"Of Course I'm Calling"

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Level 12 : 600/1,200, 200 ante

With the board already showing {9-Spades} {8-Spades} {6-Diamonds} {a-Diamonds} , Kenichi Takarabe bet 11,000 and Nicholas Blumenthal called. The {6-Spades} hit on the river and Takarabe declared all in. Blumenthal snap-called and the hands were revealed.

Takarabe: {4-Hearts} {4-Diamonds}
Blumenthal: {10-Hearts} {7-Spades}

Takarabe seemed to be trying to pull a fast one on the river and was none too happy to find that Blumenthal had flopped a straight. Blumenthal said "Of course I'm calling there, but I didn't like the river." The river did pair the board but didn't help Takarabe, who was eliminated.

After the hand Blumenthal had a mountain of chips in front of him totaling around 195,000.

Tags: Kenichi Takarabe Nicholas Blumenthal