U Series of Poker USOP Danang: Part I Vietnam 2024

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3/31/2024, 11:53:00 PM

U Series of Poker - USOP Danang 2024 MAIN EVENT

Thomas Ward bags the lead at Main Event Day 2; 18 players remaining

Thomas Ward at USOP Danang 2024 — Thomas Ward

Another heated day at the with the record 1,702 entry field seeing 213 players return for Day 2. While the agenda was to reach the final table, after 12 hours of play, it bagged up at the Final 18 led by New Zealand’s Thomas Ward with 80 bb. A very close second was UK’s Gabriel Carter with 77 bb.

Gabriel Carter at USOP Danang 2024 — Gabriel Carter

The final 18 return on Monday, April 1, 2024 for the last leg to the title. While everyone is guaranteed VN₫ 302,300,000 (~USD 12,214), the target is the jaw dropping top prize of VN₫ 7,120,000,000 (~USD 287,677). This is the single largest prize money ever to be awarded at the USOP. In fact, the top four players will pocket the equivalent of six figures USD.

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The USOP Danang Main Event is officially the richest for the brand with a prize pool of VN₫ 44,575,300,000 (~USD 1,800,000). Portions of the cash were shaved down at Day 2. Among those visiting the cage for their share was USOP Taiwan Main Event champion Sam Chen Yu Hung who finished in 78th place. This will mean that a new USOP champion will soon be crowned. Cards in the air at 12:15pm.

Date: March 28 to April 1, 2024 Buy in: VN₫ 30,000,000 (~USD 1,235) Guarantee: VN₫ 15,000,000,000 (~USD 614,500) Total entries: 1,702 Prize pool: VN₫ 44,575,300,000 (~USD 1,800,000) ITM: 213 players Chips in play: 68,080,000

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3/31/2024, 11:53:00 PM

Buyu Sakurai gains the max with aces

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Buyu Sakurai at USOP Danang 2024 — Buyu Sakurai

Utg opens, button Buyu Sakurai three-bets 600,000, big blind Trung Vu Tuan four-bet jams 1,150,000, utg fold, Sakurai calls and shows A♣ Q♣ , Trung is way ahead with A♦ A♠ . The board runs Q♠ 2♠ 3♥ 7♦ 8♦ . Trung doubles up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TV Trung Vu Tuan	2,650,000(27 BB)	-450,000
BS Buyu Sakurai	2,200,000(22 BB)	-800,000

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3/31/2024, 11:50:00 PM

Ko Seung Hun pumps up the pot and takes it

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

From the small blind, Ko Seung Hun calls cutoff Gabriel Carter‘s 200,000 raise. On the flop 7♠ K♠ K♥ , Carter bets 150,000, Ko check-raises 375,000, Carter calls. On the turn 6♣ Ko leads out 400,000, Carter calls, river drops 2♣ . Ko fires 400,000 again, this time Carter folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	9,200,000(92 BB)	-1,500,000
KS Ko Seung Hun	3,300,000(33 BB)	1,510,000

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3/31/2024, 11:35:00 PM

Tsang Cheuk Him runs smack into Gabriel Carter’s aces

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Gabriel Carter raises 220,000, small blind Tsang Cheuk Him three-bets 1,600,000, Carter jams his monster stack, Tsang calls for his tournament life.

Gabriel Carter K♠ K♦ Tsang Cheuk Him T♠ T♣

The board K♥ 6♣ 9♠ A♠ 9♦ ensured the win for Carter, Tsang out in 22nd place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	10,700,000(107 BB)	2,100,000

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3/31/2024, 11:21:00 PM

Thomas Ward hard-betting Gabriel Carter

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Thomas Ward raises it up, big blind Gabriel Carter defends. At the flop J♦ T♥ 9♣ , Ward c-bets 175,000, Carter check-calls. On the turn 6♥ , Ward double barrels 650,000, Carter lays it down.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	8,600,000(86 BB)	-500,000
TW Thomas Ward	5,700,000(57 BB)	500,000

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3/31/2024, 11:17:00 PM

Three way showdown. Do Tuan Phong spikes lucky river

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Action packed preflop opens with utg+1 Anthony Lewis raising 200,000, utg+2 Thomas Ward three-bets 480,000, lojack Sishu Peng four bets 795,000, cutoff Do Tuan Phong shoves 850,000, Lewis and Ward call, and Peng calls for his tournament life. At the flop A♥ A♦ 7♠ , Lewis bets 70,000, Ward folds. Lewis 7♣ 7♦ full house, Peng 9♠ 9♣ two pair, and Do A♦ K♠ trips. The turn 6♥ sees no change but the river K♥ is a higher full house to Do for a massive scoop. Peng is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	5,200,000(52 BB)	-1,000,000
DT Do Tuan Phong	3,600,000(36 BB)	2,500,000
AL Anthony Lewis	1,600,000(16 BB)	-900,000

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3/31/2024, 11:07:00 PM

Blinds up, 24 players remaining

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

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3/31/2024, 10:53:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay’s ladies lose the flip

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Vamerdino Magsakay at USOP Danang 2024 — Vamerdino Magsakay

Utg+2 Tiger Ong A♥ K♥ open shoves 830,000, big blind Vamerdino Magsakay Q♦ Q♠ calls for his tournament life. The board runs 4♥ 5♥ 5♣ 7♣ K♣ , Ong pairs up his King on the river to oust Magsakay.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TO Tiger Ong	1,700,000(21 BB)	970,000
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	busted	-825,000

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3/31/2024, 10:49:00 PM

Anthony Lewis rails David Soin

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Tony Lewis at USOP Danang 2024 — Tony Lewis

David Soin K♠ J♠ open shoves and is called by Anthony Lewis A♥ T♠ . The board runs T♣ 2♦ 5♥ 8♦ 6♣ . Soin goes bust.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AL Anthony Lewis	2,500,000(31 BB)	500,000

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3/31/2024, 10:47:00 PM

Alok Birewar goes over the top and takes the pot

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Alok Birewar at USOP Danang 2024 — Alok Birewar

Button Guy Taylor opens 160,000, small blind Chunhao Zhang three-bets 640,000, big blind Alok Birewar jams, no takers.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AB Alok Birewar	4,160,000(52 BB)	360,000
GT Guy Taylor	1,900,000(24 BB)	-150,000
CZ Chunhao Zhang	1,800,000(23 BB)	-600,000

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3/31/2024, 10:46:00 PM

Final 26 players - 3 tables

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	9,100,000(114 BB)	2,100,000
TW Thomas Ward	6,200,000(78 BB)	3,750,000
LG Le Giang Nam	4,000,000(50 BB)	2,000,000
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	2,250,000(28 BB)	-60,000
AL Anthony Lewis	2,000,000(25 BB)	-1,600,000
TT Thanh Tuan Nguyen	1,400,000(18 BB)	-100,000
DT Do Tuan Phong	1,100,000(14 BB)	-1,285,000
SP Sishu Peng	500,000(6 BB)	-1,800,000
DS David Soin	330,000(4 BB)	-46,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AB Alok Birewar	3,800,000(48 BB)	2,700,000
BS Buyu Sakurai	3,000,000(38 BB)	600,000
TV Trung Van Tuan	3,000,000(38 BB)	2,696,000
LN Le Ngoc Minh	2,750,000(34 BB)	-200,000
CZ Chunhao Zhang	2,400,000(30 BB)	2,046,000
GT Guy Taylor	2,050,000(26 BB)	800,000
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	825,000(10 BB)	-235,000
TO Tiger Ong	730,000(9 BB)	-570,000

