Kyle Kitagawa Folds Pocket Kings Preflop to John Meintasis -- Who Shows Pocket Aces

Photo:  Kyle Kitagawa

One hand after John Meintasis shoved the river against Brock Wilson, WPTDeepStacks champion Kyle Kitagawa raises from middle position to 1,800, and Brock Wilson calls from the cutoff.

Meintasis reraises from the button to 4,800, and Kitagawa reraises to 11,800. Wilson folds to get out of the way.

Meintasis five-bets it to 34,800, and Kitagawa tanks for a while before he folds face up.

The table is momentarily stunned, and as the dealer pushes the pot to Meintasis, Brock Wilson talks him into showing his cards, whether it’s a bluff or not.

Meintasis slowly turns over , and Kitagawa breathes a sigh of relief.

John Meintasis  –  157,000  (196 bb)
Kyle Kitagawa  –  75,000  (94 bb)

After the hand, Meintasis says, “I can’t believe you folded that.”

Kitagawa replies, “I can’t believe I folded that either.”

Meintasis tells Kitagawa he made a nice fold, and they fist-bump across the table.

Photo:  John Meintasis