Set Over Set Gives Yotsushika Huge Pot
Action was three-ways on a flop of 
and a pot of 175,000 in the middle. From under the gun, Mikita Badziakouski bet 50,000. Stephen Chidwick called in the cutoff. Kazuhiko Yotsushika raised to 175,000. Badziakouski called and Chidwick folded.
The turn was the 
. Yotsushika led out for 225,000. Baziakouski thought for a while before sticking out a raise to about 700,000 which was close to covering Yotsushika who said all in to make sure and the cards were turned over to reveal the cooler.
Badziakouski had the 
which was crushed by the 
turned set of Yotsushika. The huge pot looked poised to go to the Japanese player barring the case five on the end which did not come as the 
rolled off on the river to package the largest pot of Day 1 thus far and send it to Yotsushika.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,675,000 | 1,075,000 |
|
820,000 | -205,000 |
|
640,000 | -720,000 |