2022 PokerNews Cup Golden Nugget

PokerNews Cup
Day: 1a
Event Info

2022 PokerNews Cup Golden Nugget

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
j7
Prize
$202,725
Event Info
Buy-in
$1,100
Prize Pool
$1,207,650
Entries
1,245
Level Info
Level
34
Blinds
250,000 / 500,000
Ante
500,000
Players Info - Day 1a
Entries
181
Players Left
23

Quintin Carves From Hinh

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Shea Quintin
Shea Quintin

Action came in on the river as the board read {4-Clubs}{2-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}{3-Spades}{10-Diamonds}. From under the gun, Shea Quintin bet 10,000. Daniel Hinh raised to 30,000. Quintin tossed in the call after a moment.

Hinh flashed {7-}{7-} knowing he wasn't good as Quintin tabled the wheel with the {a-Clubs}{9-Diamonds} as he collected to continue his surge after a max late reg.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Hinh au
Daniel Hinh
485,000
-55,000
-55,000
Shea Quintin us
Shea Quintin
395,000
40,000
40,000

Tags: Daniel HinhShea Quintin

Updated Chip Counts

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Player Chips Progress
Daniel Hinh au
Daniel Hinh
540,000
-12,000
-12,000
Gary Miller gb
Gary Miller
530,000
245,000
245,000
Shea Quintin us
Shea Quintin
355,000
250,000
250,000
Logan Hewett us
Logan Hewett
270,000
115,000
115,000
Scott Berko gb
Scott Berko
240,000
115,000
115,000
Juan Gandara us
Juan Gandara
230,000
86,000
86,000
Ky Nguyen us
Ky Nguyen
187,000
-98,000
-98,000
Meghan Smith us
Meghan Smith
160,000
-76,000
-76,000
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
140,000
-12,000
-12,000
Carlos Loving us
Carlos Loving
120,000
35,000
35,000
Andrew Taylor gb
Andrew Taylor
109,000
91,000
91,000
Blake Barousse us
Blake Barousse
90,000
-45,000
-45,000

Hinh Flops Flush to Gather More

Level 15 : 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante

Action was on the river as the board read {9-Hearts}{2-Hearts}{8-Hearts}{6-Clubs}{k-Spades}. There was a pot of what looked like around 55,000 in the middle.

Daniel Hinh was in the big blind and led out with an overbet of 75,000. His opponent considered it for a long time before ultimately calling,

Hinh tabled the {j-Hearts}{4-Hearts} for the flopped flush which got his opponent to muck.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Hinh au
Daniel Hinh
552,000
191,000
191,000

Tags: Daniel Hinh

Level: 15

Blinds: 3,000/5,000

Ante: 5,000

Nguyen Calls Jones

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

The turn read {8-Hearts}{10-Hearts}{2-Diamonds}{a-Spades} with a pot of about 95,000 in the middle. From middle position, Daniel Jones jammed all in to force Ky Nguyen in the hijack to make a decision for his remaining 71,000.

Nguyen thought for quite a while before he called. Jones tabled the {7-Diamonds}{6-Diamonds} and Nguyen had the lead with the {k-Clubs}{k-Diamonds}.

The river came the {5-Spades} to miss Jones and give Nguyen the pot pot.

Player Chips Progress
Ky Nguyen us
Ky Nguyen
285,000
60,000
60,000
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
152,000
-43,000
-43,000

Tags: Daniel JonesKy NguyenNguyen Calls Jones

Hilton Moving Up

Level 14 : 2,000/4,000, 4,000 ante

Jonathan Hilton was all in preflop as Daniel Jones and Scott Berko played out a pot.

The board ran out {j-Spades}{q-Hearts}{7-Clubs}{2-Diamonds}{10-Hearts} as it was checked to the river where Berko jammed and Jones folded.

Hilton tabled the winner with the {a-}{q-} and survived to move his stack up to a healthy amount.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Jones us
Daniel Jones
195,000
-54,000
-54,000
Scott Berko gb
Scott Berko
125,000
-98,000
-98,000
Jonathan Hilton us
Jonathan Hilton
108,000

Level: 14

Blinds: 2,000/4,000

Ante: 4,000

Sc-Hinh-Tillating

Level 13 : 2,000/3,000, 3,000 ante
Daniel Hinh
Daniel Hinh

Action was joined on the river with the board reading {7-Clubs}{3-Diamonds}{4-Spades}{9-Clubs}{8-Clubs}. Daniel Hinh was facing a bet of 42,000 from his opponent on the button into a pot of about 70,000.

Hinh thought for several moments before he spiked the emphatic call. His opponent acknowledged that Hinh had him beat and Hinh showed the {9-Hearts}{6-Diamonds} for the winning hand as his opponent mucked his cards.

Player Chips Progress
Daniel Hinh au
Daniel Hinh
361,000
306,000
306,000

Tags: Daniel Hinh