Hand #88: Tommy Nguyen opened to 1,700,000 from under the gun and Chris Chong shipped all in for around 11,200,000. Nguyen snap-called and the cards were on their backs.
Tommy Nguyen:
Chris Chong:
Nguyen held the hand that nobody could beat on the final table, ace-king, and was in a dominating position. The flop came and both players flopped a pair of aces with Nguyen still holding the better kicker. The turn was the
and the river brought the
. Nguyen held on to eliminated Chong in fourth place late into the day.