Smith Gets There
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Level 18
: 5,000/10,000, 1,000 ante
With about 70,000 in the pot and the board reading 
Ana Marquez checked in middle position. John Thornton checked in the hijack and Joshua Smith bet 32,000 on the button. Marquez folded and Thornton called.
The turn was the 
and both players checked. The river was the 
and Thornton checked. Smith reached back and fired out a bet of 54,000. Thornton snap-called and Smith showed him the bad news when he tabled 
for a straight.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
815,000 | 355,000 |
|
575,000 | 9,000 |
|
520,000 | 140,000 |
, both Jaka, in the big blind, and Bicknell, in the hijack, checked.
and Bicknell called the 38,000 bet of Jaka.
on the river completed the board and both players checked. Jaka showed 
but Bicknell had him beat with the 
for a pair of tens.
, and Phillips showed 
.
. Zhen led for 37,000, Lutz folded, and Phillips went all in. Zhen called.
on the turn and the 
, and Nguyen doubled up.
, and Gonzalez doubled up, leaving Smart with about 119,000.
