Another bustling day at the inaugural U Series of Poker Vietnam as the festival completed Day 3 at Crown Poker Club. The evening witnessed the locals dominate the competition with all four new champions from the host country. The last event to wrap up was the Superstar Challenge, which trimmed to the final 9 players. We’ve got all those results for you. Just scroll down.
USOP Vietnam: Festival Results
Event 7: Superstar Challenge (in progress)
The Superstar Challenge did not disappoint with 64 runners coughing up the VN₫ 107,000,000 (~US$ 4,525) buy in for a meaty prize pool of VN₫ 6,208,000,000 (~US$ 264,760). Among the players that tried but missed the money were Triton champions Devan Tang, Dao Minh Phu, 2023 PSPC runner up Max Menzel, Taiwan’s Nevan Chang, USOP founder Tse Ian Lee, Vietnam’s Minh Quang Nguyen, Huy Quang Nguyen, and Sang Nguyen.
Superstar Challenge bubble
By the 13th hour of play, Australia’s Anton Lu 
set eliminated a player with 
to bring about the bubble round. It was a lengthy grind, taking nearly an hour and a half for it to burst. Vietnam’s Huu Dung Nguyen 
shoved from the small blind, short stacked big blind player risked it with 
and failed to improve. (pictured above)
Shortly after, Natural8′s Victor Chong 
cleaned out William Jia 
on a board running 
to form the final table. Jia picked up the first cash of VN₫ 207,000,000 for 10th place.
Seat
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
1
Tan Keng Yong
Singapore
610,000
8
2
Victor Chong
Malaysia
2,185,000
27
3
Yeh Hung Wei
Taiwan
302,000
4
4
Anton Lu
Australia
740,000
9
5
Ang Yang Sang
Malaysia
2,240,000
28
6
Sebastian Mueller
Germany
3,470,000
43
7
Duc Tu Bui
Vietnam
3,230,000
40
8
Huu Dung Nguyen
Vietnam
2,750,000
34
9
Chu Thai Thinh
Vietnam
925,000
12
Chips in play: 19,200,000
Average stack: 2,133,333
Final Day opening blinds: 40K-80K, 80K ante (29:53 remaining in this round)
The Final 9 return on Monday, April 17 at 1pm to chase down the handsome top prize money of VN₫ 1,900,000,000 (~US$ 81,000). Spectators can watch the action live or via the livestream which will broadcast in the Crown Poker Club facebook page.
Buy in: VN₫ 107,000,000 (~US$ 4,525)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,500,000,000 (~US$ 63,970)
Entries: 64 (41 unique, 23 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 6,208,000,000 (~US$ 264,760)
ITM: 10 places
Remaining payouts
Place
Payout in VN₫
1
1,190,000,000
2
1,200,000,000
3
800,000,000
4
539,000,000
5
420,000,000
6
350,000,000
7
300,000,000
8
260,000,000
9
232,000,000
To Bao Tuan perseveres at Mystery Bounty; Benjamin Sai draws largest bounty
52 players returned to action, each one guaranteed a piece of the Mystery Bounty VN₫ 2,609,900,000 (~US$ 111,320) prize pool and a shot at claiming any of the 52 mystery bounty rewards. Just past the 11th hour of play, the final hand was tabled. To Bao Tuan aka Tuan Tien Hai won three all in heads up showdowns to capture his first live title and the VN₫ 540,000,00 top prize. In addition, Tuan collected VN₫ 271,500,000 in bounties to earn a combined VN₫ 811,500,000 (~US$ 34,600), by far the largest payout of this event and the largest of his career.
To Bao Tuan
You can relive the action via the recorded livestream in the Crown Poker Club facebook page. For updates prior to the final table, head to the SMP live updates.
In addition to the champion, the most envied player was Singapore’s Benjamin Sai who drew the single largest mystery bounty reward of VN₫ 270,000,000. Sai also collected another VN₫ 45,500,000 for a combined VN₫ 315,500,000 in bounties making him the biggest bounty earner.
Benjamin Sai
Another player posting an impressive result was Estonia’s Roland Kivi who scored his third final table cash. Kivi placed 6th at Hyper Turbo 1, championed Hyper Turbo 2, and finished 4th here.
Thang Chien Hoang deserves acknowledgement as well. Hoang entered the final day as the shortest of the pack with just 7 bb and went on to finish in 7th place.
Thang Chien Hoang
Recapping the heads up action, Tuan played catch up to big stacked Thuy Trung Duong. He picked up two double ups to steal the lead. The first clash was Duong 
, Tuan 
, the board 
to spike the Ace on the river. Next showdown, Tuan spiked the Ace again, this time on the turn for his 
to outflip Duong’s . Now ahead, Tuan closed it out with dominating Duong’s on an empty board 
.
