Event 15 Flight C: John Nguyen Scores a Knockout

$600 Deep Stack No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
$1,000,000 Guaranteed | Structure
Level 10:  600/1,200 with a 1,200 ante
Flight C Players Remaining:  225 of 628

John Nguyen
John Nguyen

A short-stacked player was all in for about 4,000 with 7h3d, and needed to improve to stay alive against John Nguyen’s AhKc.

The board came 6h3h2hQs10h — the short stack paired his three on the flop, but the heart on the river gave Nguyen an ace-high flush to win the pot and eliminate him from Flight C.

John Nguyen  –  70,000  (58 bb)

And here are some chip counts from around the field during Level 10:

Casey Hatmaker  –  132,000  (110 bb)
Scott Baumstein  –  102,000  (85 bb)
Matthew Zarcadoolas  –  81,000  (68 bb)
Donald Williams  –  79,000  (66 bb)
Lexy Gavin  –  66,000  (55 bb)
Mike Chiappetta  –  43,000  (36 bb)
Jake Schwartz  –  37,000  (31 bb)
Jermaine Gerlin  –  31,000  (26 bb)
Eric Piderit  –  18,000  (15 bb)
Loni Harwood  –  12,000  (10 bb)

With about 225 players remaining from a Flight C field of 628, the average chip stack is about 55,800 (47 big blinds). Action will continue today until there are 79 players remaining, and the survivors will finish in the money and advance to Day 2, which begins Sunday at 1:00 pm.

Note:  Players must bag chips at the end of their starting flight to finish in the money.