That's pretty nice to begin with, but he also managed to double up. Smith got his last 25,400 chips into the middle pre flop against Kurganov, and we witnessed the following showdown.
Elliot Smith
Igor Kurganov
The board ran out giving Smith the double up. Kurganov is now the short stack at Table 29.
On a flop Dan Kelly checked from the small blind to Karmalikis who was in the big. The Aussie bet 6,700 and Kelly decided to check-raise to 16,000 from his 51,000 stack. Karamalikis pushed all-in and Kelly called immediately.
Jonathan Karamalikis
Dan Kelly
Both players had the same draw and the turn, , and river, , didn't change the outcome of the hand. The play so far has been agressive and this trend seems to be continuing as the final table is in sight.
Roberto Romanello raised under the gun to 2,100 and Igor Kurganov three-bet to 5,000 from the cut-off. The action got folded to the initial raiser who made the call.
The flop came down and both players checked. The turn was the and Romanello check-called 5,100. On the river the hit and Romanello checked again. Kurganov counted out a 13,200 bet and that got his opponent to fold.
We are playing down to the final six players today. The final three players from each table will advance to the final table of six. We hope to get the payouts as soon as possible.
We are down to 12 players and the tournament director has announced there will be a dinner break right now. We will be back in 40 minutes with two 6-max tables. The top three from the two remaning tables will come back tomorrow for the final table.
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Dominykas Karmazinas raised to 2,000 to start off the action. Reinkemeier made it 5,100 and the action got folded back to the Lithuanian. Karmazinas put in the four-bet to 10,500 after which the German made it 18,500. Karmazinas six-bet all-in and Reinkemeier made the call for around 65,000 total.
Dominykas Karmazinas
Tobias Reinkemeier
The board ran out , and we are down to just 12 players.
giving Smith the double up. Kurganov is now the short stack at Table 29.
flop Dan Kelly checked from the small blind to Karmalikis who was in the big. The Aussie bet 6,700 and Kelly decided to check-raise to 16,000 from his 51,000 stack. Karamalikis pushed all-in and Kelly called immediately.
, and river, 
, didn't change the outcome of the hand. The play so far has been agressive and this trend seems to be continuing as the final table is in sight.
and Romanello check-called 5,100. On the river the 
, and we are down to just 12 players.
