Sep 23, 2018
Photo: Tatsuki Nakamura
When the field got down to 28 players, the other three tables had to finish their hands already in progress. This is one of those hands.
After a flop of , Masato Shimizu checks the hijack, Tatsuki Nakamura moves all in from the cutoff for 21,000, and Shimizu calls with . Nakamura turns over for a pair of aces, and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the , the river card is the , and Nakamura wins the pot with two pair, aces and deuces, to double up in chips.
Tatsuki Nakamura – 110,000 (22 bb)
Masato Shimizu – 105,000 (21 bb)