Hands #170-171: Bien Mai Doubles Thru Reiji Kono
Mar 20, 2023
Photo: Bien Mai
HAND #170 – Bien Mai completes the small blind to 250,000, Reiji Kono raises from the big blind to 900,000, and Mai calls. Both players check to the river on a board of 
, Mai bets 1,300,000, and Kono calls.
Mai shows 
for king high, but Kono turns over 
to win the pot with a pair of fives.
HAND #171 – Bien Mai raises from the button to 500,000, and Reiji Kono calls from the small blind.
The flop comes 
, Kono checks, Mai bets 350,000, and Kono check-raises to 800,000. Mai calls.
The turn card is the 
, Kono bets 2,000,000, and Mai thinks for a while before he calls.
The river card is the , Kono moves all in, and Mai snap-calls with 
for a flopped full house, jacks full of aces. Kono flashes 
for a queen-high bluff, and Mai wins the pot to double up in chips.
Seat 1. Matthieu Lamagnere – 3,850,000 (15 bb)
Seat 2. Bien Mai – 20,050,000 (80 bb)
Seat 3. Reiji Kono – 6,450,000 (26 bb)
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