Another double up took place with Daiki Horikawa on the winning end. He was all in with A♦ 4♥ against Yosuke Murata’s K♠ K♥. The board ran A♠ 4♦ Q♥ 8♠ A♣ for a full house. Murata fell to 360k.
Tomoharu Furuya raised from cutoff to 75k and button Iori Yogo and big blind Tsubasa Kamei called. At the flop 3♦ 9♠ 10♠, Kamei bet 85k, Furuya raised to 195k, Kamei shoved, and Furuya called.
Kamei 10♣ 8♠ top pair
Furuya Q♣ J♠ draw
The turn K♦ granted the straight and with the river 7♦, Furuya doubled up to 1.2M. Kamei dropped to 400k.
Estimated chip counts:
Iori Yogo 1.4M
Tsubasa Kamei 1M
Yosuke Murata 940k
Daiki Horikawa 900k
Tomoharu Furuya 700k
Average stack 960,000
Tomoharu Furuya entered this round as the largest of the bunch but after a few big losses, he is down to 740k. His recent loss was a battle of the blinds against Iori Yogo. With a big pot brewed of around 300k, the flop came K♣ 5♠ 8♣. Furuya checked, Yogo bet 210k, Furuya called. On the 7♥ turn and J♦ river, no betting by either. Furuya showed A♣ 5♦ pair while Yogo had higher, 9♥ 9♠. Yogo climbed to 1.6M.
Another big double up has turned the tides here with Iori Yogo back up to 1.5M. The hand began with Yogo raising to 65k then tank-calling Tsubasa Kamei’s three-bet of 150k. At the flop 2♣ 2♦ 3♠, Kamei bet 100k, Yogo moved all in, Kamei called.
Yogo J♦ J♣
Kamei 9♣ 9♥
The turn A♠ and river J♠ ended the hand and Yogo shipped it with a full house. Yogo up to 1.5M and Kamei down to 460k.
Tomoharu Furuya doubled up another short stack. Capitalizing was Yosuke Murata. On a board of A♠ 7♥ 7♣ 9♥ 2♥ and around 300k brewed in the middle, Murata was all in and Furuya called. Murata showed K♥ J♥ flush and shipped it. Murata now at 1.2M.
On the first hand of the new level, Tsubasa Kamei moved all in on top of Tomoharu Furuya’s 65k raise. Furuya called.
Furuya A♠ K♦
Kamei 7♦ 7♠
The board ran 7♣ 4♥ 10♠ 5♦ 2♠ for a winning set to Kamei and a double up to 1.2M.
Estimated chip counts:
Tomoharu Furuya 2M
Daiki Horikawa 900k
Iori Yogo 850k
Yosuke Murata 440k
Tsubasa Kamei 595k
Tomoharu earned another chunky pot and this time it was up against Iori Yogo. In a battle of the blinds and a flop 8♦ 3♠ 3♣, Furuya bet 50k and Yogo called. On the 10♥ turn Furuya bet 100k and Yogo called. On the 4♠ river, Furuya checked then called Yogo’s 275k bet.
Yogo 8♠ 6♦ pair
Furuya A♥ 10♦ top pair
Furuya up to 2.2M while Yogo dropped to 840k.