Matt O'Brien Eliminated by Dao Nguyen; Nguyen Up to 470K

Photo:  Matt O’Brien

Matt O’Brien is all in from the button with , and he needs to improve to stay alive against the of Dao Nguyen, who is under the gun.

The board comes — Nguyen pairs his nine on the flop, O’Brien turns a diamond flush draw, and the eight on the river gives O’Brien a now-meaningless pair of eights. Nguyen wins the pot with his pair of nines to eliminate O’Brien from Day 1B.

Dao Nguyen  –  470,000  (188 bb)
Matt O’Brien  –  75,000  (30 bb)

Dao Nguyen is closing in on the 515K of Day 1A chipleader Jason Holcomb with a little more than one level left in the day.

Photo:  Chipleader Dao Nguyen