Hieu Nguyen Eliminated in 12th Place ($41,788)
It folded around to Hieu Nguyen in the small blind who completed, then Dominik Nitsche put in a raise from the big blind which Nguyen called.
The flop came 
, and Nguyen only paused a beat before declaring he was pushing his short stack all in. Nitsche took even less time to call, tabling 
for top set. Nguyen flipped over 
for an open-ended straight draw. The turn was the 
and river the 
, and Nguyen is out.
"How could you call that?" joked Daniel Eichhorn afterwards to Nitsche. "All you have is a set and he has a straight draw… you're at risk!"
Nitsche chuckled in response. He has reason to smile, as that hand pushes him up over the 3 million-chip mark, enabling him to increase his lead with 11 left.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,160,000
420,000
|
420,000 |
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Busted | |