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	5,005,000(63 BB)	5,000
PH Park Hyo Seok	3,800,000(48 BB)	-800,000
PQ Phan Quang Thai	2,840,000(36 BB)	1,440,000
IL Ian Lee	2,700,000(34 BB)	-170,000
JM Jun Ma	2,640,000(33 BB)	40,000
KS Ko Seung Hun	1,790,000(22 BB)	90,000
KT Kim Tae Hyoeng	1,300,000(16 BB)	1,040,000
LD Le Dong Zhou	1,295,000(16 BB)	-205,000
XG Xiang Guang Chang	1,225,000(15 BB)	825,000

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3/31/2024, 10:29:30 PM

Level 26 Busts

David Soin - 26th Soo Jo Kim - 27th Francis Garson - 28th Jin Sehoon - 29th

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3/31/2024, 10:13:00 PM

Tsang Cheuk Him wakes up with kings on the big blind

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Action folds to the small blind Ko Seung Hun who jams A♣ 7♠ , big blind Tsang Cheuk Him wakes up with K♦ K♣ and calls with less chips. The board runs nine-high, Tsang doubles through.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	2,310,000(29 BB)	1,010,000
KS Ko Seung Hun	1,700,000(21 BB)	-810,000

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3/31/2024, 10:06:00 PM

Thanh Anh Dung calls to his doom

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Utg+2 Thanh Anh Dung raises 175,000, big blind Gabriel Carter calls, both head to the flop Q♦ 2♣ Q♣ . Thanh c-bets 100,000, Carter check-raises 325,000, Thanh calls. On the turn A♦ , Carter leads out 450,000, Thanh calls. On the river 8♣ Carter shoves, Thanh snap calls for his tournament life and has T♣ T♠ , Carter ships with K♣ Q♠ trips.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	7,000,000(88 BB)	4,000,000

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3/31/2024, 10:00:00 PM

Dinh Tien Thanh falls in 39th place

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Dinh Tien Thanh at USOP Danang 2024 — Dinh Tien Thanh

Dinh Tien Thanh all in preflop with A♦ 9♥ , small blind Trung Vu Tuan calls with K♣ Q♠ , a queen finds the board Q♥ 5♠ 5♥ 7♦ 3♠ to end Dinh’s run then and there.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TV Trung Vu Tuan	3,100,000(39 BB)	3,100,000

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3/31/2024, 9:57:00 PM

Ian Lee lucks out on a three way

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Utg Ian Lee T♦ T♣ open shoves 960,000, two spots over Bui The Nguyen A♦ A♥ shoves 750,000, lojack joins in with J♠ J♥ for a three way cooler. The board runs a wild T♥ K♣ Q♣ 4♥ 6♠ , Lee’s lesser hole cards improve to a set to scoop it up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
IL Ian Lee	2,870,000(36 BB)	2,305,000
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	1,100,000(14 BB)	-1,050,000

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3/31/2024, 9:48:00 PM

Thomas Ward rails Jae Gwang Kim

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Thomas Ward calls Jae Gwang Kim’s shove and both reveal their cards. Ward A♥ 7♥ , Kim 5♣ 5♦ . The board runs A♦ 4♠ 3♥ 4♥ 7♣ ,

Thomas Ward - 3,600,000 45 bb) Jae Gwang Kim - eliminated in 33rd place

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3/31/2024, 9:45:00 PM

Tae Hyoeng Kim cracks aces

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

Kim Tae Hyoeng at USOP Danang 2024 — Kim Tae Hyoeng

All in preflop, Tae Hyoeng is in need of major help with 7♥ 7♠ running into Bui The Nguyen’s A♣ A♥ . Help does arrive with cards landed on board 7♣ 5♣ 9♥ 5♠ 6♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	2,150,000(27 BB)	-950,000
BT Bui the Nguyen	700,000(9 BB)	400,000

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3/31/2024, 9:40:00 PM

34 players remaining

Level 27: 40,000 / 80,000 ante: 80,000

34 players remaining on the hunt for a final table berth. The day started with 213 entries. Ultimately they are gunning for the record high USOP payout of VN₫ 7.1 Billion (~$287K).

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3/31/2024, 9:36:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay wins the race

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Battle of the blinds, all in preflop with sb Phan Quang Thai A♦ 8♥ , big blind Vamerdino Magsakay K♦ J♥ . The board runs Q♣ 4♥ 8♦ 9♠ T♦ , Magsakay completes a straight to stay in the running.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PQ Phan Quang Thai	1,400,000(23 BB)	-600,000
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	1,060,000(18 BB)	535,000

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3/31/2024, 9:30:00 PM

Dinh Tien Thanh doubles up, Jun Sooyun plunges

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Lojack Jun Sooyun min-raises, big blind Dinh Tien Thanh calls, flop is 6♣ 6♦ 9♦ . Sooyun c-bts 100,000, Dinh check-raises 255,000, Sooyun calls On the turn 3♣ and river 3♠ , Dingh takes the lead with 350,000 bet then a shove of 455,000. Sooyun calls both then shows 8♣ 8♠ . Dinh has K♠ 6♠ full house.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JS Jun Sooyun	250,000(4 BB)	-1,250,000
TT Tien Thanh Dinh	245,000(4 BB)	-540,000

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3/31/2024, 9:25:00 PM

Ko Seung Ho surprises with aces

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Utg+2 Phan Quang Thai raises 160,000, button Ko Seung Hun calls, flop comes T♥ 9♣ 3♦ . Heavy betting follows with Phan kicking it off with 125,000, Ko raises 290,000, Phan three-bets all in, Ko calls. Phan has J♥ J♦ overpair, Ko with the better A♥ A♦ . The turn 5♠ and river 5♥ is a double up for Ko.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KS Ko Seung Hun	2,510,000(42 BB)	2,510,000
PQ Phan Quang Thai	2,000,000(33 BB)	-1,500,000

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3/31/2024, 9:20:00 PM

Jun Ma pumps it up and drags it in

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

From hijack Jun Ma opens 120,000, button Jun Sooyun calls. The board goes on to spread J♥ 5♥ 7♠ Q♥ 2♠ , Ma bets on every street 120,000, 180,000, 370,000, and 450,000, Sooyun calls to the turn then folds on the river bet.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JM Jun Ma	2,600,000(43 BB)	1,200,000
JS Jun Sooyun	1,500,000(25 BB)	300,000

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3/31/2024, 9:08:00 PM

Aggressive betting by Phan Quang Thai

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Facing a raise, big blind Phan Quang Thai three-bets 290,000, initial raiser Si Shu Peng calls, both see a flop J♠ J♣ T♠ . Phan c-bets 240,000, Peng calls. Both players check the turn J♦ . On the river 6♣ Phan bets 1,200,000 which is enough to get Peng to fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PQ Phan Quang Thai	3,500,000(58 BB)	2,100,000
SS Si Shu Peng	1,750,000(29 BB)	1,750,000

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3/31/2024, 9:05:00 PM

Level 26 Busts

Jun Sooyun - 35th Yu Xiao Tong - 36th Ni Yu Bai - 37th Jacob Johnston - 38th Natty Chaimungkhun - 39th Tran Hai Ha - 40th Xiao Sheng Zheng - 41st Nguyen Duy Anh - 42nd

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3/31/2024, 9:02:00 PM

End of the line for Natty Chaimungkhun

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Natty Chaimungkhun at USOP Danang 2024 — Natty Chaimungkhun

Natty Chaimungkhun caused some havoc throughout the day but was stopped in 39th place after getting chunked on a four way shove. Her last hand was 8♣ J♣ , on a three way with Thanh Anh Duy’s Q♥ Q♦ and Gabriel Carter‘s A♠ K♠ . The board was J♦ 5♦ 4♥ 7♣ 5♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TA Thanh Anh Duy	3,150,000(53 BB)	3,150,000
GC Gabriel Carter	3,000,000(50 BB)	-1,128,000

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3/31/2024, 8:58:00 PM

Tran Hai Ha runs into Hyo Seok Park’s set to go bust

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Hyo Seok Park opens from utg, utg+1 Tran Hai Ha three-bets 250,000, big blind Francis Garson calls, back to Park who calls for a three way to the flop 8♥ 7♠ A♥ . Two checks is followed by a 325,000 bet by Tran, Garson calls Park raises 850,000, Tran shoves 1,150,000, Garson gets out of the way, Park calls.

