Minh Thang Tran Tops Main Event Day 1A, Peng Chen Leads Player of the Series at USOP Vietnam 2026

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Updated: 2026.05.29

The U Series of Poker (USOP) Vietnam 2026 is heating up at the InterContinental Ha Long Bay Resort , with only four days left in the tournament series. The Main Event has already seen 554 total entries across its first two starting flights, and 70 players have safely made it to Day 2 with a guaranteed cash prize.

Tran Leads Main Event Day 1A

The first flight brought in 385 entries, with each player paying the VND 30 Million (~USD 1,140) buy-in to play for a part of the huge VND 30 Billion (~USD 1.14 Million) guaranteed prize pool. After 14 hours of play, only 49 players bagged up chips.
Minh Thang Tran ended the day as the chip leader with a massive stack of 1,164,000 (97 big blinds).

Tran got a huge boost to his stack when he won a 700,000-chip pot against Jieming Xu . In that hand, Tran’s pocket jacks beat Xu’s pocket aces by hitting a lucky two-outer jack on the river. This win helped Tran secure the VND 90 Million (~USD 3,240) chip leader bonus for the flight.

Day 1A Top 10 Chip Count

Rank	Player	Country	Chip Count
1	Minh Thang Tran	Vietnam	1,164,000
2	Anh Tuan Dang	Vietnam	1,045,000
3	Dac Dung Duong	Vietnam	690,000
4	Neng Zhao	Australia	677,000
5	Andres Vasquez	Colombia	641,000
6	Quyet Tien Pham	Vietnam	477,000
7	Serghei Lisii	Moldova	467,000
8	Quang Vu Dinh	Vietnam	455,000
9	Sam Ameen	United Kingdom	450,000
10	Khayal Abbasov	Azerbaijan	437,000

Anh Tuan Dang was the only other player to pass the one-million mark, finishing with 1,045,000 (87 big blinds). Dang built his stack by winning a big 950,000-chip pot on the bubble when his pocket aces beat Mingcong Chen , making Chen the final bubble boy of Day 1A. Dac Dung Duong took third place on the leaderboard with 690,000 (58 big blinds).

Past champions Juyeol Lee , Tse Ian Lee , and Ngoc Dai Nguyen also played but did not survive the day.

Day 1B: Nguyen Leads The Second Flight

The second flight, Day 1B , added 168 entries to the tournament, and 21 players survived the night to lock up their spot in the money.

Manh Tuan Nguyen took the top spot for Day 1B, bagging up 869,000 chips. He is followed by Wongyu Kang (844,000) and Won Chul Bae (752,000). Also moving on to Day 2 is Ledong Zhou , who finished with 152,000 chips. Zhou is a well-known player here, having finished in second place at the last USOP Vietnam Main Event behind champion Hun Tae Choi .

Four Flights Left To Play

For players who have not made it to Day 2 yet, there are four more flights available over the next two days:

Date	Starting Time	Event / Flight	Details & Rules	Blind Levels	Registration
May 29 (Fri)	10:00	Main Event – Day 1C	Plays down to 12.5% of the field.	40 minutes	Level 12 @ 17:50
May 29 (Fri)	17:00	Main Event – Day 1D	Plays down to 12.5% of the field. The chip leader wins a VND 70 Million bonus.	40 minutes	Level 12 @ 00:50
May 30 (Sat)	10:00	Main Event – Day 1E	Plays down to 12.5% of the field.	40 minutes	Level 12 @ 17:50
May 30 (Sat)	18:00	Main Event – Day 1F (Turbo)	Plays down to 12.5% of the field.	25 minutes	Level 12 @ 23:05
May 31 (Sun)	12:00	Main Event – Day 2	All returning players are in the money. Action plays down to the final 18 players.	60 minutes	Closed
June 1 (Mon)	12:00	Main Event – Day 3	The final 18 players return to play down to a champion.	60 minutes	Closed

All survivors will come back on Sunday, May 31, at 12:00 for Day 2, where everyone is already in the money. The field will play down to the final 18 players, and a champion will be crowned on Monday, June 1.

Multiple Trophy Winners at USOP Vietnam 2026

USOP Ambassador Peng Yang has been playing incredibly well throughout the series. He secured his first title of the series early on by taking down the Midday Event . Not satisfied with just one, Yang recently added a second trophy to his cabinet after winning the fast-paced Super Hyper Turbo event.

Joining him in the multi-trophy club is Aimin Yin. Making a huge splash in his very first USOP appearance, Yan proved he is a force to be reckoned with by winning both the NLH Turbo and the Hyper Turbo events.

Peng Chen Leads Player Of The Series After Dominant High Roller Run

The race for the Player of the Series (POTS) title at USOP Vietnam 2026 is getting very close. With 44 events now finished, the leaderboard shows a tight battle for the top spot as the tournament heads into its final days.

Peng Chen is currently holding onto the number one spot with 1,725 points. Chen earned his massive lead after an incredible back-to-back run, finishing as the runner-up in both the High Roller 6-Max Event and the High Roller Megastack . He then followed up those impressive finishes by winning the prestigious Billionaire Club Challenge .

USOP Vietnam 2026

With only four days left in the series, every deep run and final table will make a huge difference. The rest of the field is trying hard to catch up, but Chen’s dominant run in the high roller events has made him the man to beat.

All photos courtesy of USOP.