Championship: Long Nguyen Doubles Up p4t5y

$3,500 WPT RRPO Championship $2,000,000 Guaranteed | Payouts Level 19:  10,000/15,000 with a 15,000 ante Players Remaining:  99 of 1,541 2k533o

Long Nguyen

The player in the cutoff raised to 35,000, Long Nguyen moved all in from the big blind for 265,000, and the cutoff called with Ac3s.

Nguyen turned over AsKh, and needed it to hold to stay alive.

The board came Ks8c4cKd5s, and Nguyen paired his king on the flop and turned trips to win the pot and double up in chips.

Long Nguyen  –  555,000  (37 bb)

With 99 players remaining from a field of 1,541, the average chip stack is around 780,000 (52 big blinds). The field is in the money, with the remaining players guaranteed at least $8,000 each.

Action will continue tonight until the end of Level 20, around 11:30 pm.