Tran Hai Ha - A♦ J♣ top pair Hyo Seok Park - 7♦ 7♥ set

The turn K♥ and 3♦ river ends Tran’s run in 40th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PH Park Hyo Seok	4,600,000(77 BB)	2,415,000
FG Francis Garson	1,000,000(17 BB)	-400,000

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3/31/2024, 8:53:00 PM

Four way all in, double KO

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Four way all in starts with utg+2 Nguyen Duy Anh 3♥ {3d all in for 390,000, next to act Xiao Sheng Zheng K♥ Q♣ all in for 1,105,000, hijack Gabriel Carter K♠ K♣ all in for 1,240,000, and cutoff Natty Chaimungkhun A♦ 8♦ calling and has them all covered. With the board running 6♥ 7♠ {4h| 4♦ 2♥ , Carter scoops it up as Nguyen and Zheng run empty. Chaimungkhun plunges.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GC Gabriel Carter	4,128,000(69 BB)	3,943,000
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	460,000(8 BB)	-840,000

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3/31/2024, 8:40:00 PM

42 players remaining

Level 26: 30,000 / 60,000 ante: 60,000

Chip leaders:

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	5,000,000(83 BB)	800,000
AL Anthony Lewis	3,600,000(60 BB)	2,950,000
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	3,100,000(52 BB)	800,000
LN Le Ngoc Minh	2,950,000(49 BB)	250,000
TW Thomas Ward	2,450,000(41 BB)	-350,000
BS Buyu Sakurai	2,400,000(40 BB)	-350,000
SP Sishu Peng	2,300,000(38 BB)	1,858,000

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3/31/2024, 8:29:00 PM

Level 25 Busts

Joseph Cheong - 43rd Luu Danh Tuan - 44th Vitalii Polikarpov - 45th Waki Yasuhiro - 46th Mark Kavalev - 47th

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3/31/2024, 8:18:00 PM

Le Ngoc Minh fires and fires

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Le Ngoc Minh at USOP Danang 2024 — Le Ngoc Minh

Jun Sooyun opens then calls utg+1 Le Ngoc Minh’s 250,000 three-bet. At the flop K♥ 9♣ 5♦ , Minh bets 155,000, Jun check-raises 375,000, Minh calls. The turn 6♦ sees a check again from Jun, Minh bets 305,000, Jun folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LN Le Ngoc Minh	2,700,000(54 BB)	2,050,000
JS Jun Sooyun	1,200,000(24 BB)	1,200,000

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3/31/2024, 8:11:00 PM

Broadway for Ni Bai Yu

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Utg+1 Ni Bai Yu A♥ Q♦ open shoves 505,000, hijack Alok Birewar calls with 7♣ 7♠ , it’s a flip. Board runs 5♦ T♥ K♠ J♦ 5♠ , boardway for Yu for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
AB Alok Birewar	1,100,000(22 BB)	100,000
NB Ni Bai Yu	1,085,000(22 BB)	-255,000

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3/31/2024, 8:00:00 PM

Hyo Seok Park makes the hard call and exposes the bluff

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Hyo Seok Park at USOP Danang 2024 — Hyo Seok Park

Cutoff Jun Ma opens, Hye Seok Park defends the big blind, both see a flop 3♥ K♣ A♦ . Park proceeds to check-call 100,000 then 300,000 on the turn J♥ . On the river 9♠ , Park checks again, Ma shoves, Park tanks then calls for his tournament life. Ma turns over Q♦ 8♦ bluff, Park ships it with K♦ Q♣ second pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PH Park Hyo Seok	2,185,000(44 BB)	1,730,000
JM Jun Ma	1,400,000(28 BB)	400,000

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3/31/2024, 7:50:00 PM

Jacob Johnston gives Mark Kavalev the boot

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Mark Kavalev risks it all on lojack with Q♥ T♠ but can’t get past cutoff Jacob Johnston’s J♦ J♠ on a board that runs 4♠ 6♠ 8♥ A♣ 2♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JJ Jacob Johnston	1,200,000(24 BB)	908,000

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3/31/2024, 7:48:00 PM

Joseph Cheong pairs up to keep his seat

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Joseph Cheong at USOP Danang 2024 — Joseph Cheong

Joseph Cheong all in from the button for 485,000, small blind Jae Gwang Kim calls and turns over J♦ J♣ . Cheong is at risk with A♣ T♣ . The board runs 2♠ 9♠ 5♥ A♦ K♣ . Cheong pairs up the ace to double through.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JC Joseph Cheong	1,070,000(21 BB)	888,000
JG Jae Gwang Kim	200,000(4 BB)	-318,000

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3/31/2024, 7:42:00 PM

Thomas Ward lucks out on the river to survive

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Plenty of betting going on initiated by Thomas Ward from cutoff who bumps it up to 100,000, small blind Chang Xiang Guang three-bets 350,000, Ward answers with a four-bet shove (1,350,000), Chang calls with K♥ K♦ . Ward has A♦ J♥ . The board runs T♦ 6♦ 9♦ 8♣ A♥ , Ward finds the river and survives for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	2,800,000(56 BB)	2,260,000
XG Xiang Guang Chang	400,000(8 BB)	-1,200,000

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3/31/2024, 7:37:00 PM

Tae Hyoeng Kim outdraws Darragh Curtin

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

Cutoff Darragh Curtin raises 100,000, small blind Tae Hyoeng Kim three-bets 700,000, back to Curtin who goes all in for 873,000, Kim calls. Curtin is ahead A♣ Q♥ of Kim’s Q♠ J♦ , however with a jack turning up on a board J♥ 5♥ 4♣ 8♦ 2♥ , Curtin is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	2,300,000(46 BB)	900,000

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3/31/2024, 7:35:00 PM

Blinds up, 50 players remaining

Level 25: 25,000 / 50,000 ante: 50,000

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3/31/2024, 7:28:00 PM

Level 24 Busts

Jiyoung Kim - 48th Ham Dong Myung- 49th Ge Ying Rui - 52nd Gu Xiao Chun - 53rd Devid Berlin - 54th Changeun Kim - 55th Nguyen Minh Thanh - 56th

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3/31/2024, 7:21:00 PM

Ge Ying Rui plunges on a cooler, Buyu Sakurai catapults

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Ge Ying Rui at USOP Danang 2024 — Ge Ying Rui

