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Gagandeep Malik Finishes 3rd at USOP Mini High Roller Event

India’s Gagandeep Malik has made the poker community proud with his stellar performance at the 2024 U Series of Poker (USOP) Hai Phong. The two-time World Poker Tour title-holder ranked 3rd at the Event #31 VND 22 Million Mini High Roller and took a VND 190,000,000 payout. 

At USOP Hai Phong 2024, Gagandeep Malik missed his first USOP title but still stood tall in the top 10 payouts. The total number of entries for this event was 82, and Malik was among the top three players in the money. The total prize pool was VND 1,545,957,500, and the lion’s share of it went to William Teoh of Malaysia, who took a payout of VND 451,780,000, including an additional VND 70,000,000 after a Heads Up ICM deal.

Event #31 Mini High Roller Top 10 Payouts

Malik has earlier seen cash at the USOP in 2024. He placed 21st at the Madness Kick-Off Event and took the prize money of VND 53,200,000 (~₹1.82 Lakh). The prize pool for that event was VND 9,956,480,000, and Nielsen Johnni of Sweden took the biggest share of that, a whopping 1,650,000,000. Out of a total of 1,324 entries, 167 players were in the money. 

At the Championship, the 11th event, where 98 players were in the money out of a total of 775 entries, he cashed VND 27,500,000 (~₹93K), ranking 88th. Tianhao Zheng of China took most of the prize pot, topping the payout list with VND 2,200,000,000.

This year has been particularly good for Malik. He finished 15th place at Event #3 of the Deltin Poker Tournament in Panjim and took home ₹2,92,227. In the same series, he cashed out ₹1,00,170 at Event #4, ranking 6th.

His in-the-money run didn’t stop there. He again placed 6th at Event #4 and #Event 8, both these wins adding ₹1,00,170 and ₹73,418, respectively.  His last cash-out in that series was a formidable ₹1,70,000 at the No Limit Hold’em – Adda52 Freeroll, where he ranked 3rd. 

This year, he has also had some stellar foreign outings. He ranked 2nd at the Event #7 No Limit Hold’em of the World Poker Tour Cambodia and took $7500 for his efforts. He continued cashing out in other events of the series, taking in more than $20,000 collectively at WPT Cambodia. He ranked 20th, 6th, and 12th at Event #10, Event #16, and Event #22, the last of which he cashed out $13,960. At Poker Dream 11 in Malaysia, he ranked 44th and took home RM 3,800.

Malik has some formidable poker world achievements to his name earlier, too.  In 2023, he shipped the WPT Prime India High Roller event and took home ₹59 Lakh.

Gagandeep Malik has been in cash in several international series, with Hendonmob saying his first cash was in 2016 at the WPT National China, where he shipped the Win the Button Hyper Turbo event, taking home ¥4280. 

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Also Read:  USOP Hai Phong 2024 Winners List

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Indians have had a good time at the USOP 2024, with several of them being on the list and final tables. Earlier, Abhinav Iyer rocked third place at the VND 120 Million Superstar Challenge and took home VND 965 Million, approximately ₹32.98 Lakh.

Prior to that, Siddharth Karia also made the country proud at the Hai Phong event, ranking 17th in the USOP Hai Phong Kick-Off event and taking home VND 69,200,000 in prize money.

The USOP Hai Phong 2024 is currently taking place at the Dream Dragon Resort in Hai Phong, Vietnam, beginning 11th September and ending 23rd September. The total guaranteed prize pool is VND 60 Billion, and the series has some exciting and unique events like the High Roller Championship, the Super High Roller, and the Championship Event. The events include a mix of satellite and live tournaments. The premium event has attracted the who’s who from the poker world to their felts.

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