HomeWSOP decorated champion / APT major title-holder Mike Takayama lost a large portion of his stack to Iori Yogo before this hand sent him to the rail. Against Yogo, both players saw a flop A♥ J♥ 2♠ with a 6k in the middle. sb Yogo bet 2k, bb Takayama raised to 7k, Yogo shoved, called by Takayama. Yogo A♦ 9♥ top pair, Takayama 4♥ 8♥ flush draw, the turn 5♦ and river 4♣ completed the board for a double up to Yogo.
Down to around 35k, Takayama pushed and Chen Yazhou took on the challenge.
Takayama 6♠ 7♠
Yazhou Q♣ Q♦
The board ran K♠ 2♠ 3♦ 4♦ J♦. Takayama out. Yazhou now at 330k.