HomeHanayama Takeo just banked it on two big hands to bring his stack to 220k. The first pot was against Andrew An. On a flop of 2♥ A♣ 6♠, An bet 16k, Takeo called. On the 3♠ turn, An checked, Takeo all in, An called.
Takeo 6♣ 6♦
An A♦ J♦ top pair
An was drawing dead. The river was K♦. Takeo doubled up.
The subsequent hand, Takeo claimed a big pot against Junichi Nakagiri. Action began with Tetsuya Tsuchikawa raising to 7k. He was called by Takeo, Nakagiri, and both blinds. At the flop 10♣ 6♥ Q♥, action was checked to Takeo who bet 14k, Nakagiri raised to 34k, everyone folded except for Takeo who raised to 54k. After tanking, Nakagiri called.
On the 5♣ turn, Takeo moved all in for 82k sending Nakagiri tanking for a long time again. The clock was eventually called. Nakagiri folded. Takeo shipped it and climbed to 220k.