Cutoff Ge Ying Rui opens, small blind Buyu Sakurai three-bets 270,000, Rui four bets 600,000, Sakurai answers witha five bet shove of 1,335,000, Rui snap calls with more chips. Rui opens K♥ K♦ , Sakurai has the hole nuts A♦ A♥ , board runs 4♦ 3♥ 3♦ A♣ 2♠ , Rui is chunked down to 140,000 as Sakurai ships it.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BS Buyu Sakurai	2,750,000(69 BB)	1,150,000
GY Ge Ying Rui	140,000(4 BB)	-179,000

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3/31/2024, 7:07:00 PM

Fan Ying Kun continues to rise

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Fan Ying Kun at USOP Danang 2024 — Fan Ying Kun

Battle of the blinds, Tae Hyoeng Kim raises 100,000, big blind Fan Ying Kin calls, both proceed to see the board complete J♦ 5♦ 8♠ 7♥ 3♠ . Kim bets on every street, 80,000, 175,000, and 450,000, Fan calls the flop and turn then raises all in on the river, Kim folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	4,200,000(105 BB)	800,000
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	1,400,000(35 BB)	-50,000

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3/31/2024, 7:00:00 PM

Buyu Sakurai’s mid-pocket pair denies the big cards

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Button Buyu Sakurai min-raises, small blind Changeun Kim three-bets all in for 600,000, Sakurai calls and shows 8♠ 8♥ flipping with Kim’s A♥ Q♣ . The board runs 9♣ 5♣ 8♦ J♣ 6♠ , Sakurai improves while Kim is booted in 55th place

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
BS Buyu Sakurai	1,600,000(40 BB)	700,000

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3/31/2024, 6:55:00 PM

Ni Bai Yu’s ladies win the classic flip

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

All in preflop, Ni Bai Yu Q♣ Q♥ , Tran Hai Ha A♥ K♠ , board runs Q♠ 9♠ 2♦ 5♦ 3♦ for double up to Yu.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NB Ni Bai Yu	1,340,000(34 BB)	640,000
TH Tran Hai Ha	900,000(23 BB)	532,000

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3/31/2024, 6:53:00 PM

Xiao Sheng Zheng loses a chunk to Fan Ying Kun, drops to 10 bb

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Lojack raises 80,000, cutoff Fan Ying Kun three-bets 250,000, big blind Xiao Sheng Zheng calls, lojack folds. At the flop 9♥ 6♣ 2♣ , Fan c-bets 200,000, Zheng check-calls. Both players check the turn T♠ . On the river 3♦ , Zheng leads out 200,000, Fan tanks then raises 800,000, Zheng uses two time banks, calls then mucks to Fan’s A♣ A♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	3,400,000(85 BB)	1,400,000
XS Xiao Sheng Zheng	400,000(10 BB)	-1,100,000

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3/31/2024, 6:44:00 PM

Anh Tuan Nguyen earns for his set

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Utg Anh Tuan Nguyen opens, Fan Ying Kun defends the big blind, flop comes 7♥ 9♣ J♣ . Fan proceeds to check-call 80,000 and 185,000 on the turn 5♦ . The river 2♣ both check. Nguyen’s 7♠ 7♦ claims the pot over Fan’s A♦ 9♦ mid pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	2,000,000(50 BB)	-620,000
TT Thanh Tuan Nguyen	1,500,000(38 BB)	1,500,000

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3/31/2024, 6:40:00 PM

57 players remaining at the new level

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

57 players remaining with the goal of reaching the final table.

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3/31/2024, 6:40:00 PM

Rene Mar David outdrawn into the rails

Level 24: 20,000 / 40,000 ante: 40,000

Action folds to the button Thanh Anh Duong who min-raises, small blind Rene Mar David three-bets all in for his last 8 bb. Thanh calls and shows A♠ 9♠ , David slightly ahead with A♥ T♠ . The board runs K♥ 9♥ 3♠ J♥ 4♦ , David is eliminated in 57th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TA Thanh Anh Duong	2,000,000(50 BB)	2,000,000

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3/31/2024, 6:34:00 PM

Level 23 Busts

Drasko Boskovic - 58th Nguyen Tan Khoa - 59th Rishi Mehra- 60th Kang Woosung - 61st Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer - 62nd Hyungwong Kim - 63rd Yankai Zhang - 64th Nguyen Duc Hieu - 65th You Hyun Kim - 66th Do Quang Trinh - 67th

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3/31/2024, 6:28:00 PM

Ham Dong Myung cleans out Rishi Mehra

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Ham Dong Myung at USOP Danang 2024 — Ham Dong Myung

Hijack Rishi Mehra 6♠ 6♦ open shoves 405,000, big blind Ham Dong Myung calls with A♣ Q♦ , board runs 5♥ Q♥ 7♥ 5♣ 8♦ , Ham spikes the higher pair to finish off Mehra in 60th place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HD Ham Dong Myung	1,800,000(60 BB)	630,000

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3/31/2024, 6:18:00 PM

Two pots for Sehoon Jin

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Sehoon Jin at USOP Danang 2024 — Sehoon Jin

Button Sehoon Jin min-raises, small blind calls, big blind Le Dong Zhou three-bets 200,000, Jin four-bets all in for 835,000, no takers.

Next hand, Thomas Ward raises 60,000 from lojack, cutoff Jin re-raises 175,000, Ward calls, the flop runs K♣ 2♥ 3♦ . Jin c-bets 70,000, Ward check-calls. On the T♦ turn, Jin bets 260,000, Ward check-raises all in, Jin snap-calls and shows K♦ K♥ set ahead of Ward’s T♣ T♥ set. The river 9♥ is a double up for Jin.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SJ Sehoon Jin	2,335,000(78 BB)	1,745,000
LD Le Dong Zhou	1,500,000(50 BB)	-1,000,000
TW Thomas Ward	540,000(18 BB)	-1,010,000

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3/31/2024, 6:08:00 PM

Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer fall in 62nd place

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer at USOP Danang 2024 — Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer

Following a 65,000 raise by hijack, Sofia Lovgren-Fullmer re-raises all in from the button 626,000, small blind Thomas Ward calls, hijack folds. Fullmer shows A♠ 3♣ , Ward with T♠ T♦ . The board runs jack-high to end Fullmer’s run in 62nd place.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	1,550,000(52 BB)	620,000

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3/31/2024, 6:06:00 PM

Hyungwoon Kim outkicked by the leader

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Utg+1 Natty Chaimungkhun opens 125,000, cutoff Hyungwong Kim three-bets 170,000, Chaimungkhun calls. The board runs T♣ 3♥ J♦ A♣ 6♠ .

