Stand Up Trick Does Takasugi Dirty
Akira Takasugi opened to 20,000 from the cutoff and Mateusz Moolhuizen defended his big blind.
On the J♥4♦2♣ flop, Moolhuizen check-raised to 33,000 over a bet of 11,000. Takasugi responded by making it 70,000, sending Moolhuizen into the tank. The Dutchman had 141,000 behind, and after counting out his stack, he decided to call.
Takasugi jammed as the slighltly bigger stack on the A♣ turn. Moolhuizen reentered the tank, mulling over his options for several minutes. In the end, he decided to put his tournament life on the line.
Mateusz Moolhuizen: J♦7♠
Akira Takasugi: A♥6♣
Mollhuizen, seeing he was behind, immediately left his chair. However, he was forced to sit back down as the J♠ river gave him the winner with trips.
Takasugi was left with 13,000, and moved all-in on the next deal. Nariman Yaghmai made it 30,000 from the button which forced out the blinds.
Akira Takasugi: J♠8♠
Nariman Yaghmai: Ax3x
Takasugi managed to double after the K♠5♠4♦10♣J♦ runout, but his spin-up was short lived as he bowed out a few hands later.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
400,000
180,000
|
180,000 |
|
380,000
60,000
|
60,000 |
|
Busted |