Nonstop action at the U Series of Poker Vietnam with the Mini Main Event crowding host venue Crown Poker Club. Day 5 of the festival also witnessed Huu Dung Nguyen clinch a billion at the High Roller Superstack, and in a thrilling late night showdown, Isaac Phua won the Hyper Turbo. Here are the results.
Mini Main Day 1C field
Event 10: Mini Main Event – Day 1B and Day 1C recap
It was a thrilling day at the Mini Main Event as hundreds of players joined the last two flights to easily reach and breach the VN₫ 2 Billion guarantee. In its place was a prize pool that doubled to VN₫ 4 Billion. A total of 51 players survived the day’s flights to secure themselves a piece of the boosted pot.
Ha Van Thien
Bagging big at Flight B was Vietnam’s Ha Van Thien notably one of the strongest running mid-ranged buy in player in the country since last year. Thien amassed a staggering 169 BB to earn the overall lead of all the flights. Anh Duy Nguyen was a strong second rank with 137 BB.
Harry Tran
Over at Flight C, bagging in the 100 BB range were Harry Tran (139 BB), Mac Khoa (119 BB), and Duong Candy (108 BB). Tran will bring in the second largest stack into Day 2.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Entries: 525
Prize pool: VN₫ 4,074,000,000 (~US$ 173,300)
Day 2 qualifiers: 65 players
Day 1A: 117 (87 unique, 30 re-entry)
Day 1B: 206 (132 unique, 74 re-entry)
Day 1C: 202 (125 unique, 77 re-entry)
Chips in play: 15,750,000
Average stack: 242,307
Day 2 opening blinds: 3K-6K, 6K ante
Top 10 entering Day 2
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
Ha Van Thien
Vietnam
1,012,000
169
Harry Tran
Vietnam
834,000
139
Anh Duy Nguyen
Vietnam
820,000
137
Mac Khoa
Vietnam
711,000
119
Duong Candy
Vietnam
648,000
108
Hua Wei Lin
Taiwan
559,000
93
Snow Love
Vietnam
487,000
81
Long Thanh Nguyen
Vietnam
440,000
73
Trung Van Nguyen
Vietnam
425,000
71
Nam Hoai Le
Vietnam
424,000
71
For the full list of Day 2 qualifiers and chip counts by flight, follow the link below:
Mini Main Event – Chip Counts – Side Events Live Updates
Huu Dung Nguyen clinches the High Roller Superstack
Vietnamese pro Huu Dung Nguyen added another title to his belt with a victory at the High Roller Superstack. This was his first USOP title. Along with it was a handsome payout of VN₫ 1,100,000,000 (~US$ 46,800).
Huu Dung Nguyen
However it wasn’t all roses for Nguyen. He started the day with a modest stack of 20 BB, dropped to 6 BB, then staged an impressive comeback. On his first shove, it was a close call. Nguyen was behind with 
against Max Menzel’s 
which ended on a split pot.
He later tripled up to 14 BB with 
beating Quang Ngoc Phan’s 
and Menzel’s 
. The momentum continued bringing another double up to 40 BB with 
full house outdrawing Calvin Tan‘s 
.
Nguyen went on to face Lich Van Vu at heads up, once again coming from behind. He took the lead with pocket Jacks over Jack-Seven suited then closed it out in a dramatic full house over full house. Nguyen 
, Vu 
, the board 
.
Relive Nguyen’s race to victory via the livestream recorded on the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel.
Buy in: VN₫ 55,000,000 (~US$ 2,325)
Guarantee: VN₫ 1,200,000,000 (~US$ 51,000)
Entries: 75 (50 unique, 25 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 3,637,500,000 (~US$ 154,850)
ITM: 11 places
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Huu Dung Nguyen
1,100,000,000
2
Lich Van Vu
700,000,000
3
Wayne Lam
440,000,000
4
Thanh Tien Dinh
309,000,000
5
Tony Truong
240,000,000
6
Max Menzel
195,000,000
7
Calvin Tan
165,000,000
8
Huy Quang Nguyen
143,500,000
9
Quag Ngoc Phan
125,000,000
10
Devan Tang
110,000,000
11
Khoi Nguyen
110,000,000
Thrilling victory for Isaac Phua at the Hyper Turbo
Plenty of exciting showdowns at the fast and fierce Hyper Turbo. In the end it was Isaac Phua outlasting the 84-entry field. On the last hand, Phua’s pocket Sevens was behind Tai Anh Do‘s Ace-Two with an Ace on the flop but the turn came the two-outer for a set, Phua’s rail erupted as Do was drawing dead.
Buy in: VN₫ 3,400,000 (~US$
Entries: 84 (56 unique, 28 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 244,440,000 (~US$ 10,400)
ITM: 11 places
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Isaac Phua
75,040,000
2
Tai Anh Do
47,000,000
3
Tuan Manh Nguyen
30,000,000
4
Ryan Ong
20,000,000
5
Son Thai Hoang
15,500,000
6
Dung Anh Tran
13,000,000
7
Long Huu Le
11,000,000
8
Ong Chien Chan
9,500,000
9
Tu Thanh Phung
8,400,000
10
Dyb Kjell Ove
7,500,000
11
Lim Beng Wei
7,500,000
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