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Huy Nguyen outlasted 808 players to take down the 2011 WSOPC Choctaw Main Event and $232,706 one year ago.
But it appeared he may not be able to defend that title, since he was rather busy playing out the final table of the WSOPC Choctaw's $345 Turbo event for most of the day today.
In the end he took down that title as well, and the $26,121 first-place prize it came with, just after the Main Event's second Day 1 heat began.
The celebration was a short one, however, as Nguyen has taken a seat in the Main Event now and is hoping his run good will continue.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
20,000 |
to a big win in a rather sizeable pot.
, the original raiser checked and Brunson bet 2,200. His opponent folded and Brunson collected the small pot. He's over 12,000 but has some serious work cut out for him to make a deep run.
board, only to be snap called by fellow 2008 WSOP Main Event finalist Dennis Phillips.
, but Phillips, who claimed third, held 
and the two were forced to chop.
and Brown check-raising a 3k bet from his heads-up opponent, making it 6k.
river. Brown quickly led out for 15k, his opponent shoved a little over 20,000 and Brown snap-called, turning over 
, an early position player bet 500, Phillips called and the other limpers folded. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river brought the 
and both players checked again.
