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4/20/2023, 10:20:00 PM

Stephen Courtney delivers the bubble; Dong Van Tan eliminated

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000

6,000 ante - 23 remaining - 300,870 average

Day 1A of the Main Event ended in a three-way showdown and Stephen Courtney celebrating his victory. Courtney had A♥ 8♥ , Huy Quang Dinh had Q♣ Q♥ , Dong Van Tan K♣ 9♥ . It was all in at the flop 3♠ K♥ T♥ . Dong was headed for a triple up on the turn 6♠ , but with the river A♠ he bubbled.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips
SC Stephen Courtney	731,000(122 BB)
QH Quang Huy Dinh	316,000(53 BB)

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4/20/2023, 10:20:00 PM

Main Event Day 1A ends with Huy Quang Nguyen bagging over a million

Main Event Day 1A is a wrap! 22 players advance to Day 2 each one guaranteed a piece of the pot. We will have the chip counts up shortly. Bagging the lead with an overwhelming stack is Huy Quang Nguyen with 1,012,000 (168 BB).

End of Day 1A survivors - 22 players

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HQ Huy Quang Nguyen	1,013,000	413,000
SC Stephen Courtney	731,000	731,000
SN Sang Nguyen	540,000	540,000
TH Tuan Hoang Bui	527,000	527,000
MP Mai Phuc	473,000	473,000
RK Roland Kivi	416,000	416,000
HN Hai Nam Hoang	344,000	-106,000
CD Candy Duong	337,000	337,000
QH Quang Huy Dinh	316,000	316,000
EC Evgenii Chernyi	300,000	300,000
TQ Trung Quang Doan	289,000	289,000
DV Dat Van Ngo	248,000	248,000
HH Huy Hoang Tran	211,000	211,000
LN Linh Ngo Ding	205,000	205,000
DL Dung Ly	191,000	191,000
LW Li Wei Sun	151,000	151,000
CY Chang Yu Chung	132,000	132,000
WJ William Jia	121,000	121,000
TH Tai Hp	117,000	117,000
AV Aleksei Varashev	95,000	11,000
PN Phuong Ngoc Nguyen	82,000	82,000
LK Luat Khac Nguyen	76,000	76,000

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4/20/2023, 10:20:00 PM

Special incentive: Limited USOP Jacket for all Main Event Level 1 players

Main Event - Day 1A

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For all Level 1 players of the Main Event, sign up and have your chips in play at Level 1 and you instantly receive a limited USOP Jacket! This applies to all starting days. Only one jacket per player will be given. Three colors, yellow, black, and gray.

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4/20/2023, 10:10:00 PM

No dinero for Le Vau Duc, falls to Chernyi

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000

6,000 ante - 24 remaining - 288,333 average

Zero to Hero Freeroll winner will not be turning his free ticket to a moneymaker having busted at the hands of Evgenii Chernyi. Le was all in with Ace-Five, Chrenyi had Ace-Jack, no help came for Le to drop two spots from the money.

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4/20/2023, 10:00:00 PM

Duong Candy drags in a good pot

Level 16: 3,000 / 6,000

6,000 ante - 24 remaining - 288,333 average

From utg, Duong Candy raises to 14,000, cutoff Sang Nguyen calls, small blind Huy Quang Dinh three-bets to 40,000, Candy and Nguyen call. No bets come at the flop 2♠ 2♣ A♦ , the turn A♥ Candy bets 55,000 and Dinh check-calls. On the river 3♦ , Candy lays out 165,000, Dinh check-folds.

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4/20/2023, 9:05:00 PM

Super High Roller update:

Level 15: 3,000 / 5,000

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Final table

Remaining payouts

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21:45: Anuj Wadhwa falls to Le Vau Duc 5,000 ante - 25 remaining - 247,142 average

Anuj Wadhwa pushed with pocket Nines and hoped is caller Le Vau Duc was behind, but not the case when Le opened up pocket Queens which held to the river. Wadhwa was eliminated.

21:30: Sang Nguyen double up via Duong Candy Level 15: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante - 25 remaining - 247,142 average

All in at the flop J♥ 8♣ T♠ 9♠ 5♦ , Sang Nguyen’s J♠ 8♠ two pair bests Duong Candy’s A♦ J♣ top pair for a double up.

