Viet Nam, Pullman Grand Hotel Hai PhongEVENT

2024.12.02 - 2024.12.04Add to Calendar

U Series Of Poker

Blind level

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Entries

28/220

Total Chips

6,600,000

Average

235,714

Karlo De SottoKarlo De Sotto

12/2/2024, 5:13:07 PM

Day1A Chip Count - 28 Qualifiers

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Ved Kartik Mahesh

Player	Chips
VK Ved Kartik MaheshIndia	608,000(76 BB)
LY Li YongxinChina	594,000(74 BB)
JR Jules RohrFrance	579,000(72 BB)
DT Dinh Tien ThanhViet Nam	339,000(42 BB)
AB Agharazi BabayevAzerbaijan	335,000(42 BB)
TA Tran Anh Tien	311,000(39 BB)
VQ Vo Quoc HiepViet Nam	292,000(37 BB)
NT Nguyen Thanh LongViet Nam	278,000(35 BB)
IP Isaac Phua Chern ChzeMalaysia	277,000(35 BB)
HS Haoran SunChina	265,000(33 BB)
TV Truong Vu Tran KhanhViet Nam	260,000(33 BB)
TL Tung Le TienViet Nam	234,000(29 BB)
ZC Zhang ChunhaoChina	221,000(28 BB)
PD Pham Duy AnhViet Nam	216,000(27 BB)
MK Minku KimSouth Korea	189,000(24 BB)
HB Harsh BubnaIndia	184,000(23 BB)
XC Xie ChengrunChina	167,000(21 BB)
LV Le Van HungViet Nam	154,000(19 BB)
ZW Zhiyu WangAustralia	147,000(18 BB)
IL Ivan LukianovRussia	123,000(15 BB)
ZY Zhou YutongChina	122,000(15 BB)
MF Mai FenHong Kong	120,000(15 BB)
OS Ozturk SencerTurkey	115,000(14 BB)
WJ Wang JingyiChina	111,000(14 BB)
ZW Zhao WanhaoAustralia	104,000(13 BB)
GY Ge Ying RuiChina	102,000(13 BB)
YS Yun Sung JinSouth Korea	96,000(12 BB)
YC Yuanxi ChenSingapore	56,000(7 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:41:32 PM

Nguyen Trung Phong Is Bubble Boy

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Nguyen Trung Phong shove all-in for his last 30,000 from the hi-jack and Dinh Tinh Thanh defended the big blind.

Thanh was ahead pre-flop and took the lead on the flop of A♠ J♥ 8♥ when his ace paired. The T♠ river offered a gut-straight draw to Phong, but the 9♣ wasn't the card he needed.

Phong busts out as the bubble boy while Thanh boosted his stack.

Player	Hand	Chips
DT Dinh Tien ThanhViet Nam	A♥Q♥	339,000(42 BB)
NT Nguyen Trung PhongViet Nam	K♥4♣	busted

Board:A♠J♥8♥T♠9♣

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:33:51 PM

Minku's Sixes Eliminate Iliadi

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

Irvan Parmana Iliadi raised to 8,000 from under the gun and Kim Minku three-bet raised all-in on the big blind to 176,000. Iliadi made the call for his last 151,000.

Ace-Queen Off vs Sixes. A coin flip.

The board missed Iliadi allowing the sixes of Minku to win the pot and take out Iliadi on the soft bubble.

Player	Hand	Chips
IP Irvan Pramana IliadiIndonesia	A♣Q♥	busted
MK Minku KimSouth Korea	6♣6♦	339,000(42 BB)

Board:8♠8♦5♦4♣K♠

Level 18: 4,000 / 8,000 ante: 8,000

40 minutes

Remaining Players: 31/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:29:06 PM

Yongxin's Straight Earns Big

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Li Yongxin

Both Li Yongxin and Irvan Pramana Iliadi were staring at a board of A♣ 4♥ Q♦ Q♣ beside a pot with 73,000 chips.

Small blind Yongxin led out with 43,000 with big blind Iliadi re-raising to 125000. Yongxin flat called to open a 5♥ river. Yongxin checked and Iliadi checked behind. Yongxin showed a straight and Iliadi showed a pair of aces.

