09-28-2008 19:50 UTC+9

Shiono Softplays Top Set

[user75032]

A rather unusual hand sent the players off to the dinner break. Yoshihiro Tasaka who has become a preflop raising machine, raised the button to 32,000 and was called by Hidenari Shiono in the big blind. On a flop of {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{Q-Clubs}

{7-Hearts}

, Shiono checked, then called a bet of 25,000 made by Tasaka. Both players checked the {9-Diamonds}

{9-Diamonds}

turn and the river {3-Spades}

{3-Spades}

. At showdown, Shiono turned over {K-Spades}

{K-Spades}

{K-Hearts}

for top set! He got looks of surprise from everyone in the final table area, and a comment was made in Japanese that cracked up all of the Japanese railbirds.