USOP Danang 2024: Mini Main – Day 1C

Michael Kim Falcon dominates Mini Main Day 1C to bag over a million; 52 advance to Day 2

The last flight of the Mini Main dragged everyone out of the woodwork to build the largest heat of 421 entries. This surpassed the Day 1B turnout by 13 entries. Asia circuit regulare Michael Kim Falcon came out swinging hard to close the day as top dog with over million in chips. He is just 9 bb shy of the overall chip leader Le Ngoc Minh.

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Michael Kim Falcon	Denmark	1,013,000	127
2	Julian Salvesen	Norway	561,000	70
3	Pradeep Sharma	India	448,000	56
4	Tae Wook Kim	Korea	433,000	54
5	Zhi Yuan Xu	China	414,000	52
6	Vu Minh Tri	Vietnam	413,000	52
7	Ng Duc Han	Vietnam	412,000	52
8	Tran Duc Kien	Vietnam	347,000	43
9	Corey Van	Australia	339,000	42
10	Luu Danh Tuan	Vietnam	338,000	42
11	Lyu Hong Kai	China	336,000	42
12	Zhou Jia He	China	312,000	39
13	Jun Young Park	Korea	303,000	38
14	Nguyen Thanh Dung	Vietnam	299,000	37
15	Jung Hoon Lee	Korea	296,000	37
16	Teo Loong Hui	Singapore	286,000	36
17	Raju Jaruplavath	India	274,000	34
18	Kang Daon	Korea	266,000	33
19	Phan Minh Duc	Vietnam	266,000	33
20	Darragh Curtin	Ireland	263,000	33
21	Chu Myat Thwe	Myanmar	260,000	33
22	Win Meng Tan	Malaysia	258,000	32
23	Pham Tien Dung	Vietnam	249,000	31
24	Thanh Tung Hoang	Vietnam	248,000	31
25	Gatmanee Jitlert	Australia	233,000	29
26	Changjun Kim	Korea	232,000	29
27	Feng Qihu	China	227,000	28
28	Ngi Hoang Hieu	Vietnam	217,000	27
29	Lee Jea Won	Korea	209,000	26
30	Chou Yu Ying	Taiwan	202,000	25
31	Li Yong	Canada	195,000	24
32	Tran Dinh Tri	Vietnam	177,000	22
33	Bo Wang	China	176,000	22
34	Thomas Young	Indonesia	169,000	21
35	Craig Cooper	UK	168,000	21
36	Park Seung Jin	Korea	158,000	20
37	Tommy W	China	151,000	19
38	Ko Seunghun	Korea	148,000	19
39	Moon Jang-ho	Korea	141,000	18
40	Alok Birewar	India	140,000	18
41	Luo Shao Hua	China	140,000	18
42	Daniyal Kazi	India	135,000	17
43	Prommin Talordpong	Thailand	125,000	16
44	Nguyen Huu Doc	Vietnam	105,000	13
45	Nguyen Khoi	Vietnam	104,000	13
46	Nguyen Minh Thanh	Vietnam	82,000	10
47	Hsin Yu Hung	Taiwan	80,000	10
48	Epifanov Maxim	Russia	70,000	9
49	Nguyen Quang Minh	Vietnam	67,000	8
50	Tong Van Viet	Vietnam	63,000	8
51	Li Hao Yuan	China	55,000	7
52	Michael Smith	Canada	38,000	5

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Chips in play: 12,630,000

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02:15: Khoi Nguyen delivers a double KO 
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Two players were eliminated during bubble round to split the last place cash. Khoi Nguyen claimed the small pot with two pair on a board denying pocket Kings and pocket Queens.

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02:07: Bubble round: Luu Danh Tuan chunks a player down to 1 small blind
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

Bubble time arrived during Level 18 with 53 players remaining and one spot to ITM. Facing a three-bet shove, Luu Danh Tuan called with then improved on the board to double up through a player’s . This sent the dominated player to just 1 small blind.

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22:10: Registration closes at 421 entries!
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

The final flight of the Mini Main drew the largest field of 421 entries bringing the total entries to 1,112! That should see a prize pool over VN₫ 11.6 Billion. 53 players are guaranteed a spot in the money round.

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19:55: 309 entries – 1,000 cumulative entries!
Level 7: 300-600 ante 600

With Day 1C hitting 309 entries, the Mini Main has now reached a cumulative 1000 entries! The total pot is now nearing VN₫ 10.5 Billion!

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17:00: 230 entries and rising
Level 5: 200-400 ante 400

Last chance to enter the Mini Main at Day 1C. Registration closes at the start of Level 11 at approximately 10pm.

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16:30: Cards in the air for Day 1C!
Level 1: 100-100 ante 100

The last flight to enter the Mini Main is now underway. 37 players were seen at the starting buzzer. Registration closes at the start of Level 11, at approximately 10pm. Pot is now VN₫ 7 Billion and rising.

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: 408 entries / 51 ITM