After a hurdle, Van Nghiem Nguy was down to just 36K with blinds at 6K/12K/a12K and on the big blind, to make matters worse. He was in with and two players looking to bust him out. The jack made a second pair on the flop and despite some action on the side pot, his jack took the main.

With now 90K, he bought the blinds from the button and went on to double up against David St-Louis.

Nguy:
St-Louis:

Board:

Nguy now has about 250K, just under half the average.