Three days now in the books at U Series Of Poker‘s inaugural USOP Hai Phong festival at Dream Dragon Resort in Hai Phong, Vietnam. Running from September 11 to 23, 2024, a total of 66 trophies are up for grabs plus the USOP Player of the Series Ring. To date, 13 trophies have been claimed. That means 53 more await its owner. Here are the latest winners and recaps of ongoing events.
USOP Hai Phong – News
USOP Hai Phong – Daily Updates
USOP Hai Phong – Schedule / Player Guide
USOP Hai Phong – Photos
USOP Hai Phong – Festival Results
USOP Hai Phong – Day 3 Highlights
Hoang Hai Nam Wins The High Roller Charity
High roller crusher Hoang Hai Nam has done it! After eliminating Xiaosheng Zheng in 3rd place, Hoang took the lead away from Tran Viet Anh Hiep and never looked back. Starting heads up just 6 bb apart, Hoang proceeded to grind down Tran to 20 bb while in turn rising to 75 bb.
The frustrated Tran eventually took a stand calling all in with 
against Hoang’s 
. Tran missed the board for the ducks to hold and award Hoang another USOP high roller title to add to his collection.
To date, Hoang now has three USOP High Roller titles to his name – Superstar Challenge, Super High Roller, and High Roller Charity.
The High Roller Charity Event was in benefit of the Red Cross and Relief Efforts due to the recent typhoon that swept through the coastal city of Hai Phong. A generous VN₫ 171,000,000 (~US$ 6,950) was collected.
Read up on the High Roller Charity Event final table rundown via the Day 3 Daily Updates.
Date: September 12 to 13, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,200)
Entries: 57 (43 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,622,000,000 (~US$ 106,560)
ITM: 9 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Hai Nam Hoang | Viet Nam | 830,000,000 |
| 2 | Viet Anh Hiep Tran | Viet Nam | 551,200,000 |
| 3 | Xiao Sheng Zheng | China | 368,400,000 |
| 4 | Xuan Huan Do | Viet Nam | 256,100,000 |
| 5 | William Jia | Australia | 185,800,000 |
| 6 | Duc Tu Bui | Viet Nam | 141,200,000 |
| 7 | Max Buschmann | Germany | 112,300,000 |
| 8 | Plant Ryan | UK | 94,000,000 |
| 9 | Khoa Anh Ngo | Viet Nam | 83,000,000 |
Johnni Nielsen Wins Record Breaking Madness Kick Off Event
The record breaking Madness Kick Off Event concluded with Sweden’s Johnni Peer Nielsen clinching his maiden live title after defeating Jing Sun at heads up. Along with the glory, Nielsen was awared a USOP trophy and the top prize payout of VN₫ 1,650,000,000 (US$ 67,000). After his win, the champ shared,
“I feel good! I was focused all throughout the tournament. I think even more focused on the second day. I protected my chips every time and tried not to make many mistakes.”
While elated on his victory, Nielsen doesn’t plan on celebrating. Instead, he plans to carry the winning momentum into the next tournament. So expect to see him at the tables today!
Madness Kick Off – Results
Date: September 11 to 13, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 9,000,000 (~US$ 360)
Guarantee: VN₫ 5,000,000,000 (~US$ 203,200)
Entries: 1,324
Prize pool: VN₫ 9,956,480,000 (~US$ 404,650)
ITM: 167 players
Final Table Payouts
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Johnni Nielsen | Sweden | 1,650,000,000 |
| 2 | Jing Sun | China | 1,132,000,000 |
| 3 | Khoi Nguyen | Vietnam | 750,000,000 |
| 4 | Pham Bao | Vietnam | 559,600,000 |
| 5 | Nguyen Than Minh | Vietnam | 425,000,000 |
| 6 | Joris Michl | Netherlands | 342,880,000 |
| 7 | Do Anh Tai | Vietnam | 279,000,000 |
| 8 | Do Duc Hieu | Vietnam | 219,500,000 |
| 9 | Dang Quyen Anh | Vietnam | 165,000,000 |
Final Table Recap
167 players returned for the final stage of the Madness Kick Off Event. With each one already guaranteed a piece of the record breaking pot VN₫ 9,956,480,000 (~US$ 404,650), the goal was to win the title. Bringing in a commanding lead was Sweden’s Johnni Nielsen, who bagged up big at Day 1C.
Despite several players vying for the top spot, Nielsen stayed in the upper ranks all day and watched as eventual runner up Jing Sun took her turn up top, winning two pots before knocking out Pham Van Quan in 10th place.
After the fall of Dang Quyen Anh (9th), Nielsen was nearly out with 
dominated by bigger stacked Pham Bao‘s 
until a ten showed up on the flop. Sun also had lady luck on her side, dropping to 3 bb at 8-handed, then doubling up three times off Pham Bao.
Recapping the next busts, Nielsen dominated out Do Duc Hieu (8th) then Khoi Nguyen eliminated Do Anh Tai (7th) and Joris Michl (6th). At five handed, Pham’s troubles continued, losing a portion of his stack to Khoi by calling up to fourth street on a board 
with 
then folding on the river bet. It was a good fold with Khoi hodling 
two pair.
Pham recovered some of the chips by eliminating short stacked Nguyen Than Minh (5th), then lost another showdown with 
behind Nielsen’s 
. Pham was finally sent packing in 4th place by Sun.
At three-handed, chip leader Khoi surged further ahead until Sun doubled up with on a board 
, Khoi with 
. Sun was all in on the turn.
