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Hiroki Karatsu Survives the Race

by Tricia David • May 21, 2026 - 2:05 PM

Hiroki Karatsu

Hiroki Karatsu was all in and in trouble against caller Yoichi Hayashi who had the bigger stack and better hand.

Hiroki Karatsu: Q ♥️ J ♥️

Yoichi Hayashi: A ♦️ K ♠️

The flop 10 ♥️ 10 ♦️ J ♣️ paired up Karatsu to take the lead but was not out of the woods yet with Hayashi still leaning on ten outs. The turn 4 ♦️ was not one of them, and with the river 3 ♠️, Karatsu exhaled a sigh of relief and pulled in the pot.

Player Chips
Hiroki Karatsu 248,000
Yoichi Hayashi 365,000