Event #68: $10,000 No-Limit Hold'em MAIN EVENT - World Championship

"How you doing baby?" asks Scotty Nguyen to our WSOP reporter as he strolls into Brasilia Blue dressed head-to-toe in a white Adidas tracksuit.

Nguyen takes a seat on David Williams' previous table and quickly asks for some change to break down his stack that is only orange 5,000-denomination and yellow 1,000-denomination chips.

Back in 1998, Nguyen became a household name when he defeated Kevin McBride heads-up to win the Main Event and the $1,000,000 first prize.

Since then, Nguyen has captivated audiences and fans around the world with his fun demeanor and love for the word baby.

Unfortunately for Nguyen, his quest to capture his sixth WSOP bracelet fell short just a few days ago when he finished 7th in Event #63: $10,000 H.O.R.S.E Championship for $66,579 to take his lifetime winnings to over $11.8 million.

Hopefully Nguyen will be able to add to it in this year's Main Event!

(Scotty Nguyen on Day 2 of the H.O.R.S.E Championship)

The board shows      on the turn, and there's just over 5,000 in the pot. Heads up and first to act, the small blind checks, and Chino Rheem bets 2,300. The small blind check-raises to 5,100, and Rheem calls.

The river is the  , and the small blind bets 15,000. It's enough to cover Rheem, who has 12,350 chips left in front of him. Rheem spends the next five or six minutes in the tank, shuffling his stacks together and talking quietly to himself. He eventually folds, saving his remainder for a more favorable spot.

Chino Rheem - 12,350

Tom Middleton raises to 700 from the cutoff and is called by the player on the button. Amal Bounahra then bumps it up to 1,600 from the big blind which sees Middleton muck is hand. The player on the button calls before both players watch the flop come down    .

Bounahra leads out for 2,200 and is called before both players check the   on the turn.

The river brings the   and Bounahra checks. Her opponent then casually tosses in one 5,000-chip which sends Bounahra into the tank. A minute passes before Bounahra reluctantly mucks her hand as her opponent rakes in the pot.

Amal Bounahra - 20,300

With 1,800 in the pot, three players see a flop of    . Cornel Cimpan and Lawrence Greenburg check. Sergio Braga bets 1,200.  Cimpan calls quickly and Greenburg thinks for a few seconds, then calls.  The turn is the  .

Again it's checked to Braga and he bets 3,000. Cimpan calls quickly. Greenburg thinks things over for five seconds, then calls.  The river brings the  , putting a third spade on board. Cimpan and Greenburg quickly check. Braga thinks for a few seconds and checks behind.

Greenburg turns his hand over first, showing   . Braga turns over    and Cimpan mucks.  Braga and Greenburg chop the pot.

Sergio Braga - 37,125
Lawrence Greenburg - 50,950
Cornel Cimpan - 51,100

Table #431 has been the center for most of the commotion coming out of the purple section of Amazon. The floor has had to make numerous trips to the table in order to sort out a plethora of problems. Originally it started with a player folding out of turn. It ended in a warning but after the problem continued the player was issued a penalty and missed an orbit of play.

After the folding issue things seem to have diffused at the table until before break when an argument broke out between Dan Heimiller and Matt Stout about the amount of change a player received in a pot. Caught in the middle of all of the commotion was John Aguiar who proceeded to yell out " I just want to have fun!" The floor came over and again sorted out the problem.

Returning from break everyone seemed to be in high spirits until the first hand. Matt Stout was standing behind his chair talking to a friend when the dealer started dealing the hand. By the time the last card was dealt, Stout returned to the table to check his cards and play the hand. Fabrizio Gonzalez demanded the floor be called over because he wanted Stout's hand ruled dead. The table went back and forth on the issue for nearly two minutes, with all of the attention in the room now shifted towards the confrontation.

"Someone call the TDA! We need first card off the deck back! This new rule is horrible," jokes Aguiar as the floor tries to cool down everyone's temper at the table. Eventually the floor ruled Stout's hand dead and play resumed. The confrontations seemed to have settled for now, but it will certainly be a table to keep an eye on as play continues on late into Tuesday night.

Andre Akkari opens from late position with a raise to 600. Action folds around to the player in the big blind who reraises to 2,400. Action is back on Akkari, who calls.

The dealer lays out the     on the flop and both players check. The turn is the   and the big blind checks to Akkari who throws in a bet of 2,800. The big blind player calls. The river is the  . The big blind checks for a third time, but Akkari doesn't check back. Instead, he puts out a bet of 5,100. The player in the big blind quickly announces a call.

Akkari turns up    for a straight to the queen. The big blind turns over his   , but his two pair is no good and Akkari is awarded the big pot.

After floating around starting stack for most of the day, Akkari is now close to double that number.

Andre Akkari - 58,500

David Chiu just doubled up.

As the dealer was counting down his stack, Chiu's    lay in front of him, and the board is      . The dealer then mucks his opponent's   , and Chiu doubles with his straight.

David Chiu - 8,800

Jeff Madsen raises to 700 from middle position and the hijack calls. The small blind three-bets to 2,550 and Madsen puts in a four-bet to 4,800 and the hijack goes into the tank for a minute before folding. The small blind calls and they are heads-up to a flop of    .

Both players check and the turn is the  . Both players check again and the dealer peels off the   on the river. The small blind bets 4,200 and Madsen quickly reaches for his stack.

"I should raise you," said Madsen. "But it's the Main Event."

Madsen calls and the small blind shows    and Madsen scoops the pot with   .

"I had the other two jacks," said the hijack after the pot was pushed.

Jeff Madsen - 37,500

Elliot Smith limps into the pot from under the gun and is followed by Eddy Sabat in middle position. The player in the small blind the raises to 1,450 which see Smith muck his hand. Sabat completes the call before both players watch the flop come down    .

The small blind reaches for his chips and splashes out 1,200. Sabat instantly mucks his hand before dropping down to 32,500 in chips.

The player under the gun plus one raises to 700 and is called by the player in middle position. Kathy Liebert is sitting in the small blind looking at her phone as the action falls on her. She puts her phone down, looks at her cards, before raising to 2,350.

Both of her opponents quickly muck their hands before Liebert rakes in the pot before continuing to browse through her phone.

Kathy Liebert - 35,500