Player	Hand	Chips
LY Li YongxinChina		575,000(96 BB)
IP Irvan Pramana IliadiIndonesia		80,000(13 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:25:15 PM

Tung Le Tien Boards A Boat

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

Lee Jonggu

Lee Jonggu raised all-in from the hi-jack and Tung Le Tien called from the cut-off to put his remaining 103,000 chips at risk.

Jonggu's hand looked promising, but the flop gave Tien an ace to make top pair, then the turn threw another ace to make it a set. Finally, a nine on the river adding some icing to build a beautiful boat to cripple Jonggu's stack.

Player	Hand	Chips
TL Tung Le TienViet Nam	A♠9♠	221,000(37 BB)
LJ Lee JongguSouth Korea	K♦K♠	84,000(14 BB)

Board:A♥6♦3♠A♦9♥

Level 17: 3,000 / 6,000 ante: 6,000

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 37/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:20:11 PM

Rohr Bites A Chunk From Yingrui

Level 16: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

Jules Rohr

Ge Yungrui raised to 12,000 from the hi-jack and was called by Jules Rohr in the small blind. The flop came 8♣ 6♥ 2♠. Rohr check-raised the 8,000 bet of Yungrui to 26,000. Yungrui called to see a Q♣ turn. Rohr fired 53,000.

Yingrui gave it much thought, looked at his cards, threw in two time-bank tokens and eventually also threw his cards to the muck, awarding the pot to Rohr. who now sits at the chip leader throne.

Player	Chips
JR Jules RohrFrance	555,000(111 BB)
YG Yingrui GeChina	166,000(33 BB)

Level 16: 3,000 / 5,000 ante: 5,000

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 42/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 3:00:13 PM

Jonggu Forces Fold To Win Pot

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Lee Jonggu

Lee Jonggu raised to 8,000 from the hi-jack and called the three-bet to 21,000 by Yang Qinghao on the cut-off. Both players were shown a flop of 6♠ Q♠ J♥. Both checked to see a Q♣ turn. Jonggu led for 17,000 and Qinghao called.

The river came K♥. Jonggu fired 30,000, but Qinghao didn't call.

Player	Chips
LJ Lee JongguSouth Korea	250,000(83 BB)
YQ Yang QinghaoChina	53,000(18 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:47:19 PM

Thanh's Rockets Busts One, Doubles From Another

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Dinh Tien Thanh

Li Yongxin, The UTG+2 Player and Dinh Tien Thanh were are all-in before the flop.

Dinh Tien Thanh: A♠ A♦

Li Yongxin: 8♦ 8♠

UTG+2: 9♠ 4♠

Board ran Q♠ 3♠ 6♦ 9♦ A♥

Thanh's hand improved to a set on the river for winning emphasis, busting out UTG+2 and doubling frmo Yongxin.

Player	Chips
LY Li YongxinChina	270,000(90 BB)
DT Dinh Tien ThanhViet Nam	174,000(58 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:43:18 PM

Noting But A G Thang!

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

UTG player raised to 9,000 with Ge Yingrui calling from the cutoff and Tran Minh Thang defending the big blind. The flop came J♥ 9♠ 4♥. Thang pushed all-in for 49,000. UTG player stepped down, but Yingrui continued.

Thang was ahead when they showed cards, but Yingrui had outs. The turn 8♦ and river 7♠ improved Thang to two-pair and gave him a double-up to exact revenge on Yingrui.

Player	Hand	Chips
TM Tran Minh ThangViet Nam	9♦7♥	131,000(44 BB)
YG Yingrui GeChina	K♦Q♣	242,000(81 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:37:38 PM

Yingrui Gets A Big Double Boost

Level 14: 1,500 / 3,000 ante: 3,000

Ge Yingrui

Both Ge Yingrui and Tran Minh Thang had their chips in the middle with Yingrui risking of elimination for his last 127,000.

However, Yingrui was in good shape against Thang. The flopped queen almost immediately sealed the deal for Yingrui's assured double-up.

