Roy Finlay makes up the small change in the small blind and Azusa Maeda checks in the big blind. The flop was and Finlay bet 25,000 and Maeda called. The turn and river were both checked through and Maeda won the hand holding while Finlay held .
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Roy Finlay limps in the small blind and Azusa Maeda calls in the big blind. The flop was and Finlaye bets 23,000 and Maeda called. The turn of is checked through and the last card we saw was the . Finlay checked and Maeda bet 45,000 - Finlay had called at precisely the same time Maeda planted the bet. Maeda mucked his cards and Finlay showed .
Azusa Maeda raised to 45,000 on the button and Roy Finlay made the call in the big blind. The flop of is checked through and we have the on the turn and Maeda takes it down with a 55,000 bet, before showing for the flopped nut broadway straight.
Matan Krakow raised to 35,000 on the button and Roy Finlay moved all-in from the small blind. Azusa Maeda had a tough decision because he tanked for a few minutes from the big blind before folding and Krakow insta-mucked.
Then in the next hand Krakow raised again and Finlay moved all-in again. This time Krakow had a calling hand but unfortunately for him so did Finlay.
The past fifteen-minutes has all been about Roy Finlay.
Sat on a stack of 200,000 he has been moving in with a high frequency. He moved all-in uncontested before finally getting called by Guillaume Humbert and when he did he was in one hell of a state.
Finlay
Humbert
Flop:
Finlay took an unlikely lead and cannot even look at Humbert.
Turn:
"Five, five, five," come the chants from the crowd.
River:
The poker Gods must have been listening to Humberto's fans because we have a split pot.
From the under the gun position Matan Krakow decided to raise to 35,000 getting three-bet by Maeda who was sitting in the small blind. The re-raise was to 75,000 and Krakow made the call.
The flop brought out and both players checked quickly. On the turn the appeared and Maeda bet out 80,000. Krakow was really feeling the pressure and took quite some time before he finally made the call.
On the river the appeared. Maeda grabbed chips quickly and bet 90,000 getting Krakow to go in the tank for well over a minute. He finally looked like he wanted to fold but shoved the chips across the line anyway. Meada turned over but that was no good against the of Krakow. A huge call from the Israelite gets rewarded and he gets a lot of chips back from Maeda.
In the past fifteen-minutes the table has belong to Azusa Maeda. The chip leader has seemingly won every pot. Then, just to mix things up a bit, Guillaume Humbert chipped in with a hand.
The action folded around to Humbert who was seated in the small blind and he moved all-in for 192,000. Matan Krakow was seated in the big blind. He took a look at his cards and said, "good luck man, I call."
Humbert
Krakow
Board:
The seven on the flop holding on to give Humberto a much needed boost.