07-13-2008 21:05 UTC-7

Phi Nguyen Doubles Through Greg Byard

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Phi Nguyen

Action folded around to Greg Byard in the cutoff seat and he raised to 180,000. Phi Nguyen pushed all in from the big blind for a total of 505,000 and Byard made the call. The players showed:

Byard: {A-Hearts}

{A-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

Nguyen:

{8-Clubs}

{8-Diamonds}

The flop came {K-Clubs}

{K-Clubs}

{6-Hearts}

{4-Spades}

and Nguyen's pair of eights were still best. The turn brought a little drama as it fell the {7-Hearts}

{7-Hearts}

but the river was the {3-Clubs}

{3-Clubs}

and Byard's ace high was no good.

Nguyen doubled up to just over 1,100,000 and left Byard with about 750,000 chips.