Jaffe's Nut Straight Propels Him to 3rd Round
Level 10
: 2,000/4,000, 0 ante
Masaaki Kagawa limped in for 3,000 and Jonathan Jaffe checked his option, bringing a rainbow flop of . Jaffe led out for 5,200 chips and Kagawa made the call. The turn card was the and from there the action progressed rapidly. Jaffe led out once again for 16,000 and Kagawa raised to 50,000. Jaffe decided to three-bet it to 84,000 and Kagawa four-bet for his remaining 10,000 chips. Kagawa revealed the for a turned straight, but Jaffe's gave him the nuts and a 2nd round victory.