Mark Nguyen Extends His Chip Lead
May 27, '13
We caught up with the action on a board reading 8
7
6
Q.
Mark Nguyen had bet 16,500 and his opponent had moved all in for a total of 70,400. Nguyen thought it over for several minutes before finally making the call with Q-5. His opponent, however, had him in rough shape with K-Q.
Nguyen had 11 outs for the win and one of them hit when the 4 came. His stunned opponent slowly walked out of the tournament room as Nguyen stacked his tower of nearly 270,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen
Mark Nguyen Takes The Chip Lead
May 26, '13
We walked over to find Mark Nguyen with 255,000 in chips sitting in front of him, more than enough for the chip lead.
Nguyen explained that he got involved in a pot where he raised to 2,200 and got two callers before the small blind moved all in for 50,000.
Nguyen couldn’t get away from his hand, calling with pocket queens, only to find himself up against pocket kings. The board ran out J-10-8-9-9, however and Nguyen made a straight to give him the six-figure pot.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen
A No Nguyen Situation
May 26, '13
Soi Nguyen limped from under the gun and Mark Nguyen raised to 1,000 immediately behind him. Action folded around to the cutoff who raised to 2,500.
Soi then moved all in for 12,100 and Mark took his time before making the call. The other player folded and the hands were turned up.
Soi showed 4 4, but he was in a world of hurt against Mark’s A A. The board ran out 7 6 2 Q 10
and Soi Nguyen was eliminated.
Mark Nguyen, no relation, is now up to 77,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen, Soi Nguyen
Mark Nguyen Cross 450,000 Mark
May 27, '13
We caught up with the action on the turn on a board reading 10 4 2 7.
Joe Marcal bet, Mark Nguyen raised and Marcal jammed all in. Nguyen snap called with a set of sevens, but he was still in trouble against Marcal’s 8 6 for a double-gutted straight draw.
The river was the 2, however, and Nguyen claimed the knockout. He now sits with 465,000, second place behind Matt Salsberg.
Player Tags: Joe Marcal, Mark Nguyen
Mark Nguyen Gets Some Back
May 27, '13
After taking a small hit early on day 2, Mark Nguyen is back on track after taking down a sizable pot without showdown.
With a flop of Q103 Nguyen checked and Wilson Yang bet 34,000 into a pot that already had more than 50,000 in from preflop action. Nguyen then announced all-in.
Both players had roughly 100,000 more behind the 34,000 bet. After several minutes of thought, Andy “Shooter” Stracuzzi asked for a clock. Only a few second after the clock was called, Yang showed pocket jacks face-up and folded. Nguyen took down the pot and now sits with 260,000.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen
Bruce Kramer Doubles Through Mark Nguyen
May 27, '13
On a flop of 8 5 4, Mark Nguyen bet 22,000 and Bruce Kramer moved all in for 68,300.
Nguyen felt priced in and called with A 6, which needed help against Kramer’s pocket tens. The turn and river fell 6 Q, however, and Kramer doubled up to 152,000.
Nguyen is still stacked with 210,000 in chips.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen, Bruce Kramer
Mark Nguyen Eliminated By Lyle Wong
May 28, '13
Mark Nguyen was the chip leader for much of this event, but his run recently ended when he moved all in from the hijack with K J and was looked up by Lyle Wong’s A Q.
The board fell A A 3 K 8 and Nguyen was eliminated. Wong is now back up to 400,000.
Player Tags: Mark Nguyen, Lyle Wong
