Nguyen Busts Who??
On a heads-up turn of 7♦2♦7♠J♥, Joe Nguyen led out for 2,000 into the pot of 11,000 and the player in the lojack made the call. The player on the button then bumped it up to 6,000 and Nguyen made the call, but then the lojack moved all in for 66,000.
The button got out of the way and Nguyen only hesitated for a few seconds before making the call to put his opponent at risk.
Opponent: 2♥2♣
Joe Nguyen: 7♥8♦
Nguyen had a strong hand with trip sevens, but his opponent already had him beat with his flopped full house of deuces full. Miraculously, the 7♣ smacked on the river to give Nguyen quads and sent his opponent to the rail as he rocketed up to 150,000.
"Wow, yeah, I really thought he just had ace-jack of diamonds," Nguyen admitted as he stacked his new chips.
In a wild twist, the "opponent" turned out to be WSOP sideline reporter and PokerGO legendary commentator and all-around good guy, Jeff Platt. Let the record also show that Platt was a good sport and gave Nguyen a fist bump before making his way to the exit.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
150,000 | 106,500 |
|
Busted |