Main Event

Murase Hajime called an utg open and was up against a three bet from cut off Adel Bautista. Original raiser folds and Hajime raised all-in for 20,500 total, called by Bautista.

Hajime J♣ J♠ Bautista A♠ Q♣

The flop Q♠ J♥ 5♥ hit both players, Hajime with a set and Bautista with top pair. Turn 8♥ and 6♥ changed nothing as Hajime racked the double up.

Cut off Oleg Alex Kaminski opened to 800, raised by big blind Murase Hajime to 2,000. Kaminski calls and sees a flop of 9♣ 6♣ K♥ . Murase check-calls Kaminski’s 3,000 bet and sees turn 2♥ . Murase opts for another check-call for a bigger 6,000 and heads on to river Q♣ . Murase leads out for 15,000, raised all-in to 21,600 by Kaminski. Murase makes the call with top pair A♣ K♦ and is crushed by Kaminski’s top set K♣ K♠ .

Cut off Ho Young Jung opened to 400, called by button Yoki Watanabe. Small blind Murase Hajime decided to three-bet to 1,200 with only Watanabe completing the action. Flop came T♥ 7♥ 5♥ and Murase check-called a 1,000 bet from Watanabe. Turn saw 4♣ and Murase check-called another 1,500 bet. River J♥ was checked down and Murase showed 5♠ 4♠ for two pair, good for the win.

Watanabe A♦ T♠