Yoshitaka Okawa has had only one move for the past level, either fold or shove. He has just doubled up twice, paid a double up, then tripled up to stay in the running.
First double up he had 5♠ 5♦ and Kai Paulsen with A♦ J♠. The pair held with no hits for Paulsen. After doubling up, Okawa called Andrew An’s all in. An A♥ 2♠ and Okawa A♠ Q♠. The board landed K♠ J♥ 2♠ K♣ 7♣ and An doubled up sending Okawa’s chips down to 12k.
Next time Okawa had his chips in, he had A♣ 8♦ and was up against Paulsen 10-9 and Varun Gupta K-2. The board ran 5-7-Q-Q-3 for ace high good for a triple up. Okawa now back up to 30k.