Phong “Turbo” Nguyen raised it up to 450,000 in early position, and from the button, Rene Valdez moved all in for his last 1.8 million. It folded back around to Nguyen, who quickly called.
Nguyen: [Ad][Ks]
Valdez: [8h][8d]
It was a classic coin flip going to the flop, and Nguyen shot out to the lead when those three cards came [10h][As][Qc]. Valdez was hoping for a miracle now, but it didn’t come, as the board completed [9h] and [Qs]
Nguyen takes control of second place with six million after that hand, while Valdez will have to settle for ninth place.