Super High Roller (88,000,000 VND)

Azizjon Rakhimov completed with K♥ 4♠ and Edgaras Kausinis checked with 7♦ 2♦ to see a flop J♦ 3♦ K♣. Kausinis check-rasised to 1,000,000 Rakhimov's bet 300,000. Rakhimov called to see 4♦ on turn.

Kausinis bet 1,700,000 and Rakhimov called The river came 2♠. Kausinis shoved 4,700,000 and Rakhimov called.

Kausinis doubled to become chip leader

All three players are picking their spots. Small bets. Small raises. No one really calling a complicated board. Playing position is crucial. No one wants to make a mistake.

Edgaras Kausinis found A♥ 7♦ on button and raised to 600,000. Azizjon Rakhimov makes the call with A♠ 8♣ in big blind.

Flop arrived 8♥ 2♥ 6♠ . Rakhimov check-called the 400,000 bet of Kausinis to open a 5♠ on the turn. Both check to see a Q♦ on river. Rakhimov fired 1,200,000 and Kausinis called and shipped his chips to Rakhimov.

Action folded to the blinds. Small blind Edgaras Kausinis shoved all-in for 15 million to pressure the big blind of Yee Wing Lee . Kausinis had K♥ 9♦. Lee called and showed A♠ 3♣.

Board ran 7♥ J♥ 3♥ 6♣ J♣ and Lee doubled up.

Action folded to the blinds. Yee Wing Lee limped with A♥ 4♠ and Azizjon Rakhimov checked his 6♥ 4♣ to see a flop of Q♥ 6♦ 2♦. Both check to see an A♣ on the turn, then check to see a 6♠ on the river.

Lee led out with 300,000 and Rakhimov re-raised to 2,000,000. Lee tanked before finally making the call. Lee's stack get's decimated.

The board showed 5♠ 6♦ 9♥ 7♦. The pot was 2 Million. Rakhimov bet 750,000 and Kausinis shoved all-in with a quick call from Rakhimov. River was A♠ and Rakhimov doubled up.

Both Edgaras Kausinis and Azizjon Rakhimov go all-in pre-flop. Kausinis with A♥ Q♦ versus Rakhimov J♥ T♠. Kausinis at risk.

Board ran 2♦ 8♦ A♣ 5♦ 3♥ to give biggest pot of tournament so far to Kausinis.

Both players put all-their chips in the middle for a showdown. Azizjon Rakhimov's 5♦ 5♠ vs A♦ 7♦ of Yu Xiangyu

Board came A♠ 5♣ K♠ K♣ 2♥ and Yu is sent to the rail at 5th place.

Edgara Kausinis on the button with T♣ 8♣ completed. Yee Wing Lee also called with J♠ 8♥ on small blind. Azizjon Rakhimov checked big blind with 7♣ 6♣.

Flop came 9♠ 7♠ 6♠ . All check for 2♥ on turn. Checked to Rakhimov who fired 400,000. Kausinis called. Lee called. River arrived 4♣. Lee checked. Rakhimov fired 1,000,000. Kausinis called to take down the pot and get the chip lead.

The coverage was interrupted midway, but Xu Xinyin must've called the all-in shove of Azizjon Rakhimov with A♥ T♥ for 3,800,000, risking halh her stack with 7♥ 7♠.

When coverage continued we saw Xu Xinyin shoving all-in with pocket nines and not getting any callers.

Meanwhile, let's update the chip stacks:

Azizjon Rakhimov raised to 300,000 with Q♠ J♣ on hi-jack and Hari Varma called on big blind with K♥ T♥.

Flop arrived A♠ 2♠ T♠. Varma checked and Rakimov fired 150,000 and Varma called to see a 9♠ turn.

Both check to see a K♣ on the river. Varma checked and Rakhimov bet 1,000,000. Varma tanked and used some time-bank cards before calling and shipping the chips to Rakhimov.

Azizjon Rakhimov is depleted of energy and was seen almost falling asleep at the final table. Rakhimov has yet to play poker because right now he's just waiting for cards.

The USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale Super High Roller will crown a champion today at the Grand Ballroom of the Pullman Hai Phong Grand Hotel!

160 entries built a prize pool of VND 12,032,000 (~USD 473,000) which is 5x the original offering. The 24 qualifiers, who went through nearly 14 hours of poker action yesterday when the bubble burst, will take their seats today assured of a minimum VND 150,000,000 (~VND 6,000) payout.

Of course, they will fight their way up the payout ladder for bigger and better prizes with the top payout of VND 2.77 Billion (~USD 106,000) and a golden USOP trophy await the champion.

Leading the field of 24 in the chip counts is Korea’s Lee Juyeol who amassed a top-ranked 3,100,000 chips from a starting stack of 200,000. Next in rank would be Liu Defeng with 2,645,000 chips. Rounding up the top three was Kilian Kramer with 2,470,000 chips.

Some of the notable players who've been having success in this USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale series, but were unable to advance to Day 2 were:

High Roller: Warm Up Winner John Edward Perry; Mini High Roller champion Su Shanhe; Mini High Roller Runner-Up Natalia Rozova; Sunday Superstack Final Table Finalist Wencheng Lin and Superstar Challenge third placer Leo Du Boisbaudry.

The field is open for new names and faces to make their mark in USOP history, and today is one of those days!