Hands #1-2: Trung Hien Nguyen Starts Strong at the Final Table

HAND #1  –  Eric Afriat raises from the cutoff to 150,000, and Trung Hien Nguyen calls from the big blind. Both players check to the turn on a board of , Nguyen checks, Afriat bets 200,000, and Nguyen calls.

The river card is the , and both players check. Nguyen shows to win the pot with two pair, queens and nines, and Afriat mucks.

Trung Hien Nguyen  –  2,700,000  (45 bb)

HAND #2  –  Demo Kiriopoulos raises under the gun to 120,000, Adam Hui calls from late position, and Nguyen calls from the small blind. The flop comes , Nguyen checks, and Kiriopoulos bets 160,000. Hui folds, and Nguyen calls. The turn card is the , and both players check. The river card is the , and they check again.

Nguyen shows to win the pot with a pair of aces, and Kiriopoulos mucks.

Trung Hien Nguyen  –  3,350,000  (56 bb)