Smile Learned From the Best
Phil Ivey opened to 2,400 preflop and received calls from Anthony Zinno and Thomas Kysar before Chance Kornuth made it 13,200 from the cutoff. Scott Smile cold called from the button and the rest of the table folded.
The flop came 
and Kornuth continued with a bet of 28,000. Smile immediately moved all in for 105,000. He then started to pull his phone out while Kornuth thought.
"No phones," said Kornuth. "If you're nervous I want to get a read on you," he smiled.
"I want to record this bad beat," replied Smile. "Anytime I don't know what to do, I just ask myself, 'what would Phil do?', and it works like a dream."
Ivey laughed from across the table.
Kornuth made the call.
Chance Kornuth: 
Scott Smile: 
The turn 
and river didn't help Kornuth, and Smile doubled with his full house.
"I owe it to you, Phil, you made a lot of players better," said Smile.
"That's who I should be mad at," said Kornuth. "Nice hand,"
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
245,000
119,500
|
119,500 |
|
130,000
-5,000
|
-5,000 |
|
||
|
94,000
-4,400
|
-4,400 |
|
55,200
-4,800
|
-4,800 |
|
||
|
24,000
-117,700
|
-117,700 |
|
||
of Lamb. The board ran out clean for Lamb who doubled up to just over 100,000 chips, leaving Williams on fumes.
, though, made a straight for Wilke. The river 
changed nothing and WIlke found the full double.
, looking safe for Smile. The turn brought an 
and the action checked to Depa who threw in a bet of 13,000. Negreanu check-raised all in which got both Marsico and Depa to quickly fold.
and Sion continued with a bet of 8,000. Leiva called and Negreanu raised to 28,000. Sion shipped all in which got Leiva to fold but Negreanu called after he got his video equipment out.
. The board ran out 
and Negreanu was able to put his recording device gently back on the floor.
flop. That turned into a full house with the 
turn and 
with around 30,000 in the middle already. Rheem checked to Wong who bet 15,000 and Rheem check-raised to 70,000. Wong shipped all in for around 150,000 and Rheem quickly called.
