USOP Vietnam 2026: Main Event Begins, Chen Leads POTS

The

U Sequence of Poker (USOP) Vietnam 2026

is heating up on the

InterContinental Ha Lengthy Bay Resort

, with solely 4 days left within the event sequence. The

Predominant Occasion

has already seen 554 complete entries throughout its first two beginning flights, and 70 gamers have safely made it to Day 2 with a assured money prize.

Tran Leads Predominant Occasion Day 1A

The

first flight

introduced in 385 entries, with every participant paying the VND 30 Million (~USD 1,140) buy-in to play for part of the large VND 30 Billion (~USD 1.14 Million) assured prize pool. After 14 hours of play, solely 49 gamers bagged up chips.
Minh Thang Tran

ended the day because the chip chief with an enormous stack of 1,164,000 (97 large blinds).

Tran received an enormous enhance to his stack when he gained a 700,000-chip pot towards

Jieming Xu

. In that hand, Tran’s pocket jacks beat Xu’s pocket aces by hitting a fortunate two-outer jack on the river. This win helped Tran safe the VND 90 Million (~USD 3,240) chip chief bonus for the flight.

Day 1A High 10 Chip Rely

Anh Tuan Dang was the one different participant to cross the one-million mark, ending with 1,045,000 (87 large blinds). Dang constructed his stack by profitable a giant 950,000-chip pot on the bubble when his pocket aces beat

Mingcong Chen

, making Chen the ultimate bubble boy of Day 1A.

Andrew Ong

took third place on the leaderboard with 870,000 (73 large blinds).

Previous champions

Juyeol Lee

,

Tse Ian Lee

, and

Ngoc Dai Nguyen

additionally performed however didn’t survive the day.

Day 1B: Nguyen Leads The Second Flight

The second flight,

Day 1B

, added 168 entries to the event, and 21 gamers survived the evening to lock up their spot within the cash.

Manh Tuan Nguyen took the highest spot for Day 1B, bagging up 869,000 chips. He’s adopted by

Wongyu Kang

(844,000) and

Gained Chul Bae

(752,000). Additionally transferring on to Day 2 is

Ledong Zhou

, who completed with 152,000 chips. Zhou is a widely known participant right here, having completed in second place on the final

USOP Vietnam Predominant Occasion

behind champion

Hun Tae Choi

.

4 Flights Left To Play

For gamers who haven’t made it to Day 2 but, there are 4 extra flights obtainable over the subsequent two days:

All survivors will come again on Sunday, Could 31, at 12:00 for Day 2, the place everyone seems to be already within the cash. The sphere will play right down to the ultimate 18 gamers, and a champion shall be topped on Monday, June 1.

A number of Trophy Winners at USOP Vietnam 2026

USOP Ambassador

Peng Yang

has been enjoying extremely properly all through the sequence. He secured his first title of the sequence early on by taking down the

Noon Occasion

. Not happy with only one, Yang lately added a second trophy to his cupboard after profitable the fast-paced

Tremendous Hyper Turbo

occasion.

Becoming a member of him within the multi-trophy membership is Aimin Yin. Making an enormous splash in his very first USOP look, Yan proved he’s a power to be reckoned with by profitable each the

NLH Turbo

and the

Hyper Turbo

occasions.

Peng Chen Leads Participant Of The Sequence After Dominant Excessive Curler Run

The race for the Participant of the Sequence (POTS) title at USOP Vietnam 2026 is getting very shut. With 44 occasions now completed, the leaderboard exhibits a decent battle for the highest spot because the event heads into its closing days.

Peng Chen

is at the moment holding onto the primary spot with 1,725 factors. Chen earned his huge lead after an unimaginable back-to-back run, ending because the runner-up in each the

Excessive Curler 6-Max Occasion

and the

Excessive Curler Megastack

. He then adopted up these spectacular finishes by profitable the distinguished

Billionaire Membership Problem

.

With solely 4 days left within the sequence, each deep run and closing desk will make an enormous distinction. The remainder of the sector is making an attempt exhausting to catch up, however Chen’s dominant run within the excessive curler occasions has made him the person to beat.

All photographs courtesy of USOP.