Smith Triples Through Two Massive Stacks
Niveau 19
: Blinds 10,000/15,000, 15,000 ante
Ali Imsirovic raised to 30,000 from early position and Zilong Zhang made the call on the button. In the small blind, Dan Smith moved all in for 825,000.
Imsirovic made the call and action was back on Zhang. After thinking for a couple minutes, Zhang also made the call to put well over two million chips in the pot.
Action slowed between Imsirovic and Zhang after the flop. With Smith all in, they both checked every street while the board ran out 
.
Dan Smith: 
Ali Imsirovic: 
Zilong Zhang: 
Smith had the other two pocket pairs dominated, neither opponent improved, and Smith catapulted up into a top spot on the leaderboard.
Smith stood up, laughed, clapped his hands, and readied for the final level of the night with his newly won chips.
| Joueur | Jetons | Progression |
|---|---|---|
|
2,980,000 | -870,000 |
|
2,800,000 | -1,500,000 |
|
2,505,000 | 1,105,000 |
on the turn changed nothing, but the 
fell on the river, sending Buckner into a tirade, bemoaning his bad luck and criticizing his opponent's squeeze, which ended up working out for him.
and Imsirovic continued for 50,000. His opponent called.
, putting two flush draws on the board. Both players checked.
river, the player checked once more and Imsirovic fired for 155,000. The player thought about it for about 30 seconds before letting his cards go.
.
turn and Keating checked back. The opponent then led out for 150,000 on the 
river and Keating tried to get a read on his opponent. 
for king-high, while Keating had the winner with 
for ace-high.
board.
and Jolly led out with a bet of 130,000. His opponent released his cards and Jolly raked in another pot.
