Event 8: Costly Mistake

$350 + $50 Deep Stack NLH (Re-Entry)

As Matt Williams (New York, NY) was busting on table 2, an odd situation was unfolding on table 1, just before the final table.

On a board of 4 5 6 Dennis Thurman (Fisk, MO) bets 500k from the SB, Manh Nguyen (Munhall, PA) says, "call" assuming that the bet put him all-in.

Thurman: 10 10 (pair of 10s)
Nguyen: K 7 (over card, open ended straight draw)

Turn: Q (no change)

River: 3 (Nguyen hits the straight)

When the chips are counted Nguyen has 580k, meaning that he was never all-in and that a round of betting should have occurred after the turn. The Nguyen oversight and premature river card means the 3 is back in the deck and the hand gets a new river card.

After Nguyen's last 80k are in the middle, the new river is a brick and instead of doubling up, he's on the rail in 10th place.

Nguyen, who won Event 4 ($40,000), ends up with only $2,560 instead of a shot at another Borgata Poker Open title.