Natty Chaimungkhun ships it as Kim is eliminated in 63rd place

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	1,300,000(43 BB)	300,000

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3/31/2024, 6:00:00 PM

Yankai Zhang eliminated in 64th place

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Big blind Yankai Zhang three-bet jams and initial raiser small blind Xiao Sheng Zheng calls with Q♠ 2♣ . Zhang has K♥ 5♦ . The cards run A♦ Q♥ 6♣ Q♦ 2♠ . Zheng’s hole card both connect to boot Zhang.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
XS Xiao Sheng Zheng	1,500,000(50 BB)	820,000

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3/31/2024, 5:46:00 PM

Triple set on the board

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

All in preflop, Natty Chaimungkhun 7♥ 7♠ , Fan Ying Kun A♦ A♠ , Do Quang Trinh K♥ K♦ . Everyone connects on the board K♣ 7♣ 6♣ A♦ Q♥ . Fan ships it, Do busts, Chaimungkhun pays up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FY Fan Ying Kun	2,620,000(87 BB)	2,500,000
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	1,000,000(33 BB)	-1,200,000

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3/31/2024, 5:43:00 PM

Luu Danh Tuan takes a chunk from Vamerdino Magsakay

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

All in preflop, Vamerdino Magsakay A♣ J♣ , Luu Danh Tuan K♦ K♥ . Luu doubles up on a board 3♦ 2♠ 8♦ 5♠ 2♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LD Luu Danh Tuan	1,680,000(56 BB)	1,680,000
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	525,000(18 BB)	-1,375,000

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3/31/2024, 5:40:30 PM

Level 23 Busts

Budykin - 68th Ivan Hon Cheong Lee - 69th Mangkone Sanaphanith - 70th Frederic Bolliet - 71st

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3/31/2024, 5:38:00 PM

Vitalii Polikarpov ends short stacked Ivan Lee

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Down to 10 bb, Hon Cheong Lee (Ivan Lee) shoves with K♠ J♥ , small blind Vitalii Polikarpov calls with A♥ 8♦ , board comes 8♥ 3♠ 9♠ Q♣ 3♦ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VP Vitalii Polikarpov	800,000(27 BB)	225,000
HC Hon Cheong Lee	busted	-500,000

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3/31/2024, 5:30:00 PM

New level, 71 players remaining

Level 23: 15,000 / 30,000 ante: 30,000

Level 22 Busts

Hoang Le Anh Tuan - 72nd Thomas Young - 74th Alex Puchalski - 75th Michael Smith - 76th John Phan - 77th Sam Hung - 78th Pham Bao - 79th Dang Thanh Luong - 80th

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3/31/2024, 5:18:00 PM

Dinh Tien Thanh applies pressure

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

From utg, Waki Yasuhiro raises 80,000, next to act Dinh Tien Thanh three-bets 200,000, Waki calls. On the flop 9♠ J♥ 7♥ , Thanh shoves, Waki tanks then folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TT Tien Thanh Dinh	785,000(31 BB)	467,000
WY Waki Yasuhiro	515,000(21 BB)	207,000

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3/31/2024, 5:13:00 PM

Darragh Curtin’s ducks hold against big slick

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

All in preflop, it’s a flip with Andrei Budykin A♥ K♦ , Darragh Curtin 2♣ 2♦ . The board runs out queen-high, Curtin doubles through.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Darragh Curtin	1,170,000(47 BB)	620,000
AB Andrei Budykin	130,000(5 BB)	-920,000

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3/31/2024, 5:07:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay burns Danh Minh Dat’s two pair

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

From the big blind, Danh Minh Dat calls lojack Vamerdino Magsakay’s min-raise, both go see the flop A♠ 8♠ 6♦ . Magsakay c-bets 60,000, Danh check-raises 200,000, Magsakay calls. On the turn Q♥ Danh shoves (370,000) sending Magsakay deep in the tank then makes the call. Danh shows A♥ 8♣ two pair, Magsakay A♦ J♦ , the river Q♠ turns Danh’s two pair counterfeit, Magakay’s kicker plays.

Vamerdino Magsakay - 1,400,000 ( Danh Minh Dat - eliminated in 73rd place

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3/31/2024, 5:03:00 PM

Ham Dong Myung pairs up to survive and triple up

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Three way all in preflop Ham Dong Myung A♣ Q♥ , Jun Ma K♠ Q♠ , Alex Puchalski K♦ K♣ . An ace finds the board 3♠ 7♣ 5♠ A♦ 9♦ to send Puchalski out of the running and Ham soaring to over a million.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HD Ham Dong Myung	1,170,000(47 BB)	330,000
JM Jun Ma	1,000,000(40 BB)	-600,000

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3/31/2024, 4:58:00 PM

Lone champion Sam Hung eliminated in 78th place

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

The only USOP Main Event champion that qualified was 2024 USOP champion Sam Hung. He was just eliminated in 78th place ensuring a new champion will be crowned. Hung’s last hand saw him open from lojack, cutoff Chang Xiang Guang three-bet 175,000, Hung called. On the flop A♦ K♠ 5♠ , Hung check-called 130,000. On the turn 4♦ , Chang shoves, Hung tanks using up a time bank then calls for his tournament life.

Chang Xiang Guang K♥ K♦ set Sam Hung A♣ 9♣ top pair

Hung is drawing dead.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
XG Xiang Guang Chang	1,600,000(64 BB)	1,502,000

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3/31/2024, 4:53:00 PM

Do Tuan Phong’s kings hold stand firm

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Utg+2 Hon Cheong Lee min-raises, cutoff Do Tuan Phong re-raises 200,000, big blind Tiger Ong calls, back to Lee who four-bets all in, Phong calls with less, Ong folds.

Hon Cheong Lee - J♣ J♦ Do Tuan Phong - K♠ K♥

The board runs nine-high for cowboys to stand and double up Phong.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DT Do Tuan Phong	2,385,000(95 BB)	1,235,000
TO Tiger Ong	1,300,000(52 BB)	941,000
HC Hon Cheong Lee	500,000(20 BB)	317,000

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3/31/2024, 4:45:00 PM

Xiao Sheng Zheng wins the flip

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Xiao Sheng Zheng shoves with J♠ J♦ , Bui The Nguyen calls with A♠ K♦ , board runs 3♣ 8♠ T♣ 3♥ J♣ for a double up to Zheng.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
XS Xiao Sheng Zheng	680,000(27 BB)	680,000
BT Bui the Nguyen	300,000(12 BB)	173,000

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3/31/2024, 4:38:00 PM

Francis Garson lays out a four-bet shove

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Cutoff opens, small blind Rene Mar David three-bets 135,000, big blind Francis Garson four-bets all in for 425,000, no takers.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FG Francis Garson	1,400,000(56 BB)	1,400,000
RM Rene Mar David	950,000(38 BB)	303,000

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3/31/2024, 4:35:00 PM

New level, 80 remaining

Level 22: 10,000 / 25,000 ante: 25,000

Chip leaders at the moment:

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LD Le Dong Zhou	2,500,000(100 BB)	-100,000
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	2,200,000(88 BB)
LG Le Giang Nam	2,000,000(80 BB)	-1,300,000
PQ Phan Quang Thai	1,400,000(56 BB)	350,000
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	1,300,000(52 BB)	-180,000

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3/31/2024, 4:26:30 PM

Level 21 Busts

Won Chul Bae - 81st Younghee Park - 82nd Nguyen Hong Quan - 83rd Danny Huynh - 84th Jeon Seong Chan - 85th Aleksei Ignatev - 86th Duong Dac Dung - 87th Hyunsup Kim - 88th Nguyen Minh Hoai An - 89th Phung Quang Tien - 90th Jun Li - 92nd

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3/31/2024, 4:18:00 PM

Do Tuan Phong takes control

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Utg Buyu Sakurai opens, cutoff three-bets 120,000, Buyu calls, flop is 8♥ 9♦ 3♣ . Phong bets 125,000, Buyu check-calls, the turn is 7♣ . Phong jams, this time Buyu opts to fold.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DT Do Tuan Phong	1,150,000(58 BB)	832,000
BS Buyu Sakurai	900,000(45 BB)	447,000

