Leo Du Boisbaudry wins first ever USOP Hanoi Heads Up Challenge 

France’s Leo Du Boisbaudry emerged as the first ever U Series of Poker Hanoi Heads Up Challenge champion! Taking place at the Crown Poker Club, at the final stage, Du Boisbaudry defeated China’s Renji Mao in just over twenty minutes of play. On a board ,Mao pushed holding set only to walk into Du Boisbaudry’s straight.

The finals was broadcasted on U Series of Poker YouTube (English) and Crown Poker Club YouTube (Vietnamese).

There was plenty of hype leading up to the Heads Up Challenge with only 32 spots available. These were immediately snatched up. China’s Renji Mao was a late addition when Estonia’s Roland Kivi canceled on the day prior.

Date: September 8, 2023
Buy in: VND 33,000,000 (~USD 1,395)
Players: 32 (max)
Prize pool: VND 931,200,000 (~USD 38,639)
ITM: 4 places

Place	Player	Flag	Payout in VND
1	Leo Du Boisbaudry	France	500,000,000
2	Renji Mao	China	250,000,000
3	Gaurav Sood	India	90,600,000
4	Nguyen Quang Minh	Vietnam	90,600,000

ROAD TO THE FINALS

ROUND 1 

Bracket 1

Gaurav Sood	defeated	Dao Minh Phu
Julien Tran	defeated	Lim Kar Hou
Nguyen Trung Quan	defeated	Wilson Tan
Dinh Manh Hung	defeated	Fabrizio Falzei
Renji Mao	defeated	Philbert Lim
Florent Remi	defeated	Terry Sua
Nguyen Nang Quang	defeated	Pham Ngoc Quoc Bao
Chris Tong	defeated	GACKT

Bracket 2

Leo Du Boisbaudry	defeated	Calvin Tan
Alan Pham	defeated	Ankit Jajodia
Simon Lim	defeated	Yeh Hung-Wei
Leroy Fan	defeated	Yohei Kitazato
Ian Lee	defeated	Sebastian Tan
Anton Lu	defeated	Nguyen Huu Vinh
Nguyen Huu Tuan	defeated	David Erquiaga
Nguyen Quang Minh	defeated	William Jia

ROUND 2

Bracket 1

Gaurav Sood	defeated	Julien Tran
Dinh Manh Hung	defeated	Nguyen Trung Quan
Renji Mao	defeated	Florent Remi
Nguyen Nang Quang	defeated	Chris Tong

All in flop: Gaurav Sood , Julien Tran , board

Bracket 2

Leo Du Boisbaudry	defeated	Alan Pham
Leroy Fan	defeated	Simon Lim
Anton Lu	defeated	Ian Lee
Nguyen Quang Minh	defeated	Nguyen Huu Tuan

Final hand: All in preflop – Nguyen Quang Minh , Nguyen Huu Tuan
Final hand: All in turn – Leo Du Boisbaudry , Alan Pham , board

ROUND 3 – Quarter-Finals (Bubble round)

Bracket 1

Gaurav Sood	defeated	Dinh Manh Hung
Renji Mao	defeated	Nguyen Nang Quang

Final hand: All in preflop – Renji Mao , Nguyen Nang Quang , board
Final hand: All in preflop – Gaurav Sood Dinh Manh Hung , board .

Bracket 2

Nguyen Quang Minh	defeated	Anton Lu
Leo Du Boisbaudry	defeated	Leroy Fan

Final hand: All in preflop – Leo Du Boisbaudry drain Leroy Fan, final hand Du Boisbaudry , Fan , ace on the turn

SEMI-FINALS (ITM round)

Renji Mao	defeated	Gaurav Sood
Leo Du Boisbaudry	defeated	Nguyen Quang Minh

Final hand: Leo Boisbaudry pushes on the flop, Nguyen Quang Minh calls with , board

Renji Mao double up hand: All in preflop – Renji Mao , Gaurav Sood , board

Final hand: Renji Mao , Gaurav Sood , board