Double Double for Ichinose

Kosei Ichinose is hitting form at just the right time and this level has seen the Japanese player grind his stack from 60,000 all the way up to the giddy heights of 250,000 for a 400 percent increase in chips. Not bad going at all.

The man responsible for giving Kosei his first double was the Philippines Ty Delfino but it was a player in the cutoff who was the initial instigator, making it 8,500 to go. Kosei moved all-in from the button for 59,500 and Delfino peeked down at his cards in the small blind and re-shoved to isolate. The original raiser took the hint and folded and the cards were turned over.

Kosei Ichinose:
Ty Delfino:

Seeing her better half all-in (that would be Kosei) Hazel Chui came running over from one of the other tables to give Kosei a lucky kiss and call in the ace. It seemed to work as well, though maybe this is just confirmation bias as the flop came down to bring both players a pair.

It must have been quite a kiss as the turn was the and the river saw the Japanese player climb to 125,000.

An orbit later and this was 250,000 with another Filipino player, Eugene Co, granting the Japanese player the double this time around.

It was Kosei who was the initial raiser this time around, raising from the cutoff and Co re-raised from the big blind. The Japanese player called and the flop was exactly the one he was looking for, as you will discover shortly.