Tanimoto on a Heater
Level 14
: Blinds 3,000/5,000, 5,000 ante
Arthur Tanimoto was just seen with over 600,000 chips before winning a pot at the expense of Liya Gerasimova.
With 30,000 in the middle on a flop of 
, Tanimoto bet 8,000 under the gun and was called by Gerasimova to his immediate left.
On the 
turn, Tanimoto bet another 18,000 and was called again.
The river brought the 
and Tanimoto fired yet again, this time for 28,000.
Gerasimova couldn't call and the pot was pushed to Tanimoto, who told PokerNews after the hand that he'd won pots with aces, kings twice, and a full house with king-nine in the last couple of hours to accumulate his now sizable stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
658,000 | 456,000 |
|
225,000 | -39,000 |
, Chad Burum moved all in from the small blind for just under the size of the pot.
fell on the river, Burum thought briefly he had been bailed out before realizing that Nguyen held the better two pair with aces and fives, and the large pot was pushed to Nguyen, giving him the chip lead.
and 
river completed the board and sent De La Torre to the rail.
, Andrew Ostapchenko bet 18,000 from early position and was called by Arthur Tanimoto in middle position.
for two pair and Ostapchenko mucked his hand.
, Shijia Liu bet 24,000 from the big blind into Lane Jacobson in early position.
for a full house to take a chunk of chips from the day 1a chip leader who has seen his stack slide a bit in the last couple of levels.
