Nishijima Can Go Play Four-Max Now
Sumanth Reddy opened to 1,700 from the hijack seat. In the next seat over Gavin Smith reraised to 3,400. Action folded to the Thiago Nishijima in the big blind who moved all in over the top of Gavin Smith's reraise. Before he could do that though, Reddy made an accidental call of Smith's raise out of turn. Immediately he apologized and pulled back his chips and Nishijima's raise stood.
Reddy ended up folding his hand, but Smith instantly called.
Smith: 
Nishijima: 
The board came down 
giving Smith two pair and eliminating Nishijima from the tournament.
"Me and you would've had an epic battle," Reddy told Smith. "I had 
."
"I'll tell you one thing," Smith said. "If you called we'd be fighting alright. I would've beat the living s*** out of you."
With that Smith picked up the chip lead at his table.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
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74,000
29,100
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29,100 |
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Busted | |
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