Nam Sucks Out
Level 25
: Blinds 25,000/50,000, 50,000 ante
Mans Montgomery and Seunghyun Nam had already built a pot of around 600,000 beside a flop of 5♠9♦Q♥. In a flurry of betting and raising, they found themselves with all their chips in the middle of the felt and heading to showdown,
Seunghyun Nam: K♠K♦
Mans Montgomery: 5♣5♥
Montgomery was way ahead with a flopped set and had a chance to eliminate Name from the tournament for a nice pay jump. Nam, looking at the clock with only 20 minutes left to the day, was hoping for a miracle to happen to survive.
It was looking grim for Nam when the 10♣ fell on the turn. But a gasp of shock went all around the table when the K♣ was peeled on the river, pushing Nam ahead with the higher set, the double up and a chance to advance to Day 3.