Level 26 Update: Tai Nguyen Eliminated in 3rd Place
Jun 11, '13
Level: 26
Blinds: 20,000-40,000 with a 5,000 ante
Players Remaining: 2 out of 2,105
Average Chip Count: 2,070,000
Chip Counts:
Seat 2: Taylor Paur – 4,800,000
Seat 6: Roy Weiss – 1,430,000
Players Eliminated:
3rd: Tai Nguyen – $147,220
Live Updates:
Roy Weiss Doubles Up Through Taylor Paur Twice
In the first hand Roy Weiss held A-8 against the Q-J of Taylor Paur. The board ran out A-J-5-10-8 and Weiss doubled up to 765,00 with a pair of aces.
Later in the level Weiss was all in again against Paur. This time he held A-9 against the A-8 of Paur. The final board read A-8-6-7-10 and Weiss doubled up again, this time to 1.5 million. Paur held 4.5 million after the run of doubles through him.
Tai Nguyen Doubles Up Through Taylor Paur Twice
In the first hand Tai Nguyen was all in with pocket nines against the A-J of Taylor Paur. The board was dealt 10-5-2-6-Q and Nguyen survived at Paur’s expense.
The second time Nguyen held pocket nines again. Taylor Paur was behind with pocket fours and the board that fell A-10-2-A-5 changed nothing. Nguyen was up to 1 million after the series of doubles.
Tai Nguyen Eliminated in Third Place ($147,220)
Taylor Paur raised to 80,000 on the button and Tai Nguyen called on the big blind. The flop was dealt 9
73
and Paur bet 85,000. Nguyen raised to 210,000 and Paur reraised all in. Nguyen called all in for 930,000 and they tabled their hands.
Paur: AK
Nguyen: Q10
Turn and River: J6
Paur won the hand to grow his stack back to 4.8 million going into the heads-up final against Roy Weiss (1,430,000). Nguyen was eliminated in third place.
Player Tags: Taylor Paur, Tai Nguyen
