Hand #23: Action folded to Nghi "Henry" Tran on the button and he raised to 180,000. Joseph Morneau three-bet to 420,000 in the big blind, only to see Tran four-bet shove with the bigger stack. Morneau folded and Tran took down the pot.
Hand #35: Nghi "Henry" Tran opened to 180,000 from early position and Justin Zaki three-bet shoved for 1.05 million from the next seat over. Action folded back to Tran who tanked for about three minute before opting to call.
Tran:
Zaki:
The flop was safe for Zaki, but the turn gave Tran a few outs to Broadway. However, the river wasn't one of them and Zaki secured the double up.
Sixty-seven players made the cut to begin Day 3 of Event #58: $1,111 Little One for One Drop, but only a select eight are still in contention after 10 levels of play today. Nghi "Henry" Tran leads the octet with 4,130,000, as his trademark aggressive play, along with some good luck, has propelled him to the top.
Once there, all ins were frequent but short stacks carried the day, including Kevin O'Donnell getting it in with the shortest stack and the worst hand but coming out on top in a three-way pot. Adriano Santa Ana was the only player to fall since final table play began, but others will surely be joining him early on Day 4.
Play resumes at 1 p.m. in the Amazon Room, and while the majority of the players in the room will be jockeying for early positioning in the Main Event, one of the eight players remaining here will be pocketing a gold bracelet and $663,727. Be sure to tune in to find out whom that will be.