Okamura Closes The Gap
Level 27
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Pot-Limit Omaha
Motoyoshi Okamura raised to 150,000 from the cutoff and the Nick Yunis on the button and Rafael Mota in the big blind called.
The flop of 
was checked to Okamura who bet 150,000. The action was on Yunis but Mota raised to 600,000 believing the action was on him. Yunis folded his hand and the action stood and Okamura called.
The turn came a 
and Mota checked to Okamura who bet 800,000 which Mota called.
The river 
was checked one more time and Okamura bet 1,200,000. Mota snap folded his hand saying he had 
which Leonid Yanovski responded by saying "It's hard to hit that when I folded 
."
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
6,900,000 | -1,320,000 |
|
6,700,000 | 1,425,000 |
|
3,300,000 | -270,000 |