Qui Nguyen Leads Gordon Vayo, Cliff Josephy In World Series of Poker Main EventNguyen Holds 58 Percent Of Chips In Play Going Into Final Day |
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Just five players returned for day 2 of the 2016 World Series of Poker main event final table, hoping to chip up and stay in contention for the bracelet, the title and the $8 million first-place prize.
Here’s a look at the chip counts entering the day.
Qui Nguyen — 128,625,000
Cliff Josephy — 63,850,000
Vojtech Ruzicka — 62,250,000
Gordon Vayo — 58,200,000
Michael Ruane — 23,700,000
Day 1 may have started out with a cautious approach from the players, but it didn’t take long for the first alteraction on the second night of play. On just the fourth hand, Qui Nguyen raised on the button and was met with a three-bet shove from short-stacked Michael Ruane. Nguyen made the call with pocket sixes and failed to catch up against’ Ruane’s pocket eights.
Suddenly, there were no short stacks at the table, but that didn’t slow down the pace of play. A few hands after Ruane’s double up, Gordon Vayo raised on the button. Vojtech Ruzicka three-bet from the small blind and Vayo called.
The flop came down Q
8
3 and Ruzicka bet 6,150,000. Vayo called and the turn was the 7
. Ruzicka bet 11,400,000 and Vayo made the call once again. The river was the 5
and Ruzicka moved all in.
Vayo quickly called with pocket eights for a set and Ruzicka could only sheepishly reveal his AK for ace high. After the stacks were counted down, Ruzicka was left with less than one big blind.
It all went in on the very next hand when his A7 was bested by Nguyen’s AQ. For his fifth-place finish, the Prague-based poker pro earned $1,935,288.
It took almost 50 more hands before another player hit the rail. Ruane had mounted a comeback to start the day, but was down just his last 13 big blinds when he shoved over Nguyen’s under-the-gun raise. Nguyen made the call with AJ and Ruane was was please to see he was drawing live with KQ.
The board ran out 992J8 and Ruane was eliminated in fourth place, taking home $2,576,003. The pot was enough to give Nguyen more than half of the chips in play, which he held onto once play was paused for the evening 11 hands later.
Here’s a look at the chip counts going into the finale.
Qui Nguyen — 197,600,000
Gordon Vayo — 89,000,000
Cliff Josephy — 50,000,000
Play will resume Tuesday at 5 pm PT with coverage on ESPN following a 30-minute delay.
For more coverage from the summer series, visit the 2016 WSOP landing page complete with full results, news, player interviews and event recaps.
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