Nozomu Shimizu Shows The Dreaded King-Four

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Third time is the charm for Nozomu Shimizu and with his choice hand. First pot, Shimizu raises 4,500 from late position, small blind calls, big blind three-bets 22,500, Shimizu and small blind fold. 

On the next hand, Shimizu is on hijack, he raises to 4,000, big blind calls, flop runs , both check. On the turn , Shimizu leads out 8,000 then folds to a check-raise all in. 

On the third consecutive hand, Shimizu raises 4,500, cutoff three-bets 18,000, Shimizu four-bets to 48,000, cutoff reluctantly folds while saying “I hope it’s not King-Four again this time”. Shimizu reveals his hole cards which garners a shocking reaction from his tablemates. 

Nozomu Shimizu – 215,000 (107 bb)