USOP Grand Finale: Main Event Day 1A Draws 345 Entries, Zhi Buhui Sets The Bar; Juyeol Lee Leads SHR

The U Series of Poker – USOP Grand Finale opened its seventh day of games with the much awaited Main Event. Taking place at the Pullman Grand Hotel in Hai Phong, Vietnam, Day 1A saw a massive turnout with 345 entries enticed by the enormous VND 40,000,000,000 (~US$ 1.576 Million) guarantee. A prize pool this large is sure to see more players enter the remaining flights Day 1 B, C, and D in the upcoming days.

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Zhi Buhui Sets The Bar At Main Event Day 1A

Day 1A of the USOP Grand Finale Main Event brought in some of the most highly decorated players from Asia. Among them was the USOP Hanoi 2023 champion, Nguyen Ngoc Dai, however he failed to get through and will be expected in the upcoming flights.

By the time the bubble burst with Nguyen Thi Bao An’s pocket Queens falling on a flip against big slick, at the top of the 43 remaining players was Zhi Buhui with 978,000 (98 bb). This was 23 bb more than second ranked Nguyen Van Sang with 746,000 (75 bb). Another notable powering through was Kim Minku who briefly sat as chip leader. He bagged up 566,000 (57 bb).

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Read up on the Day 1A action via the SMP Live Updates. 

Ju Yeol Lee Chip Leading Final 24 of the Super High Roller

The Super High Roller pulled in a stellar field of 160 entries, each one dropping VND 88,000,000 (~USD 3,465) to build a prize pool of VND 12,032,000,000 (~USD 457,000), to utterly smash its initial offering of VND 2.48 Billion (~97,000).

Only 24 from the field qualified for a seat to the Day 2 final and be guaranteed a minimum share of the prize pool. It took nearly 14 hours of poker action before the bubble burst. That role fell on Josh McCully who had a rough day of poker. McCully was the first casualty of the Billionaire Club Challenge final table.

On the flip side, Korea’s Lee Ju Yeol amassed a top-ranked 3,100,000 stack which was over 15 starting stacks of 200,000. Next in rank was Liu Defeng with 2,645,000 chips and rounding up the top three was  Kilian Kramer with 2,470,000 chips. 

You can follow the Day 2 action via the SMP Live Updates.

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