Tuesday, November 1, 2016 10:39 PM Local Time
Hand #209 - Qui Nguyen Shoves On Gordon Vayo, Opens Up a Big Lead
Gordon Vayo raises to 4,000,000 on the button and Qui Nguyen calls from the big blind. The flop is and Nguyen checks.
Vayo bets 3,700,000 and Nguyen check-raises to 9,700,000. Vayo calls the additional 6,000,000 and the comes on the turn. Nguyen bets 27,700,000 and Vayo calls after a minute of thought.
There is over 83 million in the pot heading to the . The crowd lets out a collective groan as the river card falls and Nguyen moves all in fairly quickly for effectively Vayo's remaining 106,900,000.
Vayo goes into tank and the crowd goes silent.
Vayo spends about seven minutes in the tank before folding. Nguyen mucks his hand and his rail goes crazy as he drags the pot and opens up better than a two-to-one chip lead over Vayo.
Qui Nguyen - 229,700,000 (144 bb)
Gordon Vayo - 106,900,000 (67 bb)