Opener: Gravatt Spikes Set for Chip Lead; Nguyen Exits
After an open from James Gravatt to 250,000, Tony Nguyen three-bet to 800,000 and the action folded back to Gravatt who made the call.
On the flop 3♣8♦Q♥, Gravatt checked to Nguyen who bet 500,000, and then Gravatt check-raised to 1,400,000.
After some thought, Nguyen ripped in his entire stack of around 4,500,000 and Gravatt snap-called to put him at risk.
Nguyen tabled A♥A♦ but his heart sank when Gravatt flipped over 8♣8♥ for middle set. The runout of 5♠4♣ changed nothing and the monstrous pot was shipped to Gravatt to catapult him into the chip lead while Nguyen headed to the exit.
Gravatt - 11,360,000
Nguyen - 0
Nguyen - 0