Straight Over Straight for Keita Morimoto and Takeshi Takahashi

Sep 15, 2019

After a flop of Diamond QHeart JDiamond 8, Takeshi Takahashi checks the big blind, Keita Morimoto bets 85,000 from under the gun, and Takahashi check-raises to 235,000. Morimoto calls.

The turn card is the Diamond A, and both players check.

The river card is the Club 10, Takahashi bets 375,000, and Morimoto thinks for a while before he calls. Takahashi shows Heart 10Diamond 9 for a queen-high straight, but Morimoto turns over Heart KDiamond J to win the pot with an ace-high straight.

Keita Morimoto  –  3,575,000  (89 bb)
Takeshi Takahashi  –  3,775,000  (94 bb)

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