Main Event (35,000,000 VND)

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 1,700,000 from under the gun with Q♥ 8♦ and was called by Choi Hun Tae with A♠ K♠ in the cut-off. Big blind Zhou Ledong also called with A♦ 6♥.

The flop arrived K♦ 4♠ 9♥. Rounce-Sue bet all-in for 600,000 and Choi raised to 3,000,000 . Zhou folded.

The board completed 7♠ J♥ and Roune-Sue was eliminated in 6th place, earning VND 1,796,380,000 (USD 70,821).

Everyone has been avoiding Choi Hun-Tae and Jon Rounce-Sue on their big blinds. So, it's a bit of a headliner for this battle to take place.

Choi Hun-Tae raised from the hi-jack to 950,000 with 8♥ 7♥ and Jon Rounce-Sue was so happy to see action - after being avoided - and called to defend his big blind with Q♣ 6♣.

The flop came K♥ 7♣ 4♥. Rounce-Sue checked and folded when Choi bet 1,000,000.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 600,000 from under the gun with K♦ K♣. Zhou Ledong defended the big blind with K♥ 5♥. The flop came 6♠ 9♠ 4♣. Zhou checked the option to Rounce-Sue who didn't hesitate to put 450,000 in the middle. Zhou gave it up.

Choi Hun Tae raised to 700,000 from cut-off, but got no customers and wins the blinds.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 1,400,000 from UTG+1 to win the blinds.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 600,000 from UTG with A♣ 4♠ and big blind Zhou Ledong defended with an all-in, holding A♠ K♥. Rounce-Sue folded.

Joris Michl raised to 600,000 from the cut-off, holding A♣ 6♥ and was three-bet re-raised to 1,800,000 by small blind Zhou Leding, holding K♥ J♠. Michl let go.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 500,000 from UTG+2, holding K♥ T♠. Choi Hun Tae three-bet re-raised to 1,700,000 from the cut-off with A♠ Q♠. Small blind Jun Li woke up with Q♥ Q♦ and put his last 4,800,000 chips all-in from the small blind. Rounce-Sue folded and Hun Tae made the call.

The board to the turn completed 3♠ 8♦ 5♥ 5♠ ,adding a flush draw to Choi's outs, but it was a Barry Greenstein A♦ on the river that won the pot for Choi, eliminating Li in 8th place.

Jun Li gets to take home a well-earned VND 1.17 Billion (USD 46,127).

Choi Hun Tae of South Korea doesn't have a complete resumé in Hendon Mob. However, the few listings that are there have show some cashes in the recent APT Phu Quoc. Choi has over US$ recorded total live earnings.

JP Rounce-Sue of Australia already made a final table appearance this series in the Superstar Challenge, but he was the first casualty then. Hopefully, Rounce-Sue goes deeper this time and even maybe bag the championship as well.

Joris Michl of the Netherlands has some cashes in this series and also a title in the 8-handed Hyper Turbo. Michl was recently crowned as Korea Poker Cup Main Event champion last month and will look to win another Main Event championship here in the USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale.

Zhang Yankai of China has already made a final table appearance this series in the Big Hunter event and had two final table appearances in last September's USOP Hai Phong. Now may be the time for this final table apperance to result in a championship.

This is the third final table appearance of China's Zhou Le Dong this series. Zhou's best finish was a runner-up at the Sunday Superstack. Maybe this time, Zhou will be the champion.

Ian Modder of Canada has nearly USD 500,000 in total live earnings, but his recent recorded live earnings haven't been that significant. In fact, if those Hendon Mob records are right, this will be Modder's first final table appearance in a very long time. Another fact is that Modder hasn't won a championship since March 2019 when he won the Opening Highroller at the Japan High Roller Festival.

Vietnam's Nguyen Tien Son doesn't have anything recorded in the Hendon Mob database since 2022. But there's more to poker than what is recorded.

Zhi Buhui last 5 recorded cashes show two championships, including a USOP Danang win last March in a NLH Hyper Turbo event.

Jun Li of the United Kingdom has over 50 cashes and multiple final table appearances since March this year. Li also has three championships since that time - a Zodiac Event in APT Taipei, a 10/10/10 Event in USOP Danang and a Super Stack classic in RDPT Jeju.

