Tokoo Loses Small Showdown Pot Versus Helppi
Level 9
: Blinds 1,500/3,000, 3,000 ante
Juha Helppi limped the small blind and Shunsuke Tokoo checked in the big blind. Both checked the 
flop and Helppi then check-called small bets worth 5,000 on the 
turn and 6,500 on the 
river.
Tokoo rolled over the 
but Helppi had that beat with the 
. The Japanese is one of several recent entries and seated next to Zhong Chen.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
160,000
10,000
|
10,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
100,000
100,000
|
100,000 |
|
90,000
90,000
|
90,000 |
and shook his head in frustration when he couldn't beat the 
and Mateos check-called a bet of 8,000 from Greenwood.
and Mateos checked again. Greenwood fired out another bet of 25,000 and Mateos just called. The 
completed the board and Mateos checked for the third time. Greenwood moved all in and Mateos snap-called his last 25,000 chips. Greenwood tabled 
for the nut flush while Mateos was left with 
, Tauan Naves and Sam Greenwood invested 21,000 each and that led them to the 
flop vaulted Marques into the lead, which he retained throughout the 
turn and 
for a straight while Kim could only muster a pair of jacks with 
and Bise came out on top with the superior pair. Both stacks were counted and the 130,000 of Bise covered the 119,500 of Kisacikoglu.
for air and Thorel tabled