USOP Danang 2024: Mini Main – Day 1B

Le Ngoc Minh catapults to a million at Mini Main Day 1B; 51 players advance to ITM round

The USOP Danang 2024 Mini Main wrapped up its second flight with Le Ngoc Minh leading the 51 survivors list. Le was seen railroading the table and earned most of his chips on a nasty bad beat with pocket Kings flopping the set to dust Charles Pham’s pocket Aces. Le has now taken the top spot in the Day 2 lits. We await the results of Day 1C to see if it holds.

Buy in: VN₫ 12,000,000 (~USD 494)
Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~USD 121,000)
Day 1B: 408 entries (302 unique) / 51 ITM

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Le Ngoc Minh	Vietnam	1,091,000	91
2	Nguyen Manh Hung	Vietnam	805,000	67
3	Wan Hao Zhao	China	712,000	59
4	Suya Lee	Korea	528,000	44
5	Lee Jung Yeol	Korea	521,000	43
6	Lee Sung Hyun	Korea	489,000	41
7	Bi Hai Sheng	China	413,000	34
8	Terence Stevens	Australia	403,000	34
9	Ivan Ermin	Russia	390,000	33
10	Nguyen Anh Minh	Vietnam	370,000	31
11	Giuseppe Murabito	Italy	357,000	30
12	Park Chul Woo	Korea	356,000	30
13	Yu Xiao Tong	China	330,000	28
14	Zhang Cheng	China	326,000	27
15	Jin Hyeok Seo	Korea	325,000	27
16	Wang Hui	China	321,000	27
17	Chen Bo	China	302,000	25
18	Bui Khac Hoang Giang	Vietnam	282,000	24
19	Seung Min Kim	Korea	255,000	21
20	Lee Tse Ian	Malaysia	254,000	21
21	Trinh Anh Duy	Vietnam	238,000	20
22	Ye Jun Kim	Korea	199,000	17
23	Doan Quang Trung	Vietnam	198,000	17
24	An Ji Hyeon	Korea	190,000	16
25	Bhavik Kha	India	184,000	15
26	Andrey Lyubovetskiy	Russia	174,000	15
27	Sithanh Deuansavanh	Laos	164,000	14
28	Phan Antoine	Vietnam	160,000	13
29	Pisan Kumpree	Thailand	154,000	13
30	Joseph Talamayan	Zimbabwe	143,000	12
31	Scott Shore	Canada	135,000	11
32	Zhou Zhen Gong	China	128,000	11
33	Le Van Son	Vietnam	115,000	10
34	Jooree Kim	Korea	114,000	10
35	Rob Sherwood	UK	109,000	9
36	Czar Ian Marcos	Philippines	106,000	9
37	Zheng Wei	China	87,000	7
38	Do Tien Vu	Vietnam	74,000	6
39	Dinh Tien Thanh	Vietnam	73,000	6
40	Dang Quyen Anh	Vietnam	70,000	6
41	Tracy Crisostomo	Philippines	70,000	6
42	Tran Thanh Hung	Vietnam	69,000	6
43	Ngoc Ha Alice	Vietnam	68,000	6
44	Kostiakov Konstantin	Russia	61,000	5
45	Su Young Song	Korea	57,000	5
46	Johnatan Tan	Singapore	52,000	4
47	Ming Jiang	China	51,000	4
48	Yuan Xin	China	51,000	4
49	Whi Jian Hua	China	50,000	4
50	Qiu Quan	China	47,000	4
51	Kiyoshi Kiyomoto	Japan	41,000	3

Chips in play: 12,240,000

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22:18: Bubble bursts! Terence Stevens rails Joel Jeremias
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

After 13 hand-for-hand rounds, Terence Stevens finally served up the bubble in Joel Jeremias. Jeremias shoved his last 3 bb with {a}{9}, and was called by three players. All checked the flop then Stevens bet the turn , but no takers to deny a side pot. Jeremias showed his pair, Stevens had better two pair, the river more than ensured the win for Stevens to send  Jeremias out on the bubble.

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22:15: Nonstop double ups!
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

For over an hour, the bubble round saw at least ten players double up. Ian Lee attempts to send two players home, calling both shoves in separate hands. The first hand was against Ye Jun Kim who was very thrilled to see his prevail against Lee’s on a Jack-high board. Bi Haiseng was the other happy camper whose held against Lee’s on a board .

Shi Jian Hua also found luck on the board with further improving against {aj} on board . Short stacked Tracy Crisostomo watched her stack drain to 15 bb and sent it all in with . Scott Shore had . Both players missed the board, Crisostomo doubled up.

From small blind, Lee Jungyeol calls cutoff Ivan Ermin’s raise and both see the flop . Lee proceeds to check-call 25,000, and again check-calls 40,000 on the turn . On the river , Lee leads out 65,000, Ermin tanks using a time-bank, calls then mucks to Lee’s pair.

Another double up was Quan Qiu with pairing the ace on the board to survive Suya Lee’s . A few hands later, Qiu lost some of those chips to Harsh Bhai Kha whose stood firm against Qiu”s.

