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Ryo Kotake Busts Rockets

by Tricia David • May 19, 2026 - 12:30 PM

Ryo Kotake is on a roll with another pot shipped his way. Shortly after he doubled up with rockets, he looked down at kings and went head-to-head against Chien Te Lee who first doubled up him up on a lucky river catch.

Ryo Kotake: K ♣️ K ♠️

Chien Te Lee: A ♦️ A ♠️

Kotake was in very bad shape though he did have Lee covered. The flop Q ♦️ 3 ♠️ 6 ♦️ changed nothing until the turn K ♦️ gave Kotake one of the two outs he needed to overtake.

Lee got up in disgust and the insult was further drilled in with the river K ♥️ for quads to Kotake.

From 5 big blinds, after three pots going his way, Kotake is now sitting with a healthy 30 big blinds.

Player Chips
Ryo Kotake 365,000
Chien Te Lee 0