Mini Main
Konstantine Shpunt’s cowboys boot two
Three ways are popular with another one booting two from the field. Konstantine Shpunt called the shoves with his larger stack and prevailed with K♠ K♦ firmly planted against 7♣ 7♠ and A♦ Q♦ on a board 5♣ 5♦ 2♣ 6♥ 4♠ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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KS Konstantin Shpunt | 230,000(92 BB) | 230,000 |
Cooler sends Gautam Rohilla soaring
Heavy preflop betting war leads to Gautam Rohilla all in showing K♦ K♠ that dominates his rival’s Q♠ Q♦ . The board runs K♣ 3♠ 7♠ 6♠ 7♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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GR Gautam Rohilla | 420,000(84 BB) | 420,000 |
Dmitri Suchkov on the rise
Two pots for Dmitri Suchkov to rise to 48 bb. The first pot sees utg open for 10,000, Suchkov jams 70,000 (14 bb) from cutoff holding A♠ K♦ , utg calls with J♠ T♠ . Both players find the board 5♥ T♣ 5♣ A♣ {ag}, Suchkov dominates for a double up.
Several hands after Suchkov has A♠ K♦ again and sends one player with K♥ Q♠ packing up on an ace-high board.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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DS Dmitri Suchkov | 240,000(48 BB) | 240,000 |
61 players remaining
23 players eliminated in the previous level to bring the field down to 61. They will play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field which is 20 players.
Ivan Konechnyi rails with one heart
All in preflop and it’s a flip. Ivan Konechnyi with 6♦ 6♥ , at risk player with K♦ Q♣ , the board runs K♥ 5♥ K♠ 2♥ 4♥ for flush over trips.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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IK Ivan Konechnyi | 250,000(31 BB) | 250,000 |
41 players remaining
Field has downsized further to 41 players. They will play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field which is 20 players.
Choi Jaeki’s snowmen survive against the draw
Hijack player raises and is called by three players, the dealer fans out the flop 7♣ 3♣ 3♥ . Cutoff player bets 16,000, button raises to 43,000, two folds follow, hijack shoves and is called.
Hijack K♣ 2♣ Choi Jaeki 8♠ 8♣
The turn 6♠ and river A♦ are no help to the draw, Choi cleans up.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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CJ Choi Jaeki | 200,000(50 BB) | 200,000 |
Long Seven dominates to chip up
Big pot by the turn 4♥ 2♣ 6♠ 5♠ leading to two players all in. Long Seven ahead with 8♦ 8♣ against 7♣ 7♠ . The river 7♥ improves both players, Long’s straight wins it to dust one.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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LS Long Seven | 290,000(97 BB) | 290,000 |
Phan Hung Cuong sends two out of the field
Three way all in again, Phan Hung Cuong Q♥ Q♦ wins the flip against A♥ K♣ and A♣ Q♠ on a board running Q♣ 6♥ 4♠ 6♦ 2♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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PH Phan Hung Cuong | 290,000(97 BB) | 290,000 |
Bubble bursts! Arjanveer Chadha boots Nguyen Van Phu
Under the gun Arjanveer Chadha raises to 18,000, small blind Nguyen Van Phu three-bet shoves (29,000), easy call for Chadha and shows T♠ T♥ . It’s a flip with Nguyen turning over A♠ J♥ . With the board running 5♣ 9♦ 3♦ 8♠ 6♠ , Nguyen misses the board to fall on the bubble.
Yu Hung Kien soars to the chip lead with aces
All in at the flop 2♦ 5♥ Q♠ , Yu Hung Kien A♣ A♦ overpair dominates his opponent’s A♥ Q♥ top pair, the turn 8♥ and river K♠ completes the board for a huge double up to Yu. He has now taken over the chip lead.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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YH Yu Hung Kien | 460,000(153 BB) | 340,000 |
31 players remaining
31 players remaining each one looking for a Day 2 spot. Only 20 will advance. Long Seven has taken over the chip lead with 380,000.
Cooler! Nguyen Duc Cuong delivers double KO
Three way all in preflop goes Nguyen Duc Cuong’s way with K♣ K♠ dominating 6♣ 6♠ and cracking A♥ A♣ on a board running K♥ 7♣ T♦ J♦ 5♦ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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ND Nguyen Duc Cuong | 140,000(9 BB) | 140,000 |
Mini Main Event Day 1A ends with Le Huy Thanh bagging the lead
After nine and a half hours of play, Day 1A of the Mini Main Event ended with Vietnam’s Le Huy Thanh up top with 501,000 in chips.
