Hands #131-141: Reiji Kono Takes the Lead

Hand #131: A walk for Reiji Kono.

Hand #132: Bien Mai jams the button for around 3,700,000 and receives no call.

Hand #133: Matthieu Lamagnere raises to 550,000 in the small blind and takes it down.

Hand #134: Lamagnere opens to 500,000 on the button for Kono to defend the big blind. Both check the flop and Kono bets the turn for 700,000, Lamagnere calls. No betting action follows on the river and the of Kono win the pot.

Hand #135: Kono limps the small blind, then folds when Lamagnere raises to 800,000.

Hand #136: Kono raises to 500,000 on the button, Lamagnere three-bets to 1,625,000 in the small blind and forces a fold.

Hand #137: Another walk for Kono.

Hand #138: Mai jams on the button, takes the blinds and big blind ante.

Hand #139: A walk for Mai.

Hand #140: Mai limps the small blind and Kono checks in the big blind. The flop brings and Mai bets 250,000, Kono raises to 700,000 and receives a call by his opponent.

After the turn, Mai limps and Kono’s bet of 1,400,000 breaks the resistance of Mai.

Hand #141: Kono limps another small blind for Lamagnere to check in the big blind. A min-bet by Kono on the flop is called and Kono then checks on the turn.

Lamagnere bets 800,000 only for Kono to check-raise to 2,200,000, which the Frenchman opts to call.

That leads them to the river on which Kono bets 5,000,000. Lamagnere verifies the bet size and folds.

Reiji Kono – 15,600,000 (62 bb)
Matthieu Lamagnere – 11,700,000 (47 bb)
Bien Mai – 3,200,000 (13 bb)