Lee Above a Million
Level 16
: 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Manh the Nguyen jammed blind on blind against Zlatin Penev and was called by the Bulgarian with 
. Nguyen only had 
and the board came 
,
Nguyen had around 350,000 left and then got it in after a king-high flop with two hearts. His pocket aces were ahead preflop, but Hak-Hyun Lee had flopped a set of eights to score the knockout and jump above a million in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,250,000
620,000
|
620,000 |
|
170,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted | |
|
Busted |
and Craig Sweden looked him up with 
flop gave Glaser some more outs and he also drew to a chop on the 
turn. Instead, the 
river even improved the three-time WSOP bracelet winner to two pair and he remained in contention.
of an opponent when he called the shove of 67,000 on the 
flop and tabled 
. The 
turn was a blank, the 
river wasn't.
and Pons was trailing with the 
. However, that all but changed on the 
flop. The 
turn and 
river were blanks and the field was reduced to just 73 hopefuls.
.
