"The Shark" Hunts Down Nguyen's Chips
With Humberto Brenes no longer in today's event, we've found a new shark in the form of Ismail "The Shark" Abousharkh, who's now up to more than 120,000 in chips after doubling through Kenny Nguyen.
On a flop of 
, Abousharkh checked to Nguyen who led out for 7,000 into a pot worth about 10,000. Abousharkh then check-raised, making it another 20,000 to go and Nguyen called before the dealer produced the turn of the 
.
Abousharkh open-shoved for 32,000 and Nguyen snap-called.
Nguyen: 
Abousharkh: 
Abousharkh was down to just two outs, but he couldn't contain himself when the 
spiked on the river to give him the set and the double-up!
Nguyen laughed, but he's probably still hurting a bit inside, now that he's down to less than 60,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
125,000
89,100
|
89,100 |
|
55,000
59,000
|
59,000 |