Okamoto Scores an Elimination with Aces
Level 20
: Blinds 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
The action was picked up on a board of 3♦9♣J♠6♦5♠ with a bit more than 650,000 in the pot. Shiina Okamoto in the cutoff moved all-in and Sergio Veloso in the small blind with 450,000 behind went deep into the tank.
As reporters around the table waited for his decision, he eventually made the call with K♥5♥ for a pair of fives, running into Okamoto’s A♦A♠.