Another heated day at the U Series of Poker – USOP Danang 2024 MAIN EVENT 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 lead by New Zealand’s Thomas Ward with 80 bb. A very close second was UK’s Gabriel Carter with 77 bb.
Thomas Ward
The final 18 return on Monday, April 1, 2024 for the last leg to the title. While everyone is guaranteed 302M CROWN, the target is the jaw dropping top prize of 7,1B CROWN. This is the single largest prize ever to be awarded at the USOP. In fact, the top four players will pocket the equivalent of six figures USD.
The USOP Danang Main Event is officially the richest for the brand with a prize pool of 44,5B CROWN (~$1,8M). 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 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: CROWN 30,000,000 (~$1,235)
Guarantee: CROWN 15,000,000,000 (~$614,500)
Total entries: 1,702
Prize pool: CROWN 44,575,300,000 (~$1,800,000)
ITM: 213 players
Chips in play: 68,080,000
| Rank | Player | Flag | Stack | BB |
| 1 | Thomas Ward | New Zealand | 9,600,000 | 80 |
| 2 | Gabriel Carter | UK | 9,200,000 | 77 |
| 3 | Alok Birewar | India | 5,460,000 | 46 |
| 4 | Phan Quang Thai | Vietnam | 5,085,000 | 42 |
| 5 | Fan Ying Kan | China | 4,395,000 | 37 |
| 6 | Ian Lee | Malaysia | 4,225,000 | 35 |
| 7 | Jun Ma | China | 3,975,000 | 33 |
| 8 | Le Ngoc Minh | Vietnam | 3,735,000 | 31 |
| 9 | Do Tuan Phong | Vietnam | 3,110,000 | 26 |
| 10 | Ko Seung Hun | Korea | 2,940,000 | 25 |
| 11 | Le Giang Nam | Vietnam | 2,710,000 | 23 |
| 12 | Hyo Seok Park | Korea | 2,650,000 | 22 |
| 13 | Chunhao Zhang | China | 2,475,000 | 21 |
| 14 | Truong Vu Tuan Khanh | Vietnam | 2,370,000 | 20 |
| 15 | Buyu Sakurai | Japan | 2,290,000 | 19 |
| 16 | Tae Hyoeng Kim | Korea | 1,395,000 | 12 |
| 17 | Anthony Lewis | USA | 1,370,000 | 11 |
| 18 | Chang Xiang Guang | Malaysia | 775,000 | 6 |
Remaining Payouts
| Place | Payout in CROWN | ~USD |
| 1 | 7,120,000,000 | 287,677 |
| 2 | 4,916,000,000 | 198,626 |
| 3 | 3,422,000,000 | 138,263 |
| 4 | 2,504,200,000 | 101,180 |
| 5 | 1,877,100,000 | 75,842 |
| 6 | 1,512,000,000 | 61,091 |
| 7 | 1,230,700,000 | 49,725 |
| 8 | 960,300,000 | 38,800 |
| 9 | 712,800,000 | 28,800 |
| 10-12 | 501,300,000 | 20,255 |
| 13-15 | 389,400,000 | 15,733 |
| 16-18 | 302,300,000 | 12,214 |
