Hoa Thinh Nguyen Eliminated in 8th Place (PHP596,000)

The final table has quickly gone from two Vietnamese players to zero in a remarkably short space of time. Michael Falcon won a pot over in the PokerStars Cup final table and ran over in time to raise to 110,000 from under-the-gun in the Main Event.

Hoa Thinh Nguyen moved all-in for 545,000 and the action folded around to Jaehyun Lim on the button, who mulled things over for a good three to four minutes before deciding to get out of the way and Falcon called.

Hoa Thinh Nguyen:
Michael Falcon:

It was the classic coin flip, Nguyen’s pocket pair racing against Falcon’s overcards and the Dane immediately paired his queen on the flop, though Nguyen did have outs to a gutshot straight as well as the deck’s two remaining tens.

The turn was of no help, and neither was the river and Nguyen headed for the rail in eighth place for a $11,800 payday.

Falcon also laddered up two places in the PokerStars Cup event while this was going on with two players busting in one hand to take that event down to six. Falcon is now up to 5.65 million in chips in the Main Event and is guaranteed a payday of PHP185,000 (~$3,665) in the PokerStars Cup.