Hand #152: Joe Nguyen Out in 2nd Place ($666,740)

Joe Nguyen raises to 250,000, and Kai Chang calls. The flop comes [10h7d5s], Chang checks, Nguyen bets 325,000, and Chang calls.

The turn is the [9d], Chang checks, Nguyen bets 530,000, and Chang thinks for a bit before he check-raises to an unknown amount.

Nguyen moves all in for 7,010,000, and Chang snap-calls with [8s6d] for a ten-high straight. Nguyen turns over [10d2d] for a pair of tens with a diamond flush draw.

The river card is the [6c], and Kai Chang wins the pot — and the WPT title — with a ten-high straight.

Joe Nguyen finishes as the runner-up, earning $666,740.

Kai Chang wins the WPT Bay 101 Shooting Star, earning $1,138,350 and a WPT Champions Trophy. Chang’s prize money includes a $25,500 seat into the season-ending WPT World Championship, and he will have his name engraved on the one and only WPT Champions Cup with every other WPT winner in history.

Congratulations to Kai Chang!

1st:  Kai Chang  –  $1,138,350  (Includes a $25,500 seat into the WPT World Championship)
2nd:  Joe Nguyen  –  $666,740
3rd:  Paul Volpe  –  $435,610
4th:  Erik Seidel  –  $295,590
5th:  Chris Johnson  –  $208,910
6th:  Joe Kuether  –  $162,240