Ari Engel Eliminated in 50th Place by Samuel Tsehai as Ha Van Nguyen Triples

Photo:  Ari Engel

Ari Engel (almost) moves all in from the hijack for 77,000, but realizes too late that he has a 500 chip on his cards. Ha Van Nguyen calls all in from the cutoff for 57,500, and Samuel Tsehai calls from the button.

(After the flop, Engel puts in his last 500, and Tsehai obviously calls.)

Here are their cards in descending order of chip counts:

Samuel Tsehai:  
Ari Engel:  
Ha Van Nguyen:  

The board comes , and the pocket aces hold up for Nguyen to win the main pot and triple up in chips. Tsehai wins the smaller side pot to eliminate Ari Engel in about 48th place.

Ha Van Nguyen  –  190,500  (32 bb)
Samuel Tsehai  –  598,000  (100 bb)
Ari Engel  –  Eliminated in 50th Place  (CAD $5,860)