HomeThree big pots to Tomoharu Furuya sends him to the top of the count. All three hands were against Daiki Horikawa.
Daiki Horikawa (L) Tomoharu Furuya (R)
First win, in a battle of the blinds, Horikawa limped and Furuya checked. The flop ran A♣ 6♦ 3♠, both checked. On the 10♥ turn, Horikawa bet 25k and Furuya called. On the 7♠ river, Horikawa bet 75k, Furuya raised to 150k, Horikawa called. Furuya won it with A♠ 6♣ two pair.
Next pot, Furuya raised to 55k and Horikawa called from the big blind. At the flop K♦ 5♠ A♦, both checked. On the 8♠ turn, Horikawa bet 75k, Furuya raised to 225k, Horikawa called. On the 3♠ river, Horikawa fired out 325k and Furuya matched it. Horikawa mucked as soon as he saw Furuya’s 5♦ 5♣ set.
With just over 1.3M, another pot went down between the two. On a full board 2♣ 2♦ 7♦ A♠ K♦, Horikawa bet 125k, Furuya raised to 225k, Horikawa called. Furuya had A♦ 10♦ nut flush over Horikawa’s J♦ 6♦ lower flush.
Furuya climbed to 1.8M while Horikawa dropped to 570k.
