Place
15th
Prize
$6,895
Prize (VND)
₫175,000,000
Blind level
Level 28: 150,000 / 300,000 ante: 300,000
Entries
1/160
Total Chips
42,800,000
Average
42,800,000

Final Day

JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/6/2024, 6:57:29 AM

Xu's Triple Takes Out Double

Level 20: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

There was 400,000 in the middle beside a board that read 5 J 6 Q.


Action was checked around to Jeremy Chan in the button, who shoved all-in for his last 240,000. Lee Juyeol made the call and Xu shoved all-in behind for Juyeol to risk his last 460,000.


Jeremy had an empty hand, Juyeol had a nut-flush draw and Xu had a set of sixes. The set held on to take out two players and ship a while bunch of chips Xu's way.

PlayerHandChips
XX
66
4,100,000(82 BB)
LJ
Lee Ju YeolKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
A8
3,100,000(62 BB)
T7
250,000(5 BB)
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/6/2024, 6:23:43 AM

Xiong's Kings Double & Damage

Level 20: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000
Chen Xiong

Chen Xiong and Jeremy Chan had all their chips in the middle before the flop. Xiong's kings held to double up and damage Chan's chips to almost crumbs.

PlayerHandChips
JJ
250,000(5 BB)
CX
KK
1,800,000(36 BB)
Board:43Q55
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/6/2024, 3:52:24 AM

SUPER HIGH ROLLER CHAMPION TO BE CROWNED TODAY

Level 18: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

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!

PlayerChips
LJ
Lee JuyeolKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
3,100,000(103 BB)
LD
2,645,000(88 BB)
KK
2,470,000(82 BB)
2,395,000(80 BB)
AR
2,325,000(78 BB)
1,850,000(62 BB)
1,815,000(61 BB)
EK
1,795,000(60 BB)
LY
1,740,000(58 BB)
YJ
1,710,000(57 BB)
HV
Hari VarmaAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,285,000(43 BB)
RH
Ryan Hong (2)Australia [AUS]Australia
1,225,000(41 BB)
XX
1,015,000(34 BB)
955,000(32 BB)
ND
935,000(31 BB)
LY
Lim YohwanKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
900,000(30 BB)
CX
825,000(28 BB)
JS
Jung SeungmookKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
740,000(25 BB)
YL
Yee Lee (2)Australia [AUS]Australia
650,000(22 BB)
595,000(20 BB)
YK
Yoon KangAustralia [AUS]Australia
450,000(15 BB)
335,000(11 BB)
SK
Senghun KoKorea (Republic of) [KOR]Korea (Republic of)
270,000(9 BB)
210,000(7 BB)