Thad Smith Eliminated in 15th ($17,657)
Level 20
: 4,000/8,000, 1,000 ante
On the last hand of the night, Thad Smith raised it from the button, and Levi Berger called from the small blind. The flop came down ![]()
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, and the two players got in a raising war that saw all the chips get into the middle.
Smith: ![]()
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Berger: ![]()
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Berger's middle pair and flush draw was a coin flip against Smith, and Berger just went ahead and ended it on the turn with the
. The meaningless river was the
, and with that knockout, Berger bagged a huge lead with a stack of 1,420,000