Justin Zaki Doubles Through Nghi Tran
Hand #42: Justin Zaki raised to 200,000 from the cutoff and Cuong Van Nguyen defended his big blind. The flop and Van Nguyen check-folded to Zaki's bet of 135,000.
Hand #43: Brian Yoon raised to 200,000 from the button and Nghi Tran called from the big blind. The flop fell and Tran check-called 220,000 to see the turn where he opted to lead out for 325,000. Yoon called, landing the river. Tran checked, leading to a Yoon bet of 500,000. After a little while in the tank, Tran called.
Yoon tabled for a flush, Tran mucked, and Yoon took down the pot, upping his stack to about 6.7 million in the process.
Hand #44: Nghi Tran called from the small blind and Justin Zaki checked his option. The flop was checked by both players and when the turn fell, Tran bet 250,000. Zaki raised to 660,000, only to see Tran come back over the top of 1.2 million. Zaki called, resulting in the river. Tran shoved with the bigger stack and Zaki called all in for 1.06 million with . Tran's was no match for Zaki's two pair, giving Zaki the double up.