21:20: Bui Tuan Hoang rails Teng Level 15: 3,000-5,000, 5,000 ante - 26 remaining - 238,620 average

All in preflop, Vietnam’s Bui Tuan Hoang Q♦ Q♠ dominates Taiwan’s Teng Keng Hsu J♦ J♣ . Local players call for a Queen the board runs T♦ 5♦ K♠ 9♠ , Teng joins in, calling “Queen” to make a straight, but the river is 7♥ to send him packing.

20:45: Sun Li Wei wins two pots Level 14: 2,000-4,000, 31 remaining - 232,225 average

Sun Li Wei wins back to back pots with the first one a nice splashy pile then cleaning out a short stack. The first hand sees mid position Roland Kivi raise t 8,000 that finds four callers to the flop 3♣ 9♦ 8♦ . Everyone checks. The turn K♦ , big blind Sun bets 20,000, everyone folds.

The second hand action checks to Sun on the small blind, he raises, big blind shoves, fast call from Sun as he says “I have nines” and shows his 9♠ 9♦ . The at risk player holds K♥ 2♥ . Board runs Q♠ A♥ A♣ T♣ 9♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BT Bui Tuan Hoang	520,000(104 BB)	290,000
SL Sun Li Wei	170,000(34 BB)	170,000
TK Teng Keng Hsu	busted

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JP John Perry	12,075,000(2415 BB)	12,075,000
MQ Minh Quang Nguyen	4,750,000(950 BB)	4,750,000
FG Francis Garson	4,270,000(854 BB)	4,270,000
AY Ang Yang Siang	3,910,000(782 BB)	3,910,000
CT Chu Thai Thinh	3,295,000(659 BB)	3,295,000
TB Tobias Bui	3,215,000(643 BB)	3,215,000
PV Phuong Van Ng	3,200,000(640 BB)	3,200,000
ST Sebastian Tan	2,940,000(588 BB)	2,940,000
TB Tiger Beng Wei Ong	1,445,000(289 BB)	1,445,000

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4/20/2023, 8:10:00 PM

Mai Phuc surges to 370K

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000

3,000 ante - 38 remaining - 182,105 average

Huge double up for Mai Phuc with T♦ 9♦ completing a straight on the river 8♥ 3♦ 7♠ 2♠ 6♥ . Phuc catapults to 370,000.

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4/20/2023, 8:00:00 PM

Anuj Wadhwa doubles through Le Vau Duc

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000

3,000 ante - 40 remaining - 173,000 average

Anuj Wadhwa was already shipping it and Zero to Hero Freeroll winner Le Vau Duc was paying out when we caught it. Wadhwa had a full house with 7♥ 7♣ on a board 9♣ 2♥ 4♠ 2♦ 7♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AW Anuj Wadhwa	150,000(50 BB)	150,000

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4/20/2023, 7:50:00 PM

Huy Quang Nguyen rails Thuy Ngo

Level 13: 1,500 / 3,000

3,000 ante - 46 remaining - 150,435 average

Huge score for Huy Quang Nguyen with K♠ Q♠ crushing Thuy Ngo’s 8♣ 8♦ on a board running 7♥ K♥ A♥ Q♥ A♠ for a full house.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HQ Huy Quang Nguyen	600,000(200 BB)	600,000
TN Thuy Ngo	busted	-110,000

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4/20/2023, 7:40:00 PM

Hoang Hai Nam chunks Teng Kuei Hsu

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,500

2,500 ante - 48 remaining - 144,167 average

A short stack goes all in preflop and has two callers Hoang Hai Nam and Teng Kuei Hsu. On a board K♦ 8♦ K♥ 2♠ 9♦ , Hoang triple barrels with a shove on the river and is called down. Teng has A♥ K♣ trips, Hoang dominates with Q♦ 6♦ flush, all in player mucks. Hoang ships it.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HN Hai Nam Hoang	450,000(180 BB)	450,000
TK Teng Kuei Hsu	49,000(20 BB)	49,000

