06-02-2008 17:16 UTC-7

Racing in the Desert

[user66118]

Seated in middle position, Matthew Piggott puts in a raise to 4,000. From the button, Linh Nguyen puts the rest of his chips in the pot, approximately 18,000 total. Piggott makes the call, and tables {8-Clubs}

{8-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

, while Nguyen shows down {A-Diamonds}

{A-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

.

The flop is a dry desert for Nguyen, {2-Hearts}

{2-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

{9-Hearts}

, but the turn and river look much more like the oasis that he needed. The fourth street {A-Clubs}

{A-Clubs}

puts him ahead, and the {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

on fifth lock it up for Nguyen, who doubles up to about 40,000.