The U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 festival concluded Day 3 adding another six players to the champions list. The latest winners were Vladimir Litasov, Hwanho Choe, Joshua Figuerres, Chien Chih Weng, Xuan Truong Bui, and Junghyun Lee. Check out their stories down below.
With 15 completed events, the USOP Player of the Series race is well underway. The top two spots remain the same with Yinfei Xiao leading with 875 points and Rungrot Nuannoi with 750 points. Kickoff Event winner Vladimir Litasov slid into third rank with 700 points. Make sure to check the leaderboard for the standings. By the end of the festival, the player with the most points will win the exclusive USOP POTS Ring!
USOP Danang 2024 – Festival Results
USOP Danang 2024 – Player of the Series Leaderboard
USOP Player of the Series Ring and Player of the Year Bracelet
Vladimir Litasov scores maiden live title at the USOP Danang 2024 Kickoff Event
USOP Danang 2024 opened its doors with a Kickoff Event featuring a VN₫ 2 Billion guarantee. By the end of the three starting flights, 535 entries was on record for a crushing VN₫ 4.15 Billion prize pool. The largest cut of that juicy pot was claimed by Russia’s Vladimir Litasov after defeating Drasko Boskovic at heads up.
“This is my first cup! I don’t know how I feel yet but my heart is thumping! The event was amazing.”
Read up on the event via the Kickoff Live Updates or you can watch the final table livestream on the Crown Poker Club facebook page.
Date: March 19 to 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~USD 362)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~USD 81,930)
Entries: 535 (415 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,151,600,000 (~USD 167,475)
ITM: 68 players
Final 9 payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Vladimir Litasov | Russia | 800,100,000 |
| 2 | Drasko Boskovic | Serbia | 545,800,000 |
| 3 | Le Giang Nam | Vietnam | 360,600,000 |
| 4 | Hung Wan | Hong Kong | 256,600,000 |
| 5 | Teo Loong Hui | Singapore | 203,500,000 |
| 6 | The Naing | Singapore | 165,700,000 |
| 7 | David Erquiaga | Philippines | 133,600,000 |
| 8 | Radoslaw Kopec | Poland | 104,700,000 |
| 9 | Tolin Jargalyn | Austria | 80,000,000 |
Hwanho Choe takes down the day’s biggest field at Midweek Special
With players continuing to pour in, Day 3 witnessed significant rise in side event attendance. The largest of the day was the Midweek Special with 187 entries on record. This doubled up the prize pool to VN₫ 1,088,300,000 (~USD 43,900). Emerging victorious was Korea’s Hwanho Choe for a payout of VN₫ 270,000,000 (~USD 10,900).
Choe has been on fire since December, nearly winning the APT Hanoi Billions Zodiac Classic event, then earniing a career first live victory at the PokerStars LIVE Manila Megastack Mystery Bounty in January.
Date: March 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~USD 272)
Guarantee: VN₫ 500,000,000 (~USD 20,200)
Entries: 187 (151 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,088,300,000 (~USD 43,900)
ITM: 24 places
Final 9 payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Hwanho Choe | Korea | 270,000,000 |
| 2 | Hairong You | China | 175,600,000 |
| 3 | Jin Kim | Korea | 112,000,000 |
| 4 | Piet Pape | Germany | 76,500,000 |
| 5 | Ledong Zhou | China | 60,400,000 |
| 6 | Zening Qiu | China | 50,200,000 |
| 7 | Jiawen Hu | China | 41,800,000 |
| 8 | Haoyuan Li | China | 34,700,000 |
| 9 | Prajit Ghambir | India | 28,900,000 |
Chien Chih Weng comes from behind to win the Mini High Roller
One of Taiwan’s leading female players, Chien Chih Weng aka Maggie Weng came from behind at heads up to win the Mini High Roller for VN₫ 413,300,000 (~USD 16,670). Attracting XX entries, by the ninth hour, notable pro Gab Yong Kim was knocked out leaving Weng and Yasuhiro Waki to duke it out for the title.