Player	Hand	Chips
YG Yingrui GeChina	A♣Q♠	262,000(87 BB)
TM Tran Minh ThangViet Nam	A♦2♠	22,000(7 BB)

Board:Q♦7♠9♦5♥8♠

Remaining Players: 50/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:28:37 PM

Break Time!

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

The remaining 50 players are on a 15-minute break.

Meanwhile, here are some top chip counts

Player	Chips
IL Ivan LukianovRussia	282,000(113 BB)
ZC Zhang Chunhao	273,000(109 BB)
PD Pham Duy AnhViet Nam	263,000(105 BB)
VQ Vo Quoc HiepViet Nam	225,000(90 BB)
WJ Wang Jingyi	218,000(87 BB)
DX Dinh Xuan Khang	214,000(86 BB)
LJ Lee JongguSouth Korea	201,000(80 BB)
JR Jules RohrFrance	200,000(80 BB)
BA Babayev Agharazi	200,000(80 BB)
VK Ved Kartik Mahesh	200,000(80 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:23:16 PM

Jiaming's Kings Double Against Fish Hooks

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Li Jiaming raise to 6,500 from under the gun with UTG+1 calling. Small blind Tran Minh Thang three-bet to 25,000 and was four-bet jammed by Jiaming for 90,500. UTG+1 folded, but Thang stuck around.

The board went dry and Jiaming's kings booked the double-up.

Player	Hand	Chips
LJ Li Jiaming	K♣K♦	193,500(77 BB)
TM Tran Minh ThangViet Nam	J♣J♥	161,000(64 BB)

Board:6♥T♥7♣2♠2♥

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:18:48 PM

Duy Cracks Kings To Double

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

Pham Duy raised to 6,000 from the hi-jack and was three-bet by Nikhil to 21,000. Duy four-bet shoved to 65,000 and Nikhil made the call.

Duy was in bad shape, but an ace on the flop gave him the lead. The turn and the river didn't help Nikhil and bagged the win for Duy to double up.

Player	Hand	Chips
PD Pham Duy	A♣Q♣	137,500(55 BB)
GN Gutta Nikhil	K♦K♠	139,500(56 BB)

Board:2♠A♦9♣5♣4♥

Level 14: 1,000 / 2,500 ante: 2,500

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 59/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:06:23 PM

Khang Busts Out Tien-Min

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

The hi-jack raised to 5,000 and Dinh Xuan Khang called from the button. Small blind Liang Tien-Min three-bet shoved all-in for 50,000. Hijack folded, but Khang made the call.

Khang was dominated by Tien-Min, but a jack on the turn gave Khang the lead. Tien-Min had one out, but that was asking too much from the poker gods. The river was a blank ad Tien-Min was ousted from the tournament.

Player	Hand	Chips
DX Dinh Xuan Khang	J♦T♦	219,000(110 BB)
LT Liang Tien-Min	T♥T♣	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 2:02:23 PM

Yutong's Aces Bust Linh

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Zhou Yutong

Zhou Yutong raised to 5,000 from the lo-jack and as called by the dealer and the big blind. Three players were given a flop of 8♥ 2♣ 3♥. Action was checked to Yutong, who fired 6,000. The button folded, but big blind Tran Quang Linh shoved all-in for 32,500. Yutong made the quick call.

Linh showed A♦ 8♠ for a pair of eights, but Yutong showed A♣ A♥ for a much-better pair. The board ran 2♠ 4♣, booking the win for Yutong and busting out Linh.

Player	Chips
ZY Zhou Yutong	218,000(109 BB)
TQ Tran Quang Linh	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:58:44 PM

Li Jiaming Pressures Pre-flop for Pot

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

UTG+1 raised to 5,500. Zhan ZIjing at UTG+2 three-bet to 13,000. Jules Rohr called in the small blind. Big blind Li Jiaming four-bet all-in for 65,500. There were no more customers and Jiaming scooped the pot.