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20:45: 52 players remaining, it’s bubble time!
Level 19: 5,000-10,000 ante 10,000

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20:45: Le Ngoc Minh cracks Charles Pham’s aces to collect a massive pot
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Facing a raise, Charles Pham three-bets, bigger stacked Le Ngoc Minh four-bet, initial raiser tank-folds, Pham five-bet shoves, Le uses up a time bank then makes the call and sees he is behind. But not for long as the flop lands for a set. The turn and river end the board, Pham is eliminated.

52 players remaining.

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20:42: Seungmin Kim gets max pay for his boat
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Nguyen Ngoc opens from utg+2, lojack Seungmin Kim calls, no other takers for both to go to the flop . Nguyen c-bets 16,000 then calls Kim’s 46,000 raise. On the turn , Kim fis 52,000, Nguyen check-raises all in, Kim calls his last 17 bb and has full house. Nguyen has outs with but it doesn’t materialize with a river.

Seungmin Kim – 424,000
Nguyen Ngoc – 30,000

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20:40: Ivan Ermin outdraws the big cards
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Ivan Ermin shoves his big stack from cutoff and button takes the chance. Ermin opens and is live against button’s . The board favors Ermin as it runs .

Ivan Ermin – 780,000

53 players remaining

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20:30: Cowboys to nuts for Giang Bui cracks Lee Gwan Woo’s set
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Utg+2 Lee Gwan Woo opens 14,000, lojack Giang Bui calls, both see a flop . Lee c-bets 20,000, Bui raises 50,000, Lee shoves, Bui calls with less chips and turns over only to find he is behind Lee’s set. Hoping for the two outs, the board instead gives Lee the and river for the nut flush. 

Giang Bui – 304,000
Lee Gwan Woo – 150,000

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20:20: Chip leaders at the break
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

59 players remaining, getting close to bagging time with 51 guaranteed to advance. Here are the current chip leaders:

Ivan Ermin – 555,000
Le Ngoc Minh – 487,000
Nguyen Manh Hung – 540,000
Quan Qiu – 530,000
Giuseppe Murabito – 360,000

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20:06: Giuseppe Murabito cleans out with big slick
Level 17: 3000-6000 ante 6000

Giuseppe Murabito three-bet shoves from hijack and initial raiser calls for everything and shows . Murabito is ahead . The board runs , Murabito drags it in.

Giuseppe Murabito – 357,000

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19:35: Quan Qiu outkicks and sends out packing
Level 15: 2500-5000 ante 5000

Another all in preflop shove, Quan Qiu is ahead and proceeds to finish off a shorter stack .

Quan Qiu – 465,000

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19:34: Nguyen Manh Hung wins the flip, soars to the chip lead
Level 15: 2500-5000 ante 5000

Nguyen Manh Hung opens then calls a three-bet with flipping against . The board runs , Nguyen spikes the higher pair and soars to the chip lead.

Nguyen Manh Hung – 560,000

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19:29: Le Ngoc Minh gets there on the river for a big pot
Level 15: 2500-5000 ante 5000

Lojack Le Ngoc Minh raises to 11,000 and is joined by two callers to the flop . All three check for a free look at the turn . Action is checked to cutoff who bets 22,000, big blind folds, Le check-raises 67,000 and is called. On the river , Le fires 97,000, cutoff calls and shows two pair, Le dominates with straight.

Le Ngoc Minh – 480,000

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19:03: Lee Suya dominates the three way
Level 15: 2500-5000 ante 5000

Three way all in preflop, Lee Suya with stays ahead of and on a board to boot one.

Lee Suya – 309,000

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18:57: Full board saves Le Van Son 
Level 14: 2000-4000 ante 4000

Le Van Sen four-bet all in for 91,000 with then sweats it against a bigger stack’s set on the flop . With the turn and river , Le is saved to ship a double up.

Le Van Sen – 192,000

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18:50: Giuseppe Murabito cracks aces
Level 14: 2000-4000 ante 4000

Cutoff Giuseppe Murabito opens 5000 and is called by the blinds for a three-way to the flop . Small blind leads out 9000, big blind and Murabito call. Small blind shoves his last 15,000 on the turn , big blind folds, Murabito snap calls and shows straight. Small blind has and is drawing dead.

Giuseppe Murabito – 190,000

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18:33: Cheng Dong Li successful on defending his big blind
Level 13: 1000-2500 ante 2500

Cutoff Quan Qiu opens 6500, Cheng Dong Li defends the big blind. Qiu bets the flop and turn , Li check-calls the 6000 and 17,000 bets, then both check the river . Li shows mid pair, Qiu mucks.

Cheng Dong Li – 140,000
Quan Qiu – 300,000

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18:23: Le Ngoc Minh outkicks and ships it
Level 13: 1000-2500 ante 2500

Le Ngoc Minh is ahead at the showdown with dominating . His hand stays ahead on board to ship it and boot one in the process.

