The Main Event of USOP Danang has reached the milestone of 1000 registrations.

Currently, at level 4 of Flight C, the Main Event of USOP Danang has reached 1000 registrations. The game will continue until the start of level 11, with Flight D beginning at 6:00 PM today.

Meanwhile, at the conclusion of Flight B, After twelve hours of play, Main Event Day 1B closed with Korea’s Kim Tae Hyoeng leading the 52 ITM qualifiers. Kim was a grinding force throughout the day claiming pot after pot with rarely a showdown. He dragged in one of the last pots at his table to just edge over fellow countryman Won Chul Bae for the day’s top spot.

Also advancing was 2024 USOP Taiwan Main Event champion Sam Chen Yu Hung with a decent 24 bb stack. He became the first USOP champion to qualify with Nguyen Ngoc Dai and The Naing both missing the mark today.

Main Event Day 1B was another record setter with 416 entries on record, marking it the largest Day 1B flight in USOP history. Combined with Day 1A, the cumulative entries is now 782 bringing the pot to around VN₫ 20 Billion.

Among the faces in the crowd today were WSOP bracelet holders Abhinav Iyer, Siyang Phua, Aayush Arya however they were unable to go the day’s distance. Also falling were notables Nam Hyung Kim, Pham Tien Dung, Dao Minh Phu, Gab Yong Kim, Edward Yam, Manish Lakhotia, and Ian Lee to mention a few. Luckily, there are still two more flights to run, both taking place on Saturday, March 30, 2024.

Date: March 29, 2024
Buy in: 30,000,000 CROWN (~USD 1,235)
Guarantee: 15,000,000,000 CROWN (~USD 614,500)
Day 1B: 416 entries (314 unique)
ITM: 52 players
Chips in play: 16,640,000