Alex Kostritsyn Eliminated
Action folded around to Scotty Nguyen on the button and he raised. Alex Kostritsyn flat-called from the big blind and the two took a flop heads up.
The flop came and Kostritsyn bet all in. Nguyen made the call and the players showed:
Nguyen:
Kostritsyn:
Kostritsyn was in good shape to double up when the hit the turn. But the cruel river brought a and took his hand from first to worst. Nguyen's aces were best and Alex Kostritsyn was eliminated.
Nguyen climbs to 700,000 on the hand.