Heads-Up Hands #51-55: Roles Have Reversed, Yaginuma Takes Huge Chip Lead
Hand #51: Jesse Yaginuma limped in holding 4♥2♣ and James Carroll made it 13,000,000 to go with 7♦4♦. Yaginuma folded.
Hand #52; Carroll raised 7♣3♣ to 9,000,000 and Yaginuma three-bet to 28,000,000 with K♠5♠. Carroll folded.
Hand #53: Yaginuma made it 7,500,000 with 8♠7♣ and Carroll three-bet to 23,000,000 holding 8♣3♦. Yaginuma then four-bet to 42,000,000, and Carroll folded.
Hand #54: Carroll raised to 9,000,000 holding 6♠5♣ and Yaginuma called holding Q♠7♠. The flop came A♦4♠J♦, where Yaginuma checked and Carroll fired 15,000,000. Yaginuma put in a raise, and Carroll let his hand go after thinking about it for a bit.
Hand #55: Yaginuma limped with J♣8♠ and Carroll raised to 13,000,000 holding 6♣3♦. Yaginuma called. On the J♠10♣5♣ flop, Carroll bet 17,000,000, and Yaginuma called to see the 7♣ hit the turn. Both checked, and when the Q♠ landed on the river, Carroll fired 57,000,000. Yaginuma called with his pair of jacks and took down the pot.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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251,500,000
146,000,000
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146,000,000 |
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48,400,000
146,000,000
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146,000,000 |