HomeManoj Pentakota was once the overwhelming chip leader but couldn’t bring it to the final table. After his stack took a hit from Quang Nguyen, he continued to drop until he fell in 12th place to Terry Nguyen.
Manoj Pentakota – 12th place
It took to consecutive hands to eliminate Pentakota. The first was a raise by Nguyen to 55k, Pentakota shoved, Nguyen called with slightly less chips. Pentakota held Q♦ 9♦, Nguyen with 10♥ 10♣. The board ran 7♣ 7♠ 2♠ 10♦ 6♦ for a full house to Nguyen. He shipped a double up to 1.1M, Pentakota plummeted to 57k.
Pentakota was all in on the next hand and those chips too went to Nguyen. Pentakota earned VND 136,860,000 for his deep finish. Nguyen rose to 1.2M.
Terry Nguyen