Masaaki Kagawa Poker Tournament Updates

The Three Kings

Jul 15, '13

Masa Kagawa raised to 1,700 and John Holley decided to call. Mike Hack was seated on the button and he decided to three-bet to 6,400.

Both Kagawa and Holley made the call.

The flop brought KKK after which the action was checked to Hack.

Hack bet 6,000 and that was reason enough for Kagawa to three-bet to 19,000. Holley and Hack folded quickly and Kagawa took down this big pot without showdown.

Kagawa is up to 92,000, Hack has 95,000 and Holley still leads this table with 140,000 chips.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Michael Hack,   John Holley III

William Thorson Busted by Masaaki Kagawa

Oct 01, '10

William Thorson got all of his chips (40,000) into the middle preflop and Masaaki Kagawa made the call. Their cards:

Thorson: A A
Kagawa: Q Q

Board: Q 9 8 10 3

Kagawa won the hand and Thorson was eliminated.

Player Tags: William Thorson,   Masaaki Kagawa

John Juanda Wins an Early Pot

Oct 01, '10

John Juanda bet 3,600 and Masaaki Kagawa made the call preflop. The first three cards fell 9 8 7 and Juanda checked. Kagawa bet 2,500 and Juanda made the call. The turn fell 7 and both players checked. The river fell K and Juanda bet 11,500. Kagawa made the call and Juanda flipped over 7 6 to win the hand and grow his stack to 90,000.

Player Tags: John Juanda,   Masaaki Kagawa

Cliff Miller Eliminated in 47th Place ($29,323)

Mar 01, '10

Level 18 — 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante

Cliff Miller moved all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole and Masaaki Kagawa called him down with pocket queens. Kagawa hit a third queen on the flop and that sealed Miller’s fate of a 47th-place finish. He took home $29,323 in prize money.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Cliff Miller

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated in 18th Place ($52,925)

Mar 02, '10

Masaaki Kagawa moved all in from the button and was called by Andras Koroknai in the big blind with A10.

Kagawa had AQ for the best hand, but it failed to hold when the board fell K3264.

Koroknai now sits with 1.3 million in chips.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Andras Koroknai

Cautela Doubles Through Kagawa

Mar 02, '10

John Cautela was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket queens of Masaaki Kagawa.

The board fell 8 6 3 J 7 and Cautela doubled up to 1.2 million. Kagawa, who started the day in great shape, is now short with just 160,000.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   John Cautela

Cliff Miller Eliminated in 47th Place ($29,323)

Mar 01, '10

Level 18 — 2,500-5,000 with a 500 ante

Cliff Miller moved all in preflop with pocket nines in the hole and Masaaki Kagawa called him down with pocket queens. Kagawa hit a third queen on the flop and that sealed Miller’s fate of a 47th-place finish. He took home $29,323 in prize money.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Cliff Miller

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated in 18th Place ($52,925)

Mar 02, '10

Masaaki Kagawa moved all in from the button and was called by Andras Koroknai in the big blind with A10.

Kagawa had AQ for the best hand, but it failed to hold when the board fell K3264.

Koroknai now sits with 1.3 million in chips.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Andras Koroknai

Cautela Doubles Through Kagawa

Mar 02, '10

John Cautela was all in holding pocket aces against the pocket queens of Masaaki Kagawa.

The board fell 8 6 3 J 7 and Cautela doubled up to 1.2 million. Kagawa, who started the day in great shape, is now short with just 160,000.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   John Cautela

Masaaki Kagawa Doubles Up

Oct 01, '09

We didn’t catch the preflop action, but on a flop of Q-J-4 with two spades, Erik Cajelais bet and Masaaki Kagawa raised all in.

Cajelais instantly called, showing 75 for the flush draw. He was disgusted, however, when Kagawa showed 108 for a higher flush draw.

The turn was an offsuit 6, giving Cajelias some more outs, but the river was a blank and Kagawa doubled up to about 125,000.

Player Tags: Erik Cajelais,   Masaaki Kagawa

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated in 12th Place

Jan 16, '09

Masaaki Kagawa had his tournament life on the line with K-9 in the hole when he was forced to move all in on a short stack. Erik Seidel had called him down and he held A-10. He made a pair of tens on the board to knock Kagawa out in 12th place. Seidel now holds 175,000 and one more player will need to bust until the field condenses down to one final table of 10 players.











 

Player Tags: Erik Seidel,   Masaaki Kagawa

Gus Hansen Eliminated in 21st Place

Jan 16, '09

Gus Hansen raised preflop to 20,000 and Masaaki Kagawa went into the tank. He eventually made the call and Hansen moved all in for his last 7,000 in the dark as a flop of A-K-3 hit the table. Kagawa made the call and Hansen flipped over two red sevens. Kagawa showed down J-10 and the turn and river fell 10-K. Hansen busted out of the tournament in 21st place.












 

Player Tags: Gus Hansen,   Masaaki Kagawa

Masaaki Kagawa Eliminated by Adam Levy

Apr 12, '08

After raised preflop action, Adam Levy checks on a flop of 9 8 5. Masaaki Kagawa pushes all in almost instantly, and Levy calls even more quickly, turning over pocket aces. Kagawa throws his hand face down toward the muck and the dealer picks it up and flips it to reveal K Q. The turn is the 5 and Kagawa is drawing dead. Levy has Kagawa covered, and the meaningless 4 on the river sends Kagawa packing. Levy now has about 24,000, a far cry from the 6,000 he had just a level ago.

Player Tags: Masaaki Kagawa,   Adam Levy