥	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 9:35:04 AM

Break!

Level 25: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

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 LuongViet Nam	2,510,000(84 BB)
TG Truong Giang PhamViet Nam	2,400,000(80 BB)
AV Andres VasquezUnited States of America	2,100,000(70 BB)
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	2,100,000(70 BB)
VH Vu Hoai LamViet Nam	1,400,000(47 BB)
TM Thi Minh Hong PhamViet Nam	1,290,000(43 BB)
MQ Minh Quan NguyenViet Nam	1,250,000(42 BB)
LD Linh Do HoangViet Nam	1,230,000(41 BB)
QB Qiang Bao HoSingapore	1,210,000(40 BB)
GT Graeme Travis Endersby	1,100,000(37 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/1/2024, 9:17:44 AM

Easy 160K Without A Flop

Level 25: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Pham Tien Dung

Pham Tien Dung raised to 60,000 from UTG +2. Ha Van Manh three-bet to 160,000. Dung bit back and threw in 460,000. Manh thought hard and even used a time-bank token, but eventually gave up to fight another time.

Player	Chips
PT Pham Tien DungViet Nam	1,650,000(55 BB)
HV Ha Van ManhViet Nam	1,260,000(42 BB)