Event 12: Phong Nguyen Takes the Lead

$1,650 Purple Chip Bounty NLH (Single Re-Entry)
Level 17: 1,500/3,000 with a 500 ante
Players Remaining: 9 of 139

Phong Nguyen opened the cutoff to 7,500, and Jordan Meltzer three-bet to 22,500 in the small blind. Nguyen called.

The flop was AcQs9s. Meltzer continued for 10,500, Nguyen raised to 30,000, and Meltzer called the remainder to proceed. Both players checked through the 5h turn, and the river was the Ts. Meltzer checked, then called a bet of 33,000 from Nguyen.

Nguyen showed ThTd, winning the pot with a set of tens. Meltzer flashed what looked like AsTc as he surrendered his cards into the muck, dropping into second place while Nguyen moves to the top courtesy of the case ten on the river.

Phong Nguyen – 310,000 (103 bb)
Jordan Meltzer – 255,000 (85 bb)