USOP Vietnam Ha Long Bay 2026 Off to an Explosive Start as Madness Kickoff Smashes Guarantee

The U Series of Poker (USOP) Vietnam Ha Long Bay 2026 is on fire and off to a really hot start, putting Vietnam poker back on the map.

Madness Kickoff Draws Massive 1,149 Entries

Running from May 19 to June 1 at the very prestigious and luxurious InterContinental Ha Long Bay Resort , the festival’s highlight opener – The Madness Kickoff – drew in a staggering 1,149 entries and generated a total prize pool of VND 10,865,096,000 (~USD 412,060) and surpassed its original VND 10 billion guarantee.

Certainly, this is a sign of things to come with a huge momentum building for the other events on the schedule, such as the VND 15 billion guaranteed Mini Main Event, the VND 20 billion guaranteed Championship Event and the crown jewel VND 30 billion guaranteed Main Event.

Some of the notables who participated in the USOP Vietnam Madness Kickoff include the likes of Swiss pro Dinesh Alt , two time WPT Main Event winner Marvin Rettenmaier , top Vietnamese pros Quang Trinh Do , Kyle Bao Diep and Quang Huy Nguyen .

The famed Poker Queens also showed up along with female pros Thi Minh Hong Pham , Qian Wang and Thi My Phuong Nguyen .

Visit the Somuchpoker website to view the full USOP Vietnam Ha Long Bay schedule and don’t miss out on the poker action and the chance to earn a share of the VND 120 billion (~USD 4.5 million) series guarantee.

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