Event 17: Minh Nguyen – 7th Place ($5,500)

$200 Big Stack NLH (Re-Entry)
Prize Pool:  $200,000  |   Structure  |  Payouts
Level 29:  50,000/100,000 with a 100,000 ante
Players Remaining:  6 of 1,234

Minh Nguyen
Minh Nguyen

Peter Fellows raised to 210,000 from the hijack, Dan Ouellet called in the small blind, and Minh Nguyen called in the big blind.

The flop was Js7s4c, Ouellet led out for 325,000, Nguyen called and Fellows raised all in for roughly 1,500,000. Ouellet folded and Nguyen called all in for about 1,350,000 with 9s8s for draws. Fellows showed QdQs for a pair of queens.

The Jh turn and 5h river completed the board, no help to Nguyen, ending his tournament in seventh place.

Peter Fellows  –  3,900,000  (39 bb)
Ming Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 7th Place  ($5,500)

With six players remaining from a field of 1,234, the average chip stack is around 3,085,000  (31 big blinds), and the remaining players are guaranteed at least $6,800 each.