Kick Off

Back to back hands for Hongo Kanata. The first sees a flop 3♥ 5♣ 8♣ and 7800 in the pot, utg Moo Suk bets 4500, big blind Hongo Kanata check-raises to 13,000, Suk calls. More bets land on the turn K♠ with Hongo betting 8000 then calling Suk’s raise to 16,000. On the river K♣ , Hongo bets 26,000, Suk calls, Hongo has 8♥ 9♠ and loses to Suk’s A♣ 7♣ flush.

The next hand, Hongo recovers some chips by railing a player. Hongo’s Q♥ Q♣ improves to a full house on a board 8♠ 8♥ 7♠ Q♦ 3♦ to oust A♣ [8c} trips.