Wang Cripples Smith; Smith Stages Comeback
Action folded around to the dressing gown clad Dan Smith in the small blind and he moved all-in for 387,000. Big blind Zuo Wang looked down at his cards and called instantly.
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Smith was in bad shape and did not improve when the board ran out ![]()
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and the only ray of sunshine was the fact that Wang did not have him covered. Unfortunately for Smith, he did not get much change and was left with a paltry 4,000 – a little less than a single ante.
All in automatically the next hand Smith received some protection when Timothy Adams min-raised and folded out the blinds.
Adams rolled over ![]()
, dominating Smith’s ![]()
until the board ran out ![]()
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to give the US player the flush and he climbed back up to 15,000.
Smith won the next hand as well after moving all-in with ![]()
and both Imad Derwiche and Oliver Weis called from the blinds and checked the ![]()
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board all the way down.
“Nice game boys… Psyche!” joked Smith as he slapped the winning hand face up on to the felt to climb back up to 51,000. What a recovery!
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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802,000
496,000
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496,000 |
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169,000
211,000
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211,000 |
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