Nguyen Wins Million Chip Pot
The momentum in this heads up battle looks to be swinging Nguyen's way now, as he has just retaken the chip lead. Nguyen opened with a raise to 85,000, and Chehanske three bet it to 250,000. Nguyen got out the calling chips, shuffled them for about 15 seconds, then pulled out raising chips. He built up a raise to 510,000, and put the first four bet of the heads up battle in.
Chehanske tanked for about 20 seconds before making the call, and there was already a million chips in the middle when the flop came 
. Chehanske checked to Nguyen, who fired out 405,000. It only took Chehanske about 10 seconds to fold his hand, and Nguyen dragged down the big pot.
After that hand, Nguyen is back up over thre million, and takes the lead in this duel.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
3,055,000
280,000
|
280,000 |
|
2,950,000
-280,000
|
-280,000 |