Khoi continued to drop in chips, also doubling up the lucky Nielsen who fell to 10 bb and shoved with . Though Khoi was ahead , a queen turned up on the board. The downward trend continued for Khoi until he lost the rest to Nielsen. On his final hand, Khoi called the river shove with third pair, Nielsen had top pair.
Heads up was fairly quick despite both players quite deep. Nielsen entered with the lead, Sun overtook, then Nielsen doubled up huge with 
flush over 
on a board 
. The final hand was Nielsen straight dusting Sun’s 
on a board 
.
Championships Event – Day 1A
The next phased event to grace the floor was the Championship Event with the first of three starting flights running. A roaring crowd of 205 entries (152 unique) signed up with only 26 advancing to the ITM round.
Just before the bubbble burst, Korea’s Jang Jongbea won a three-way shodown with a straight over a set and pocket aces to catapult him to the top of the counts. During the bubble round, Jang wen head to head against China’s Tianhao Zheng and earned two sizable pots one on a successful bluff and the other denying the bluff. This gave him the chip lead which held after the bubble burst on Nguyen Thi My Phuong.
Date: September 13, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 16,500,000 (~US$ 660)
Guarantee: VN₫ 4,000,000,000 (~US$ 162,570)
Day 1A Entries: 205 (152 unique)
Day 2 / ITM: 26 players
Blinds ended: 5000-10,000 ante 10,000
Top 10 in chips
| Player | Stack | BB |
| Jang Jongbea | 920,000 | 92 |
| Nguyen Trung Ha | 806,000 | 81 |
| Tran Ngoc Quang | 507,000 | 51 |
| Li Jun | 368,000 | 37 |
| Lytvynov Dmytro | 289,000 | 29 |
| Chen Hao | 277,000 | 28 |
| Johnson Anton | 250,000 | 25 |
| Ha Manh Tuong | 240,000 | 24 |
| Nguyen Hong Quan | 228,000 | 23 |
| Pham Duc Trong | 225,000 | 23 |
Vu Minh Duc Wins The Mini High Roller
The Mini High Roller wrapped up with the final two players opting on an ICM deal and awarding the trophy to the bigger stacked Vu Minh Duc. Along with the trophy, Vu pocketed VN₫ 403,775,000 (~US$ 16,410) while runner-up Haiyang Yang earned VN₫ 365,224,000 (~US$ 14,845)
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 880)
Guarantee: VN₫ 500,000,000 (~US$ 20,320)
Entries: 80 (67 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,504,000,000 (~US$ 61,125)
ITM: 10 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Minh Duc Vu | Viet Nam | 403,776,000 |
| 2 | Haiyang Yang | China | 365,224,000 |
| 3 | Leo Kamiya | Australia | 184,000,000 |
| 4 | Bogdan Andrei Munteanu | Romany | 127,200,000 |
| 5 | Yong Yi Liu | China | 101,000,000 |
| 6 | Hong Quan Nguyen | Viet Nam | 83,000,000 |
| 7 | Tsung Ying Lee | China | 71,800,000 |
| 8 | Si Cong Dinh | Viet Nam | 62,500,000 |
| 9 | Quy Loi Tran | Viet Nam | 55,500,000 |
| 10 | Kiyong Kim | Korea | 50,000,000 |
Haisheng Qiu Wins Deepstack
The Deepstack Event was one of the more popular side events in today’s menu with 169 entries building a prize pool of VN₫ 806,800,000 (~US$ 32,790). At heads up, Chinese players Haisheng Qiu and Zijing Zhan opted to split the money down the middle – VN₫ 180,250,000 (~US$ 7,325) each – and Qiu to claim the trophy for his larger stack.
Buy in: VN₫ 6,000,000 (~US$ 240)
Entries: 169 (135 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 806,800,000 (~US$ 32,790)
ITM: 21 places
See Festival Results for the complete payouts.
Baiyu Ni Wins Hyper Turbo
After cashing at the Madness Kick Off Event, Baiyu Ni earned his second cash and a career first live event trophy to go with it at the Hyper Turbo. Ni outlasted the 56 entry field to lock up the VN₫ 68,004,000 (~US$ 2,765) top prize.
Buy in: VN₫ 4,000,000 (~US$ 160)
Entries: 56 (48 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 189,504,000 (~US$ 7,700)
ITM: 7 places
See Festival Results for the complete payouts.
Ton Le Thanh Wins Double Board
Fast finish at the Double Board event with Ton Le Thanh coming out golden in just under five hours for his first USOP win. Thanh topped the 17 entry field for a payout of VN₫ 42,100,000 (~US$ 1,710).
Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 180)
Entries: 17 (16 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 63,920,000 (~US$ 2,600)
ITM: 2 places
| Place | Player | Flag | Payout in VN₫ |
| 1 | Le Thanh Long Ton | Viet Nam | 42,100,000 |
| 2 | Khac Viet Duong | Viet Nam | 21,820,000 |
Links:
USOP Hai Phong – News
USOP Hai Phong – Daily Updates
USOP Hai Phong – Schedule / Player Guide
USOP Hai Phong – Photos
USOP Hai Phong – Festival Results
Tricia David
Tricia David has long experience as a recreational poker player and has been covering poker events since 2010 for numerous outfits in Asia. She spent one year working part time with Poker Portal Asia then became editor and lead writer for all event coverage of the Philippine Poker Tour (PPT). Under the PPT, she overlooked content for their website, and produced live updates on all their events. In addition, she served as the live and online events website content writer for the Asian Poker Tour. Currently, she does live events reporting in Asia for online news site Somuchpoker and is also one of their news contributors.
Follow Me:
