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After a series of raises and re-raises preflop, two Japanese– Tetsuya Tsuchikawa and Kodai Ishihara wanted more after the dealer set 5♥ 9♦ 7♥.
“Tet” initiated with 10,500 only to see his compatriot move all-in for around 80,000!
This put Tsuchikawa deep into the tank as the consequences here are down to two:
a) Call, get beat and be eliminated in the main event or;
b) Call, get the win and be the chip leader in Day 2!
Minutes later, Tsuchikawa made the huge call.
Tsuchikawa: Q♣ Q♦
Ishihara: 8♦ 8♥
Dealer tabled the turn 9♣ and river 5♥ and Tsuchikawa’s queen holds and he gets over 190,000 in chips (could be more as he’s stacking them up real high now).
Ishihara couldn’t recover from this one and got the boot a few hands later. We are down to 73 players.