Phong Nguyen raised to 12,000 from under the gun. Joseph Ruigomez, in the cutoff, three-bet all in for 27,000. Istvan Toro thought about calling in the big blind but folded. Nguyen called.
Nguyen:
Ruigomez:
The board ran out , and Nguyen knocked out Ruigomez.
"I had ace-nine," said Toro as Nguyen stacked his chips.
WSOP International Circuit ring winner Mathieu Selides was spotted at the payout desk.
Selides explained that he shoved off-suit from the cutoff, and the button called with . "It came , and then... shit," he said with a laugh.
He said that he was going to grab something to eat, and then rail his friend, Guillaume Diaz, at the final table of the $888 Crazy Eights, which, coincidentally, is on dinner break.
David Gutfreund moved all in from under the gun for 72,000. It folded around to Istvan Toro, who moved all in from the hijack. The remaining players folded.
Toro:
Gutfreund:
Gutfreund doubled up just before his table broke, but he now found himself dominated and at risk of exiting the tournament.