Madness Kick Off (11,000,000 VND)

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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.