06-29-2008 17:07 UTC-8

Nguyen Takes Huge Lead

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Preflop, Peter Nguyen made it 11,000 to go and two players called. The flop came {J-Diamonds}

{J-Diamonds}

{7-Spades}

{9-Clubs}

and one of the players, from mid-position, led out for 16,000. Both Peter and the other player called. The turn brought the {8-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

and Peter led out for 50,000 when the player, who had been in the small blind, moved all in for 60,000. The player in mid-position folded, while Peter ended up making the call.

Peter showed {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{J-Spades}

for top pair while his opponent showed {Q-Diamonds}

{Q-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

for a straight draw and second-nut flush draw. The board bricked on the river and Peter scooped the huge pot, putting his chip stack well over 370,000.