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Back-to-Back Double Up for Hiroki Karatsu

by Tricia David • May 22, 2026 - 2:36 PM

Hiroki Karatsu

Hiroki Karatsu was down to just four big blinds and went all in with K ♦️ 9 ♠️, big blind Wei Sun called and turned over 10 ♦️ 9 ♣️.

As soon as the hands were tabled, Karatsu was very happy to see he was ahead. The flop widened his lead and with the board running out K ♥️ 10 ♠️ Q ♣️ Q ♠️ 3 ♠️, he kept his seat and climbed to 10 big blinds.

On the next hand, Karatsu jammed again and again was called by Sun. This time Sun was ahead with A ♥️ K ♣️ over Karatsu's K ♥️ J ♠️.

A glimmer of hope for Karatsu as the flop 4 ♠️ 10 ♥️ 9 ♠️ gave him a bit more outs which landed on the turn Q ♦️ for the straight. The river 8 ♥️ was no chop to scoop a back-to-back double up while Sun plunged to four big blinds.

Player Chips
Hiroki Karatsu 1,800,000
Wei Sun 440,000