USOP Danang 2024: Main Event – Day 1D Turbo

Joe Zhiguang Zhou delivers the bubble to wrap up the final flight up top

The final flight of the record breaking Main Event determined just how high this series prize pool would amount to. With 333 entries added to the earlier flights, it summed up to 1,702 entries for a stunning VN₫ 44.575 Billion (~USD 1.8 Million) prize pool. Out of the flight’s 42 ITM qualifiers, China’s Joe Zou came out on top.

Date: March 30, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235)
Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500)
Day 1D: 333 entries
ITM: 42 players

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Zhou Zhiguang (Joe)	China	826,000	41
2	Guy Taylor	UK	695,000	35
3	Lee Tse Ian	Malaysia	631,000	32
4	Sehoon Jin	Korea	590,000	30
5	Aliaksandr Shyklo	Belarus	589,000	29
6	Zheng Xiaosheng	China	551,000	28
7	MArk Kavaleu	Belarus	540,000	27
8	Julian Warhurst	Australia	534,000	27
9	Truong Vu Tuan Khanh	Vietnam	520,000	26
10	Lee Woo Been	Korea	516,000	26
11	Vamerdino Magsakay	Philippines	492,000	25
12	Manish Lakhotia	India	456,000	23
13	Wu Chien Tung	Taiwan	419,000	21
14	Victor Em	Vietnam	399,000	20
15	Milan Stojkovic	Australia	399,000	20
16	Tiger Ong	Malaysia	359,000	18
17	Frederic Bolliet	France	337,000	17
18	Frank Lillis	Ireland	323,000	16
19	Francis	France	320,000	16
20	Chunhui Ji	China	299,000	15
21	Nguyen Duc Anh	Vietnam	293,000	15
22	Yun Junsoo	Korea	276,000	14
23	Seunghyeon Son	Korea	269,000	13
24	Pham Tien Dung	Vietnam	246,000	12
25	Haitao Luan	China	201,000	10
26	Yong Cong Chen	China	200,000	10
27	Nguyen Minh Thanh	Vietnam	193,000	10
28	Hon Cheong Lee	Hong Kong	183,000	9
29	Lee Dae Hyung	Korea	182,000	9
30	Luu Dinh Tuan	Vietnam	179,000	9
31	Bae Young Ho	Korea	169,000	8
32	Huang Hao Yu	China	165,000	8
33	Nguyen Duy Anh	Vietnam	154,000	8
34	Bui The Nguyen	Vietnam	127,000	6
35	Mai Fen	Hong Kong	117,000	6
36	Matthew Chan	Singapore	106,000	5
37	Lukasz Jankowski	Poland	103,000	5
38	Kong Seoyoung	Korea	92,000	5
39	Mai Nguyen	Australia	84,000	4
40	Bae Yang Whan	Korea	75,000	4
41	Pham Tran Minh Tan	Vietnam	72,000	4
42	Jung Rae Noh	Korea	51,000	3

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Chips in play: 13,320,000

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04:59: Bubble bursts! Joe Zou delivers the bubble and assumes top rank
Level 21: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000

Short stacked player with just 1 bb is forced all in on the big blind with . Joe Zou and Guy Taylor in the pot, flop comes . Taylor bets 75,000, Zou check-raises all in for 240,000, Taylor folds. Zou with . The turn and river signals the end of day as the short stack goes bust.

Joe Zou – 826,000 (41 bb)
Guy Taylor – 695,000 (34 bb)

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04:38: Ian Lee with a big check-raise to win it
Level 21: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000

Lojack Shylko Aliaksandr min-raises, small blind Nguyen Duc Anh and big blind Ian Lee call for three-way to the flop . Lee bets 40,000, both opponents call. On the turn , Aliaksandr bets 95,000, Nguyen check-folds while Lee check-jams after using all of his time-banks. Aliaksandr folds.

Ian Lee – 565,000 (28 bb)
Shylko Aliaksandr – 665,000 (33 bb)
Nguyen Duc Anh – 293,000 (14 bb)

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04:20: Blinds up, 44 players remaining
Level 21: 10,000-20,000 ante 20,000

Blinds up with 44 players remaining. Two more busts needed to end Day 1D.

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04:00: Queens wake up Vamerdino Magsakay 
Level 20: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000

Following a min-raise, cutoff Vamerdino Magsakay three-bets it all for 196,000, button calls, initial raiser folds. Magsakay opens up , button is behind {d}, the board runs .

Vamerdino Magsakay – 462,000 (30 bb)
Chun Hui Ji – 320,000 (21 bb)

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03:56: Chip leaders at the new level, 45 remaining
Level 20: 10,000-15,000 ante 15,000

45 players remaining with just three busts neded to bag up Day 1D. Here are the leaders:

Shyllko Aliaksandr – 830,000 (55 bb)
Mark Kavalev – 540,000 (36 bb)
Chun Hui Ji – 520,000 (34 bb)
Wu Chien Ting – 470,000 (31 bb)
Tiger Ong – 530,000 (35 bb)
Joe Zou – 550,000 (36 bb)

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03:42: Joe Zou empties out a player
Level 19: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000

Utg opens 90,000 big ones, big blind Joe Zou defends, flop runs . Utg shoves (60,000), Zou snap calls and turns over . The pair is ahead of . The turn and river complete the board, Zou ships it as utg packs up.

