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Matt Elsby raised from the small blind and found a caller in Sean Nguyen. The flop came out 
. Elsby led out, Nguyen raised, and Elsby called.
The 
fell on the river and Elsby checked. Nguyen bet and Elsby called. When the river came the 
, Elsby checked again. Nguyen bet and Elsby called.
Nguyen flipped up 
and Elsby mucked.
Craig Laben raised from the cutoff and was three-bet by John Myung from the small blind. Klaben four-bet himself all in and Myung made the call.
Myung: 
Klaben: 
The board ran out 
and Laben was sent to the rail. He will collect $26,134 in tournament winnings.
Harrison Wilder raised from the button and Sean Nguyen called to see a flop of 
come out.
After the flop Nguyen checked, Wilder bet, Nguyen raised, and Wilder called. The turn brought the 
. Nguyen bet, Wilder raised, and Nguyen called. The 
fell on the river. Nguyen checked, Wilder bet, and Nguyen called. Wilder flipped up 
to ship the pot.
The very next hand Nguyen was involved in a hand with Matthew Elsby when he raised from the button. Nguyen re reaised from the small blind and Elsby called. The flop came up 
.
After the flop Nguyen checked, Elsby bet, and Nguyen called. The fell on the turn and Nguyen bet and Elsby called. The board ran out with the on the river. Nguyen led out again and Elsby called.
Nguyen flipped up 
for king high, and Elsby flipped up 
to ship the pot.
Nguyen is now down to 505,000 chips.
Sean Nguyen raised from the cutoff and was called by John Myung from the big blind. The flop of was filled with much action as Myung checked to Nguyen who fired a bet. Myung raised and Nguyen shoved out a three-bet. Myung made the call and we saw a turn of . Once again Myung checked, but this time he only called the bet of Nguyen.
The 
on the river caused the players to go check-check. Myung flipped over the 
for a rivered flush and he scooped the pot. This hand brought Nguyen up to 665,000 and dropped Nguyen to 440,000
Just when we thought Sean Nguyen was on a downswing he is starting to battle his way back.
Matthew Elsby raised from the small blind and Nguyen called from the big blind. The flop ran out 
. Elsby led out, Nguyen raised, and Elsby called.
The 
showed up on the turn. Elsby checked, Nguyen bet, Elsby raised, and Nguyen called. The final card to come out was the on the river. Elsby checked again, Nguyen bet, and Elsby called.
Elsby flipped up and Nguyen showed 
. Nguyen increased his chip stack to 650,000.
Thomas Jamieson raised from the cutoff only to be three-bet by Harrison Wilder. Matthew Elsby made the call from the big blind and Jamieson called as well.
The flop fell 
. Wilder led out with a bet and was raised by Elsby. Jamieson got out of the way and Wilder made the call. The 
turned and Wilder checked this time. Elsby put out another bet and Wilder called.
When the fell on the river, Wilder checked once again and Elsby bet once again. After some pondering, Wilder mucked and Elsby grabbed the pot.
It seems like Matthew Elsby and Sean Nguyen can't stay away from each other. The two were involved in another hand when Elsby raised from the small blind and Nguyen called from the big blind.
The flop ran out 
. Elsby bet and Nguyen called. The came up on the turn. Elsby led out, Nguyen raised, and Elsby called. The was the final card to come out on the river. This time Elsby checked, Nguyen bet, and Elsby called.
Nguyen insta-mucked and Elsby showed .
Shorty after that hand Nguyen dropped another 100,000 in chips. He is down to 310,000 and Elsby becomes the new chip leader with 900,000.
Nguyen was involved in yet another substantial pot, this time with Thomas Jamieson. Jamieson raised under the gun and was called by Nguyen in the small blind.
The flop fell 
. Nguyen check-raised Jamieson's bet on the flop only to find that Jamieson fired back with a three-bet. Nguyen made the call. The on the turn caused Nguyen to check-call Jamieson's bet. The on the river led to both players checking.
Jamieson exposed 
and took yet another pot off Sean Nguyen. This brought Jamieson up to 430,000 and Nguyen down to 130,000.
Sean Nguyen was on a downhill spiral and just couldn't fight his way back. Matthew Elsby opened up the action from UTG+1. Sean Nguyen called from the cut off postion and John Myung called from the big blind.
The flop came up . Myung checked, Elsby bet, Nguyen raised, Myung re raised, and Elsby and Ngyuen both called. The showed up on the the turn.
Myung checked, Elsby bet, Nguyen called all in, and Myung folded.
Elsby flipped up and Nguyen showed 
.
Nguyen was sent packing in 6th place.
While the five remaining players have all ducked off to the bathroom, we zipped around the tables for another round of counts. So, without further ado ...
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,120,000
220,000
|
220,000 |
|
||
|
560,000
155,000
|
155,000 |
|
|
||
|
540,000
340,000
|
340,000 |
|
505,000
85,000
|
85,000 |
|
320,000
-110,000
|
-110,000 |