Le Ngoc Minh – 237,000

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18:05: Ivan Ermin gives Romain Bier the boot
Level 13: 1000-2500 ante 2500

Ivan Ermin’s stands tall against Romain Bier’s that misses the board completely.

Ivan Ermin – 300,000
Romain Bier – eliminated

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17:49: Another takedown by Lee Junggyeol
Level 13: 1000-2500 ante 2500

From cutoff, Lee Junggyeol calls a raise and sees the flop . Initial raiser utg+2 c-bets 4,000, Lee raises to 12,000, utg+2 three-bets 40,000, Lee shoves, utg+2 calls and is covered. Utg+2 has two pair, Lee higher two pair. Lee goes on to ship it after the turn and river .

Lee Junggyeol – 350,000

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17:43: Lee Junggyeol’s small pair stands
Level 13: 1000-2500 ante 2500

Off the bat, cutoff shoves 31,000, button Lee Junggyeol three-bets, no other takers. Lee’s goes on to win against on board .

Lee Junggyeol – 265,000

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17:30: Czar Ian Marcos outkicks Jinlong Hu
Level 12: 1000-2000 ante 2000

Cutoff Czar Ian Marcos opens 4,500, button Jinlong Hu three-bets 25,000, Marcos four-bets all in, Hu calls and is covered. Marcos is ahead , Hu , board runs . Hu is eliminated.

Czar Ian Marcos – 200,000

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17:24: Wang Hui soars, Bien Mai plunges
Level 12: 1000-2000 ante 2000

Catching the action on board and 61,000 in the pot, small blind Bien Mai shoves (82,000), big blind Wang Hui tanks while using up all of his time-banks then finds the courage to call for all of his chips. Mai has pair, Wang with straight.

Wang Hui – 224,000
Bien Mai – 500

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16:50: Cheng Zhang cleans one out
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

All in preflop, Cheng Zhang ships it with staying ahead of on board .

Cheng Zhang – 120,000

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16:35: Random stacks
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

Le Ngoc Manh – 190,000
Doan Quang Trung – 215,000
Lai Zijian – 175,000
Moon Janhoo – 150,000
Gyeong Byeong Lee – 19,000
Le Ngoc Minh – 75,000
Vamerdino Magsakay – 25,000
Dhaval Mudgal – 30,000
David Erquiaga – 25,000
Dang Minh Dat – 100,000
Romain Bier – 35,000
Khoi Nguyen – 50,000
Ngo Minh Tien – 47,000
Justin Geronimo – 25,000
Vladimir Litasov – 140,000
Jinlong Hu – 60,000
Raju Jaruplavath – 90,000
Bien Mai – 45,000
Guy Taylor – 30,000
Alok Birewar – 35,000
Lee Suya – 60,000

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16:30: Day 1B closes at 408 entries
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

Incredible turnout at Mini Main Day 1B with 408 entries on register! Combined with Day 1A that’s 691 entries that sent the prize pool to VN₫ 7 Billion! The next step for the players is to reach one of the 51 spots in the money round. Currently 200 players still in the field which means three-quarters will miss that chance. However, there is still Day 1C for those that fall before that final flight closes.

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15:50: Last level to enter Day 1B
Level 10: 600-1200 ante 1200

Bustling room with Day 1B recording 370 entries so far. This is the last level to jump in this flight. If you miss that window, Day 1C picks up at the close of this one at 4:30pm.

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13:40: Halfway through Day 1B registration, 234 entries and rising
Level 6: 300-500 ante 500

Players continue to file in for the highly popular Mini Main Event with 234 entries so far. Only five rounds left to join this heat, closing at the start of Level 11. The pot is currently at VN₫ 5.2 Billion.

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11:30: 47 players and rising
Level 2: 100-100 ante 100

The field has more than doubled with 46 players registered plus 1 re-entry. Registration is open until the start of Level 11 at approximately 4:30pm.

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11:00: Cards now flying at Mini Main Day 1B!
Level 1: 100-100

Shuffle up and deal! Cards are now being dealt at Mini Main Day 1B with 21 players getting on the felt early.

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The USOP Danang 2024 Min Main Event is a three-day tournament featuring a VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~USD 121,000) guarantee. This is another highly popular event with structure exactly like the Main Event except with faster blinds. To enter, three flights are scheduled. The first flight has already drew a massive 283 entry field which is very close to matching the guarantee. As seen at the festival’s early events, the guarantee will be crushed, how high is anyone’s guess. As a gauge, the Mystery Millions ballooned to 2.5 times.

The last two flights take place today with Day 1B starting at 11am and Day 1C at 4:30pm.

Buy in: VN₫ 12,000,000 (~USD 494)
Guarantee: VN₫ 3,000,000,000 (~USD 121,000)
Starting stack: 30,000
Level intervals: 30 minutes

Day 1A: 283 entries / 35 ITM
Day 1B: March 26, 2024 at 11am / closing at start of Level 11, approximately at 4:30pm
Day 1C: March 26, 2024 at 4:30pm / closing at start of Level 11, approximately at 10pm
Bagging time: ITM of 12.5% of the field