04-29-2010 10:18 UTC-12

Thu Nguyen Eliminated in 10th Place ($16,144)

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Thu Nguyen - 10th Place

Something had to give for short-stacked Thu Nguyen. It wound up being his chip stack. Nguyen moved all in for less than 100,000 when action folded to his button. Big blind Stephen O'Dwyer looked down at his cards and quickly called with {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{J-Clubs}

. He had to fade Nguyen's ace, {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

{6-Hearts}

. A queen-high board, {4-Spades}

{4-Spades}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

{10-Clubs}

{Q-Diamonds}

, made Nguyen the first elimination of the day and the 10th-place finisher.

O'Dwyer is back up to 595,000 in chips.

Tags: Stephen O'Dwyer Thu Nguyen