Smith Sends Holz Out the Door
Level 5
: 3,000/6,000, 6,000 ante
Fedor Holz opened to 13,000 from the cutoff and Dan Smith three-bet to 66,000 in the big blind. Holz called and the dealer fanned out 
on the flop.
Smith check-called a bet of 31,000 from Holz and a 
fell on the turn. Action checked to Holz who pushed in 250,000 and Smith instantly check-raised Holz all in for his total stack of about 330,000, Holz called.
Fedor Holz: 
Dan Smith: 
Smith turned over a pair of aces, leading the way against the draws of Holz who needed a to hit to stay alive. An 
river did not improve the German's hand as he was eliminated by the bullets of Smith.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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1,440,000
255,000
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255,000 |
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Busted | |
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and Peters bet 35,000, which Koon called. Both players then checked the 
on the turn.
and Peters opted for an overbet of 280,000. Koon, however, responded with an all-in shove which put Peters to the test for his entire stack of around 1.1 million. Peters called it off with 
but Koon had rivered a full house with 
to make Peters the third casualty of the day.
, Timothy Adams called on the button with 
and Igor Kurganov called from the small blind with 
.
. Dwan called, Adams and Kurganov folded.
and Kuznetsov bet 40,000. Dwan used a time bank chip before raising to 132,000. Kuznetsov three-bet shoved and Dwan called it off for 382,000 total with the nut flush draw against Kuznetsov's top pair top kicker.
turn nor 
river brought the spade he needed and Dwan joined Salomon on the rail as the second elimination of the day.
, Salomon bet 50,000 and Pantling instantly bumped it up to 150,000. Salomon moved his remaining stack of 642,000 into the middle and Pantling snap-called.
on the turn changed nothing and Salomon would need to hit to stay alive.
