Kil Soo Kim Quadruples Up; Michael Kim Falcon Wins a Larger Side Pot

Feb 15, 2025

A player raises under the gun to 1,000, and Kil Soo Kim moves all in from middle position for 1,500. Tomoyuki Nishigata reraises from the cutoff to 3,500, Michael Kim Falcon calls from the small blind, and the UTG player folds.

There is 6,100 in the main pot, and another 4,000 in the side pot. Any further betting will go to the side pot.

The flop comes Club 8Spade 3Club 2, Falcon checks, Nishigata bets 2,600, and Falcon calls.

The turn card is the Heart 9, Falcon moves all in for roughly 15,000, and Nishigata folds. Falcon takes the side pot worth 9,200.

For the main pot, Kim turns over Heart KSpade Q for king high, and he’s actually ahead of Falcon’s Spade 7Spade 6 (seven high with an open-ended straight draw).

The river card is the Heart Q, and Kim wins the main pot with a pair of queens to quadruple up in chips.

Kil Soo Kim  –  6,100  (20 bb)
Michael Kim Falcon  –  25,000  (83 bb)
Tomoyuki Nishigata  –  37,000  (123 bb)

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