06-24-2007 18:52 UTC-7

Battle of the Out-of-Positions

[user38368]

Board:

{J-Diamonds}

{6-Clubs}

{4-Diamonds}

{2-Spades}

{8-Clubs}

Gavin Smith raises in early position. Josh Arieh calls in the small blind. Steve Zolotow calls in the big blind. On the flop, the blinds check and Smith bets. Arieh raises and Zolotow folds. On the turn, Arieh bets and Smith calls. On the river, Arieh checks. Smith bets and Arieh calls. Smith has {K-Diamonds}

{K-Diamonds}

{8-Diamonds}

and Arieh

{10-Diamonds}

{6-Diamonds}

. The pair of eights is good and Smith has 165,000. Arieh is down to 26,000.

Tags: Gavin Smith Josh Arieh Steve Zolotow