Dates: April 14 to 16
Buy in: VN₫ 11,000,000 (~US$ 470)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,500,000,000 (~US$ 106,600)
Entries: 414
Prize pool: VN₫ 2,609,900,000 (~US$ 111,320)
Bounty Pool: VN₫ 1,405,500,000 (~US$ 59,950)
ITM: 52 players
Final table payouts
Place
Player
Bounty in VN₫
Total Payout in VN₫
1
Tuan Tien Hai
271,500,000
811,500,000
2
Thuy Trung Duong
85,500,000
461,500,000
3
Hieu Quang Nguyen
45,000,000
285,000,000
4
Roland Kivi
120,500,000
281,700,000
5
Benjamin Sai
315,500,000
439,500,000
6
Dao Minh Phu
96,500,000
200,500,000
7
Thang Chien Hoang
0
85,500,000
8
Quang Ngoc Phan
245,500,000
313,500,000
9
Dien Van Le (Kenny)
106,000,000
159,500,000
The complete payouts can be found in the Mystery Bounty updates.
Ha Ngoc Nguyen takes down the Superstack Madness
The Superstack Madness was a popular one attracting 190 runners to crush another guarantee. 24 players earned a cut of the VN₫ 1,105,800,00 prize pool. Ha Ngoc Nguyen claimed the largest of VN₫ 275,000,000 (~US$ 11,730) for her victory.
Ha Ngoc Nguyen
The bubble burst on a three way with Dinh Van Tien and Vu Huy Ha splitting the pot, both players holding Ace-Queen offsuit on a queen high board. The unfortunate bust was a player with Ace-King. Tien went on to 12th place and Ha reached the final table, eliminated in 5th place.
Dinh Van Tien survives the bubble round
Superstack final table
The final table was dominated by Nguyen that by three handed, she was sitting on a massive stack. Eric Wasylenko seesawed. He managed to double up through Nguyen then gave it all back and more to finish in 3rd place. Heads up saw Van Quang Pham on a heater however it didn’t last. Nguyen closed it out with 
full house over 
two pair on a final board 
.
Buy in: VN₫ 6,600,000 (~US$ 280)
Guarantee: VN₫ 600,000,000 (~US$ 25,590)
Entries: 190 (126 unique, 66 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 1,105,800,000 (~US$ 47,160)
ITM: 24 places
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Ha Ngoc Nguyen
275,000,000
2
Van Quang Pham
178,000,000
3
Eric Wasylenko
112,000,000
4
Eric Ceret
77,000,000
5
Vu Huy Ha
63,000,000
6
Michael Kim Falcon
52,000,000
7
Joe Sam Yap
43,000,000
8
Dung Anh Tran
35,000,000
9
Tuan Minh Ha
29,000,000
10
Tyler James Warken
24,000,000
11
Linh Hai Hoang
24,000,000
12
Tien Van Dinh
24,000,000
13
David Erquiaga
19,300,000
14
Duc Quang Nguyen
19,300,000
15
Dung Dac Ly
19,300,000
16
Ng Shun Hong
15,800,000
17
Thanh Tien Nguyen
15,800,000
18
Cuong Manh Nguyen
15,800,000
19
Tuan Manh Nguyen
12,400,000
20
Linh Duc Giao Nguyen
12,400,000
21
Phu Van Nguyen
12,400,000
22
Aleksei Varashev
9,100,000
23
Long Huu Le
9,100,000
24
Tai Anh Do
9,100,000
Vu Quang Dinh wins the Deepstack
Deepstack final table
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$ 145)
Entries: 75 (50 unique, 25 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 218,200,000 (~US$ 9,300)
ITM: 9 places
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Vu Quang Dinh
72,000,000
2
Nam Hai Chu
45,000,000
3
Hai Minh Vu
29,000,000
4
Trinh Xuan Nguyen
21,000,000
5
Ryan Ong
15,800,000
6
Doan Van Nguyen
12,000,000
7
Hoang Minh Nguyen
9,300,000
8
Jason Tan
7,600,000
9
Sergei Kopyl
6,500,000
Da Huu Dinh wins the Turbo Event
Da Huu Dinh
Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190)
Entries: 37 (29 unique, 8 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 143,560,000 (~US$ 6,120)
ITM: 5 places
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Da Huu Dinh
46,280,000*
2
Patrick Liang
46,280,000*
3
Chih Feng Li
22,000,000
4
Nam Giang Le
16,000,000
5
Jun Xu Lee
13,000,000
*Heads up even chop, played for the trophy
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