Hands #68-72: Smaron is Pulling Away
Hand 68: Denis Timofeev woke up to 
on the button and raised to 110,000. Kenneth Smaron defended his big blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Smaron checked. Timofeev bet 125,000 and Smaron called. The turn was the 
. Smaron checked again. Timofeev reached for chips and bet 155,000. Smaron folded.
Hand 69: Harpreet Gill raised to 150,000 on the button with 
. Denis Timofeev defended his big blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Timofeev check-called a bet of 150,000 from Gill. The turn was the 
and Timofeev checked again. Gill checked back. The river was the 
. Timofeev led out for 600,000 and Gill snap-folded.
Hand 70: Kenneth Smaron raised to 125,000 on the button with 
. Harpreet Gill moved all in for 1,290,000 with 
from the big blind and Smaron folded.
Hand 71: Denis Timofeev raised to 110,000 from the button with 
. Harpreet Gill called from the small blind with 
. The flop came 
and Gill checked. Timofev bet 75,000 and Gill called. The turn was the and both players checked to the river, which was the 
. Both players check and Timofeev scoops the pot.
Hand 72: Kenneth Smaron raised to 175,000 from the small blind with 
. Denis Timofeev defended his small blind with 
.
The flop came 
and Smaron led out for 175,000. Timofeev called. The turn was the . Smaron checked, as did Timofeev. The river was the 
and both players checked, sending the pot to Smaron.
for 125,000. Big blind Harpreet Gill called with 
in the small blind raised to 175,000. Denis Timofeev called from the big blind with 
and Timofeev called Smaron's 175,000 bet. The 
on the turn had Smaron check. Timofeev bet 375,000 and Smaron called. 
, giving Smaron top set and Gill the flush draw. Both, however, checked. 
and Jonathan Abdellatif defended his big blind with 
and Smaron bet 275,000. Abdellatif folded.
was good enough for Kenneth Smaron under the gun as he used it to raise to 120,000. Big blind Harpreet Gill called with 
completed the board, Gill checked. Smaron bet 655,000 into 1,165,000 and Gill tanked for some time.