Toma Shows a King
Level 1
: 500/1,000, 1,000 ante
Preflop action saw 3,000 go into the middle from both Luuk Gieles in the cutoff and Tsugunari Toma on the button to take action heads up to a flop of 
. Giles bet 2,500 and Toma called.
The turn came 
and Gieles checked. Toma reached for chips on a stack of T1,000 chips that was already sizeably bigger than he started with. He threw out a bet of 5,500 and Gieles quickly sent his cards to the muck.
Toma flashed 
and Gieles acknowledged: "That flop was no good for me," he said. The two chuckled a little and got ready for the next hand.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
120,000
20,000
|
20,000 |
|
77,000
-23,000
|
-23,000 |