07-13-2009 08:35 UTC-12

Nguyen Smashes Begleiter's Rockets

donpeters

Anh Van Nguyen limped in from middle position and action folded over to Steven Begleiter in the big blind and he put in a raise. Nguyen called.

The flop came down {10-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{9-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

and Begleiter fired 120,000. Nguyen called.

The turn was the {J-Clubs}

{J-Clubs}

and Begleiter checked. Nguyen fired out 180,000. Begleiter called.

The river was the {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

and Begleiter checked again. Nguyen bet out 350,000 and Begleiter quickly announced a call.

Begleiter tabled two red aces, {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{A-Hearts}

, for a set on the river. Nguyen showed {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{10-Spades}

for a straight on the turn and scooped in the pot.

Nguyen now has 1.981 million while Begleiter dropped to 2.5 million.

Tags: Anh Van Nguyen Steven Begleiter Van Nguyen