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Runner Runner Busts Okamoto On The Bubble

by Tricia David • January 15, 2026 - 1:10 PM

Young poker players react intensely during a game, with one showing strong emotion at the table.

Kazuki Okamoto on the bubble

Dramatic bust on the bubble! 

Action opened with Billy Alfonso raising from the button and out of the big blind, Kazuki Okamoto committed his last 39,000 to place himself at risk of falling on the bubble. 

Kazuki Okamoto: 3 ♦️ 3 ♣️

Billy Alfonso: K ♠️ J ♦️

Celebration erupted at Okamoto's side of the table when the flop ran Q ♠️ 6 ♣️ 3 ♠️ that gave him the set. Then a scare card came on the turn in the form of the 9 ♠️ which gave Alfonso a load of outs. 

Okamoto now needed to dodge spades and tens to survive. The river came and with it the crushing 10 ♦️, to complete Alfonso’s runner-runner escape and send Okamoto out on the bubble to bring Flight D to a close.

PlayerChip Count
Billy Alfonso1,695,000
Kazuki Okamoto0