HomeWhen looking down at aces preflop, there’s a kind of rush knowing you have the nuts hole cards. Sometimes, this hand tends to hold and sometimes not.
Starting the round, Tatsuya Hirose thee-bet all in with A♦ A♣ and initial raiser Shinji Sugeta called with A♠ Q♦. The board ran K♦ 3♦ 8♦ J♣ 10♣ for a winning straight to Sugeta. Hirose was eliminated.
Kondo Motohiro had better luck with the nuts. He three-bet all in his 10.3k short stack. Big blind Chen Song called and utg initial raiser Toshimasa Sakato called At the flop 4♥ 3♦ 9♠, Song checked, Sakato bet, and Song folded. Sakata Q♦ Q♣, Motohiro A♠ A♥. The turn J♣ and river J♦ secured the win and a triple up for Motohiro.