Xuan Nguyen Eliminated in 18th Place ($51,114)
Feb 25, '09
Xuan Nguyen raised to 60,000 in middle position and Binh Nguyen reraised to 200,000 behind him. X. Nguyen then moved all in for 507,000. B. Nguyen made the call and showed 10
10
. X. Nguyen needed help with the A7.
The board came K8
344 and X. Nguyen was eliminated in 18th place, earning $51,114.
B. Nguyen now sits with 1.62 million in chips.
Player Tags: Xuan Nguyen, Binh Nguyen
Blake Cahail Doubles Through Xuan Nguyen
Feb 25, '09
Xuan Nguyen completed from the small blind and Blake Cahail reraised to 61,000 from the big blind. Nguyen asked for a count of how much Cahail had behind but decided not to wait for the answer, instead pushing all in.
Cahail instantly called and turned over AQ and was happy to see Nguyen's dominated Q8. His smile faded when the flop came 1096 giving Nguyen a double-gut shot straight draw.
The turn was the J and Nguyen made his straight, leaving Cahail drawing to an eight for a chop and a king for the win. The river was the K
! and Cahail doubled up on his original 288,000. Nguyen was left with 805,000.
Player Tags: Xuan Nguyen, Blake Cahail
Dan O'Brien Doubles Up
Feb 24, '09
Dan O'Brien moved all in on the button for 158,000. Xuan Nguyen made the call in the big blind with 66 and was racing against O'Brien's KQ.
The board ran out K10323 and O'Brien doubled up to 320,000. Nguyen took a hit down to 465,000.
Player Tags: Xuan Nguyen
Al Barbieri Eliminated in 38th Place ($32,740)
Feb 24, '09
Al Barbieri checked a flop of AQ10 from the small blind and Xuan Nguyen moved all in from late position. Barbieri pondered his move for a moment and then made the all-in call. Their cards:
Nguyen: J8
Barbieri: KQ
Turn and River: 38
Barbieri was eliminated in 38th place and he will take home $32,740 in prize money.
Player Tags: Xuan Nguyen, Al Barbieri
