Limit Hold'em

Dan Cates raised on the button with the and Naoya Kihara three-bet the in the small blind, picking up a call from Cates. They headed to the flop on which Kihara found an open-ender and bet, Cates called with the top pair and top kicker.

The followed on the turn and Kihara bet again, this time facing a raise by Cates and coming along.

Kihara then went for a check-raise on the river and was unable to get Cates off his trips to lose a big chunk of his shorter stack.