Waki opened with the chip advantage and proceeded to grind down Weng, but struggled to close it out. Instead, it took six all in showdowns, with the lead bouncing back and forth, before Weng finally put a nail on it. The final hand was Weng 
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Date: March 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 22,000,000 (~USD 905)
Guarantee: VN₫ 500,000,000 (~USD 20,200)
Entries: 58 (47 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,125,200,000 (~USD 45,380)
ITM: 7 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Chien Chih Weng | Taiwan | 413,300,000 |
| 2 | Yasuhiro Waki | Japan | 247,500,000 |
| 3 | Gab Yong Kim | Korea | 151,900,000 |
| 4 | Yonghwa Seo | Korea | 106,800,000 |
| 5 | Anh Minh Nguyen | Viet Nam | 84,400,000 |
| 6 | Mark Flynn Gavin | Ireland | 67,600,000 |
| 7 | Soonjo Kwon | Korea | 53,700,000 |
Maiden live title for Joshua Figuerres at Bubble Rush
Leaving the comfort of homeland Philippines for another attempt at a USOP title was a good decision for Joshua Figuerres. Figuerres outlasted the 35 entry field of the Bubble Rush event, defeating Gabriel Carter at heads up, to capture a career first poker trophy. Along with the merch, Figuerres won a substantial payout of VN₫ 127,600,000 (~USD 5,150).
Date: March 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~USD 362)
Entries: 35 (32 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 271,600,000 (~USD 10,950)
ITM: 4 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Joshua Figuerres | Philippines | 127,600,000 |
| 2 | Gabriel Dominic Carter | UK | 73,300,000 |
| 3 | Dizhi Lei | China | 43,400,000 |
| 4 | Ryoji Negishi | Japan | 27,300,000 |
Xuan Truong Bui captures first live title at the 6-Handed Turbo
Fairly new to the live tournament scene, with stats barely a year old, Vietnam’s Xuan Truong Bui captured a career first win at the 6-Handed Turbo. Bui topped the 76 entry field, turning his VN₫ 4 Million buy in into a sizable VN₫ 83,600,000 (~USD 3,370).
Date: March 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 4,000,000 (~USD 165)
Entries: 76 (60 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 265,400,000 (~USD 10,700)
ITM: 10 places
Final Table payouts
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Xuan Truong Bui | Vietnam | 83,600,000 |
| 2 | Jun Li | UK | 51,700,000 |
| 3 | Jankowski Lukasz Jaroslaw | Poland | 32,900,000 |
| 4 | Nikolai Babushkin | Russia | 22,500,000 |
| 5 | Myungil Jun | Korea | 17,600,000 |
| 6 | Yuequan Jia | China | 14,600,000 |
| 7 | Yu Hung | China | 12,600,000 |
| 8 | Falcon Ravn | USA | 11,100,000 |
Junghyun Lee wins first USOP title at the 7-Handed Hyper Turbo
Another first time USOP winner emerged with Korea’s Junghyun Lee taking down the 7-Handed Hyper Turbo. Lee overcame the 38 entry field for a payout of VN₫ 81,600,000 (~USD 3,290).
Date: March 21, 2024
Buy in: VN₫ 6,000,000 (~USD247)
Entries: 38 (32 unique)
Prize pool: VN₫ 199,000,000 (~USD 8,050)
ITM: 5 places
| Place | Player | Flag |
Payout in VN₫
|
| 1 | Junghyun Lee | Korea | 81,600,000 |
| 2 | Junnie Tan Pamplona | Philippines | 46,700,000 |
| 3 | Duc Phuc Nguyen | Vietnam | 30,400,000 |
| 4 | Jun Zhao | China | 22,200,000 |
| 5 | Yixuan Dong | China | 18,100,000 |
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.
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