Toma Closes in on Kanaan
Michael Kanaan had been leading by a clear margin for quite some time, but Tsugunari Toma has had a great level. He just jumped into second place with just under a million chips.
Toma raised preflop to 23,000 from the cutoff and Ying Kit Chan called from the button. Jacques Zaicik called from the big blind creating three-way action.
The flop came down and the action was checked to Chan who bet 30,000. Toma was the only caller and the turn was the . This time Toma check-called 50,000 and the river was the . Toma checked once again and Chan threw out a bet of 85,000. He showed after Toma called, but the latter won with .
Player | Chips | Progress |
---|---|---|
Tsugunari Toma |
990,000
365,000
|
365,000 |
Ying Kit Chan |
235,000
-375,000
|
-375,000 |
Jacques Zaicik |
145,000
-39,000
|
-39,000 |