06-06-2009 16:05 UTC-12

From Bad to Worse for Smith

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Vanessa Rousso

In the next hand after Jimmy Fricke joined the table, Gavin Smith and Vanessa Rousso tangled in a battle of the blinds.

Smith bet 1,100 on a flop of {6-Hearts}

{6-Hearts}

{8-Spades}

{3-Spades}

and Rousso raised to 3,000. Both players checked the {K-Hearts}

{K-Hearts}

on the turn, and Smith bet 2,800 when the {4-Diamonds}

{4-Diamonds}

hit the board. Rousso thought about the hand and stated, "That may be a defensive bet," before making the call.

Smith turned over {10-Hearts}

{10-Hearts}

{8-Diamonds}

, but got notched by Rousso whose {9-Hearts}

{9-Hearts}

{9-Clubs}

gave her a better pair. The hand dropped Smith's stack to 14,000 and boosted Rousso's stack to 39,000.