Tatsuki Nakamura Doubles Thru Masato Shimizu
Sep 23, 2018
Photo: Tatsuki Nakamura
When the field got down to 28 players, the other three tables had to finish their hands already in progress. This is one of those hands.
After a flop of 
, Masato Shimizu checks the hijack, Tatsuki Nakamura moves all in from the cutoff for 21,000, and Shimizu calls with 
. Nakamura turns over 
for a pair of aces, and needs his hand to hold to stay alive.
The turn card is the 
, the river card is the 
, and Nakamura wins the pot with two pair, aces and deuces, to double up in chips.
Tatsuki Nakamura – 110,000 (22 bb)
Masato Shimizu – 105,000 (21 bb)
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