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There was some confusion as Kang asked for a count. Tasaka thought Kang called and therefore quickly flipped over his cards, showing
. The raise back to Kang was an additional 316,000 to call. Kang, who had earlier been warned not to expose his hand as he pondered calling a large bet from Hidenari Shiono, requested that Tasaka's hand be declared dead. TD Danny McDonagh ruled that his hand was still live, and the cards would stay open. He assessed a one-round (three hands) penalty to Tasaka at the conclusion of the hand.
Kang looked pained as he tried to figure out what to do, armed with the knowledge of Tasaka's hole cards. He tanked for almost five minutes, then decided that he had to play and announced "Call," showing
.His hand brought a murmur of astonishment from the gallery as Kang was behind and would be left with only 75,000 chips if he lost the hand. Kang turned his back to the table, unable to watch what was transpiring. The flop
missed both players, but Kang paired up on the turn with the 
. He needed to duck just three cards on the river -- the ace of spades, the ace of diamonds and the ace of clubs. As the dealer burned and turned, Tasaka, who was out of his seat, shouted "ACE!" at the top of his lungs. And it worked! The river was the
, bringing a roar from the Japanese side of the gallery. Tasaka jubilantly hugged several of his supporters as the dealer swept a pot of over one million chips to his seat.
. "Jack, ten!" Tasaka started chanting ambitiously, but the turn was the 
to end the hand.
and Kang fired out 40,000, Shiono then bumped it up to 80,000 and Kang insta-folded.
and Tasaka checked to Kang who fired out 40,000. Tasaka then check-raised to 120,000. Kang sighed and tossed his cards into the muck; however, it was a good fold as Tasaka flashed the 
.
turn. When the river came 
, Tasaka checked one more time. Kang decided to go for a small river bet of 30,000. Tasaka quickly raised to 150,000 and Kang decided to fight a different fight. He folded.
and Shiono checked to Kang who fired out 25,000. Shiono then check min-raised to 50,000. Kang made the call.