Day 2
Vamerdino Magsakay catapults to the chip lead
From lojack Vamerdino Magsakay wakes up with A♣ A♠ and raises 26,000, cutoff Manish Lakhotia K♣ 6♣ three-bets 72,000, Magsakay flats. The flop runs A♦ Q♦ K♠ , Lakhotia bets 55,000, Magsakay check-calls. On the turn {kh], Lakhotia shoves 215,000, Magsakay sap-calls. Lakhotia has one out which doesn’t turn up on the river 6♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
1,400,000(117 BB) | 550,000 | |
busted | -456,000 |
Day 1D
Joe Zou
Joe Zhiguang Zhou delivers the bubble to wrap up the final flight up top

The final flight of the record breaking Main Event determined just how high this series prize pool would amount to. With 333 entries added to the earlier flights, it summed up to 1,702 entries for a stunning VN₫ 44.575 Billion (~USD 1.8 Million) prize pool. Out of the flight’s 42 ITM qualifiers, China’s came out on top.
Date: March 30, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Day 1D: 333 entries ITM: 42 players
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
826,000 | 826,000 | |
695,000 | ||
631,000 | 631,000 | |
590,000 | 590,000 | |
589,000 | 589,000 | |
551,000 | 551,000 | |
540,000 | ||
534,000 | 534,000 | |
520,000 | 520,000 | |
516,000 | 516,000 | |
492,000 | 30,000 | |
456,000 | 106,000 | |
419,000 | 419,000 | |
399,000 | 399,000 | |
399,000 | -101,000 | |
359,000 | -171,000 | |
337,000 | 337,000 | |
323,000 | 323,000 | |
320,000 | 320,000 | |
299,000 | 299,000 | |
293,000 | ||
276,000 | 276,000 | |
269,000 | 269,000 | |
246,000 | 61,000 | |
201,000 | 201,000 | |
200,000 | 200,000 | |
193,000 | 193,000 | |
183,000 | 183,000 | |
182,000 | 182,000 | |
179,000 | 179,000 | |
169,000 | -301,000 | |
165,000 | 165,000 | |
154,000 | 154,000 | |
127,000 | 127,000 | |
MF | 117,000 | 117,000 |
106,000 | 106,000 | |
103,000 | 103,000 | |
92,000 | 92,000 | |
84,000 | 84,000 | |
75,000 | 75,000 | |
72,000 | 72,000 | |
51,000 | 51,000 |
Payouts
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Day 1B
106 players remaining
106 players remaining. Here are the top 5 in chips:
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
400,000(100 BB) | -30,000 | |
390,000(98 BB) | -384,000 | |
350,000(88 BB) | ||
320,000(80 BB) | 320,000 |
Manish Lakhotia takes it to the river and ships

From cutoff, Manish Lakhotia calls a min-raise then calls a 4,000 bet on the flop 6♦ 9♠ 3♣ . On the turn 3♠ , Lakhotia bets 9,500 and is check-called. On the river A♣ , Lakhotia bets 10,000, challenger check-raises all in for 75,000, Lakhotia calls and wins with A♦ J♣ top pair over 2♠ 2♥ .
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
350,000(117 BB) | 80,000 |
Big stacks
Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
280,000(140 BB) | 280,000 | |
270,000(135 BB) | 270,000 | |
260,000(130 BB) | 260,000 | |
240,000(120 BB) | -38,000 | |
200,000(100 BB) | 200,000 |