Next up is Day 1B which hits the felt on Tuesday, September 5 at 10:30am. This is followed by Day 1C at 4pm. All the Day 1 survivors then return on Wednesday, September 6 for the race to the throne starting at 10:30 am.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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LH Lê Huy Thành | 501,000 | 501,000 |
CJ Choi Jaeki | 481,000 | 101,000 |
XM Xuân Mạnh | 393,000 | 393,000 |
LS Long Seven | 376,000 | 86,000 |
CB Cường Bắc Ninh | 376,000 | 376,000 |
GR Gautam Rohilla | 374,000 | -46,000 |
HJ Harsh Jhirairia | 322,000 | 322,000 |
AC Arjanveer Chadha | 321,000 | 321,000 |
NQ Nguyễn Quý Quyền | 271,000 | 271,000 |
IK Ivan Konechnyi | 266,000 | 16,000 |
TS Tiến Sáng | 262,000 | 262,000 |
VH Vũ Hùng Kiên | 240,000 | 240,000 |
SD Suchkov Dmitri | 166,000 | 166,000 |
S Sozi | 160,000 | 160,000 |
NM Nguyễn Mạnh Cường | 114,000 | 114,000 |
KS Konstantin Shpunt | 94,000 | -136,000 |
YJ Yun Jung Sup | 81,000 | 81,000 |
LR Linh Ran | 74,000 | 74,000 |
TK Tan Keng Yong | 26,000 | 26,000 |
CB Cẩn Bình | 18,000 | 18,000 |
Payouts
Place | Player |
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1 | LH Lê Huy Thành |
2 | CJ Choi Jaeki |
3 | XM Xuân Mạnh |
4 | LS Long Seven |
5 | CB Cường Bắc Ninh |
6 | GR Gautam Rohilla |
7 | HJ Harsh Jhirairia |
8 | AC Arjanveer Chadha |
9 | NQ Nguyễn Quý Quyền |
10 | IK Ivan Konechnyi |
11 | TS Tiến Sáng |
12 | VH Vũ Hùng Kiên |
13 | SD Suchkov Dmitri |
14 | S Sozi |
15 | NM Nguyễn Mạnh Cường |
16 | KS Konstantin Shpunt |
17 | YJ Yun Jung Sup |
18 | LR Linh Ran |
19 | TK Tan Keng Yong |
20 | CB Cẩn Bình |
50 players remaining
Players have tightened up, only 11 dusted in the previous level. The field is down to 50, they will play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field which is 20 players.
USOP Hanoi: Mini Main Event - Day 1A updates
Date: September 4, 2023 Buy in: VND 8,800,000 (~USD 365) Guarantee: VND 2,000,000,000 (~USD 83,040) Day 1A: 163 entries (112 unique) Bagging time: 12.5% of the field - 20 players
Chips in play 4,890,000
Yu Hung Kien’s big slick cleans out two
Preflop betting war leads to three players with cards turned up and stacks pushed out front. Yu Hung Kien has the advantage with A♠ K♦ against A♣ J♣ and A♥ Q♠ . With the board running K♣ 5♥ 4♣ K♥ 9♦ , it’s a sweep!
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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YH Yu Hung Kien | 120,000(60 BB) | 120,000 |
37 players remaining
Down to 37 players, Day 1A will play down to ITM of 12.5% of the field which is 20 players.
Bubble round approaches, 23 players remaining
The field is down to 23 players, only three needed to end the day. Currently in the lead is Le Huy Thanh with 460,000 in chips.
Choi Jaeki shows quads
Under the gun+1 raises to 10,000 and finds three callers to the flop 3♥ 3♠ 2♥ . The raiser c-bets 15,000, two players call to the turn A♣ . Another c-bet fired, this time 30,000, cutoff raises to 80,000, small blind Choi Jaeki check-calls, utg+1 folds. On the river 4♠ , Choi leads out with everything (90,000) and cutoff folds. He shows his 3♣ 3♦ quads.
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
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CJ Choi Jaeki | 380,000(76 BB) | 180,000 |