Joshua McCully

Hand #58: Kazuma Ishihara raised to 1,000,000 in the hijack with A 8 and Ching En Chen called from the small blind with A Q .

Both checked on the T 3 T flop and the 2 came on the turn. Chen led out for the minimum of 500,000, and Ishihara folded.

Hand #59: Joshua McCully raised to 3,500,000 from the hijack before Miki Shiraishi jammed for 7,000,000 from the small blind. McCully called

Joshua McCully: A J

Miki Shiraishi: K Q

Both players had almost identical stacks, and it was Shiraishi that needed to improve to win.

McCully stayed ahead the entire way with ace-high on the 7 4 6 8 6 runout, and McCully doubled to fifteen million. Shiraishi was left with just a third of a small blind.

Miki Shiraishi