Tony Nguyen Sweats With Ace-King

The player under the gun limps in, and Tony Nguyen makes it 2,000 to go. The cutoff quickly three-bets to 5,500, and action folds back around to Nguyen. After about a minute, he pushes his entire stack in the middle and announces he is all in.

The cutoff grabs his remaining chips and says, “You caught me, but I call.”

Nguyen tables , and his opponent shows .

The flop comes , giving Nguyen a pair of aces, and his opponent a flush draw.

The turn is the , giving Nguyen’s opponent extra outs to make a straight.

The river is the , and Nguyen breathes a sigh of relief as he sends his opponent to the rail.

Tony Nguyen – 38,000 (76 bb)