Superstar Challenge

Mike Takayama adds 9 bb to his stack after calling then railing the short stack. Takayama’s A♥ T♠ stayed ahead of K♣ J♥ that missed the board completely.

Three players in on a raised pot, the flop runs K♥ 5♦ 7♠ . Blinds check to utg+2 Nguyen Trung Quan who c-bets 25,000, smal blind Mike Takayama check-raises 76,000, big blind folds, back to Nguyen who three-bets 200,000, Takayama shoves and wins the pot as Nguyen folds.

Utg+1 Lin Jian Wei opens and finds two callers. All three check the flop 8♦ 7♥ 4♣ . On the K♦ turn Lin bets 50,000, only cutoff Mike Takayama continues to the river 2♦ . Both check. Lin opens A♣ J♦ , Takayama wins it with 5♥ 5♦ .

Mike Takayama all in for his remaining 9 bb with A♣ 9♥ then falls to Nguyen Trung Quan’s T♦ T♠ on board 5♣ 3♣ 3♦ K♠ 9♦ .

20 players remaining.

Two players call Mike Takayama’s 40,000 raise and head to the flop T♠ 8♥ 5♠ . Action checks to cutoff Dao Minh Phu who slides out 70,000. Big blind folds, Takayama calls. Same action on the turn 5♣ and river 7♦ . Takayama check-calls Dao’s 100,000 and 200,00 bets. Dao shows his K♠ T♣ pair, Takayama mucks.