Nguyen Hits the River to Double Up and Take Down Queens
Level 9
: Blinds 800/1,600, 1,600 ante
June Nguyen limped in from middle position, as did the player in the hijack, and cutoff. Then Jesse Jaurigu raised to 8,600, which got the blinds to fold, and Nguyen called. The hijack folded, and the player in the cutoff made the call as well.
The flop came 7♥8♥4♥ and it checked to Jaurigu who bet all in for 63,500. Nguyen thought about his decision before saying "Okay, I go home" and put in his stack of 49,800. The cutoff folded to leave the players heads up, with Nguyen at risk.
June Nguyen: 9♠9♥ 
Jesse Jaurigu: Q♥Q♦
Jaurigu was in dominate position holding the bigger over pair, and flush draw. But when the board ran out A♦ on the turn, and 9♣ on the river Nguyen hit a two outer to make a set of nines and double up.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
18,000
18,000
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18,000 |