Duc Trung Vu Eliminated in 5th Place (?2,383,000; $46,156)

Level 33
: 125,000/250,000, 250,000 ante

Florencio Campomanes opened to 500,000 on the button and called a shove from Duc Trung Vu in the big blind for the Vietnamese player's last 2,900,000.
Florencio Campomanes:
Duc Trung Vu:
"I folded a king," said Thijs Hilberts.
"Yes!" said Campomanes unexpectedly, "It's going to come out then!"
There was a king in the window of a giving Campomanes the lead. The turn, unbelievably, was another king the
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Tablemate Mike Takayama was pointing out the pay jump to his rail on the tournament screen, but Vu could still hit a queen on the river to stay alive. However, the river was the and he was eliminated as Campomanes chipped up to almost half the chips in play.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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14,000,000
3,000,000
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3,000,000 |
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Busted |