USOP Grand Finale: Ma Haohui Wins Mini Main; Jinlong Hu Leads Billionaire Club Challenge

China’s Ma Houhai grabbed the Mini Main title following an ICM deal with runner-up Ha Van Thien of Vietnam. Before the two were supposed to engage in heads-up battle, they locked in a deal. Ma was then awarded VND 2,835,000,000 and the was given the USOP trophy.

USOP Grand Finale Mini Main

The USOP Grand Finale Mini Main resumed its Day 2 Final today in the Grand Ballroom of the Pullman Grand Hotel in Hai Phong, Vietnam to crown a champion.

From a total of 1,166 entries spread through four Day On flights, 144 players earned their seat for the Day 2 return and already guaranteed themselves a minimum payout of VND 35,000,000 (~USD 1,300) from the prize pool of VND 19,728,720,000 (~USD 777,000). Of course, the focus was to top the event and take home the champion’s share of VND 3,200,000,000 (~USD 126,000) and a prestigious USOP trophy.

The title was Ma’s largest career cash so far and his second championship. Ma won the No Limit Hold’em – Aggresive Poker in the 2023 HSPC Huangshan Cup in Shaoxing, China. This win easily boosts his total live earnings to over the USD 100,000 milestone.

Final Table Payouts

China’s Yang Xudong entered the Day 2 final as the top chip leader and managed to stay in the top of the leaderboard, but was crippled when a three-way all-in saw his aces cracked twice in the same hand with finalists Xinze and Yingkun taking shares from his huge stack. Xudong finished in 18th place.

Biao Guo of China started Day 2 with the second-largest stack of 715,000, but only managed to reach the 19th spot. Ivan Karatayeu of Belarus rounded up the top 3 starting chip leaders with 706,000, but tapped out at 27th.

Catch the replay of the Mini Main Event final table live stream at the following links:

USOP Official Youtube Channel
USOP Official Facebook Page

Billionaire Club Challenge Day 1

The Billionaire Club Challenge with a VND 4 Billion (~USD 157,000) guaranteed prize pool saw a total of 61 entries fork over the VND 250,000,000 (~USD 9,800) buy-in to generate a prize pool of VND 13,474,900,000 (~USD 530,000). 

That field played down to the final table of 9 players, who will be competing for the championship title, trophy and the winner’s payout of VND 4,260,000,000 (~USD 167,000).

It took twenty (20) 40-minute levels to build the final table. The bubble burst on the 13th hour when John Joseph Parish busted at the hands of David Erquiaga. Parish pushed his last 15,000 chips on a board that showed a two pair of sixes and threes. Parish had a King as a kicker when he played the board, but Erquiaga had an ace. The river also threw an ace to add emphasis to the bubble bursting.

All 9 final table players are the only ones who make it to the payout circle with the minimum cash at VND 426,000,000 (~USD 16,700). At the helm is China’s Jinlong Hu, considerably the hottest running player this year. 

The USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale runs until December 11 with VND 100 Billion (~USD 4 Million) Guaranteed over 69 total events in this series. Find out more information, please visit the following links:

USOP Grand Finale – Schedule
USOP Grand Finale- Photos