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Cooler! Nobuaki Sasaki Delivers Double KO

by Tricia David • March 30, 2026 - 10:30 AM

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Karen Talamayan

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Nobuaki Sasaki

Karen Talamayan min-raised from under the gun, Nobuaki Sasaki called at cutoff and big blind Hema Rao Nandipati defendon his big blind. 

Action erupted at the flop Q ♦️ J ♥️ K ♥️ with Nandipati and Talamayan all in and covered by caller Sasaki. 

The cooler was revealed. 

Karen Talamayan: Q ♥️ J ♣️

Hema Rao Nandipati: K ♣️ J ♦️

Nobuaki Sasaki: K ♠️ Q ♠️

The turn 5 ♥️ gave Talamayan hope for the flush while Nandipati was drawing dead. The river 4 ♠️ was not one of her outs to join Nandipati to the rail. 

PLAYER CHIP COUNT
Nobuaki Sasaki 513,000
Karen Talamayan 0
Hema Rao Nandipati 0