Nemeth Doubles Up in Bizarre Pot

Frank Visser

Level 4 : Blinds 1,000/1,500, 1,500 ante

Elias Gutierrez kicked off the action with a raise to 3,000 from the hijack. Daisuke Ogita then three-bet to 8,500 from the cutoff before Andras Nemeth made it 21,000 to go from the small blind.

Big blind Nozomu Shimizu tossed in some chips, thinking that Nemeth cold called the three-bet. The amount was not enough to be considered a five-bet, so it was ruled as a call. Gutierrez quickly got out of dodge, but Ogita put in the extra chips as well.

The three-way, four-bet pot went off to a flop of J?4?9?. Nemeth checked and Shimizu put in a single T-25,000 chip for a bet. Ogita folded quickly, but Nemeth jammed all in for 87,500, followed by a quick call from his Japanese opponent.

Andras Nemeth: A?J?
Nozomu Shimizu: 10?10?

Nemeth had a big lead with his top pair, and it held when the board ran out with the 9? turn and Q? river. He raked in a big double-up while Shimizu dived under the starting amount of 100,000 chips.