USOP Danang 2024: Mystery Millions – Day 1B

Ming Jiang delivers the bubble to bag the Day 1B chip lead

Mystery Million Day 1B ends with China’s Ming Jiang zooming to the top of the counts to bag up an enormous 741,000 (62 bb) stack. It all came down in one hand. During hand-for-hand, Jiang was already sporting a big stack when he looked down at and laid out a three-bet. Initial raiser four-bet shoved with , Ming snap-called, the board ran . Jiang shipped it while simultaneously delivering the bubble to end the day.

The second Mystery Millions flight kicked off loaded with excitement as the guarantee was immediately breached. As players continued to pile in, the Day 1A turnout was easliy surpassed, leaving no doubt that a monster prize pool was brewing. At the close of late reg, 337 signed up with 42 advancing to Day 2.

Date: March 23, 2024
Guarantee VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~USD 161,400)
Entries: 337 (250 unique)
ITM: 42 players
Chips in play: 10,100,000

Rank	Player	Flag	Stack	BB
1	Ming Jiang	China	741,000	62
2	Lee Hyun Dong	Korea	544,000	45
3	Duong Ngo Linh	Vietnam	533,000	44
4	Yu Xiao Tong	China	530,000	44
5	Drasko Boskovic	Serbia	464,000	39
6	Nguyen Tuan Anh	Vietnam	453,000	38
7	Lee Junam	Korea	440,000	37
8	Farukh Tach	Afghanistan	406,000	34
9	Peng Yang	China	398,000	33
10	Do Quang Trinh	Vietnam	384,000	32
11	Ge Dong Sheng	China	319,000	27
12	Zhou Jia He	China	310,000	26
13	Rick Jason Ambataa	Philippines	256,000	21
14	Minh Tien	Vietnam	235,000	20
15	Thomas Young	Indonesia	219,000	18
16	Huang Yuntian	China	215,000	18
17	Hung Wan	Hong Kong	211,000	18
18	Choe Hwan Ho	Korea	209,000	17
19	Nikolic Jovan	Serbia	202,000	17
20	Le Ba Phuc	Vietnam	200,000	17
21	Vu Dinh Tuan	Vietnam	200,000	17
22	Troung Vu Tuan Khanh	Vietnam	198,000	17
23	Phan Huu Minh Tri	Vietnam	197,000	16
24	Suya Lee	Korea	194,000	16
25	Nguyen Trung Ha	Vietnam	192,000	16
26	Kim Young Jun	Korea	187,000	16
27	Jun Minsu	Korea	185,000	15
28	Anatolii Gorbusin	Russia	180,000	15
29	Lyu Hong Kai	China	162,000	14
30	Jia Wen Hu	China	143,000	12
31	Pradeep N.	India	123,000	10
32	Chen Xiangzhi	China	115,000	10
33	Huynh Ngoc Thai	Vietnam	103,000	9
34	Gabriel Carter	UK	102,000	9
35	Lim Cheng Jing	Malaysia	100,000	8
36	Shih King Lun	Hong Kong	96,000	8
37	Frank Lillis	Ireland	90,000	8
38	Chien Chih Weng	Taiwan	88,000	7
39	Shen Xian Chao	China	74,000	6
40	Yixuan Dong	China	66,000	6
41	Du Minh Quang	Vietnam	44,000	4
42	An Seung Yong	Korea	16,000	1

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21:10: 51 players remaining
Level 18: 4000-8000 ante 8000

End of day is near with 51 players remaining and 42 advancing to Day 2 / ITM round. Here are the leaders:

Lee Junam – 510,000
Yu Xiao Tong – 470,000
Drasko Boskovic – 460,000
Lee Hyun Dong – 440,000
Rai Nguyen – 410,000

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19:35: Top 5 leaders. 88 players remaining
Level 15: 2000-4000 ante 4000

Drasko Boskovic – 450,000
Rai Nguyen – 300,000
Ngo Minh Tien – 265,000
Shih King Lun – 250,000
Lee Hyun Dong – 220,000

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18:55: 104 players remaining
Level 14: 1500-3000 ante 3000

Still a long way to go with 104 players remaining with only 42 advancing to Day 2 / ITM round.

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17:35: Top 5 chip leaders
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

Drasko Boskovic – 290,000 – 193 bb
Phuong – 200,000 – 200000- 133 bb
Peng Yang – 135,000 – 90 bb
Jinlong Hu – 130,000 – 87 bb

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17:30: Registratiion closed! 337 entries for Day 1B
Level 11: 1000-1500 ante 1500

Mystery Millions Day 1B registration closed at 337 entries (249 unique). Combined with Day 1A’s 226 entries, that’s 563 entries for a prize pool of VN₫ 8.1 Billion (~USD 326K). That figure will go up further with Day 1C open for signups.

With Day 1B flight reg closed, the remaining players now race to ITM / qualify for Day 2. Only 42 players are guaranteed to advance.

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14:45: Day 1A entries surpassed!
Level 6: 300-500 ante 500

Day 1B has just surpassed Day 1A entries! Currently 227 entries with registration open until the start of Level 11 at 5:30pm. The prize pool is over VN₫ 6.5 Billion and rising. If you miss this flight or miss the mark, there is still Day 1C which starts at 4:30m. Buy in is VN₫ 16.5 Million.

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14:40: Halfway through registration with 221 entries
Level 6: 300-500 ante 500

Halfway through registration with five levels done and dusted. Only five levels left to jump in this flight. For every VN₫ 16,500,000 (~USD 679) buy in, VN₫ 6,000,000 will go to the bounty pool. Starting stack is 30,000 with blinds increasing every 30 minutes.

If you haven’t yet heard, the guarantee has been shattered! The possibility of tripling up is very high. At this time, Day 1B is at 221 entries which is closing in on the Day 1A count of 226 entries.

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Mystery Millions – Day 1B

Brace yourselves! The Mystery Millions VN₫ 4 Billion guarantee will be breached early today! Last night, Day 1A drew 226 entries with only 280 total needed to meet the proposed prize pool. This is currently the richest guarantee on offer until the Main Event takes the stage. For every VN₫ 16,500,000 (~USD 679) buy in, VN₫ 6,000,000 will go to the bounty pool. To enter, the last two flights are scheduled for today.

Day 1B
Time: 12pm
Registration close: approiximately 5:30pm (start of Level 11)
Bagging time: ITM of 12.5% of the field

Day 1C
Time: 4:30pm
Registration close: approiximately 10pm (start of Level 11)
Bagging time: ITM of 12.5% of the field