Hands #155-169: Matthieu Lamagnere Gets Shorter

Hand #155: Bien Mai limps the small blind and folds to a raise worth 900,000 by Reiji Kono.

Hand #156: Mai opens to 500,000 on the button to collect the blinds and big blind ante.

Hand #157: Kono min-raises on the button for Mai to defend the big blind. Mai check-calls for 250,000 on the flop and they check it down on the runout for Mai to win the pot with .

Hand #158: Mai raises to 750,000 in the small blind, Kono comes along in the big blind. Mai bets 775,000 on the flop and that ends any further resistance of Kono.

Hand #159: Mai opens to 500,000 on the button and folds when Kono three-bets to 1,800,000 in the small blind.

Hand #160: Kono raises to 500,000, Mai three-bets to 1,850,000 in the big blind and that’s it.

Hand #161: Mai limps the small blind, Kono checks. Mai bets 250,000 on and that wins the pot.

Hand #162: A button raise to 500,000 by Mai is defended by Matthieu Lamagnere in the big blind. They check the flop and Lamagnere leads the turn for 700,000 to take it down.

Hand #163: A walk for Mai.

Hand #164: Lamagnere raises to 500,000 on the button and Kono calls in the big blind, then check-folds the flop when Lamagnere continues for 300,000.

Hand #165: Kono limp-calls a raise to 800,000 by Lamagnere in a battle of the blinds. The Japanese check-calls bets of 500,000 on the flop and 1,150,000 on the turn. They check the river and Kono wins the pot with .

Hand #166: A walk for Mai.

Hand #167: In a limped pot between Mai and Kono, the flop is checked and Mai’s min-bet on the turn gets called. They check it down on the river and chop it with versus .

Hand #168: Mai raises to 500,000 on the button and folds when Lamagnere jams for 3,050,000 in the big blind. 

Hand #169: Lamagnere jams out of the small blind to win the pot.

Reiji Kono – 14,000,000 (56 bb)
Bien Mai – 12,000,000 (48 bb)
Matthieu Lamagnere – 4,400,000 (17 bb)