Nguyen Wins a Flip To Stay Alive
Level 14
: 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Kenny Nguyen jammed all in from middle position and the player on the button reraised all in, showing 
after the players in the blinds folded.
"I got that beat!" said Nguyen, turning over 
. "Keep the flop low!" he added.
The dealer mostly complied, bringing a flop of 
. The turn 
added four more outs to his opponent's total.
"Low!" he added again, and the dealer complied once more as the river came 
. "Lucky me. Thirty-three K I believe."
Nguyen was right and his opponent paid it off to result in Nguyen earning the double to stay alive.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
73,500 | -12,000 |
. The turn 
further decreased the number of cards that he needed to fade on the river, which came 
and the original raiser made a continuation-bet of 10,000. Lombardo called.
. Lombardo's opponent checked and he slid forward a stack of blue chips worth 5,000 apiece, more than enough to put his opponent all in for their last 10 or so big blinds. 
and the big blind checked again. Bennett fired a second barrel of 17,000 and received another call, bringing the river 
. The big blind checked for a third time and Bennett flung four T5,000 chips forward, which were matched without much time elapsing.
for trip nines and his opponent sent his cards to the muck.
tabled on a board of 
.