01-19-2010 21:41 UTC+11

Flopitis for Cotaidis

[user38449]

George Cotaidis has been eliminated from the tournament in 18th place, courtesy of Marty Smith.

Cotaidis limped into the pot from under-the-gun and when the action reached Smith, he raised to 6,000 putting Cotaidis all in. A call was made and the cards revealed:

Smith: {Q-Spades}

{Q-Spades}

{J-Clubs}

{9-Spades}

{7-Hearts}

Cotaidis:

{A-Hearts}

{Q-Hearts}

{5-Hearts}

{Q-Diamonds}

The

{J-Diamonds}

{5-Diamonds}

{9-Hearts}

flop gave Smith top two pair, and that was all he needed to steal the pot away from Cotaidis as the rest of the board filled out {6-Spades}

{6-Spades}

,

{7-Diamonds}

.

Tags: George Cotaidis Marty Smith