Player	Chips
JR Jules RohrFrance	156,000(78 BB)
ZZ Zhan Zijing	108,000(54 BB)
LJ Li Jiaming	99,000(50 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:54:52 PM

Zhao Wanhao Slowly Builds

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Zhao Wanhao raised to 5,000 from UTG+2 and found three callers. Four players entered a flop of J♣ 9♠ 7♦. Action was checked around to Li Jia on the lo-jack who fired 8,000. The button and big blind stepped away, but Wanhao stuck around to see an A♥ turn.

Both checked to open a Q♣ river. Wanhao pushed all-in to put Jia at risk, but Jia decided to fight another time.

Player	Chips
ZW Zhao WanhaoChina	119,000(60 BB)
LJ Li JiaChina	37,000(19 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:51:15 PM

Wang Jingyi Grows Stack

Level 12: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

Yang Qinghao raised to 5,500 from under the gun and was called by Wang Jingyi from UTG+2. The dealer peeled a flop of 4♣ 4♥ 9♥. Both checked to see a 6♣ turn. Qinghao led out for 6,000 and Jingyi called to open a 5♦ river.

Qinghao bet 21,000, but did not call when Jingyi raised to 50,000.

Player	Chips
WJ Wang Jingyi	122,000(61 BB)
YQ Yang QinghaoChina	112,000(56 BB)

Level 13: 1,000 / 2,000 ante: 2,000

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 74/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:45:37 PM

Nikhil Busts Duy

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Gutta Nikhil raised to 4,000 from UTG+1 and Pham Duy Anh called from the cut-off. Small blind Pham Duy all-in shoved forhis last 25,500. Nikhil and Anh called behind to see a flop of T♥ 9♥ K♠. Both checked down to see 5♥ turn. Nikhil bet 20,000 and Anh did not continue.

The two remaining showed their hands. Nikhil showed Q♥ J♦ for a flopped straight while Duy showed A♦ J♥. The 4♣ didn't help improve anything and Nikhil took down the pot while eliminating Duy.

Player	Chips
GN Gutta Nikhil	124,000(83 BB)
PD Pham Duy AnhViet Nam	123,000(82 BB)
PD Pham Duy	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:41:03 PM

Jin's Ladies Make A Double

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Yung Sung Jin

Yung Sung Jin raised to 5,000. Zheng Jie three-bet to 11,000. Tran Nhuan Hoa four-bet all-in.

Jin five-bet all-in, putting his last 42,500 at risk. Jie stood down and two players headed to a showdown.

Queens vs suited Big Slicks. A flip.

Queens held for Jin to double up his stack and cripple Hoa.

Player	Hand	Chips
YS Yun Sung Jin	Q♣Q♠	99,000(66 BB)
TN Tran Nhuan Hoa	A♣K♣	14,000(9 BB)
ZJ Zhang JieTaiwan		51,000(34 BB)

Board:6♥2♣3♣9♠9♦

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:38:31 PM

Hear The Rohr

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Jules Rohr

Jules Rohr and Ge Yingrui were looking at a flop of 5♥ K♦ 2♣ and a 31,000 pot. Yingrui was the first to act and checked his option. Rohr fired out 9,500 which Yingrui raised to 30,000. Rohr answered by going all-in to put Yingrui at risk. Yingrui surrendered.

Player	Chips
JR Jules RohrFrance	222,000(148 BB)
YG Yingrui GeChina	62,000(41 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:35:33 PM

Weng Chien Chih Pressures Ved Kartik Mahesh

Level 11: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

Weng Chien Chih

Weng Chien Chih and Ved Kartik Mahesh were staring at a board of K♥ A♥ 8♠ A♦ and a 17,000 pot.

Chih checked his option from the big blind to allow Mahesh to fire 8,000. Chih matched and saw a 3♠ turn. Chih then fired 19,000 all-in, but Mahesh did not continue.

Player	Chips
WC Weng Chien Chih	52,000(35 BB)
YK Yed Kartik Mahesh	42,500(28 BB)

Level 12: 1,000 / 1,500 ante: 1,500

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 91/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:27:31 PM

Nam Flushes Over Thieu's Set

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Le Giang Nam

Nghem Xuan Thieu raised to 3,000 from under the gun and found three callers. Four players saw a flop of A♠ K♣ 2♣. The blinds checked their option to Thieu who fired 6,000. Two players folded except for Le Giang Nam in the small blind.

