Smith's Set Over Set Debacle
Level 19
: 20,000/40,000, 5,000 ante
Rainer Kempe raised the cutoff and Dan Smith defended from the small blind. Fedor Holz folded the big blind.
Smith checked the 
flop, but when Kempe led for 140,000, he check-raised to 475,000. Kempe jammed it in, and Smith called it off with the 
for bottom set.
Kempe had middle set with the 
, and after an 
turn and 
river, Kempe took the chip lead on over 4 million. Smith was left dangerously short.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
4,250,000
2,380,000
|
2,380,000 |
|
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|
175,000
2,290,000
|
2,290,000 |
|
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