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3/31/2024, 4:14:00 PM

Ni Bai Yu bets to win it

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Utg+1 Thanh Nguyen raises 40,000 and finds three callers to the flop A♣ 4♥ J♦ . Nguyen c-bets 45,000, utg+2 Ni Bai Yu and button Son Juhyung call, big blind folds. All three check the turn Q♣ for a free river look T♦ . Nguyen checks, Yu bets 75,000, Son folds, Nguyen folds as well.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NB Ni Bai Yu	700,000(35 BB)	700,000
TN Thanh Nguyen	550,000(28 BB)	550,000

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3/31/2024, 4:04:00 PM

Le Dong Zhou soars to the chip lead

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Action folds to the small blind Hyunsup Kim who limps, Le Dong Zhou checks, flop is 8♠ 2♠ Q♣ . Kim bets 25,000, Zhou raises 80,000, Kim calls. On the turn 3♥ , Kim checks, Zhou bets 50,000, Kim calls. The river 9♥ , Kim shoves 300,000, Zhou snap calls. Zhou has 8♣ 2♥ two pair, Kim goes bust with Q♥ 7♣ top pair.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LD Le Dong Zhou	2,600,000(130 BB)	2,267,000
HK Hyunsup Kim	busted	-480,000

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3/31/2024, 3:57:00 PM

Natty Chaimungkhun rises over 2M

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Cutoff Natty Chaimungkhun raises 45,000, button Magkone Sanaphanith and big blind Jun Li call. At the flop J♣ T♠ Q♠ Sanaphanith bets 45,000, Li check-calls, Chaimungkhun check-raises 100,000, both players call. On the turn 6♠ , Chaimungkhun bets 100,000 again, Sanaphanith folds, Li check-raises all in for 300,000, Chaimungkhun snap-calls. Li has J♠ T♦ two pair, Chaimungkhun ships it with A♠ K♠ broadway.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	2,200,000(110 BB)	640,000
MS Mangkone Sanaphanith	400,000(20 BB)	337,000
JL Jun Li	busted	-238,000

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3/31/2024, 3:44:00 PM

Seunghun Ko gets some pay for his straight

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

From hijack, Seunghun Ko raises 40,000, cutoff Tsang Cheuk Him calls, both proceed to check the flop 6♣ T♦ 9♣ . On the turn J♥ , Ko bets 50,000, Tsang calls. On the river J♠ , Ko bets 100,000, Tsang snap calls then mucks to Ko’s K♥ Q♦ straight.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	1,480,000(74 BB)	-320,000
SK Seunghun Ko	1,200,000(60 BB)	650,000

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3/31/2024, 3:40:00 PM

Level 21 Busts

Nguyen Quang Hoang - 98th Sung Woo Jin - 99th Ye Jun Kim - 100th Min Kwan Chae - 101st Lee Seok Jun - 103rd Lee Wooyoung - 104th

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3/31/2024, 3:36:00 PM

Natty Chaimungkhun banks the three way

Level 21: 10,000 / 20,000 ante: 20,000

Utg+2 Yejun Kim A♥ Q♠ opens, hijack Lee Wooyoung 7♠ 7♥ three-bets all in 230,000, button Natty Chaimungkhun A♦ A♣ four-bet shoves 640,000, Kim calls for a three way. The board runs A♠ Q♥ 7♣ 5♦ 9♣ for the higher set win it and more.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	1,560,000(78 BB)	695,000
YK Yejun Kim	150,000(8 BB)	-38,000
LW Lee Wooyoung	busted	-169,000

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3/31/2024, 3:30:00 PM

Three way cooler goes to the nut flush

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Truong Vu Tran Khanh J♣ J♦ min-raises, cutoff Son Juhyung A♠ Q♠ calls, small blind Buhui Zhi K♠ K♥ three-bets all in for 200,000, Khanh four-bets all in, Son calls for a three way showdown. The board runs J♠ 9♠ T♦ 4♠ 7♦ , Khanh improves to a set but Son has the flush, Zhi goes bust.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
SJ Son Juhyung	1,360,000(91 BB)	1,360,000
TV Truong Van Tran Khanh	400,000(27 BB)	400,000
BZ Buhui Zhi	busted

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3/31/2024, 3:18:00 PM

Tsang Cheuk Him’s kings bring a good pot

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Cutoff Seunghun Ko opens, button Tsang Cheuk Him three-bets 95,000, Ko calls to see a flop T♣ 3♣ 4♥ . Tsang c-bets 105,000, Ko check-calls. The turn Q♠ Tsang tanks using one time bank then fires 235,000, Ko tanks then uses two time banks then calls. Both players check the river 7♥ . Ko has J♣ J♥ , Tsang takes it with K♠ K♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	1,800,000(120 BB)	550,000
SK Seunghun Ko	550,000(37 BB)	-750,000

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3/31/2024, 3:05:00 PM

Natty Chaimungkhun shows the big bluff

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Cutoff Darragh Curtin opens, button Natty Chaimungkhun calls then calls down the flop 25,000 and turn A♠ A♥ 4♠ 9♥ fro 45,000. On the river, Curtin triple barrels 125,000, Chaimungkhun shoves (500,0000), Curtin folds. Chaimnugkhun shows the J♠ T♠ bluff.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	865,000(58 BB)	250,000
DC Darragh Curtin	550,000(37 BB)	-146,000

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3/31/2024, 2:58:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay dusts Hieu Vang

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Cutoff Hieu Vang shoves with 7♠ 7♦ , small blind Vamerdino Magsakay calls with K♠ Q♥ , board runs A♦ T♠ 4♦ 9♣ K♣ , Magsakay rivers the higher pair to rail Hieu.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	1,900,000(127 BB)	320,000
HV Hieu Vang	busted

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3/31/2024, 2:47:00 PM

Ge Yung Rui wins the flip against Anthony Lewis

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Anthony Lewis opens from utg+2 then calls hijack Ge Yung Rui’s 395,000 shove. Lewis has T♣ T♥ , Ge A♥ Q♥ . The board comes 6♣ 8♠ K♠ Q♦ 7♦ , Ge wins the flip to double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GY Ge Yung Rui	830,000(55 BB)	830,000
AL Anthony Lewis	650,000(43 BB)	69,000

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3/31/2024, 2:45:00 PM

Guy Taylor spreads a straight to boot one

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Guy Taylor min-raises from utg then loosely calls hijack Huynh Ngoc Thai’s 11 bb all in with Q♦ T♦ . Huynh has A♥ K♥ . The board runs J♠ 8♦ T♥ A♦ 9♠ , Taylor completes a straight to ship it and boot Huynh.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
GT Guy Taylor	1,250,000(83 BB)	555,000
HN Huynh Ngoc Thai	busted	-182,000

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3/31/2024, 2:37:00 PM

Phan Quang Thai outkicks Kim Yong

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Action folds to the small blind Kim Yong who min-raises, big blind Phan Quang Thai three-bets 85,000, Kim calls. The flop runs 6♠ A♠ 4♦ , Phan c-bets 80,000, Kim check-raises 180,000, Phan flats. On the turn Q♦ and river 2♦ Phan calls bets 100,000 and 100,000. Kim shows A♣ 3♦ , Phan wins the pot with A♦ T♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PQ Phan Quang Thai	1,050,000(70 BB)	-3,650,000
KY Kim Yong	240,000(16 BB)	-340,000

