Soi Staying Active
So far at this final table, Soi Nguyen has been the most active player at the table. He's routinely been raising and three betting, and has gotten plenty of action as a result. We just caught Nguyen in back-to-back big pots.
In the first hand, Jonathan Chehanske raised to 50,000 from the small blind, and Nguyen defended his big blind. The flop came down 
, and Chehanske checked to Nguyen, who fired out 60,000. Chehanske put in a check raise to 180,000, and Nguyen tossed the chips in for the call.
The turn brought the 
, and Chehanske checked again. Nguyen wasn't deterred by the check raise on the flop, and he bet out 150,000. Chehanske thought for about 90 seconds before kicking his cards in, giving the pot to Nguyen.
We caught up with the action on the next hand on the turn, with the board reading 
. Nguyen bet out 90,000, and Erik Roussakis made the call. The river was the 
, and Nguyen didn't slow down, betting out 188,000. Roussakis made the call, and Nguyen said "ace high". Roussakis tabled 
for a pair of tens, and it was good enough to take the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,676,000
-44,000
|
-44,000 |
|
1,616,000
335,000
|
335,000 |