Soi Nguyen Chips Up

Soi Nguyen and another player see a flop of [8c5c2c] and the player in middle position checks.  Nguyen is on the button and bets 1,000.  His opponent then check-raises, making it 3,100 to play.  Nguyen calls.

The turn is the [Jh] and Nguyen’s opponent bets 3,500.  Nguyen calls. The river is the [Kc] and Nguyen hesitates before flipping over [9c9d] for a rivered flush.

Nguyen’s opponent thinks briefly that Nguyen has only a pair of nines and turns over [4c6c] for a flopped smaller flush.  He then sees that Nguyen has a bigger club in his hand and mucks his cards, giving Nguyen the pot.

Soi Nguyen – 39,500