Smyth Triples and Then Some
Peter Smyth, who was recently moved off the feature table along with his tablemates Rainer Kempe and Maria Ho, just added quite a few chips to his stack.
The first hand, he was part of a multi-way pot which found him all in for 131,000. Michal Mrakes called, but Marc MacDonnell raised all in causing Mrakes to fold.
MacDonnell had 
and Smyth was racing with 
.
The board ran out 
and Smyth tripled up.
"What are these!?" he said as he brought in his newly found chips.
"What am I supposed to do with these?"
The next hand, the action folded to Smyth in the small blind.
"I haven't had a walk in three days," he told Maria Ho who was in the big blind.
He raised.
"I'm going to make it twenty-three," he said betting 23,000.
Ho called and the flop came 
.
Smyth announced a continuation bet of 34,000.
Ho folded and Smyth added a few more chips to his growing stack.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
743,000 | -357,000 |
|
550,000 | 280,000 |
|
500,000 | 267,000 |
|
350,000 | 21,000 |