Haraikawa Gets Lau to Fold
Level 17
: 15,000/30,000, 5,000 ante
Marcus Lau opened to 60,000 and Hajime Haraikawa moved all in for 440,000 in total. The player from Malaysia gave it a lot of thought but eventually mucked his 
.
Lau also got involved in a three-way pot out of the small blind and led the 
turn to see Shashank Rathi call from one seat over, Zhou Zhou had mucked. The 
river completed the board and both players checked. Lau showed 
and Rathi held 
. One can only imagine what had happened if the river card had been different.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
650,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
520,000
90,000
|
90,000 |