Chopped Pot Stops Nguyen Doubling
Level 33
: Blinds 100,000/200,000, 200,000 ante
Tommy Nguyen limped the button and Simone Andrian raised from the big blind to 1,000,000. Nguyen reraised to 4,000,000 and Andrian went all in. Nguyen quickly called and players flipped their cards, with Nguyen at risk.
Tommy Nguyen: A♠Q♠
Simone Andrian: A♥K♣
It looked like it was all over for Nguyen. The board ran out 3♠Q♦2♠4♣5♦. The flop gave Nguyen a pair of queens, but the river brought both players a straight. It was a close call. In the end though, it was a chopped pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
15,400,000
1,000,000
|
1,000,000 |
|
||
|
12,075,000
-1,000,000
|
-1,000,000 |