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4/20/2023, 7:30:00 PM

GACKT shoves in late position and wins

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,500

2,500 ante - 50 remaining - 138,400 average

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Facing a raise and a call, late positioned GACKT shoves his 72,500 stack, on the small blind Tan Tong joins with 29,000, and everyone else folds. GACKT J♦ 9♦ , Tong 6♦ 6♣ , the board runs 8♠ 4♠ 5♥ 9♥ 3♦ . Tong busts.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
G Gackt	114,000(46 BB)	114,000

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4/20/2023, 7:20:00 PM

Teng Kuei Hsu outkicks for a double

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,500

2,500 ante - 52 remaining - 133,076 average

On a turn board 2♠ T♣ Q♠ 7♠ , aggressive player double barreled all in and Teng Kuei Hsu called. Pusher had Q♥ J♥ , Teng with K♦ Q♠ , the river 9♣ was a double up to Teng with the higher five card spread.

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4/20/2023, 7:10:00 PM

Chu Anh survives overcards

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,500

2,500 ante - 52 remaining - 133,076 average

Chu Anh is all in with 8♣ 8♦ , a shorter stacked player joins the shove with A♥ J♣ , the board runs 6♥ 3♦ 6♣ Q♣ Q♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
CA Chu Anh	135,000(54 BB)	135,000
SS Short Stack	8,500(3 BB)	8,500

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4/20/2023, 7:09:00 PM

Super High Roller update:

Bubble bursts! Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi dropped to 8 BB after losing a showdown with Ace-King against Tiger Ong’s pocket Kings. A few hands later he shoves with Q♠ 8♥ and finds two callers, Minh Quang Nguyen and Minh Ngoc Le. On a board 6♣ 7♦ 9♠ 8♦ 6♥ , both players check the flop, Nguyen bets the turn, Le folds, Nguyen shows Q♦ T♠ straight. The river 6♥ finishes Hasagi.

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4/20/2023, 7:04:30 PM

Super High Roller update:

The Super High Roller is on the bubble. Two all in shoves were called and both doubled up. We will be standing by until it bursts.

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4/20/2023, 7:00:00 PM

Aleksei Varashev doubles through

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000

2,000 ante - 58 remaining - 119,310 average

Lots of all in preflop action. At table 29, Aleksei Varashev with Q♠ Q♦ , Anh Duy Nguyen with A♠ Q♥ , the board runs J♣ 5♥ K♥ K♣ 3♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AV Aleksei Varashev	84,000(42 BB)	84,000
DA Duy Anh Nguyen	25,000(13 BB)	25,000

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4/20/2023, 6:50:00 PM

Bui Tuan Hoang also wins with Tens

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000

2,000 ante - 60 remaining - 115,333 average

A couple of hands after Thuy Ngo sweeps with pocket Tens, Bui Tuan Hoang also ships with T♣ T♠ standing firm against overcards to rail one.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BT Bui Tuan Hoang	230,000(115 BB)	230,000

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4/20/2023, 6:45:00 PM

Thuy Ngo delivers double bust

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000

2,000 ante - 63 remaining - 109,840 average

Three players are all in preflop Thuy Ngo { T♠ T♥ , Anton Lu A♥ J♦ , Japanese player 7♠ 7♦ . The board is K♥ 9♠ 8♣ Q♠ K♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TN Thuy Ngo	110,000(55 BB)	110,000

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4/20/2023, 6:25:00 PM

Registration closes at 173 entries

Level 11: 1,000 / 2,000

2,000 ante - 72 remaining - 96,111 average

That’s it! Main Event Day 1A registration is closed. 109 players signed up and 64 re-entries for 173 total. 72 players remain led by Michael Kim Falcon with over 300K. Day 1A closes once ITM / 12.5% of the field is reached of 22 players.

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4/20/2023, 5:45:00 PM

Bryan Ding doubles through Kenny Le

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500

1,500 ante - 160 entries

Double up for Bryan Ding with A♥ A♣ dominating Kenny Le (Dien Van Le) Q♣ Q♠ . Le now sits with 178,000.

