Kato Wins Blinds Battle, Doubles Up


The flop 2 Q 9 already boarded, short-stacked Takuya Kato decided that top pair J Q was good enough to risk his tournament life from the small blind.

He shoved around 11,000 and found a call from the other blind, who held mid-pair with A 9.

An apparent good shove for Kato who survived after turn 3 and river 10 and the Japanese doubles to around 23,000.