The flop of was a good one for Kagawa as suddenly he had plenty of potential flush outs. One of them was the which hit on the turn to complete his flush. A meaningless on the river and Masaaki Kagawa takes a 1-0 lead over Jeff Garza!
2008 Aussie Millions
Event 13 - $5,300 Heads Up Championship
Day: 2
The flop of was a good one for Kagawa as suddenly he had plenty of potential flush outs. One of them was the which hit on the turn to complete his flush. A meaningless on the river and Masaaki Kagawa takes a 1-0 lead over Jeff Garza!
Kagawa raised pre-flop and Garza decided to re-raise big. Kagawa didn't fall for it and re-raised for the last of his chips. Garza cringed and made a pot committed call.
Kagawa flipped and Garza sheepishly turned over as he is caught making a move.
The board ran out and Garza is left with 13,000 as Kagawa once again reclaims the lead!
In a recent hand, Garza min-raised preflop and Kagawa made the call. The flop came and Kagawa led for 1,500. Garza thought for a moment before making the call. The turn brought the and Kagawa checked the action over to Garza who fired 3,000 into the middle. Kagawa then announced that he was all in. Although we didn't catch the suits, Garza flashed red A-K before tossing his cards into the muck.
Kagawa now holds around an 8,000 chip advantage.
One player will capture the trophy and the AU$100,000 first place prize!
Jeff Garza def Xuan Nguyen 2-1
Roy Winston thought he was in front with his for top pair and flush draw, but Kagawa had flopped the nut flush with the . A on the river gave Winston a meaningless two pair as Masaaki Kagawa's flush is enough to win the pot and the match in a 2-1 result.
Roy Winston leaves with AU$40,000 in prize money.
Winston:
Kagawa:
The flop was perfect for Winston as it came to give him a set and a commanding lead in the hand. The turn was a repeat to leave Kagawa drawing dead. The meaningless river was the and Roy Winston claims the win in the second match to level this tight semi final contest at 1-1!
Winston held and was racing against Kagawa's .
The flop of gave Kagawa the lead as Winston was left looking for a jack to square the series. The turn was the which gave Winston more outs to a flush, however the river was the and Kagawa survives to double up to over 6,500 chips.