Hands #99-103: Chips Flying Nguyen's Way
Hand #99: Tommy Nguyen raised to 1,700,000 and James Carroll called. Carroll check-called a bet of 2,000,000 on a 
. The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
. Carroll bet 1,500,000 and Nguyen raised to 6,000,000. After some thought Carroll called.
"Flush is good," said Nguyen, tabling 
. Carroll rechecked his cards and mucked.
Hand #100: Carroll raised to 1,800,000 and Nguyen called. Nguyen check-called a bet of 1,500,000 on 
and the two checked down an 
board. Carroll showed 
and won the pot.
Hand #101: Nguyen raised to 1,700,000 and Carroll called. Carroll check-called a bet of 2,000,000 on 
but check-folded to a bet of 8,000,000 on the 
turn.
Hand #102: Carroll raised to 1,600,000 and Nguyen called. Nguyen check-folded to a bet of 1,600,000 on 
.
Hand #103: Nguyen raised to 1,700,000. Carroll called. The flop came 
and Carroll check-called a bet of 1,500,000. The turn was the 
and Carroll check-called 5,000,000.
The river was the 
. Carroll check-called a final bet of 7,000,000 and Nguyen showed 
and that was good enough to take down the pot and open a commanding chip lead.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
83,500,000
25,000,000
|
25,000,000 |
|
||
|
10,500,000
-25,000,000
|
-25,000,000 |