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Recap: $25,500 WPT World Championship
Recap: $100,000 WPT Super High Roller
| Earnings | $2,566,278 |
| Cashes | 16 |
| Final Tables | 8 |
| Titles | 1 |
| Tournaments Played | 79 |
Ranking
5th
Payout
$249,976
Points
400
Day 1
80,450
Day 2
211,900
Day 3
981,500
Day 4
339,000
Day 5
4,900,000
Day 6
5th
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #18 - Curt Kohlberg raises from the small blind to 160,000, and Scotty Nguyen calls from the big blind. The flop comes K
7
5
, Kohlberg bets 250,000, and Scotty calls. The turn card is the 3, Kohlberg bets 600,000, and Scotty calls.
The river card is the 6, Kohlberg moves all in for 555,000, and Scotty calls. Kohlberg shows KJ for a pair of kings, but Scotty shows 74
to win the pot with a seven-high straight on the river.
Curt Kohlberg, who was the monster chipleader just a short while ago, is eliminated in ninth place, earning $76,183.
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #15 - Curt Kohlberg raises from early position to 150,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #16 - Curt Kohlberg raises under the gun to 140,000, winning the blinds and antes.
Hand #17 - Scotty Nguyen raises under the gun to 190,000, and Josh Arieh calls from the cutoff. Both players check to the turn on a board of K984, Scotty bets 400,000, and Arieh calls. The river card is the 9, and both players check.
Scotty shows AA for an overpair, but Arieh shows JJ to win the pot with a diamond flush.
Josh Arieh - 1,975,000
Scotty Nguyen - 3,430,000
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Hand #10 - Chad Batista moves all in from the button for 405,000, and Scotty Nguyen thinks for more than a minute before he calls from the small blind with KJ. Batista shows 55, and it's a race situation.
The board comes K86K3, and Scotty Nguyen flops the world (top pair, flush draw) and turns trips to win the pot. Chad Batista is eliminated in 10th place, earning $57,137.
Scotty Nguyen - 3,800,000
Chad Batista - Out in 10th Place ($57,137)
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
It'll be hard for anything at the final table to beat this as "Hand of the Tournament."
John Juanda moves all in from the button, but he doesn't move any chips forward. He says the words, "All in," and the dealer repeats them to the rest of the table. Unfortunately, Chad Batista (small blind) is wearing headphones and has his sweatshirt hood up over his head, and doesn't hear it. Batista moves all in, thinking he's the first act.
It got a little confusing at this point, but Scotty Nguyen asked if they were both all in, and the dealer confirmed it. Batista realizes that Juanda is all in ahead of him, and clearly wants to take his bet back. But Scotty has moved all in at some point, and is openly laughing at Batista when he realizes what happened. This really pisses off Batista, who knows he made a mistake but is set off by Scotty's behavior, taking joy in his pain.
There is some shouting back and forth between the players, and the floorperson calls Tournament Director Jack McClelland over to regain control of the situation. The ruling stands that all the action is binding, because the dealer repeated Juanda's all in, and it's up to Batista to pay attention to the situation. Even if he didn't hear it, Juanda still had cards in front of him. Batista is clearly pissed, saying players should have to put at least a few chips out in front of them to indicate a bet. But it's too late now.
The cards are finally turned over, and sure enough, Scotty Nguyen is smiling with pocket aces. Scotty is the short stack, and poised to triple up.
Chad Batista: 22
John Juanda: A6
Scotty Nguyen: AA
The board comes K43105, and there's not much to sweat as Scotty wins the large main pot with his pocket aces, and Batista takes the smaller side pot by beating Juanda. John Juanda is eliminated in 11th place, earning $57,137.
Scotty Nguyen - 2,920,000
Chad Batista - 405,000
John Juanda - Out in 11th Place ($57,137)
Level 23: 30,000-60,000, 5,000 ante
Level 22: 20,000-40,000, 4,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen raises under the gun to 120,000, Faraz Jaka reraises from the cutoff to 300,000, and Scotty calls. The flop comes AK4, Scotty checks, Jaka bets 375,000, and Scotty calls all in for 351,000 with AJ (pair of aces). Jaka shows QJ (gutshot straight draw), and he'll need to improve to bust Scotty here.
The turn card is the 5, and Scotty gets up from the table and turns around so he can't see the last card. The river card pairs the board with the 5, and John Juanda loudly says, "Wow!" like Jaka caught his straight on the river.
Scotty slowly turns around, looking depressed but composed, and then the crowd starts laughing. It takes Scotty a moment before he registers the joke, and then he starts laughing too.
But more importantly, Scotty Nguyen survives and doubles up in chips.
Scott Nguyen - 1,100,000
Faraz Jaka - 2,500,000
Level 21: 15,000-30,000, 4,000 ante
Scotty Nguyen moves all in from the cutoff for 327,000, and Faraz Jaka calls from the button with A3. Scotty shows 44, and he'll need it to hold to stay alive.
The flop comes J62, and Jaka picks up a spade flush draw. The turn card pairs the board with the 2, and Scotty says, "Deuce of spades, baby." That card would make Jaka's flush, but give Scotty a full house.
The river card is the 4 -- no flush for Jaka, but Scotty gets his full house (fours full of deuces) to win the pot and double up in chips.
Scotty Nguyen - 727,000
Faraz Jaka - 1,938,000
