Hao's a Hero
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Danny Rohde opened to 50,000 from the cutoff seat, Hao Le called on the button, and Larry Riggs called out of the small blind. Manh Nguyen decided to raise the stakes, three-betting to 200,000 out of the big blind. Only Le called.
The flop fell 
, and Nguyen tanked before sliding out 240,000. After a minute of deliberation, Le called.
The turn was the 
, and again Nguyen fired. This time he slid out two towers of purple T10,000 chips, making it 400,000. Le thought for over two minutes, then abruptly stabbed two stacks of 100,000 chips into the pot.
The 
completed the board, and Nguyen tanked for almost five minutes before moving all in for effectively 943,000. Le went deep into the tank, thinking the decision over for more than ten minutes. He sat motionlessly, then eventually put his hands on his head, ran his hands through his hair, and said, "Give me one more more."
True to his word, no more than 60 seconds later he made the call.
"Good call," Nguyen announced. "Ace-high."
Nguyen showed 
for the bluff, and Le turned over 
for a pair of eights! The massive pot was pushed towards Le, who is now our commanding chip leader.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,700,000
2,000,000
|
2,000,000 |
|
880,000
-1,820,000
|
-1,820,000 |
, the blinds checked and Phan bet 300,000. Rohde moved all in and the blinds got out of the way. Phan called pretty quickly and the hands were tabled.
- giving Phan the flush but giving Rohde some outs on the river for a full house. The river was a blank and Rohde was eliminated from the tournament.
turned.
completed the board, and Kaikko doubled to more than 400,000 chips.
flop pushed Phan even further into the lead, but it gave Devinsky chop outs. Unfortunately for the New Jersey native, he was drawing dead after the 
