Tatsuki Nakamura Drops Down to 14 bb as Paul Hong Reaches 2.1M
Sep 24, 2018
Photo: Tatsuki Nakamura
In the last hand of Level 24, and after a flop of 
, Paul Hong checks under the gun, Nakamura bets from the button, and Hong calls.
The turn card is the 
, Hong checks, Nakamura bets 100,000, and Hong thinks for a while before he calls.
The river card is the 
, and both players check. Nakamura shows 
for a pair of aces, but Hong turns over 
for the same pair with a higher kicker — and his kicker plays. Hong wins the pot to cross the two-million Markus Garberg, while Nakamura drops down to 14 big blinds as the level ends and the blinds increase.
Paul Hong – 2,100,000 (70 bb)
Tatsuki Nakamura – 425,000 (14 bb)
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