Lose One, Win One for Kagawa

Chad Holloway

Level 12 : 1,200/2,400, 300 ante

Tyler Reiman raised to 5,100 under the gun and Masa Kagawa called from the button. Josh Arieh then moved all in from the big blind for 40,600. Reiman folded but Kagawa made the call.

Arieh: {K-Spades} {Q-Diamonds}
Kagawa: {A-Diamonds} {Q-Hearts}

Kagawa was excited to see he was in a dominating spot. The {5-Diamonds} {J-Hearts} {7-Spades} flop was no help to Arieh and the {3-Diamonds} turn left him drawing to a king on the river. As fate would have it, the {K-Hearts} hit the river and Kagawa hit the table in frustration. Arieh doubled to around 85,000.

On the next hand, Daniel Alaei raised to 6,000 only to have Kagawa move all in for 60,400. Action folded back to Alaei and he called.

Alaei: {A-Diamonds} {K-Clubs}
Kagawa: {5-Spades} {5-Hearts}

Once again Kagawa was ahead but he was racing for his tournament life. The {4-Clubs} {8-Spades} {Q-Spades} kept Kagawa in the lead as did the {2-Spades} turn. Kagawa just had to avoid the river, which he couldn't do last time, in order to double to 120,000. The dealer burned and slowly revealed the {8-Clubs} . Kagawa smiled as his up and down journey continues.