Scotty Nguyen brought it in showing the . Michael DeMichele completed with the up. Nguyen folded and DeMichele won the pot.
2008 World Series of Poker
Event 45 - $50,000 H.O.R.S.E. World Championship
Day: 5
Event Info
Scotty Nguyen brought it in showing the . Michael DeMichele completed with the up. Nguyen folded and DeMichele won the pot.
Michael DeMichele (X-X) (X)
Scotty Nguyen (X-X) (?) (X)
DeMichele brought it in and Nguyen called. Both players checked fourth street. DeMichele led out on fifth, Nguyen raised and DeMichele called. On sixth Nguyen checked, DeMichele bet and Nguyen called. Nguyen checked seventh in the dark, DeMichele bet, and Nguyen called.
DeMichele showed for a pair of threes and a seven low. Nguyen showed a pair of sevens for high and they split the pot.
That said, Scotty DID have Erick covered, and when the extra chip was discovered it was merely added to the mass of Scotty's stack.
Scotty Nguyen brought it in showing the . Michael DeMichele folded and Nguyen won the pot.
Scotty Nguyen brought it in with the , Michael DeMichele completed, Nguyen raised and DeMichele gave it up.
Michael DeMichele brought it in with the up and Scotty Nguyen completed showing the . DeMichele folded and Nguyen won the pot.
Scotty Nguyen: 12,140,000
Michael DeMichele: 2,660,000
Now that he's heads up, DeMichele is guaranteed at least $1,243,200 in prize money -- that's over $800,000 more than he's made in his young live tournament career.
Should Scotty Nguyen win here tonight, he'll have secured his 5th World Series of Poker bracelet and would join five-timers Allen Cunningham, Ted Forrest, Stu Ungar, Phil Ivey, Berry Johnston, Chris 'Jesus' Ferguson and Gary Berland.