"$175 NLH $100,000 GTD" (Day 2): Matthew Lambrecht Eliminates Paul Nguyen On The Bubble, Field Now In The Money

$175 No Limit Hold'em
$100,000 Guaranteed
Level 19 (Blinds 4,000/8,000/1,000)
Total Entries: 1,356
Players Remaining: 129

Matthew Lambrecht (Stuart, FL) eliminated Paul Nguyen on the money bubble, which helped bring his stack above the 200,000 mark.

The hand-for-hand process began just as Level 19 started, and only ended up lasting two hands.  On the second hand of play, Mike Banas was eliminated at Table 1, just as Paul Nguyen was shoving the button at Table 16.  Nguyen was all-in for under ten big blinds (70,000), and ended up getting called by Matthew Lambrecht, who was in the small blind:

Nguyen: A♦ 8♦
Lambrecht: A♥ J♠

Runout: J♣ 10♥ 5♦ K♥ 7♦

Lambrecht flopped top pair to grab a commanding lead, but Nguyen did gain chop outs on the turn, which were his only chances of seeing his chips return.  The river brought the 7♦, and Nguyen would be eliminated in 130th place.  The remaining players in the field are now in the money, and are guaranteed at least $245.