Polk Gets There to Win Biggest Pot of the Main Event Thus Far
Level 18
: 6,000/12,000, 12,000 ante
Doug Polk raised from the hijack to 25,000, Thong Nguyen called in the hijack and the big blind came along also.
The flop came 
. It checked to Nguyen who bet 107,000, the big blind folded and Polk check-raised to 375,000. Nguyen then three-bet piled for over a million and Polk called.
Thong Nguyen: 
Doug Polk: 
It was for the the largest pot of the tournament thus far as two of the top five stacks in the room were colliding in spectacular fashion. Polk had the flush draw looking to take scoop it from the top pair of Nguyen.
The turn was the 
to add outs for Polk and the river brought those new outs home as the 
slid in to connect the straight to bust Nguyen and give Polk the massive chip lead of the Main Event.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
2,630,000 | 1,088,000 |
|
Busted |