Nguyen Wins with Aggression
Level 7
: Blinds 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Phil Hellmuth limped in from the hijack and Joao Vieira raised to 20,000 in the cutoff. Darren Elias called on the button and Andrew Nguyen also came along from the big blind while Hellmuth stepped aside.
The flop fell 7♠6♥4♥ and the action checked to Elias who bet 22,000. Nguyen check-raised to 60,000 which got Vieira out but Elias called. The turn was the 9♦ and Nguyen announced a bet of 150,000. That was enough to get Elias to fold and Nguyen joined the leaders near the top of the leaderboard.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,110,000 | 340,000 |
|
443,000 | 293,000 |
|
386,000 | 386,000 |