Dmitry Kataev Eliminated in 15th Place ($42,000)
Level 26
: Blinds 300,000/600,000, 600,000 ante
Dawid Smolka made it 1,400,000 to go from the small blind and Dmitry Kataev shoved for 8,500,000 from the big blind. Smolka snap-called.
Dmitry Kataev: K♣2♠
Dawid Smolka: K♦K♥
Kataev had gotten himself in the worst possible spot preflop with king-deuce versus the Cowboys of Smolka.
There was no sweat for Smolka on the 6♣J♠8♣9♠7♥ runout, and the start of Day 3 chip leader was out in 15th place.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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25,850,000
7,825,000
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7,825,000 |
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Busted | |
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