Championship: Tom Nguyen – 8th Place ($17,000)

$1,700 Winter Poker Open Championship
$500,000 Guaranteed | Structure | Payouts
Level 24: 25,000/50,000 with a 50,000 ante
Players Remaining:  7 of 471

Tom Nguyen

Ken McAdams opened to 115,000 from middle position and Tom Nguyen tree-bet shipped for 940,000 from the cutoff. The button and blinds folded, McAdams doubled-checked the amount and called.

Nguyen: AcQc
McAdams: AhJh

Nguyen was looking good for a final table double and the 9s4s4d flop was safe. McAdams took the lead on the Jc turn and sent Nguyen out in eighth after the Ts river.

Ken McAdams – 5,975,000 (120 bb)
Tom Nguyen – Eliminated in 8th Place ($17,000)