Nguyen'er

Rick Troendly and Tay Nguyen just clashed in a monster pot that left Troendly with just 52,000 in chips.

Bill Bostick limped into the pot from middle position, Troendly called from the small blind and Nguyen checked his option in the big. The flop came down {Q-Spades}

and all three players checked. The turn brought the {4-Diamonds}

and Troendly led out with a 6,000 bet. Nguyen responded with a raise to 18,000 and Bostick got out of their way. When the action returned to Troendly, he reraised, making it a total of 33,000 to play; Nguyen just called.

The {9-Diamonds}

-- a scare card in every sense of the word -- fell on the river and Troendly immediately slid a stack of blue 500-denomination chips across the betting line, a bet worth 15,000. After a short dwell in the tank, Nguyen made the call and Troendly conceded, saying, "Nice call, you got it. I missed," as he returned his cards to the dealer. Nguyen showed {J-Diamonds}