On one of the first hands of the heads up battle, Dylan Nguyen and Safiya Umerova tangled in a huge preflop clash that saw Nguyen secure a big double up.
Action started with Umerova limping in on the button. Nguyen made it 140,000 to go, and Umerova responded with a reraise to 340,000. Not to be outdone, Nguyen came right back with another raise to 840,000, leaving himself just 600,000 behind.
This sent Umerova deep into the tank, and she began talking to Nguyen. "Kings?" she asked. Nguyen had his eye on the Cardinals Packers game, either as an interested observer, or as a way to not give anything off to Umerova. She wracked her brain for a few minutes before announcing all in, and Nguyen quickly called.
Nguyen: [Kh][Kc]
Umerova: [Ad][Jh]
Nguyen held a huge advantage, and he never let it go, as the board ran down [Qs[2h][5d][7d][8c]. With that hand, the two are virtually even in chips, with Nguyen holding an edge of 2.8 million to 2.4 million.
Action started with Umerova limping in on the button. Nguyen made it 140,000 to go, and Umerova responded with a reraise to 340,000. Not to be outdone, Nguyen came right back with another raise to 840,000, leaving himself just 600,000 behind.
This sent Umerova deep into the tank, and she began talking to Nguyen. "Kings?" she asked. Nguyen had his eye on the Cardinals Packers game, either as an interested observer, or as a way to not give anything off to Umerova. She wracked her brain for a few minutes before announcing all in, and Nguyen quickly called.
Nguyen: [Kh][Kc]
Umerova: [Ad][Jh]
Nguyen held a huge advantage, and he never let it go, as the board ran down [Qs[2h][5d][7d][8c]. With that hand, the two are virtually even in chips, with Nguyen holding an edge of 2.8 million to 2.4 million.