Nguyen Makes "Three Pair"
Hung Nguyen opened to 4,000 in early position and action folded around to the player on the button, who called. Both players in the blinds folded and action went heads up to a flop of 
. Action went check-check.
The turn came 
and Nguyen fired out a bet of 6,000. His opponent called and the river fell 
. Both players checked once again to take the hand to showdown.
"Three pair," said Nguyen, showing 
for an overpair to the two pair that was already on the board. His jacks up proved to be best as his opponent let out a playful groan and tabled 
. "I finally got you," said Nguyen after the two finished a fun exchange that resulted in the table concluding that Nguyen's opponent missed because he had too many outs, especially after getting to the turn for free.
Nonetheless, Nguyen now finds himself over 150,000 and is one of the largest stacks in the room with six tables currently in play and around five minutes left in Level 10.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
153,600 | 153,600 |
, leaving the all-in player's hand still second best to result in his elimination. The pot was subsequently shipped to Karahalios, bringing his stack north of 90,000 along the way.
and Pineda checked. Shenefelt was next to act and put out a bet of 6,500, which the cutoff called before Pineda folded.
and Shenefelt postured for a couple of seconds before announcing he was all in. The cutoff immediately called.
