Nozomu Shimizu raised from the button and Louis Hillman got it all in from the small blind. The big blind folded and Shimizu called to put Hillman at risk for a total of 240,000.
Louis Hillman: A♥4♠
Nozomu Shimizu: A♣9♣
The board ran out K♣3♥4♣A♦J♥ as both players mirrored fighting poses to a loud rail. Hillman held on with the flopped pair of fours to secure the double.
Josh Arieh raised on the button and Nozomu Shimizu called from the big blind.
The flop came 6♦3♦10♦ and Shimizu check-raised a bet from Arieh, who called.
Shimizu bet on the 3♠ turn and Arieh raised. Shimizu called.
Shimizu then check-called a bet from Arieh on the 9♣ river and Arieh showed Q♦8♦ for a flopped flush. Shimizu held K♠K♥ for cracked cowboys and Arieh was sent the pot.
Nozomu Shimizu raised under-the-gun and Daniel Idema defended from the big blind.
Idema check-called a bet from Shimizu on the 9♠6♦4♦ flop and then led out for a bet on the 8♥ turn. Shimizu called.
Idema bet again on the K♠ river and Shimizu called.
Idema tabled 8♣7♥ for a pair of eights, but Shimizu held Q♦8♦ for eights with a better kicker and he collected the pot.
Daniel Idema raised from the button before Nozomu Shimizu three-bet from the small blind. The big blind folded and Idema called to see a flop.
The flop was 8♠J♣5♣ and Idema called a bet from Shimizu. The turn was 8♣.
Shimizu bet again and Idema called. The river was Q♥.
Shimizu checked and called Idema tossed out a bet. Idema turned over A♥J♠ to beat Shimizu's J♦10♦ with a better kicker.
Daniel Idema raised with 9♠9♦ first-to-act and action folded to Josh Arieh in the big blind, who three-bet with Q♦Q♠. Idema called.
Arieh check-raised a bet from Arieh on the 2♥7♥8♣ flop and Idema called.
Idema then raised a bet from Arieh on the 6♠ turn and Arieh called.
The Q♥ completed the board and Arieh checked to Idema, who bet. Arieh then raised with his top set and Idema went into the tank before letting his nines go.
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Level: 22
Blinds: 25,000/50,000
Ante: 0
The final five players have stepped away for a ten-minute break.
Joe McKeehen raised from the cutof and was three-bet by Daniel Idema from the small blind. McKeehen called.
The flop came 10♦9♦6♣ and McKeehen called a bet from Idema.
McKeehen then raised a bet from Idema on the 2♥ turn and Idema three-bet. McKeehen called.
The 8♠ completed the board and both players checked.
McKeehen held A♣10♣ for top pair, but it was no good against the 10♠10♥ of Idema for top set.
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