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Men Nguyen Doubles Up

Oct 27, '09

Seat 4 raised to 2,000 from middle position, Chad Brown made the call from the cutoff, and Men Nguyen also made the call from the small blind. The flop was dealt 985 and Men bet 3,000. Seat 4 raised to 6,000 and Brown mucked. Nguyen then reraised all in and seat 4 made the call. Their cards:

Nguyen: Q10
Seat 4: J10

Turn and River: J6

Nguyen doubled up on the hand with a straight to survive in the tournament.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen

Tournament Update -- Level 18

Sep 30, '09

Blinds: 4,000-8,000 with a 1,000 ante

Players Remaining: 25 out of 334

Chip Counts:

Saar Wilf — 835,000
Thomas Bichon — 615,000
Daniel Negreanu — 610,000
Eric Liu — 605,000
Keith Hawkins — 545,000
Matt Hawrilenko — 545,000
Praz Bansi — 545,000
Ram Vaswani — 510,000
Markus Ristola — 490,000
Barry Shulman — 460,000

Average Chip Count: 400,800

Notable Eliminations:

31: Tommy Pavlicek — £21,142
30: Christian Kruel — £21,142
29: Christian Harder — £21,142
28: John Kabbaj — £21,142
27: Andre Akkari — £25,918
26: Men Nguyen — £25,918

Big Hands:

Andre Akkari Eliminated in 27th Place (£25,918)

Andre Akkari got the last of his chips into the middle preflop and Eri Liu had him covered. Thier cards:

Liu: AK
Akkari: JJ

Board: AA5K9

Akkari was eliminated on the hand in 27th place and Liu grew his chip stack to 605,000.

Men Nguyen Eliminated in 26th Place (£ 25,918)

Men Nguyen moved all in on a board of K1079 and Daniel Negreanu made the call. Their cards:

Negreanu: 1010
Nguyen: 109

River: Q

Negreanu won the hand to grow his stack to more than 600,000 and Nguyen was eliminated in 26th place.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Daniel Negreanu

Level 14 Update

Aug 24, '09

Blinds: 2,000-4,000 with a 500 ante

Players Remaining: 27 out of 278

Chip Counts:

1. Bryan Devonshire — 605,000
2. Toto Leonidas — 530,000
3. Steven Begleiter — 525,000
4. Prahlad Friedman — 510,000
5. James Mackey — 505,000
6. Eugene Katchalov — 495,000
7. Bob Lauria — 470,000
8. Kevin Schaffel — 415,000
9. Sam Stein — 387,000
10. Tony Gargano — 380,000

Average Chip Count: 310,000

Notable Eliminations:

Men Nguyen
Adam Levy
Josh Schlein

Hand of the Level:
Men Nguyen Eliminated on the Bubble

Peter Rho raised in middle position and Men Nguyen called on the short stack. The flop came out 753 and Nguyen pulled a stop and go by shoving for his last 44,000.

Rho thought it over for quite a while before calling with A4 and Nguyen nervously turned over 32 for bottom pair.

He asked the dealer for bricks, but the turn and river came 10A and Rho’s pair of aces gave him the pot and eliminated Nguyen on the bubble.

After the hand, Nguyen started in on the dealer with a barrage of F-Bombs, both in English and in Vietnamese. The dealer, who could apparently understand what he was saying, then called over the floor to report on the abuse.

The floor couldn’t do much, since you can’t enforce a penalty on a player who has already busted from the tournament.

Level Summary:

With the elimination of Men the Master, the remaining 27 players are now all in the money, guaranteed at least $18,285.

Short stack Carter “CKingUSC” King hung on with just over 10 big blinds for most of the level and just squeaked into the money. He’ll have a mountain to climb once the players return for the last level of the evening.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Peter Rho

Level 3 Hour One Update: A Lesson For The Master

Jul 03, '09

Blinds: 150-300

Chip Counts:

1. Bryan Colin – 75,000
2. Jonas Klausen – 70,000
3. Ludovic Lacay – 69,000
4. Jeff Williams – 68,500
5. Radek Stockner – 67,500
6. Jason Risenberg – 65,000
7. Jamie Robbins – 64,200
8. Erik Cajelais – 64,000
9. Allyn Jaffrey Shulman – 40,000
10. Barry Shulman – 30,000

Notable Eliminations:

Nick Frangos
Mike Sowers
Pieter de Korver

Big Hands:

The Master Is The Student?

On a board showing J93KA and with 5,150 in the pot, the player in seat 1 checked to Men Nguyen. He tanked for quite awhile before finally checking his hand. Seat 1 showed KQ for a pair of kings. Nguyen showed AJ for two pair and took the pot.

“You checked the river with two pair?” a player who was observing the hand quipped.

“He’s a changed man,” John Duthie joked. Nguyen then chimed in with; “Three more Corona’s and then maybe.” He then added, “You wanna teach the Master how to play?” The other player quickly replied, “I’m trying to learn from you.” Everyone laughed and Nguyen was at 31,000.

