Thomas Nguyen's tournament life was hanging on by a thread, but one big suck-out can turn that all around.
Nguyen moved all in from middle position for 33,000 but was met by two opponents with monster hands. Nguyen held , one opponent had , and the other opponent had .
The dealer fanned the flop , and Nguyen hit one of his outs to take the lead. The turn was the , and the river was another ace, giving him a full triple-up.
Nguyen kept his hopes alive to become a millionaire, just like his brother, Qui Nguyen, did last year in the 2016 WSOP Main Event.
Mike Leah raised to 12,500 from early position, and his opponent in late position pushed all-in for 42,500. The action was back on Leah, and he contemplated calling after figuring out chip stacks. He ended up calling but would need to get a bit lucky, as he was holding up against his opponent's .
The dealer spread the flop, and Leah hit an ace right in the window. His opponent wasn't able to catch up. Leah is now closing in on 400,000 chips.
There was a raise to 12,000 and a three-bet all in to 22,500. Karel Havelka was next to act, and he four-bet to 36,000. Everyone else folded, and the two remaining players tabled their cards. Havelka was ahead with versus his opponent's .
The board ran out , and Havelka's set was good enough to take down the pot. He's now close to being the chip leader.
The Tournament Supervisor has announced there are four hands left in the evening. Once play is concluded, players will be given the option to surrender their chip stack and hop in Day 1F or bag their chips and return for Day 2 tomorrow.
The second-to-last and largest flight of Event #5E: $565 Colossus III No-Limit Hold'Em has wrapped up with Mike Leah bagging a stack of 310,000 chips. Leah dominated the field throughout the day and continued to stay aggressive, applying pressure to all of his opponents. The Canadian pro has victories throughout the WSOP Circuit, WPT, and PCA, and he's the owner of one WSOP gold bracelet. He has career tournament earnings of over $5.8 million and is looking to add to that in this event.
A total of 3,966 entries were attracted to this flight, and Neil Mittleman came out on top with 430,000 chips after winning a big pot in the last hand of the evening. Scott Stewart was close behind, bagging 380,000, and Katie Lindsay finished in the mix with 340,000 chips.
At the conclusion of play, 147 players bagged chips and will be returning on June 5th for Day 2 of the event. The money bubble burst shortly after level 12 began when Sunny Dong flopped a set of sevens versus his opponent's top pair. That left 595 players remaining who were guaranteed a minimum cash of $833.
Many notables entered the field on Day 1E, however, some of the unfortunate ones to bust before the money include Joey Weissman, Kathy Liebert, Martin Finger, Cate Hall, and Andy Frankenberger. There were others that made it into the money but failed to bag chips at the of the day, such as Joseph Cheong, Alex Greenblatt, Sorel Mizzi, and Eric Baldwin.
Below is a look at some of the top stacks heading into Day 2 and some notables that were able to find a bag at the end of the day. The last flight, Day 1F is currently ongoing and you can follow along with all of the updates right here.
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