Shun Nozaki Gets a Shove Through

Only Leo Soma in the big blind and Shun Nozaki on the button are still in the hand with a pot of over 60,000 until the river. Soma checks and Nozaki moves all-in for the 58,000 he has behind.

That is comfortably covered by Soma, who goes into the tank for nearly four minutes until he finally folds. “Queen-jack?” Soma asks and Nozaki replies “king-queen” while he is busy raking in the pot. Both stack sizes are nearly even with fewer than 70 players still in contention on Day 1a.

Shun Nozaki – 115,000
Leo Soma – 115,000