Lucky river for Trung Manh Nguyen

Richard Balkau already in action, opens for a 13,000 raise, down the round Trung Manh Nguyen goes all in for his last 36,000, Balkau calls and shows and is ahead of Nguyen’s . With the board running Nguyen spikes a pair on the river to survive against elimination. 

Trung Manh Nguyen – 81,000
Richard Balkau – 899,000