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4/20/2023, 5:30:00 PM

Action table 29, Dong Van Tan wins three-way

Level 10: 1,000 / 1,500

1,500 ante - 160 entries

Plenty of action at table 29 with Michael Kim Falcon railing three players at the previous level. Dong Van Tan was moved and was happy for the new table as he quickly won a three way to zoom to 165,000. His winning hand was A♦ 2♥ straight beating Falcon’s A♠ Q♠ top pair and Chu Anh’s K♦ Q♣ on a board 4♣ A♣ 5♠ 3♦ 8♣ . Anh busted again and returned with a fresh stack.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DV Dong Van Tam	165,000(110 BB)	165,000

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4/20/2023, 5:00:00 PM

Michael Kim Falcon says “I’m back!” Knocks out three, rises to 400K

Level 9: 600 / 1,200

1,200 ante 150 entries

Michael Kim Falcon was sitting on 220,000 chips and was the clear chip leader of the massive field. He proceeded to eliminate three players to zoom to 400,000. The first was a double bust with K♥ K♣ over a players A♥ K♦ and Chu Anh’s Q♠ 9♣ . Immediately following the hand, Dylan Foster tumbled to Falcon as well. A♠ he raked in the chips he says “I’m back!”.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
MK Michael Kim Falcon	400,000(333 BB)	400,000

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4/20/2023, 4:45:00 PM

Stephen Courtney wins air over air

Level 9: 600 / 1,200

1,200 ante 140 entries

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On a flop 5♣ 4♣ 2♦ , Stephen Courtney shoves and big stacked Luat Khac Nguyen calls. Both players have overcards, Courtney ahead with A♠ K♦ and Nguyen K♠ Q♠ . The turn 6♥ and river T♠ is good for a double up to Courtney to 105,000. Luat dropped to 126,000.

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4/20/2023, 4:15:00 PM

David Erquiaga spotted

Level 8: 500 / 1,000

1,000 ante - 130 entries

2022 GPI National Philippines winner David Erquiaga has joined the field. At the inaugural USOP live series in Taiwan, Erquiaga had a dramatic Day 1, surviving the bubble with a double up. Among his tablemates are Mini Main Event runner up Anh Duy Nguyen, Anuj Wadhwa, and Quang Ngoc Phan.

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4/20/2023, 4:00:00 PM

Over 130 entries and climbing

Level 8: 500 / 1,000

1,000 ante, 120 entries

Players continue to pour in for Day 1A. Currently 130 entries on the screens with a long line yet to be accommodated.

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4/20/2023, 3:22:30 PM

Super High Rollers update:

The Super High Rollers resumed today with another 19 entries added to Day 1’s 80 entries for 99 total. This stellar turnout built a VN₫ 7,682,900,000 (~US$ 326,800) prize pool with 15 players due to earn a cut. Currently sitting with the largest stack is Phuong Van Nguyen with over 4 Million in chips. 23 players remaining.

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4/20/2023, 2:45:00 PM

Chip leaders - Luat Khac Nguyen and Evgenii Chernyi

Level 6: 300 / 600

600 ante - 100 entries

DJ701683 — Luat Khac Nguyen - 150,000 stack

DJ701689 — Evgenii Chernyi - 147,000 stack

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4/20/2023, 2:15:00 PM

Tiger Lee joins the action

Level 5: 300 / 500

500 ante - 85 entries

Seok Young Lee aka Tiger Lee from KMGM (Korea Mind Game Members) has taken his seat at Day 1A. At this time, there are only a few Koreans at the series. Upon speaking to him, he said several more members will be attending.

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4/20/2023, 1:45:00 PM

Freeroll winner Le Vau Duc in action

Level 4: 200 / 400

400 ante - 75 entries

A few days ago, Le Vau Duc won the Zero to Hero Freeroll, besting a field of 100 players. Le is already battling it out, attempting to turn his free ticket to big money. He is well on his way having railed a player on a board Q♦ J♦ J♠ 6♦ T♦ with A♠ J♥ outkicking J♣ 3♣ . Le now sits with 98,000, well above average stack.

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4/20/2023, 1:30:00 PM

Seen at the felt

Level 4: 200 / 400

400 ante - 70 entries

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4/20/2023, 1:00:00 PM

First break of the day

Level 3: 200 / 300

300 ante - 60 entries

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Strong start with the first three levels bringing in 60 entries. More players are at the registration booth. Six levels of registration is still available.