Lunkin Muscled Out

Vitaly Lunkin raised to 800 preflop and action folded around to seat 4. He made it 2,500 to go and Lunkin was next to act. He spent a few moments in the tank, then released his hand into the muck. He was at 45,000 after the hand.

Chan Ailing

After a flop of 835, the player in seat 1 bet 2,000 and Johnny Chan made the call. The turn was the J and both players checked. The river brought the 3 and seat 1 led out with another 2,500. Chan made a quick call and seat 1 showed 99.

Chan could not beat it and mucked his hand. He was down to just 8,200 after losing that pot.

It Was That Damn Sasquatch

Adrian Gavile and John Kranyak were involved in a hand that resulted in Gavile making quad jacks against Kranyak’s ace-king. As a result, Gavile won the $100 prize package offered by the official sponsor of the 2009 WSOP, Jack Link’s Beef Jerky. The prize package essentially consists of $100 worth of beef jerky.

Play was halted for almost five minutes as the floor awaited on the Jack Link’s Sasquatch to arrive and give Gavile his prize. However, the Sasquatch was nowhere to be found and the floor ruled for play to continue. Gavile would just have to wait for the Sasquatch to make his presence known in order to receive his prize.

Yang Thrown Off The Boat

On a flop of K85, Yang bet 2,700 and his opponent raised to 6,525. Yang made the call and the turn brought the 5 and the opponent fired 8,000. Yang raised to 20,000 and his opponent moved all in for 6,150 more. Yang made the call and tabled KQ for two pair and a flush draw. His opponent showed 88 for a full house and the river was the J, sending the pot to the full house and Yang was down to just 6,600.

Fricke Value Bets and Wins a Small Pot

With the board reading A48J5, Jimmy Fricke tossed out a bet of 1500 into an already bloated pot on the river. After a few moments of contemplation, his opponents tossed in the call.

Fricke quickly turned over the Q8 and his opponent mucked, as Fricke raked the pot with just third pair.

Hennigan Mucks to the Nut Flush

After a raise and a call preflop, John Hennigan defended his big blind. The flop was 684 and all three players checked. The turn was the 10 and Hennigan checked again. The preflop raiser bet 1700 and there was a call from the cutoff and Hennigan called as well.

The river was the 6 and Hennigan checked a third time. The preflop raiser checked and the third player in the hand moved all in for his last 6525. Hennigan took a few moments and then made the call.

The cutoff showed the AJ, good for the nut flush and Hennigan mucked his hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   John Hennigan,   Johnny Chan,   Jerry Yang,   Jimmy Fricke,   Adrian Gavile,   Vitaly Lunkin,   John Kranyak

Level 11 Update

Mar 18, '09

Big Hands:

Men Nguyen Eliminated

Men Nguen moved all in on a board of K1078 and Erick Lindgren called him down. Their cards:

Nguyen: 109
Lindgren: 86

River: 4

The Master was eliminated from the tournament and Lindgren was awarded a $5,000 bounty.

Erick Lindgren Eliminated

Erick Lindgren reraised Dan O'Brien to 8,000 after O'Brien opened the pot for a small raise preflop. O'Brien reraised enough to put Lindgren all in and he made the call. Their cards:

Lindgren: AA
O'Brien: KK

Board: K105Q8

Lindgren was eliminated on the hand and O'Brien was awarded the $5,000 bounty.

Gary Tighe Takes the Chip Lead

A player in early position, David Pham (button), and Gary Tighe (big blind) see a flop of 763. Action is checked to Pham, who bet 5,100. Tighe raised to 10,600 and early position mucked. Pham reraised to 23,600 and Tighe made the call. The turn fell J and Tighe moved all in for 63,400. Pham went into the tank for several minutes and finally made the call. Their cards:

Pham: 8-8
Tighe: KJ

River: 9

Tighe won the pot to double up to 182,000 and he has further increased that stack to a dominating chip lead of 252,000. Pham was knocked down to 59,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: David Pham,   Erick Lindgren,   Men Nguyen,   Daniel O'Brien,   Gary Tighe

Men Nguyen Eliminated in 36th Place ($38,085)

Feb 24, '09

Hoyt Corkins raised preflop and Men Nguyen called from the blinds. The flop came KK2 and Nguyen checked.

Corkins bet, Nguyen raised and Corkins moved all in. Nguyen called instantly, showing K3 for trips. Corkins revealed 66 and needed one of the two case sixes to win.

The turn was the 8 and the river was the 6, giving Corkins his boat and eliminating Nguyen from the tournament. An extremely disgusted Nguyen earned $38,085 for his peformance. Corkins now has 280,000 in chips.

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Men Nguyen

The Dragon and the Master Double Up

Feb 24, '09

Both David "The Dragon" Pham and Men "The Master" Nguyen are all in and Andre Akkari has both of them covered. Their cards:

Pham: AQ
Nguyen: KK
Akkari: chooses not to show

Board: AJ2QQ

Pham tripled up on the hand through both of his opponents, while Nguyen won the side pot against Akkari, who was knocked under 200,000 to start the day after starting with 300,000.





