Lee Squeezes, Then Gets There

A player lit the blue touch paper with an under-the-gun open to 900 with Japan’s Hiromitsu Katsumi making the call from the hi-jack and Malaysia's Wai Kiat Lee coming along from the small blind to take the action three-way to a flop of .

Lee checked the action over to the original raiser, who didn’t seem all that keen on it and checked it over to Katsumi. The Japanese player liked it fine and fired for 1,200, only to see Lee check-raise squeeze to 3,700 in total.

That was enough to get the original raiser to give it up, but not Katsumi, who made the call to take the action heads-up to the turn, completing a possible straight.

Lee took his time about it before deciding the right amount to bet was a tickly little 2,800 and action was on Katsumi, who quickly announced raise and made it 5,600 to go.

Lee was a lot quicker to act this time, immediately jamming for 12,450 in total and Katsumi now had a decision to make. He chose to call and the cards were turned over.

Wai Kiat Lee:
Hiromitsu Katsumi:

While Lee was making a cheeky squeeze play with second pair on the flop he had improved to two pairs and was now leading Katsumi’s ace-queen and the river improved Lee’s hand further. Lee climbed to 25,350 after that timely catch while Katsumi dropped down to 6,400.