On a flop of Alexey Popov shoved over the top of the initial bet of Xuan Nguyen, however Nguyen made an easy call holding the nut straight with his . Popov held and was in deep trouble. The turn and river arrived and Alexey Popov is the first quarter final elimination taking home AU$20,000 for his efforts.
Xuan Nguyen advances to the semi finals in a 2-1 result!