Place
3rd
Prize
$59,181
Prize (VND)
₫1,500,000,000
Blind level
Level 26: 100,000 / 200,000 ante: 200,000
Entries
1/127
Total Chips
25,400,000
Average
25,400,000

Day 2 - Final

JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 11:54:59 AM

Leo Du Boisbaudry Has Been Eliminated in 3rd Place - VND 1,500,000,000 (~USD 60,000)

Level 25: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000
Leo Du Boisbaudry - 3rd Place - VND 1,102,000,000 (~USD 43,000)

Action folded to the blinds and Leo Du Boisbaudry shoved his last 1,300,000 in the middle and was snap called by Xiangyu Yu on the big blind.


Yu dominated Du Boisbaudry and maintained the lead all the way to the river, showing Du Boisbaudry to the exit.


Leo Du Boisbaudry was given a share of VND 1,500,000,000 (~USD 60,000) for his 3rd place finish.

PlayerHandChips
XY
A6
19,000,000(127 BB)
J6
busted
Board:K9Q83
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 11:46:54 AM

Yu's Set Doubles And Cripples

Level 25: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000
Xiangyu Yu

Leo Du Boisbaudry raised to 300,000 on the button and was three-bet by Xinagyu Yu to 1,200,000. Du Boisbaudry then shoved all-in for 11,000,000 and Yu made the snap call, putting his 7,900,000 at risk.


Kings vs Tens


It didn't look good for Yu, but the poker gods threw a ten on the flop to give Yu a set. Yu's hand held through the turn and river to give him a monster double up and crippling the stack of Du Boisbaudry.

PlayerHandChips
XY
TT
19,000,000(127 BB)
KK
2,300,000(15 BB)
Board:68T59
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 11:39:59 AM

Julian Warhurst Has Been Eliminated in 4th Place - VND 1,102,000,000 (~USD 43,000)

Level 25: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000
Julian Warhurst - 4th Place - VND 1,102,000,000 (~USD 43,000)

UTG Allin T 8 1,8M Du Boisbaudry called A T

Julian Warhurst shoved his last 1,800,000 from under the gun and was called by Leo Du Boisbaudry.


Du Boisbaudry dominated. Both flopped the ten, but Du Boisbaudry stayed ahead with the better kicker. Warhurst could not improve and was eliminated from the tournament.


Julian Warhurst received VND 1,102,000,000 (~USD 43,000) for the 4th place finish.

PlayerHandChips
JW
T8
busted
AT
11,000,000(73 BB)
Board:T3Q36
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 11:32:41 AM

Yu Makes A Boat To Triple

Level 25: 100,000 / 150,000 ante: 150,000
Xiangyu Yu

Action folded to the blinds. Small blind Leo Du Boisbaudry raised to 450,000. Xiangyu Yu defended the big blind to open a flop of 8 6 8.


Du Boisbaudry led with 350,000 and Yu raised to 1,100,000. Du Boisbaudry answered with an all-in shove for 14,000,000 and Yu made the snap call.


Yu flopped a set and Du Boisbaudry needed runners to improve his hand. The turn threw a Q to improve Yu to a full-house and leave Du Boisbaudry drawing dead. The river 4 didn't matter.

PlayerHandChips
XY
Q8
9,700,000(65 BB)
JT
9,200,000(61 BB)
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 9:48:10 AM

Anton Lu Has Been Eliminated in 8th Place - VND 387,020,000 (~USD 15,200)

Level 23: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000
Anton Lu - 8th Place - VND 387,020,000 (~USD 15,200)

Leo Du Boisbaudry raised to 200,000 from the hi-jack with A Q. Anton Lu three-bet to 700,000 on the big blind with K K.


Du Boisbaudry shoves all-in and is snap-called by Lu, putting his last 1,900,000 chips at risk.


Du Boisbaudry flopped an ace to take the lead and never looked back, eliminating Lu from the tournament.


Anton Lu earned VND 387,020,000 (~USD 15,200) for his 8th place run.

PlayerHandChips
AQ
11,000,000(110 BB)
KK
busted
Board:96A75
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 7:08:07 AM

Final Table Set

Level 21: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Yuan Xu finally finished his run in 10th place, making him the final table bubble.


Following his bust, the final table was set and prepared for the livestream.


You can follow the livestream at the USOP Official Facebook page.


Meanwhile, here are the final table chip counts:

SUPERSTAR CHALLENGE FINAL TABLE CHIP COUNTS

PlayerChips
SR
Sue RounceNew Zealand [NZL]New Zealand
3,665,000(61 BB)
2,750,000(46 BB)
1,950,000(33 BB)
XY
1,900,000(32 BB)
JW
1,485,000(25 BB)
HV
Hari VarmaAustralia [AUS]Australia
1,205,000(20 BB)
895,000(15 BB)
WJ
680,000(11 BB)
PP
Piet PapeGermany [DEU]Germany
660,000(11 BB)
JJ DuqueJJ Duque
12/2/2024, 6:45:15 AM

William Jia Doubles From Rounce-Sue

Level 21: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000
William Jia

Both William Jia on the big blind and Boisbaudry Du in the cut-off were eyeing 600,000 chips in the middle beside a board that showed 7 6 J 4 7.


Jia took his time before shoving his last 660,000 chips all-in. Du made the call and showed 6 4 for a counterfeit two-pair, but Jia flipped the better hand with 5 7 for a set of sevens.


Jia doubled up and Du got damaged.

PlayerChips
WJ
2,100,000(35 BB)
1,300,000(22 BB)