Hands #29-31: Konstantin Held Cannot Bluff Motoyoshi Okamura

Jan 29, 2024


Motoyoshi Okamura

Hand #29: Konstantin Held opens to 350,000 in the small blind and Florent Remi calls in the big blind. They check the Diamond 7Diamond 3Club 3 flop and Held check-folds the Spade 6 turn when facing a bet worth 300,000.

Hand #30: Joshua Mccully makes it 275,000 to go and Motoyoshi Okamura comes along in the big blind. Okamura check-calls one bet of 200,000 on the Spade AHeart 5Spade 3 flop before they check it down on the Diamond 9Heart Q runout. Okamura has Club 8Club 5 for a pair of fives, Mccully wins the pot with the Spade JClub J.

“Friendly game,” the Aussie says with a smile on the face.

Joshua Mccully – 5,550,000 (44 bb)
Motoyoshi Okamura – 4,425,000 (35 bb)

Hand #31: Held opens to 250,000 in the cutoff, Remi and Okamura call. The trio checks the Club ADiamond KDiamond 6 flop and Okamura bets the Club 2 turn for 500,000, only Held calls.

Okamura checks the Spade K river and Held now bets 700,000. Three time banks later, Okamura calls and is good with the Heart 9Diamond 9, as Held is bluffing with the Club QClub 8.

“I had nines too, black nines,” Remi says in table chat.

Motoyoshi Okamura – 6,375,000 (51 bb)
Konstantin Held – 12,600,000 (101 bb)
Florent Remi – 7,700,000 (62 bb)

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