Joe Zou – 560,000 (46 bb)

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03:35: Chun Hui Ji falls on up side of a cooler
Level 19: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000

Facing a shove of 91,000, button Chun Hui Ji calls with and dominates . The board runs eight-high for cowboys to rule as ladies turn to dust.

Chun Hui Ji – 580,000 (48 bb)

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03:30: Ian Lee straightens up
Level 19: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000

Ian Lee shoves 151,000 with big blind calls with . Both players connect on the board , Lee completes a straight to double up.

Ian Lee – 320,000 (26 bb)
Big blind – 350,000 (29 bb)

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03:28: Trung Van Tuan wins the flip 
Level 19: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000

Trung Van Tuan wins the flip with spiking runner runner full house on board to double up through .

Trung Van Tuan – 304,000 (25 bb)

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03:22: Blinds up, 53 players remaining
Level 19: 6000-12,000 ante 12,000

53 players remaining at the new level with only 42 guaranteed a spot in the ITM round.

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03:20: Mark Kavalev dominates with cowboys
Level 18: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

Lojack kicks off the betting with a min-raise, sb Mark Kavalev three-bets 60,000, big blind four bets 105,000, lojack folds, Kavalev with a five-bet all in for 245,000. Big blind calls and is behind to Kavalev’s . The board runs . Kavalev doubles through.

Mark Kavalev – 520,000 (52 bb)

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03:18: Milan Stjkovic drives  the bets
Level 18: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

Milan Stojkovic opens from cutoff and small blind calls, both see the flop . Stojkovic leads out 25,000 and is called. On the turn another 85,000 from Stojkovic, small blind folds.

Milan Stojkovic – 500,000 (50 bb)

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03:12: Milan Stojkovic rails Nam Hyung Kim
Level 18: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

Nam Hyung Kim jams his last 15 bb with , buttong Milan Stojkovic hav . No help arrives for Nam on board to go bust.

Milan Stojkovic – 430,000 (43 bb)
Nam Hyung Kim – eliminated

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02:59: Shylko Aliaksandr snaps and shows aces
Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Battle of the blinds, Junsooo Yun limps, big blind Shylko Aliaksandr raises 20,000, Yun answers with a three-bet of 72,000, Shylko flats. On the flop Yun c-bets 53,000, Shylko calls. The turn Yun shoves, Shylko snap calls and shows , Yun with draw. The river comes , Yun misses, Shylko soars to the top of the counts.

Shylko Aliaksandr – 676,000 (84 bb)
Junsoo Yun – 200,000 (25 bb)

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02:54: Frederic Boillet’s kings dominate throughout
Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Frederic Bolliet opens 18,000 from uth then calls utg+2’s three-bet shove despite being covered. Boilet tuns over and dominates The board runs . Boillet doubles through.

Frederic Boillet – 392,000 (49 bb)

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02:46: Wu Chien Ting connects with the board
Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Lokack Wu Chien Ting min-raises, big blind three-bets 56,000, Wu four-bets all in for 137,000, big bilnd calls and shows . Wu has overcards . A queen finds the turn {4} to win the flip.

Wu Chien Tien – 294,000 (36 bb)

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02:39: Nam Hyung Kim gets lucky with his kicker
Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000

All in preflop, Nam Hyung Kim gets called by button Chun Hui Ji . Kim finds luck on the board improving him to trips for a double up.

Nam Hyung Kim – 172,000 (21 bb)
Cung Hiu Ji – 260,000 (32 bb)

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02:30: Big stacks update
Level 17: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Chun Hui Ji – 430,000 (53 bb)
Tiger On – 380,000 (47 bb)
Junsoo Yun – 485,000 (60 bb)
Se Hoon Jin – 580,000 (72 bb)
Bae Young Ho – 470,000 (58 bb)

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23:30: Main Event registration closes! Day 1D attracts 333 entries
Level 11: 1000-2000 ante 2000

The last flight to enter the Main Event is now closed with 333 entries. This is a new record turnout for this flight. The total entries across the four flights came to a new record high 1,702 for a blockbuster prize pool of VN₫ 44.,575,380,000 (~USD 1,800,000) prize pool. As advertised, this indeed is the richest festival in USOP history.

Day 1D will play down to 42 players.

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21:30: More notables and Day 1C fallouts join the field
Level 6: 300-600 ante 600

Song Li, Justin Geronimo, Alan Pham, Victor Chong, Anthony Cierco, Ian Lee, Pham Bao, Chien Chih Weng, and Nguyen Quang Huy.

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21:15: Notables in the field
Level 5: 300-500 ante 500

Among the players looking to make it through the final flight are Xiao Sheng Zheng, Michael Kim Falcon, Vladimir Litasov, Lee Juyeol, Vamerdino Magsakay, Jinlong Hu, Pham Tien Dung, Hyeonho Shin, and USOP Vietnam champion Nguyen Ngoc Dai.

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21:10: Day 1D over 200 entries and rising, last chance to enter!
Level 5: 300-500 ante 500

206 entries and rising. This is the last flight to enter the Main Event. Blinds increase every 25 minutes so for those looking to enter, make sure to sign up before it closes at 11:20pm / start of Level 11.

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19:00: Day 1D underway! 
Level 1: 100-100 ante 100

The last flight to enter the record breaking Main Event is now undereway with 40 players quickly pulling up a seat. Blinds increase every 25 minutes so for those looking to enter, make sure to sign up before it closes at 11:20pm / start of Level 11.