Hand #171: Tommy Nguyen Eliminated in 3rd Place (CAD $205,000)

Photo: Tommy Nguyen

Tommy Nguyen moves all in from the small blind, and David Dongwoo Ko calls from the big blind with .

Nguyen turns over , and he needs to improve to stay alive.

The board comes , and Ko wins the pot with trip tens to eliminate Nguyen in third place.

Tommy Nguyen  –  Eliminated in 3rd Place  (CAD $205,000)

There will be an extended break (25 minutes?) before heads-up play begins. Here are the official chip counts, followed by the final table payouts:

David Dongwoo Ko  –  26,775,000  (67 bb)
Dan Stavila  –  17,325,000  (43 bb)

1st:  CAD $434,900*  (~US $319,217*)
2nd:  CAD $280,000  (~US $205,520)

3rd:  Tommy Nguyen  –  CAD $205,000  (~US $150,470)
4th:  Rayan Chamas  –  CAD $155,000  (~US $113,770)
5th:  Tamer Alkamli  –  CAD $117,000  (~US $85,878)
6th:  Charles Kassin  –  CAD $89,000  (~US $65,326)

* First-prize amount includes the winner’s US $10,400 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship at Wynn Las Vegas.

NOTE:  For worldwide consistency across all WPT events, the amounts on the Payouts page are in U.S. dollars. For this event, payouts have been converted using a rate of CAD $1.00 = US $0.734.