Smith Up and Down
Level 22
: 10,000/20,000, 20,000 ante
Keven Smith chipped up to about the 800k mark, then fell a bit on the very next hand. The win came in an all-in pot against Paul White.
Keven Smith: 
Paul White: 
The board fell 
, and Smith's pocket aces stayed good.
As Smith was stacking chips from that elimination, Granville Abbott opened for 20,000 from early position, Smith three-bet to 60,000 from middle position, and Charles Lutz four-bet all in for 206,000 from the small blind.
Abbott folded, and Smith shut it down as well, conceding his three-bet to Lutz.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
720,000
374,000
|
374,000 |
|
|
341,000
47,000
|
47,000 |
|
152,000
-278,000
|
-278,000 |
|
|
Busted |
- in good shape against the all-in player's 
. The flop brought a gutshot draw for the ace-deuce: 
and the turn paired Ramdin's queen (
). The 
on the river brought a chorus of "whoa"s from the rail and the table, while the all-in player said, "Uncle Joh-nny!" by way of celebration.
). Not only did he flop a jack to bust Maita in this pot, he's grown his stack by a million chips in the first level of play today.
the jacks had to hold against; they didn't.
on a 
board. The trouble for him was that opponent Todd Keikoan had flopped a higher set with 
