Monette Falls to Okamura in Four-Way Collision
Motoyoshi Okamura raised to 10,000 from early position and received a call from John Monnette in middle position. George Abi-Zeid raised to 40,000 from the hijack and was called by William Kopp in the button as well as both Okamura and Monnette, creating a gargantuan pot heading into the flop.
The flop came 7?5?7?. Okamura and Monnette checked. Abi-Zeid bet 65,000 and Kopp made the fold. Okamura raised all in for 232,000 and was called by Monnette who had slightly less. Abi-Zeid got out of the way, leaving Okamura heads up against Monnette who was at risk.
John Monnette: J?10?9?7?
Motoyoshi Okamura: 9?7?6?5?
Monette was in bad shape against Okamura's flopped full house but still had outs to hit a higher full house on the turn or river. Those outs never materialized on the A?Q? runout and Monnette was sent to the rail while Okamura scooped what was potentially the biggest pot of the tournament so far.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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661,000
161,000
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161,000 |
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350,000
-85,000
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-85,000 |
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228,000
71,000
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71,000 |
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Busted | |
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