2010 World Series of Poker

Event #56: $2,500 No-Limit Hold��em
Day: 2
Event Info

2010 World Series of Poker

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
a4
Prize
$825,976
Event Info
Buy-in
$2,500
Prize Pool
$4,464,300
Entries
1,941
Level Info
Level
33
Blinds
120,000 / 240,000
Ante
30,000

And Thien There Was One

We caught the action on the river of the {j-Spades}{6-Spades}{9-Diamonds}{3-Clubs}{q-Clubs} board, with a gentleman in mid-position snap-shoving for 40,000 into a 60,000 pot. Thien Nguyen in the cutoff tanked up for a long, long time, and then called, turning over {10-Diamonds}{8-Diamonds} for a straight. His opponent was furious.

"Nice slowroll," he said, flashing {j-Hearts}{j-Diamonds} before storming off.

Nguyen raked in the huge pot, and it turned out it wasn't really a slowroll - he'd really been concerned that his opponent could had been holding {k-}{10-} for the higher straight. More of a nitroll, perhaps.

Either way, Nguyen is up to 165,000 and if he's not actually our chip leader right now, he can't be far off.

Tags: Thien Nguyen