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The past fifteen minutes has seen some very tight action. They've seen one flop and a preflop raise has been enough to pick up the blinds and antes. But 85,000 is up for grabs each hand, which is pretty substantial.
Tuan Phan opened to 100,000 from under the gun, Manh Nguyen called from the small blind, and the flop came down 
. Nguyen checked, Phan instantly fired 200,000, and Nguyen called.
The turn was the 
, and Nguyen checked again. "Three-hundred," Phan said instantly. Nguyen thought for half a minute, then called the 300,000-chip bet.
The 
completed the board, and Nguyen checked a third and final time. Phan tanked for the first time in the hand, then fired 700,000. Nguyen eventually called.
"Aces up," Phan announced .
"Aces up beats me," Nguyen told him. "Nice hand."
Phan clapped with excitement as his rail burst into applause, and after shipping the more than 2 million-chip pot, he's back over 4 million chips.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,300,000
1,300,000
|
1,300,000 |
|
910,000
-1,340,000
|
-1,340,000 |
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,460,000
790,000
|
790,000 |
|
|
3,000,000
-750,000
|
-750,000 |
|
|
2,250,000
50,000
|
50,000 |
|
1,450,000
670,000
|
670,000 |
|
1,230,000
-120,000
|
-120,000 |
Manh Nguyen opened for 100,000 on the button and Tuan Phan called from the big blind. The flop came 
and both players checked. The turn brought the 
and both players checked again. The river brought the 
and Phan put out 250,000. Nguyen announced a call and before he could put the calling chips in Phan tossed his cars in the muck and said, "Nice call."
Nguyen tabled 
to take the pot.
Since returning from break only one hand has been played to the river. Tuan Phan has been the most active player at the table.
Level: 28
Blinds: 20,000/40,000
Ante: 5,000
The remaining players have completed another two levels and are going on a 15 minute break.
Tuan Chan was cutting out some grey T5,000 chips, but before he did anything, he announced, "600." He then went to put out 60,000 chips, but the dealer interpreted "600" as 600,000. Chan objected, but Poker Director John Arthur explained to him that "600" could only mean 600,000, seeing that the blinds are 15,000-30,000. The bet stood.
The action had folded to Manh Nguyen at this point, and Nguyen moved all in for 1.085 million. Marc Andre Roy surrendered his big blind, and Phan, being priced in, called.
Showdown
Phan: 
Nguyen: 
Nguyen held as the board ran 
, more than doubling his stack to 2.2 million chips.
"Weird," Nguyen told his rail.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
|
3,750,000
-1,150,000
|
-1,150,000 |
|
|
2,200,000
850,000
|
850,000 |
Anthony Zinno had been grinding his less than 15 big blind stack all afternoon but finally his luck ran out. Zinno had around 400,000 and opened with a 300,000 raise. Action passed to Tuan Phan in the cutoff and he reraised to put Zinno all in. Zinno called and the hands were tabled.
Zinno:
Phan: 
The board ran 
and Zinno was ousted from the tournament.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
Busted | |
|
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