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Choi Hun Tae raised to 550,000 and Jon Rounce-Sue defended the big blind to open a flop of J♥ 4♥ 5♣. Rounce-Sue check-raised the 700,000 bet of Choi to 1,900,000. Choi called to see a 3♥ turn. Rounce-Sue led for 750,000 and tank-called the all-in raise to 3,275,000. Choi showed A♠ J♦ and Rounce-Sue showed J♣ T♦. Both hit top pair, but the better kicker belong to Choi. The river 7♠ didn't matter.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 400,000 on the button and small blind Sarah Pham and big blind Choi Hun Tae called. The three were given a flop of 3♦ 5♥ Q♥. All checked for a free turn 4♦. Pham led with 700,000 with only Choi Hun Tae staying.

The river was a 2♠. Pham spent two-time bank cards before deciding to bet all-in for 1,200,000. Choi HUn Tae snap called and showed the A♦ 2♥ to make a wheel straight. Pham flipped over a second-best Q♣ J♣ for a pair of queens that were not enough for her to continue her Main Event journey, ending at 12th place.

Jon Rounce-Sue raised to 400,000 from the cut-off and Choi Hun Tae defended the big blind to see flop of K♥ K♦ T♣. Choi check-called the 250,000 bet of Rounce-Sue to see a 6♠ turn. Choi checked and folded to the 1,100,000 bet

Jon Rounce-Sue and Yuan Sun were looking at 1,800,000 in the pot with a board that showed T♠ 8♠ 3♥ T♣. Rounce-Sue checked his option to Sun who fired a half-pot bet of 900,000. Rounce-Sue analyzed the situation, threw in a time-bank token and counted his chips to make the call.

The river came 8♦ and both players checked. Rounce-Sue showed 9♦ T♦ for trips tens while Sun mucked.

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Wonho Lee raised to 250,000 from the cut-off. Jon Rounce-Sue three-bet re-raised to 625,000. Zhang Zijing shoved all in from the small blind for 1,960,000. There were no callers and Zijing was awarded the pot.

Day 2 of the USOP Grand Finale Main Event concluded with the 240 player field trimmed to just 27 players. Starting the day with a healthy 41 bb, Australia's Jon Rounce-Sue was seen chipping up all day while eliminating several players along the way. Already leading the charts before the last hand of the day, Rounce outdrew Bao Qiang Ho into 28th place to widen his lead further and bag up over 105 bb.

Locking up second rank was the recently crowned Korea Poker Cup Main Event winner Joris Michl with 9,820,000 (98 bb), and to round out the top three was another Aussie player, Ryan Hong with 7,265,000 (72 bb) in chips.

The remaining players will return on Monday, December 9 for the final chase to glory and the VND 9.2 Billion champion's purse.

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Both Bao Qiang Ho and Jon Rounce-Sue had their chips in the middle with Ho at risk for his last 430,000. Ho showed A♦ 8♣ while Rounce showed K♥ J♥.

The board ran 4♥ T♥ 8♦ 3♦ K♦. Ho led on the flop and turn, but the poker gods awarded Rounce a king on the river to bag the pot and send Ho out of the tournament.

Zhou Ledong raised to 280,000 on the button and Jon Rounce-Sue three-bet re-raised to 840,000 on the small blind. Zhou called to see a flop of 6♦ 5♥ 3♦.

Rounce led out with 400,000 and Zhou raised to 1,000,000. Rounce re-raised all-in and Zhou snap folded. Rounce showed the K♣ J♠ before giving it back to the dealer.

Both Nguyen Thanh Hai and Jon Rounce-Sue had their chips in the middle with Hai's stack of 750,000 at risk. Hai showed A♥ J♣ against the K♥ Q♣ of Rounce. The board completed J♥ T♣ 9♠ 5♥ 6♣. Rounce flopped the nut-straight and that marked the end of Hai's Main Event run.

A lot of raise-wrestling went on before Zhang Xun pushed all-in for 2,375,000 and was called by Jon Rounce-Sue with a threatened stack of 2,400,000. Zhang Xun showed J♦ 9♦ to the relief of Sue Rounce who showed a commanding Q♦ Q♥.

The board ran J♣ 8♦ 5♠ 6♠ 4♠, giving a lot of scares to Rounce on the flop and turn, but finally was able to breathe when the river kept the queens ahead and knock out Xun from the main event.