Mike Takayama

Hand #108: John Costiniano raised to 1,000,000 on the button with 5 3 and Mike Takayama defended his big blind holding Q T .

Takayama knuckled it over to Costiniano on the 8 9 J flop, and Costiniano fired for 1,200,000. Takayama check-raised to 3,000,000, causing Costiniano to tank for a while before three-betting to 5,500,000. Takayama continued with a call.

A board-pairing 8 landed on the turn and Takayama jammed for 10,000,000. Costiniano immediately folded.

Hand #109: Takayama called from the button with 7 6 and Costiniano checked 4 3 in the big blind.

Costiniano check-folded versus the 500,000 bet from Takayama on the 5 5 9 flop.