 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Men Nguyen,   Andre Akkari

Level 5 Update

Feb 21, '09

Level: 5

Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante
 

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Score Board

Players Left: 486 of 696

Notable Chip Counts

Daniel Negreanu - 122,500
Jeff Madsen - 90,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 86,000
Kofi Farkye - 68,000
Steve-Paul Ambrose - 67,000
David Chiu - 67,000
Peter Neff - 60,000
Joe Sebok - 55,000
Amir Vahedi - 55,000
Zachary Hyman - 55,000

Average: 28,642

Eliminations: Erick Lindgren, Shawn Buchanan, Shaun Deeb, Robert Mizrahchi, Jonathan Little, Alan Goehring, John Juanda, Bill Edler, Jean-Robert Bellande, Billy Baxter, Freddy Deeb, Ralph Perry, Grant Hinkle, Chino Rheem
 

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Big Hands:

That's Why He's the Master

Men Nguyen bet 700 from middle position on a flop of A88 and the big blind made the call from seat 8. Both players checked the 9 on the turn and the 9 followed on the river. Seat 8 bet 2,600 and Nguyen raised to 8,000. Seat 8 called and Nguyen flipped over 109. Seat 8 mucked and the Master took down the pot.

Kofi vs. Schwartz

On a board of 853J Noah Schwartz bet 3,200 from the button and Kofi Farkye raised to 6,300. Schwartz made the call and the river fell 9. Schwartz bet 15,000 and Schwartz mucked. Farkye is now among the chip leaders with over 60,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Noah Schwartz,   Kofi Farkye

Men Nguyen Eliminated in 36th Place ($38,085)

Feb 24, '09

Hoyt Corkins raised preflop and Men Nguyen called from the blinds. The flop came KK2 and Nguyen checked.

Corkins bet, Nguyen raised and Corkins moved all in. Nguyen called instantly, showing K3 for trips. Corkins revealed 66 and needed one of the two case sixes to win.

The turn was the 8 and the river was the 6, giving Corkins his boat and eliminating Nguyen from the tournament. An extremely disgusted Nguyen earned $38,085 for his peformance. Corkins now has 280,000 in chips.

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Hoyt Corkins,   Men Nguyen

The Dragon and the Master Double Up

Feb 24, '09

Both David "The Dragon" Pham and Men "The Master" Nguyen are all in and Andre Akkari has both of them covered. Their cards:

Pham: AQ
Nguyen: KK
Akkari: chooses not to show

Board: AJ2QQ

Pham tripled up on the hand through both of his opponents, while Nguyen won the side pot against Akkari, who was knocked under 200,000 to start the day after starting with 300,000.





 

Player Tags: David Pham,   Men Nguyen,   Andre Akkari

Level 5 Update

Feb 21, '09

Level: 5

Blinds: 100-200 with a 25 ante
 

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Score Board

Players Left: 486 of 696

Notable Chip Counts

Daniel Negreanu - 122,500
Jeff Madsen - 90,000
Bertrand Grospellier - 86,000
Kofi Farkye - 68,000
Steve-Paul Ambrose - 67,000
David Chiu - 67,000
Peter Neff - 60,000
Joe Sebok - 55,000
Amir Vahedi - 55,000
Zachary Hyman - 55,000

Average: 28,642

Eliminations: Erick Lindgren, Shawn Buchanan, Shaun Deeb, Robert Mizrahchi, Jonathan Little, Alan Goehring, John Juanda, Bill Edler, Jean-Robert Bellande, Billy Baxter, Freddy Deeb, Ralph Perry, Grant Hinkle, Chino Rheem
 

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Big Hands:

That's Why He's the Master

Men Nguyen bet 700 from middle position on a flop of A88 and the big blind made the call from seat 8. Both players checked the 9 on the turn and the 9 followed on the river. Seat 8 bet 2,600 and Nguyen raised to 8,000. Seat 8 called and Nguyen flipped over 109. Seat 8 mucked and the Master took down the pot.

Kofi vs. Schwartz

On a board of 853J Noah Schwartz bet 3,200 from the button and Kofi Farkye raised to 6,300. Schwartz made the call and the river fell 9. Schwartz bet 15,000 and Schwartz mucked. Farkye is now among the chip leaders with over 60,000 after the hand.

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Noah Schwartz,   Kofi Farkye

Men Nguyen Eliminated

Feb 16, '09

Razz

Men Nguyen made a move on the short stack in Razz against Craig Gray.

Nguyen eventually made a queen-low, but Gray's nine-low was enough to take the pot and send Nguyen out of the tournament.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Craig Gray

Men Nguyen Eliminated

Oct 29, '08

Men Nugyen's was recently eliminated when his pocket kings ran into the pocket aces of Jamie Rosen.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
 

Player Tags: Men Nguyen,   Jamie Rosen

Men Nguyen Eliminated

Oct 26, '08

Men "The Master" Nguyen has busted out of the tournament during level 4.















 

Player Tags: Men Nguyen