Event 1: Tom Nguyen – 24th Place ($1,138)

$350 Deep Stack NL Hold’em (Re-Entry)
Level 23: 10,000/20,000 with a 3,000 ante
Players Remaining: 23 of 721

Tom Nguyen (left) and Wally Maddah (right)
Tom Nguyen (left) and Wally Maddah (right)

Tom Nguyen’s run came to an end at the hands of friend Wally Maddah. He moved all-in from the small blind for 130,000 and Maddah slow peeled his big blind.

The Seminole Hard Rock Tampa ambassador leaned back, laughed, and called.

Maddah: JdJs
Nguyen: Qs5c

Nguyen needed some help to stay alive and caught a piece of the Th6s5s flop. His brief window of salvation closed as Maddah turned a set when the dealer dropped the Jc. Nguyen was drawing dead to the 2s river and 24th place.

Wally Maddah – 775,000 (39 bb)
Tom Nguyen – Eliminated in 24 place ($1,138)

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