Superstar Challenge - Day 1

Kosei Ichinose opened to 10,000 from the cutoff and newly-registered Tianyuan Tang called from the big blind. Hiroyuki Noda was in the big blind and also called.

The flop fell 2♦ 5♠ 2♠ and after Tang checked, Noda bet 30,000. Ichinose made the call then Tang raised to 80,000, which got Noda to fold. Ichinose then shoved all in for around 300,000 and Tang snap-called for his stack of 230,000.

Ichinose A♠ 2♣

Tang 5♥ 5♦

A brutal flop for Ichinose who had only one out to hit if he wanted to win the pot.

The 3♦ turn nor the 9♣ river could deliver the card that the Japanese player needed and Tang was shipped the pot.