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3/31/2024, 2:34:30 PM

Level 20 busts

Buhui Zhi - 105th Chien Tung Wu - 106th Baek Kijun - 107th Sang Yoon Kim - 108th Adam Kharman - 109th Raul Martinez - 110th Zeyu Chen - 111th Cankai Zhang 114th Wang Jingyi - 115th Huynh Ngoc Thai - 116th Huang Ming - 117th Kim Yong - 118th Mai Nguyen - 119th Win Meng Tan - 120th Vu Minh Hai - 121st Qiuyao Dong - 122nd Chi Zhaotian - 123rd Lucasz Jankowski - 124th Jingzhi Wang - 125th Zhiguang Zhou - 127th Nishant Sharma - 126th

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3/31/2024, 2:32:00 PM

Frederic Bolliet rails Nishant Sharma

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Nishant Sharma riases then calls Frederic Bolliet’s shove K♥ K♦ , Sharma has A♥ 8♥ . The board runs Q♥ 6♣ 5♠ 4♦ 9♣ . Sharma is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
FB Frederic Bolliet	450,000(30 BB)	113,000
NS Nishant Sharma	busted	-91,000

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3/31/2024, 2:28:30 PM

Level 20 Busts

Jun Minsu - 128th Armon Van Wijk - 129 place Lee Dongyeon - 130th Nguyen Duc Anh - 131st Zhang zi Jun - 132nd

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3/31/2024, 2:25:00 PM

Blinds up, 132 players remaining

Level 20: 10,000 / 15,000 ante: 15,000

Players are back from the first break of the day. New level underway. 132 players remaining. Here are the chip leaders:

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JM Jun Ma	1,600,000(107 BB)	662,000
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	1,580,000(105 BB)	180,000
TH Tae Hyoeng Kim	1,450,000(97 BB)	567,000
SK Seunghun Ko	1,300,000(87 BB)	561,000
SJ Soo Jo Kim	1,150,000(77 BB)	412,000
AB Andrei Budykin	1,050,000(70 BB)	640,000
AB Alok Birewar	1,000,000(67 BB)	412,000

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3/31/2024, 2:19:00 PM

Level 19 Busts

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Seoyoung Kong - 133rd Lee Dae Hyung - 134th Wirriya Sumransom - 135th Scott Shore - 136th Sukhum Kiwanont - 137th Song Seong Wook - 138th Sergei Poltavets - 139th

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3/31/2024, 2:13:00 PM

Sam Hung drags in a three way pot

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Four players limp in, flop comes A♦ 6♠ K♠ , utg Sergei Poltavets Q♠ J♠ checks, cutoff bets 26,000, button Thomas Ward 7♣ K♥ calls, small blind Sam Hung 6♣ 6♦ check-raises 82,000, Poltavets three-bet shoves, cutoff folds, Ward four-bets all in, Hung calls with less chips. The turn 7♣ and river K♥ is a boat for Hung to ship it and boot out Poltavets.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	930,000(78 BB)	-7,970,000
SH Sam Hung	672,000(56 BB)	542,000
SP Sergei Poltavets	busted	-346,000

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3/31/2024, 2:10:00 PM

Level 19 Busts

Moonjang Ho -140th Nguyen Manh Hung - 141st Shao Jian Bin - 142nd Sammy Teo Loong Hui - 143rd Sean Ooi - 144th Nguyen Viet Tien - 145th Nguyen Ngoc Son - 146th Phan Anh Ky - 147th Xu Zhenbo - 148th Pham Tien Dung - 149th Matthew Chan - 150th Van Thai Nguyen - 151st Jun Young Park - 152nd Dinh Duc Linh - 153rd Xu Bo - 154th Amit Kaushik - 155th Brady Barton - 156th Dicky Tsang - 157th Milan Stojkovi - 158th Dhaval Mudgal - 159th Nguyen Thanh Hai - 160th Chang Xiao Yan - 161st Manish Lakhotia - 162nd Luo Shao Hua - 163rd Liu Dongxia - 164th Haitao Luan - 165th Lee Wang Hee - 166th Yao Ren Hao - 167th Chiu Kwok Kit - 168th Chun Hun Ju - 169th

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3/31/2024, 2:07:00 PM

Ham Dong Young rails Nguyen Manh Hung

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Button Ham Dong Myung opens 25,000, big blind Nguyen Manh Hung three-bets all in 192,000, Ham calls with A♠ Q♥ and dominates Nguyen’s A♣ 3♣ . The board comes A♥ 2♦ K♣ J♠ {4s], Ham ships it and Nguyen ships out.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
HD Ham Dong Myung	840,000(70 BB)	144,000
NM Nguyen Manh Hung	busted	-700,000

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3/31/2024, 2:00:00 PM

Tsang Cheuk Him delivers a double KO

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Frm utg+1 Teo Loong Hui opens 24,000, lojack Sean Ooi thhree-bets for 170,000, button Tsang Cheuk Him calls, back to Hui who tanks using two time banks then jams 248,000, Ooi calls for his tournament life, Tsang calls to put both players at risk.

Teo Loong Hui T♣ T♠ Sean Ooi A♣ T♠ Tsang Cheuk Him Q♦ Q♣

Board runs 4♠ 6♣ 5♠ K♠ J♥ , two players go bust.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TC Tsang Cheuk Him	1,250,000(104 BB)	968,000
SO Sean Ooi	busted	-642,000
TL Teo Loong Huy	busted

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3/31/2024, 1:45:00 PM

Darragh Curtin rakes it in

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Utg+2 Pham Tien Dung Q♦ J♦ open jams 90,000, small blind Darragh Curtin T♣ T♦ three-bets all in for 207,000, big blind Natty Chaimungkhu calls with A♣ 4♣ . The board runs T♥ 7♥ 5♥ 3♣ A♠ , Curtin ships in a big one

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DC Darragh Curtin	696,000(58 BB)	530,000
NC Natty Chaimungkhun	615,000(51 BB)	365,000
PT Pham Tien Dung	busted	-246,000

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3/31/2024, 1:40:00 PM

Rockets earn big for Le Ngoc Minh

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Utg Jun Young Park 9♦ 7♥ open jams 27,00, hijack Le Ngoc Minh A♦ A♣ calls, small blind Phuong Quang Tien three-bets 125,000, Minh four-bets all in, Phuong folds. Board runs qh} 7♦ 5♥ J♦ T♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
LN Le Ngoc Minh	650,000(54 BB)	28,000
PQ Phung Quang Tien	540,000(45 BB)	113,000
JY Jun Young Park	busted	-200,000

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3/31/2024, 1:36:00 PM

Pham Bao three-bets to take it

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Utg+2 Pham Bao opens 25,000, cutoff Kim Young and big blind call for a three way to the flop T♠ T♣ 7♠ . Pham c-bets 15,000, Kim raises 55,000, big blind folds, Pham three-bets 130,000 and wins it then and there.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PB Pham Bao	960,000(80 BB)	-19,000
KY Kim Young	500,000(42 BB)	500,000

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3/31/2024, 1:30:00 PM

David Soin lucks out to survive

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

Utg+1 David Soin A♠ 6♠ open-jams for 176,000, small blind John Phan A♦ Q♠ dominates, board runs 8♦ 5♥ 7♠ 2♥ 9♦ . Soin lands a straight for a double up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DS David Soin	376,000(31 BB)	215,000
JP John Phan	250,000(21 BB)	-68,000

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3/31/2024, 1:21:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay catapults to the chip lead

Level 19: 6,000 / 12,000 ante: 12,000

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
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	1,400,000(117 BB)	550,000
ML Manish Lakhotia	busted	-456,000

