Updated Chip Counts
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Papola |
6,100,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
Men Nguyen |
2,400,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Jeffrey Papola |
6,100,000
500,000
|
500,000 |
|
||
Men Nguyen |
2,400,000
-500,000
|
-500,000 |
|
Jeffrey Papola limped in on the button and Men Nguyen checked his option.
The dealer fanned and Nguyen checked. Papola bet 250,000, Nguyen raised to 500,000 and Papola re-raised to 750,000.
Nguyen folded.
This is becoming familiar. Men Nguyen gets short, then he doubles up, no problem. This time, he was down to 2.3 million when Jeff Papola raised to 240,000. Nguyen moved all in for another 2.1 million or so, and Papola looked him up.
Showdown
Nguyen:
Papola:
The flop added a straight draw to Nguyen's better kicker. And with the turn and river, Nguyen successfully doubled up to 4.1 million. That dropped Papola down to 4.4 million, making the two opponents closer than they've been the entire match.
Jeffrey Papola opened to 240,000 with the button and Men Nguyen called.
The dealer flopped and both players checked.
The turn was the and Nguyen checked to Papola who continued for 250,000. Nguyen moved all in and Papola folded.
Nguyen is now our chip leader, by a nose, with 4,300,000 chips.
Jeff Papola limped in on the button and Men Nguyen checked.
The flop fell and Nguyen check-called 120,000 from Papola.
Both players checked the on the turn and the river brought the . Nguyen checked, Papola bet 275,000 and Nguyen folded.
Papola took the next two pots as well, and is now back up to 4,700,000 chips.
Men Nguyen raised to 260,000, and Jeff Papola called to see the all heart flop. Papola checked, and Nguyen checked behind. The on the turn made things even redder, and Papola bet out 300,000. Nguyen called that bet, which was enough to make Papola check the river. Nguyen checked behind, showing a flush with the . That was good enough for the pot, putting Nguyen up to 4.6 million. That gives him his widest lead yet over Papola, who is down to 3.9 million.
Jeffrey Papola has taken the last three hands and is now back in the lead over Men Nguyen:
Papola - 4,420,000 chips
Nguyen - 4,080,000 chips
The TD just announced a 20-minute break. "Twenty max," he clarified. "Don't go too far."
Level: 31
Blinds: 80,000/160,000
Ante: 20,000
Jeff Papola was waiting by the table to restart play as soon as break started. He'd been willing to skip it all together, but Men Nguyen wanted a break and had actually been asking to take it sooner. As soon as Men decided he was ready to resume play, he marched up to the table and looked impatiently at Papola. "Let's go. It's too late already." Papola held is tongue and got back to the action.
Despite how late it is, Men still complained about the blind jump from 60k/120k to 80k/160k. "What? There's no 70?" The TD just shook his head. There are now 53 big blinds in play.