Event 5: Scratch That; Hiep Doan Takes the Lead

$150 No Limit Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 40 of 1,973

Hiep Doan

Victor Hamilton’s chip lead didn’t last long, through no fault of his own.

Hamilton has continued to win a few small pots here and there over the course of the last couple orbits, but he’s recently been leapfrogged at the top of the leaderboard.

Hiep Doan is the new leader, sitting in front of a stack of about 1,610,000 chips. Doan lives in New Orleans, and he has close to $170,000 in career tournament earnings, with most of his previous results coming in either his hometown or nearby Biloxi. He also cashed in the WSOP Main Event this past year, but this is his first cash at Seminole Hard Rock Hollywood.

Hiep Doan – 1,610,000 (81 bb)