USOP Vietnam: Ha Trung Nguyen commands Main Event Day 1B; Rie Tachi, Hoang Huy Tran, Hung Thanh Tran lift trophies

Day 8 at the U Series of Poker Vietnam was nothing short of action packed as another Main Event flight filled the Crown Poker Club. While the Main Event was the highlight of the day, three players also distinguished themselves at the side events with Japan earning its first series victory. Here are the day’s highlights and results.

FESTIVAL RESULTS

Event 17: Main Event (In Progress)

The Main Event Day 1B was a hotbed of excitement, attracting 213 entries (134 unique, 79 re-entry) over ten rounds of registration. The field was buzzing with a mix of Day 1A fallouts and fresh faces. Among the newcomers was Ha Trung Nguyen aka Hasagi who bagged the chip lead with a huge 144 BB stack.

To reach such heights, in a critical hand against another big stack, Michael Kim Falcon, Kwan landed a sick one-outer to propel him to the top of the counts which he held to the end of day. This was Hasagi’s biggest takedown. Decorated high roller Minh Quang Nguyen also fell to Hasagi.

Read up on the Day 1B action and complete chip counts via the Main Event Live Updates. 

Day 1B – top 5 players in chips 

Player	Flag	Stack	BB
Hasagi	Vietnam	864,000	144
Benson	Singapore	737,000	123
True Milk 3	Vietnam	631,000	105
Sua Shung Er	Malaysia	504,000	84
Jae Kang Park	Korea	500,000	83

Rie Tachi brings Japan first series trophy at the Ladies Event

The Ladies Event saw Japan make its mark with Rie Tachi emerging victorious and to earn a first trophy for her country. 

Buy in: VN₫ 3,300,000 (~US$ 140)
Entries: 27 {22 unique, 5 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 78,500,000 (~US$ 3,3340)
ITM: 3 places

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Rie Tachi	39,500,000
2	Mandy Lim	23,500,000
3	Hua Wei Lin	15,500,000

Hoang Huy Tran wins the Super Deepstack 400M GTD

Hoang Huy Tran added another trophy to his collection after taking down the USOP Vietnam Super Deepstack 400M GTD. Tran bested a competitive field of 146 entries that included decorated pros David Erquiaga, Nevan Chang, and Fu Bang Huang at the final table. For his triumph, Tran pocketed a cool VN₫ 196,000,000 (~US$ 8,340). 

Buy in: VN₫ 5,500,000 (~US$ 230)
Guarantee: VN₫ 400,000,000 (~US$ 17,000)
Entries: 146 (111 unique, 35 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 708,100,000 (~US$ 30,120)
ITM: 18 places

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Hoang Huy Tran	196,000,000
2	Cuong Manh Nguyen	123,000,000
3	Nevan Chang	72,300,000
4	Mai Kim Phuong	50,000,000
5	Tuan Bao To	40,000,000
6	Tuan Manh Nguyen	32,500,000
7	David Erquiaga	27,000,000
8	Fu Bang Huang	23,000,000
9	Hung Quang Vu	19,500,000
10	Chinh Duc Tran	16,200,000
11	Trung Van Nguyen	16,200,000
12	Hoang Minh Nguyen	16,200,000
13	Noell Llamedo	13,400,000
14	Hanna Sami Anthony Abu	13,400,000
15	Khoi Anh Le	13,400,000
16	Zong Xian Lim	12,000,000
17	Nabil Georgre Kalisse Rajai	12,000,000
18	Unknown	12,000,000

 Hung Thanh Tran comes from behind to win 5-Card PLO

Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190)
Entries: 59 (37 unique, 22 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 228,920,000 (~US$ 9,740)
ITM: 7 places

Place	Player	Payout in VN₫
1	Hung Thanh Tran	83,120,000
2	Toma Tsugunari	50,000,000
3	Zong Xian Lim	30,900,000
4	Sheng Wei Chan	22,900,000
5	Kenny Burke	17,800,000
6	Vinh Nam Tran	13,700,000
7	Roland Kivi	10,500,000