Madness Kick Off (11,000,000 VND)

Action folded to the blinds when small blind Thi Minh Hong Pham raised to 150,000 and called the 550,000 re-raise of Truong Giang Pham in the big blind.

Both players were peeled a flop of Q♦ 5♦ 8♣. Thi Minh Hong Pham check-called the 250,000 bet of Truong Giang Pham to see a K♠ turn.

Both checked to see a free K♥ river. Thi Minh Hong Pham bet 625,000 and Truong Giang Pham called.

Thi Minh Hong Pham showed the set of kings while Turong Giang Pham showed the losing pair of jacks.

Thi Minh Hong Pham jumped to the top of the chip count leaderboard.

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

Three (3) 40-minute levels have passed and the 198 contenders who began Day 2 has dwindled down to a field of 106.

Jinlong Hu of China leads the field in chips with 1,300,000 and is the only player so far beyond the million mark. Second-ranked Duc Hieue Nguyen is not that far behind with 970,000 chips with Pham Van Phu and Ilia Timofeev trailing at the third spot with an identical stack of 880,000.

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: 369,600

Players Remaining: 107

The 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