Record breaking day at USOP Danang Day 3

The newest brand to enter the live scene, U Series of Poker (USOP), has been making waves all year, resulting in record numbers. At the brand’s ongoing season finale at Furama Resort in Danang, Vietnam, the trend continued. Day 3 saw two events produce record turnouts that more tables were added to accommodate the influx.

USOP Danang – Festival Results

Superstar Challenge draws record 133 entries

The USOP has outdone itself once again with a record-breaking 133 turnout at the Superstar Challenge. This was 36 more than previous, and with buy in at VN₫ 120 Million (~$5,074) each, it amassed a crushing VN₫ 14,449,100,000 (~$595,470) prize pool. This also meant a juicy first prize of VN₫ 3,967,000,000 (~$163,485) awaiting the champion.

Among the new arrivals to the High Roller felt were Paul Teoh, Denis Pham, Anthony Cierco, Thomas Ward, and Jaewook Shin to mention a few. Day 1 ended with South Korea’s Junhyoung Ki knocking out Yeh Hung-Wei on the bubble holding a brutal flush against on a board .

*BB based on end of Day 1 – 25K-50K blinds

Player	Flag	Stack	BB
Junhyoung Ki	South Korea	3,825,000	77
Seung Mook Jung	South Korea	2,115,000	42
Victor Chong	Malaysia	1,870,000	37
Le Ngoc Minh	Vietnam	1,750,000	35
Mike Takayama	Philippines	1,685,000	34
John Perry	Australia	1,395,000	28
Nam Hyung Kim	South Korea	1,355,000	27
Nguyen Quang Huy	Vietnam	1,190,000	24
Nguyen Trung Quan	Vietnam	1,100,000	22
Hwany Lee	South Korea	1,090,000	22
Dylan Foster	Australia	1,065,000	21
Alan Pham	Australia	1,005,000	20
Win Meng Tan	Australia	815,000	16
Masato Kashiwabara	Japan	765,000	15
Quang Nguyen	Vietnam	665,000	13
Dourt Romain	France	549,000	11
Jaewook Shin	South Korea	425,000	9
Jeffrey Lo	Hong Kong	335,000	7
Alan Khoo	Singapore	249,000	5
Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	107,000	2

Action resumes at 2pm on Monday, November 20, 2023. The final table will be livestreamed on the U Series of Poker YouTube channel.

Payouts

1	₫3,967,000,000
2	₫2,413,000,000
3	₫1,481,000,000
4	₫1,043,200,000
5	₫758,600,000
6	₫635,800,000
7	₫534,600,000
8	₫437,100,000
9	₫361,300,000
10-12	₫303,400,000
13-15	₫260,100,000
16-18	₫231,200,000
19-20	₫216,700,000

Sunday Superstack draws largest single day field, SERGEI POLTAVETS lifts the trophy

Another record-breaking event was the Sunday Superstack with the 222 turnout exceeding its previous run by 41 entries. To date, this was the largest single day entry field of the ongoing series. As a result, the VN₫ 600 Million guarantee was surpassed 3x over for a closing prize pool of VN₫ 1,722,700,000  (~$71,000).

Event recap

The Sunday Superstack reached the money round when Michael O’Neill’s rivered a player’s on a running board . Racing to the final table, opening day Turbo champion Amit Kaushik was among the finalists, vying for his second series title. However, despite holding the chip lead for a time, he was eliminated in fourth place with pocket Tens dusted by Andrew Chen‘s nut flush.

Chen went on to fall in 3rd place with all of his chips going to Ng Tsun Yin. At heads up an ICM deal was immediately reached between Ng and Sergei Poltavets who went on to win it with straight against top pair on a board . The shoves were on the river. Poltavets earned VN₫ 320,000,000 (~$13,200) and became the first player from Russia to win a trophy in this series. As for runner up Ng, he walked away with the larger payout deal of VN₫ 363,000,000 (~$14,960).

Date: November 19, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~$372)
Guarantee: VN₫ 600,000,000 (~$24,720)
Entries: 222 (159 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,722,700,000  (~$71,000)
ITM: 28 places

*ICM deal, play for trophy

Final table payouts

1	Sergei Poltavets	320,000,000*
2	Ng Tsun Yin	363,000,000*
3	Andrew Yeo Kai Chen	171,000,000
4	Kaushik Amit	125,600,000
5	Zhu Jingxuan	101,700,000
6	Tung Zi Wei	83,900,000
7	Nguyen Duc Dat	68,800,000
8	Komarnicki Olivier Charles Guillaume	55,600,000
9	Bevin Matthew Henry	44,200,000

For the complete list, head to USOP Danang – Festival Results