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Smirnov in Another Tough Spot
Niveau 13
: 0/0, 20,000 ante
On the three-way flop of 
, Mikhail Smirnov bet 95,000 from early position and Dan Cates called in the cutoff, as did Gabe Patgorski on the button. The 
on the turn brought another bet of 250,000 bySmirnov and Cates asked for his stack size before calling, Patgorski folded.
The 
fell on the river and Smirnov checked. Cates bet 400,000 and the Russian was visibly frustrated, once more facing a river bet on a paired board over on the outer table. Smirnov folded and Cates claimed the pot without showdown.