The inaugural U Series of Poker Vietnam festival at Crown Poker Club was in full swing on Day 4, with four exciting events on the schedule. Players had a chance to compete in a couple of events that featured guaranteed prize pools: Mini Main Event 2BN and High Roller Superstack 1.2BN. There was also a Short Deck event and a Zero to Hero Freeroll that offered a free entry to the Main Event. Here are the results.
Event 10: Mini Main Event – Day 1A results
Long Thanh Nguyen
The Mini Main Event lit up the room with 117 players joining the action. After nine hours of play, the bubble burst and two unlucky players split the min-cash. Vietnam’s Long Thanh Nguyen bagged the most chips with a huge stack of 73 BB.
The 14 remaining players are all in the money and will return on Wednesday, April 19 for the final race to the top. Before that happens, Flight B and Flight C get on the felt on Tuesday, April 18. These are the last flights to try to qualify and have a chance at the VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140) guarantee.
Buy in: VN₫ 8,800,000 (~US$ 370)
Guarantee: VN₫ 2,000,000,000 (~US$ 85,140)
Day 1A: 117 (87 unique, 30 re-entry)
Day 2 qualifiers: 14 players
End of Day 1A – 14 / 117 entries
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
Long Thanh Nguyen
Vietnam
440,000
73
Trung Van Nguyen
Vietnam
425,000
71
Nam Hoai Le
Vietnam
424,000
71
Ng Shun Hong
Singapore
351,000
59
Gambit
Germany
314,000
52
Hung Le
Vietnam
298,000
50
Tuan Meu
Vietnam
235,000
39
Van Quang Pham
Vietnam
221,000
37
Eric Wasylenko
Canada
199,000
33
Jennifer Cassell
Australia
154,000
26
Kenny
UK
150,000
25
Cuong Manh Ng
Vietnam
121,000
20
Brendon Rubie
Australia
97,000
16
Quang Vu
Vietnam
87,000
15
Event 11: High Roller Super Stack (in progress)
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
It was a long and grueling day at the High Roller Superstack event, with 75 entries battling it out to reach the money and a spot at the final table. Day 1 action lasted 15 hours, with many notables falling by the wayside. Short stacked Sang Nguyen was the unlucky bubble boy. First to cash was Hong Kong’s Devan Tang in 11th place. Tang called with open ended that failed to improve against Wayne Lam‘s bottom pair.
HR Superstack bubble
Also joining Tang at the rail was Khoi Nguyen who missed out on the final table by a whisker. He fell to Max Menzel with pocket Threes fully dominated by pocket Jacks.
The final 9 players return to action at 1:30pm on Tuesday, April 18. Each one is guaranteed VN₫ 125,000,000 (~US$ 5,320) however all eyes will be on the VN₫ 1,100,000,000 (~US$ 46,830) top prize. Leading the pack is Van Lich Vu with 72 BB at his disposal. You can follow the final table action via the livestream in the Crown Poker Club YouTube channel starting at 1:45pm.
Fina 9 players
Seat
Player
Flag
Stack
BB
1
Quang Ngoc Phan
Vietnam
2,210,000
18
2
Truon Toan Chan
Vietnam
1,690,000
14
3
Huy Quang Nguyen
Vietnam
2,385,000
20
4
Wayne Lam
Hong Kong
3,470,000
29
5
Huu Dung Nguyen
Vietnam
675,000
6
6
Van Lich Vu
Vietnam
8,650,000
72
7
Dinh Tien Thanh
Vietnam
2,285,000
19
8
Calvin Tan
Malaysia
1,355,000
11
9
Max Menzel
Germany
7,280,000
61
Remaining payouts
Place
Prize in VN₫
1
1,100,000,000
2
700,000,000
3
440,000,000
4
309,000,000
5
240,000,000
6
195,000,000
7
165,000,000
8
143,500,000
9
125,000,000
Vu Thai Bao wins the Short Deck
Vu Thai Bao
Another trophy for Vietnam as Vu Thai Bao ships the Short Deck event. Vu outlasted 40 other runners to claim the VN₫ 65,000,000 (~US$ 2,770) first place payout. He was also awarded a new event trophy to add to his impressive collection.
Date: April 17, 2023
Buy in: VN₫ 4,500,000 (~US$ 190)
Entries: 41 (28 unique, 13 re-entry)
Prize pool: VN₫ 159,000,000 (~US$ 6,770)
Place
Player
Payout in VN₫
1
Vu Thai Bao
65,000,000
2
Rusin Dzmitry
37,200,000
3
Duc Minh Vu
24,500,000
4
Maamuu Chinbaatar
17,700,000
5
Ong Beng Wei
14,600,000
Special Event: Le Vau Duc goes from Zero to Hero Freeroll
Le Vau Duc
The Zero to Hero Freeroll couldn’t be any more exciting as players rallied to try to win the lone prize, the one Main Event ticket worth VN₫ 22,000,000 (~US$ 930). From the get-go, it was a shove fest until the final table neared and everyone tightened up.
After six hours, the hunt was over. Le Vau Duc defeated his last opponent by completing a straight on the river to beat mid pair. Duc returns on Day 1A where he has a chance to turn the free ticket into big money with a VN₫ 10 Billion prize pool guaranteed.
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