Madness Kick Off (11,000,000 VND)

Hi-jack Nguyen Van Cuong and big blind Andres Vasquez were fighting for 175,000 chips in the middle with a board that showed K♣ 7♠ 4♠ . Vasquez led for 30,000 and was matched by Cuong to see a T♣ turn. Vasquez fired another barrel for 65,000 which Cuong replied with an all-in shove. Vasquez folded and surrendered the pot to Cuong.

The USOP Hai Phong Grand Finale made history with the Madness Kickoff flight Day1C as the most entries for a single flight in an opening event with 606. Of the 606 contenders, only the top 76 would qualify for a bag to keep their chips and bring it to tomorrow's Day 2 Final.

Leading the flight with the largest stack was Yuan Xu of China, who built a stack of 647,000 from a starting stack of 25,000 chips. Second in rank was Vietnam's Hoang Giang Luong with 568,000 with Nhat Duong Hoang rounding up the top three of the flight, sitting on 521,000 chips.

The 76 qualifiers are guaranteed a minimum payout from the prize pool, which was speculated to already go beyond the VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000) because of the Day 1C attendance. The Day 1D total entries will be adding gravy to a juicy prize pool and all that's left to do is what for the final numbers.

Madness Kickoff Day 1C

Date: November 30, 2024

Buy-in: VND 11,000,000 (~USD 430)

Guarantee: VND 10,000,000,000 (~USD 400,000)

Entries: 606 entries (418 unique)

ITM: 76

Starting Stack: 25,000

Total Chips In Play: 15,150,000

Average Stack: 199,300

Players Remaining: 76

Blinds: 4,000/8,000 with ante of 8,000