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3/31/2024, 1:17:00 PM

Level 18 Busts

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Gavin Flynn - 170th Ying Cong Chen - 171st Pham Tran Minh Tan - 172nd Mengran Wang - 173rd Bae Young Whan - 174th Lee Changhwan - 175th Laury Vanlerberghe - 176th Teng Jiaqi - 177th Christos Chronis - 178th Le Manh Cuong - 179th Wei Chun Liu - 180th Tran Minh Thang - 181st Frank Lillis - 182nd Matthew Bevin - 183rd Lee Wooo Been - 184th Thanh Ha Duong (Harry) - 185th Li Tong - 186th Wei Guo Liang - 187th Vu Van Linh - 188th Pradeep Nudurumati - 189th Jun Huang - 190th Hoang Haoyu - 191st Seunghyeon Son - 192nd| Hu Jing Wei - 193rd Fen - 194th Lee Jin Hoon - 195th Chen Bo - 197th Nguyen Trung Ha - 198th Dao Xuan Khanh - 199th Minku Kim - 200th Tan Luan Le - 201st Valerii Daniliants - 203rd Uten Ungchusak - 203rd Kyle Bao Diep - 204th Cherny Evgenii - 205th Nguyen Hieu Soai - 206th Nguyen Thanh Hai - 208th Nguyen Hoang Nam - 209th Edward Yam Chun Ho - 211th Florent Remi - 213th

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3/31/2024, 1:13:00 PM

Hyo Seok Park wins the flip

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Utg+1 Tien Nguyen opens 27,000, button Hyo Seok Park three-bets all in for 215,000, Nguyen calls and covers Park. Nguyen A♦ Q♠ , Park J♦ J♠ , board runs ten-high, Park doubles up.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PH Park Hyo Seok	455,000(46 BB)	455,000
TN Tien Nguyen	450,000(45 BB)	-359,000

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3/31/2024, 1:04:00 PM

River King lands quads on a three-way cooler

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Three way all in, Teng Jiaqi A♣ K♦ , Ying Cong Chen K♥ K♠ , River King Q♠ Q♥ . The board runs a nutty 2♣ Q♣ Q♦ {ad 3♣ for the super nuts quads!

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
RK River King	826,000(83 BB)	826,000
YC Yng Cong Chen	40,000(4 BB)	40,000
TJ Teng Jiaqi	busted	-151,000

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3/31/2024, 12:50:00 PM

Jun Ma’s straight earn the maximum

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Utg+2 opens hijack Xu Zhenbo and big blind Jun Ma call for a three way to the flop Q♥ 5♦ T♣ . Utg+2 c-bets 25,000, and is called by both. On the turn K♥ , action is checked to Xu who fires 55,000, Ma check-raises 135,000, utg+2 folds, Xu shoves, Ma calls for his tournament life.

Xu Zhenbo - K♦ 8♦ Jun Ma J♥ 9♠ straight

The river is A♦ , double up for Jun Ma.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JM Jun Ma	938,000(94 BB)	-3,037,000
XZ Xu Zhenbo	160,000(16 BB)	-490,000

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3/31/2024, 12:46:00 PM

Mai Nguyen determined to defend the big blind

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Utg+1 Kim Yong opens, big blind Mai Nguyen defends, flop is J♥ J♦ 3♠ . Kim bets 20,000, Nguyen check-raises 65,000, Kim calls. On the turn 6♥ , Nguyen snaps all in, Kim folds.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
KY Kim Yong	580,000(58 BB)	-105,000
MN Mai Nguyen	287,000(29 BB)	203,000

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3/31/2024, 12:41:00 PM

Dinh Duc Linh boots one on a flip

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Lojack opens, Huang Hoayu A♣ K♥ from cutoff three-bets all in, Dinh Duc Linh 9♥ 9♣ four bets all in, initial raiser folds. Board runs J♠ 8♥ T♥ T♠ 2♣ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
DD Dinh Duc Linh	336,000(34 BB)	160,000
HH Huang Hoayu	busted

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3/31/2024, 12:36:00 PM

Vamerdino Magsakay delivers a double KO

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Do Xuan Khanh 7♥ 7♠ and Nguyen Trung Ha A♣ K♥ run dry against Vamerdino Magsakay with 8♥ 8♠ on a board 8♦ 4♣ 4♦ J♦ A♠ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
VM Vamerdino Magsakay	850,000(85 BB)	358,000
DX Do Xuan Khanh	busted
NT Nguyen Trung Ha	busted	-277,000

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3/31/2024, 12:30:00 PM

Nguyen Duy Anh out… nope, sucks out

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

Nguyen Duy Anh was walking away when his T♣ T♠ ran into Nguyen Huu Soai’s K♥ K♣ . However, luck finds him when the board runs Q♠ 4♦ 5♥ 6♣ T♥ .

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
ND Nguyen Duy Anh	331,000(33 BB)	177,000
NH Nguyen Huu Soai	66,000(7 BB)	-19,000

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3/31/2024, 12:15:00 PM

Cards flying at Day 2

Level 18: 5,000 / 10,000 ante: 10,000

First one out, first one paid! 213 down to Final 9 today!

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3/31/2024, 12:12:00 AM

Le Dong Zhou eliminated in 19th place

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Le Dong Zhou at USOP Danang 2024 — Le Dong Zhou

Utg Le Dong Zhou opens 875,000, cutoff Jun Ma calls, flop is 9♥ 7♠ 7♦ . Zhou checks, Ma shoves, Zhou commits his remaining 5,000. Ma flips over A♥ T♣ , Zhou with Q♠ T♦ , turn K♣ and river 8♦ are no help to Zhou.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
JM Jun Ma	3,975,000(40 BB)	3,798,000

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3/31/2024, 12:10:00 AM

Blinds up, 19 players remaining

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

19 players remaining. Just announced, they will bag up at 18 players. That’s good news to the players as there is a Players Party happening tonight.

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3/31/2024, 12:06:00 AM

Phan Quang Thai cleans out Tiger Ong

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Phan Quang Thai at USOP Danang 2024 — Phan Quang Thai

Small blind Phan Quang Thai opens, Tiger Ong three-bets all in 700,000, Phan calls with 9♠ 8♠ . Ong flips open K♥ 9♥ . The board runs J♦ J♥ T♠ 2♣ 8♦ . Ong is eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
PQ Phan Quang Thai	4,700,000(47 BB)	4,121,000

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3/31/2024, 12:05:00 AM

Thomas Ward rails Anh Tuan Nguyen

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

Cutoff Anh Tuan Nguyen A♥ J♠ open shoves 975,000, big blind Thomas Ward calls with Q♣ Q♦ , board runs 6♥ K♣ 8♠ 3♠ 2♥ , queens stand, Nguyen eliminated.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	8,900,000(89 BB)	1,100,000

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3/31/2024, 12:01:00 AM

Thomas Ward grinding

Level 28: 50,000 / 100,000 ante: 100,000

After stealing back-to-back blinds and antes, Thomas Ward picks up another pot. From utg+1, he raises 200,000, button Le Giang Nam calls. Both players check the flop and turn 7♠ J♦ 2♦ 8♣ . On the river 4♦ , Ward bets 450,000, Nam calls, Ward has 4♠ 4♥ , Nam mucks.

Chip Counts

Player	Chips	Progress
TW Thomas Ward	7,800,000(78 BB)	6,922,000
LG Le Giang Nam	3,300,000(33 BB)	2,510,000