Poching Lee Cracks Kings

Aug 14, 2024

Three players in on a raised pot see a flop Club 7Club KDiamond 10. Initial raiser continues 1200, Yu Hao Chang calls, lojack Poching Lee raises 6500, and just like that, Lee wins the pot. 

Two hands later, Lee is in on a three-bet pot with the flop running Spade 5Spade 9Diamond 5. Lee check-calls 8500 continuation bet by Kazuo Yamamoto, then on the turn Heart J, Lee check-raises Yamamoto’s 8500 bet to make it 20,000. He is met with a shove and Lee snap-calls. 

Poching Lee Club 9Diamond 9
Kazuo Yamamoto Diamond KHeart K

No king arrives on the river for Lee to collect a much larger pot and rise to one of the biggest stacks.

Poching Lee – 117,600 (194 bb
Kazuo Yamamoto – Eliminated

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