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LAS VEGAS -- Qui Nguyen won the 2016 World Series of Poker main event late Tuesday night, earning $8 million and the diamond-encrusted gold bracelet.He defeated Gordon Vayo in a heads-up battle that lasted 182 hands and well over seven hours to win the WSOP bracelet in his first time playing the WSOP main event.After failing to put Vayo away in three all-in showdowns, the fourth all-in between the pair led to Nguyens victory. On the final hand, Nguyen raised to 8.5 million chips and Vayo re-raised all-in for 53 million. Nguyen called with Kc-Tc and had Vayos Js-Ts in bad shape, but Vayo improved from three winning cards to eight on a Kd-9c-7d flop. The 2s turn and 3h river triggered cannons of confetti to fire off in the Penn & Teller Theater inside the Rio All Suite Hotel & Casino as the newest world champion of poker was crowned.Even as one of the least experienced players at this final table, Nguyen dominated the action throughout the three days of this final table and didnt allow Vayo much room to maneuver in the late stages of the tournament.I actually never played much heads-up, but I was very aggressive, Nguyen said after his victory. [Whether it was] five-handed or two-handed, I was still [just as] aggressive.Nguyen was able to stay loose and relaxed despite the high-pressure environment in which he was playing, in large part thanks to focusing on his process over the results.With millions of dollars [on the line], I didnt think a lot about winning and losing, Nguyen said. I was just thinking in my mind, Dont make a misstep at all. In a tournament, you cant make a misstep -- if you make a misstep, youre done.Nguyen, 39, was the chip leader to end both the first and second day of final-table play but quickly fell out of the top spot. He doubled up short stack Cliff Josephy on the first hand of play Tuesday, and then Vayo won most of those chips in a pot worth more than 200 million (out of 336.6 million total chips in play) with three-of-a-kind threes against three-of-a-kind deuces.Josephy doubled his stack through Nguyen twice, bringing himself briefly back into contention only to dump those chips back shortly before his demise.Despite being the chip leader to begin the final table Sunday, Josephy was unable to make much of a positive move until the start of Day 3. While he was ultimately eliminated in third place, it came after a chaotic start to the final table; in 16 hands of three-handed play, Josephy was involved in five all-in pots, including the double-up on the very first hand and set-over-set hand against Vayo. Josephy also lost the last of his chips to Vayo, when his Qd-3d made a pair of threes and couldnt beat Vayos pair of kings with Kh-6d. For his third-place finish, Josephy received $3,453,035, eclipsing his next-best tournament payout by more than seven times.They gave me a good sweat there, Josephy said. I was happy to get cards -- I was card-dead for two days, and I wasnt happy about that. I played the best that I could, finally picked up some hands early, got excited and then they just beat me right down.Vayo and Nguyen traded the lead several times early on in heads-up play, but the tournament turned well into Nguyens favor with a single river card. Nguyen took aggressive actions on the flop and turn despite holding just a draw with Qc-5c, against Vayos Ad-9h on a board of Ac-Ts-9c-Ks, but the Kc on a river made Nguyens flush and he immediately pushed his stack all-in -- the first such bet of heads-up play. After more than six minutes, Vayo ultimately folded, but that pot gave Nguyen a lead of more than 2-to-1.During the next 20 minutes Vayos stack dwindled further until he found himself all-in for the second time Thursday with As-Jd against Kh-9h. Neither player improved his hand, pulling Vayo back to within a 2-to-1 disadvantage. Although Vayo hovered around this mark for a considerable stretch, he continuously found himself worn down by Nguyens aggressive style.On one particular hand, where Vayo flopped the top pair on a nine-high board, Nguyen eventually put Vayo all-in on the river. Had he called, he would have taken his first lead of the final table; Vayo instead elected to fold, and that was his only regret in how he played.I read into something I shouldnt have, Vayo said. I made a little deviation from my strategy, and I didnt feel strong enough. I should have called.There was a brief moment of recovery for Vayo, who got lucky to hit a running turn and river to make a flush when both players flopped a pair of queens, but hed never get closer than a 50-million-chip gap.After grinding down Vayos stack yet again, a third all-in pot led to one final double-up for the eventual runner-up -- but Nguyen would finally seal the victory on his fourth try.It was clear that Nguyen executed his plan to near perfection, as he had all of his opponents scrambling for the majority of the final table. Its hard to pinpoint his strategy, Vayo said. He just kind of plays every hand uniquely; he doesnt necessarily have a constructed strategy. Not that thats a negative, but most people arent able to adapt to every hand and make so many correct assumptions and correct plays over and over again, and he was able to do that.Qui Nguyen is the 47th WSOP main event champion and just the second Vietnamese-born winner; the first was Scotty Nguyen, who won the 1998 WSOP main event for $1 million.ESPNs Dave Tuley contributed to this story. Bruce Bowen Jersey . The home side created most of the chances but struggled to break down Braunschweigs resilient defence, resulting in the Bundesligas 1,000th scoreless draw. Rudy Gay Jersey . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. https://www.spurslockerroom.com/George-Gervin-City-Edition-Jersey/ . -- Chicago Bears cornerback Tim Jennings was selected Monday to his second straight Pro Bowl, while guard Kyle Long made it after a solid rookie season. Patty Mills Jersey . 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Fijian second row Leone Nakarawa scored a try for the visitors, while Duncan Weir, on as a replacement in the first minute after Finn Russell was taken off on a stretcher following a collision, kicked two penalties.Glasgow had a glimmer of hope when replacement Connacht prop Rodney Ah You was shown a yellow card with eight minutes remaining, but the Scots could not make the extra man count as the home side successfully closed out the game.Connacht will face Leinster in the PRO12 final on May 28 in Edinburgh, live on Sky Sports. Bundee Aki lead the Connacht celebrations after they secured a place in the Pro 12 final. The intense atmosphere as the teams ran out was quelled right at the beginning of the match when Russell was caught in an unfortunate collision, causing the referee to stop the match immediately as the Scotland international was taken from the field. He collided with team-mate Zander Fagerson, who also left the field. 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Bundee Aki of Connacht tackles Peter Horne of Glasgow Glasgows poor discipline then saw a series of penalties conceded in their own half, and though initially MacGinty opted to kick for the corner each time rather than risk a speculative shot at goal in the wind, the fly-half finally relented and called for the kicking tee in the 64th minute.His attempt brushed past the inside of the left upright, giving his side a 16-11 lead with just over 15 minutes remaining.Connacht then knocked on while on the attack near the Glasgow line, and when Hogg tried to run the ball out of his in-goal area, he was hit but a reckless high shot from Ah You, which saw the prop sent to the bin to see out the match from the sidelines.Glasgow threw everything at their hosts with the man advantage, but once again were haunted by shoddy handling which cost them every threatening chance. ' ' '