HomeSamad Razavi was all in preflop with Jay Lubas tank-calling.
Razavi: 8♣ 8♥
Lubas: A♠ J♥
With the board landing 10♦ 3♦ 2♦, Razavi stayed on top. Then with the turn of 5♥, Razavi was still ahead but Lubas now had more outs to help him. Then with the river of 9♣, Razavi celebrated with a fist pumping double up. Razavi now up to around 2.2M. Lubas spiraled down to around 650K.
Mike Takayama 4.4M
Jay Lubas 1.6M
Samad Razavi 1.3M
With lots of three-handed fast action, Mike Takayama claimed several blinds and antes plus some small sized pots to further balloon his stack. He added more to his arsenal in a hand against Jay Lubas which began with him raising it up to 110K from the button and getting called by Lubas from the big blind seat.
Flop: 3♠ A♦ 4♦
Lubas led out for 150K and Takayama smooth-called.
Turn: 5♣
Both players checked the turn.
River: 2♣
With a board showing a straight, Lubas checked again, Takayama bet 450K, and Lubas mucked. Takayama claimed the pot and is now at around 4.5M.
Big blind palyer Samad Razavi called Jay Lubas’s button raise of 110K total.
Flop: J♦ K♠ 10♦
Razavi checked his option then called Lubas’s 140K bet.
Turn: 3♦
Both players checked.
River: 4♦
With a one card flush board, Razavi banged out a 600K bet, and Lubas folded.
We are down to three players with Mike Takayama way ahead holding over 3M chips.
Raymi Sanchez was just handed his last moment at the final table. Action began with Mike Takayama raising to 110K preflop, got called by Samad Razavi from the button, but then repopped all in to over 700K by Sanchez. Takayama called as Razavi folded.
Takayama: K-K
Sanchez: A-8
With the board running 2♠ 2♦ 6♣ 4♠ J♦, Takayama was shipped all of Sanchez’s chips. Sanchez exited in 4th place and earned P1,078,000 for his deep finish at the Main Event.
Mike Takayama called a raise to 120K by Samad Razavi to see a flop land…
Flop: A♠ 2♥ 3♣
Takayama checked to Razavi who bet 120K and Takayama flat-called.
Turn: 10♣
Takayama decided to lead out for 270K inducing an all in by Razavi. Takayama called for his tournament life and it was a showdown.
Takayama: A♣ 10♠ top two pairs
Razavi: A♦ 2♠ two pairs
With the river of 4♣, Takayama doubled up huge with his top two pairs and became the new chip leader with around 2.6M chips.
Jay Lubas called a raise of 135K by the chip leader Samad Razavi and both went to see a flop land:
Flop: 9♥ 8♠ 10♣
Both checked to see the turn land 5♦. Check-check again to see the river land 7♠.
Lubas bet 200K, and after tanking, Razavi called.
Lubas won he hand with A♦ J♠ straight as Razavi mucked.
Samad Razavi took down another pot to further escalate his stack. During the hand Razavi raised to 100K preflop and was flat-called by Mike Takayama.
Flop: 7♠ 9♦ 4♠
Both players checked the flop and a turn landed K♥. Takayama checked to Razavi who bet 120K only to get raised to 260K by Takayama. Razavi called.
River: 6♠, Takayama bet 260K, Razavi shoved, and after tanking, Takayama folded. Razavi climbed to around 2.9M chips.