Thu Nguyen Poker Tournament Updates

Thu Nguyen Eliminated

Oct 19, '18

Thu Nguyen, who earned $106,630 as the winner of a $500,000 guaranteed Quantum event earlier this week, was short-stacked and looking for a double up.

He got his last 11,000 all-in from the big blind, up against a player in early position and Harvey Alegado, who was on the button.

The two players checked down a dry side pot on a board of 104259, and Nguyen showed AJ.

Alegado, however, held pocket eights, and they were enough to scoop the pot and bust Nguyen. Alegado now has 80,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Thu Nguyen,   Harvey Alegado

More Notables In The Field

Oct 19, '18

We’ve spotted a few more recognizable faces in the field here on day 1C, including a number of players who made the final table of the recent $500,000 guaranteed prelim event here at the Bike earlier this week. Among those who’ve taken a seat today include champion of that event Thu Nguyen (pictured), who took home $106,630 as the winner of that event.

The fourth-place finisher in that event, Sean Yu, and sixth-place finisher Eric Jeffries are also in the field today. Mike Eskandari did not make the aforementioned final table but has made many others here at the Bike. Eskandari’s biggest live tournament score came when he finished runner-up in the 2014 WPT Legends of Poker main event for $330,110.

Player Tags: Thu Nguyen

Ravi Raghavan Scores Double Knockout

Jul 20, '17

On a flop of K105, Thu Nguyen was all-in with A3, Ardavan Yazdi was all-in with 87, and Ravi Raghavan had both players covered with 1010 for a set.

The turn and river were the 79, and Raghavan picked up the double knockout. He now has 510,000 in chips.

Player Tags: Thu Nguyen,   Ardavan Yazdi,   Ravi Raghavan

Thu Nguyen Eliminated in 14th Place ($26,160)

Aug 25, '09

After taking a major bad beat when his pocket jacks lost to pocket tens, Thu Nguyen found himself all in just a few hands later.

Prahlad Friedman raised to 30,000 and Nguyen shoved for 130,000. Friedman immediately called with pocket kings and was way ahead of Nguyen’s KQ.

The board ran out KQ9410 and Nguyen was eliminated from the tournament.

Nguyen finished third in this event in 2007, but fell short of the final table this time around.

Player Tags: Prahlad Friedman,   Thu Nguyen