The turn came 7♣. Both checked to see an 8♣ on the river. Nam checked and Thieu checked behind.

Thieu showed 2♥ 2♦ for a set of twos while Nam showed A♦ T♣ for a flush to take down the pot.

Player	Chips
LG Le Giang NamViet Nam	62,500(52 BB)
NX Nghem Xuan ThieuViet Nam	51,000(43 BB)

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:21:34 PM

Hiep Hiep Hooray!

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Vo Quoc Hiep

Babayev Agharazi raised to 3,000 from UTG+1 and was called by both blinds. The flop arrived 7♣ 7♦ 5♥. Small blind Vo Quoc Hiep checked to big blind Nguyen Thi My Phuong, who fired 6,500 to the pot. Agharazi and Hiep called to see a 4♣ on the turn.

Hiep checked and Phuong shoved all-in for 40,500. Agharazi also re-raised all-in to isolate, but Hiep didn't back down.

Phuong showed 8♣ 2♣ for a flush draw; Agharazi flipped over a better Q♦ Q♠, but Hiep held a leading hand of 7♠ 9♦ for a set. The river K♦ kept Hiep ahead, eliminating Phuong and denting Agharazi.

Player	Chips
VQ Vo Quoc HiepViet Nam	210,500(175 BB)
BA Babayev Agharazi	48,000(40 BB)
NT Nguyen Thi My Phuong	busted

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 1:18:38 PM

Nguyen Tan Phuong's Set of Sixes KOs Train Hai Ha

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Nguyen Tan Phuong

Tran Hai Ha pushed his last 22,500 chips all-in from the cut-off and was challenged by Nguyen tan Phuong on the big blind.

Ace-Ten off vs Sixes. A coin flip.

The flop gave Phuong a set and didn't look back. Ha was drawing dead on the turn and the river completed his ouster from the tournament.

Player	Hand	Chips
NT Nguyen Tan PhuongViet Nam	6♠6♥	63,500(53 BB)
TH Tran Hai HaViet Nam	A♠T♥	busted

Board:8♣6♣J♦2♦Q♠

Level 11: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

30 minutes

Remaining Players: 112/220

JJ DuqueJJ Duque

12/2/2024, 12:59:38 PM

Registration Officially Closed!

Level 10: 600 / 1,200 ante: 1,200

Registration has officially closed for Mini Main Event Day 1A. A total of 220 entries bought in for VND 20,000,000 (~USD 780) to earn a shot for a share from the VND 15,000,000,000 (~USD 600,000) guaranteed prize pool.

112 players remain to compete for 28 qualifying slots for the Day 2 final. So far, leading the chip counts of Day 1A is Zhao Wanhao with 158,000 chips. Truong Vu Tuan Khanh is not far behind with the second largest stack of 157,000. Jules Rohr rounds up the top three chip counts with 154,500.

Mini Main Event Day 1A

Date: December 2, 2024

Buy-in:VND 20,000,000 (~USD 780)

Guarantee: VND 15,000,000,000 (~USD 600,000)

Entries: 220 (165 unique)

ITM: 28 places to advance to Day 2

Starting Stack: 30,000

Total Chips in Play: 6,600,000

Average Stack: 58,900

Players Remaining: 112

FLIGHT DAY 1A TOP CHIP COUNTS AFTER 10 LEVELS

Player	Chips
ZW Zhao WanhaoChina	158,000(132 BB)
TV Truong Vu Tuan KhanhViet Nam	157,000(131 BB)
JR Jules RohrFrance	154,500(129 BB)
PD Pham Duy AnhViet Nam	146,000(122 BB)
TM Tran Minh ThangViet Nam	140,500(117 BB)
IL Ivan LukianovRussia	136,500(114 BB)
VQ Vu Quoc HiepViet Nam	121,000(101 BB)
FL Feiqiang LiChina	117,500(98 BB)
DT Dinh Tien ThanhViet Nam	116,000(97 BB)
LY Li YongxinChina	115,000(96 BB)

Live updates begin at the end of registration at 430pm local time.