Fireworks for Rast and Kihara?
Level 22
Big O
Naoya Kihara raised in the cutoff to 60,000 and was met by a pot-sized three-bet from Brian Rast on the button for 230,000.
After some thought, Kihara opted to call and the potential for a big pot was brewing.
The flop came ![]()
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and both players slowed down and checked.
The turn
paired the board, but also brought no further action as Kihara and Rast checked again.
On the river
, Kihara checked a final time, and Rast chose to bet 375,000.
Kihara called, and Rast showed ![]()
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for the nut low.
Kihara then showed ![]()
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for a pair of aces, which were enough to earn the high half of the pot, as the players chopped what could have been a much bigger and more notable pot.