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A Double; A Knockout and a Big Fold

by Christian Zetzsche • August 24, 2026 - 11:44 AM

John Costiniano

The field is down to the last 19 players, one away from breaking a table, and by far more silent with the departure of Justin Ong.

John Costiniano flipped for 110,000 with A ♦️ 10 ♣️ against the 7 ♣️ 7 ♥️ of Ryan Hong and found an ace on the Q ♠️ Q ♦️ 2 ♥️ A ♠️ K ♠️ board.

One table over, Ong three-bet jammed his shorter stack of 148,000 with A ♥️ 2 ♣️ and Takamasa Kojima called with the 9 ♣️ 7 ♣️ to flop a pair and turn a straight on the J ♦️ 9 ♥️ 8 ♦️ 10 ♦️ A ♣️ board.

Back to Costiniano, he put the new chips to work and jammed the Q ♣️ Q ♥️ J ♥️ 6 ♥️ turn for 157,000.

"Will you show me if I fold?" Rudy Edenata asked and then folded, exposing his A ♥️ J ♦️ . Costiniano revealed the A ♦️ J ♣️ ...

Player Chip Count
Takamasa Kojima 500,000
John Costiniano 415,000
Rudy Edenata 335,000
Ryan Hong 195,000
Justin Ong 0