Hands #1-5: Nguyen Remains Active

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Level 29 : 40,000/80,000, 10,000 ante

Hand #1: Khoa Nguyen opened to 275,000 from middle position and Rhett Trusler called from the button. The flop came and Nguyen led out to 325,000 and took the pot down when Trusler folded.

Hand #2: Travis Rice completed the small blind and Jonathan Gaviao checked his option. Rice would bet the minimum on the flop and Gaviao would quickly fold.

Hand #3: Kevin Eyster opened from the cutoff for 160,000 and Gaviao reraised to 440,000 from the small blind. Eyster called. The flop came and Gaviao led out for 350,000 leading to an Eyster fold.

Hand #4: Nguyen opened from early position to 160,000 and was called by Eyster in the hijack and Kong Li in the big blind. The flop came and Li checked. Nguyen bet 220,000, Eyster folded, and Li made the call. The two would check the turn but not before Nguyen would query Li as to if he had a jack or not. The river was the and Li led out for 320,000. Nguyen would tank for about a minute before making the call and his would take the pot as Li held .