HomeMichael Mariakis opened preflop to 65,000 and found two callers from the blinds.
Flop: 5♦ 9♥ K♦
Mariakis continued his story with a 75,000 bet and this time only Tetsuya Tsuchikawa check-called from the small blind. Huy Pham from the big blind got out of the way.
Turn: J♦
Mariakis was persistent, this time firing 125,000– enough to convince the Japanese to believe that he had something better in this hand.