Nguyen Doubles Through Phillips
Level 18
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
Jacob Phillips raised to 17,000 from the cutoff and action folded over to Duc Nguyen in the big blind. He three-bet all in for his last 119,000, sending Phillips into the tank. After roughly one minute, Phillips slid forward a call.
Phillips: 
Nguyen: 
Nguyen was in need of help and that's exactly what he found on the 
flop. He catapulted into the lead with top two pair and held that lead through the turn (
) and the river (
). Nguyen now sits on about 255,000 in chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
544,000 | -106,000 |
|
255,000 | 161,000 |