The U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 Part 1 enters its final day at the Pullman Danang Beach Resort in Danang, Vietnam! In partnership with Crown Poker Club and Lucky Poker, the festival kicked off on March 19 and after thirteen days of incredibly thrilling poker, it is down to the ultimate moment.
Race to the USOP Danang 2024 Main Event crown
Today’s doors open with the record breaking USOP Danang 2024 Main Event with 18 players remaining, each one vying for its first USOP Main Event title and most especially the VN₫ 7,120,000,000 (~USD 287,677) top prize.
This jaw dropping figure is the largest portion of the enormous VN₫ 44,575,300,000 (~USD 1.8 Million) prize pool generated by the record breaking 1,702 entry field. The players positioned well to bring it home are New Zealand’s Thomas Ward and UK’s Gabriel Carter. Both players are 30 bb minimum ahead of the remaining pack. But of course, it is still anyone’s game.
Who will take the crown? Who will win the biggest and richest USOP Main Event? Find out here as we bring you live updates from the Final 18 down to the newest champion. If you are in the area, do drop by and witness the glory unfold. Cards in the air at 12:15pm.
Final Day events and USOP Player of the Series
In other news, the High Roller Finale is still open for registration. At Day 1, it drew 131 entries, and with buy in at VN₫ 66 Million (~USD 2,716), the prize pool is now at VN₫ 7.6 Billion (~USD 300K). Cards in the are at 2pm. Two levels to enter. Late registration closes at 3:30pm.
Buy in: VN₫ 66,000,000 (~USD 2,716)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4 Billion (~USD 161,280)
Day 1 entries: 131 (98 unique)
DAy 2: 69 players returning
Chips in play: 26,200,000
Average stack: 379,710
Top 5 in chips
| Player | Flag | Stack |
| ĐồNg Văn Tân | Viet Nam | 1,225,000 |
| Gab Yong Kim | Korea | 1,138,000 |
| Won Chul Bae | Korea | 938,000 |
| Li Shan Kui | China | 888,000 |
| NguyễN NgọC ĐạI | Viet Nam | 884,000 |
Live updates begin at the bubble round.
The USOP Danang 2024 Part 1 final day will see several returning events as well as the last trophy events to enjoy. These events are your last chance to earn points for the Player of the Series rac where the first ever USOP Ring will be claimed! Josh McCully built up a commanding lead however Tao Wei Chang (David Chang) is making a bid for it now that McCully has left for Australia.
Last night, Chang placed second at the Mixed Game which should bring him near par or has possibly even gone ahead. Check out the standings below
USOP Player of the Series – Leaderboard
Links:
USOP Danang 2024 – News
USOP Danang 2024 – Festival Results
USOP Danang 2024 – Player of the Series Leaderboard
USOP Danang 2024 – Schedule
USOP Danang 2024 – Photo Gallery
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
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