Tanaka Takes the Lead

Luke Martinelli raised to 120,000 first to act with A♠5♣ and Kei Tanaka defended his big blind holding A♦10♥ for a heads-up pot.

The 2♠10♠A♣ flop improved Tanaka to two pair and he check-called an 80,000 bet from Martinelli, who flopped top pair.

Tanaka then led out for 275,000 on the 4♠ turn and Martinelli called.

The 5♥ river improved Martinelli to a still second-best two pair and he fired 850,000 into the middle after being checked to.

Tanaka looked him up and Martinelli received the bad news after seeing he was up against a higher two pair.