Horzuchi Yutaka Doubles Through Elias Gutierrez

Horzuchi Yutaka was in the cutoff and got his entire stack in the middle before the flop against Elias Gutierrez, who was in the small blind and has Yutaka covered by a wide margin.

Yutaka:
Gutierrez:

Gutierrez had the preflop advantage with his pocket pair and Yutaka needed help from the deck to double up. He took the lead when the flop fell , pairing his ace and leaving Gutierrez in bad shape. The on the turn changed nothing, the river further improved Yutaka by giving him aces up, and he took the pot to double.

As Gutierrez was stacking his newly-acquired chips, Takashi Ogura, who began the day as the short stack and had been felted minutes earlier, took a seat at this table after re-entering.