Smolka Shows a Higher Pair
Level 3
: Blinds 300/500, 500 ante
Heads-up on a flop of 4♦9♠5♦, Dawid Smolka bet 3,300 from middle position and Vittorio Maugini called in early position.
The turn came the 4♥ and Smolka bet another 8,500. Maugini again called to the 8♣ river, where he checked to Smolka for a third time.
Smolka checked and Maugini turned over A♣5♠ for two pair. Smolka, though, had Q♦9♦ for nines and fours to take the pot.
Adrian Mateos, who is celebrating the 10th anniversary of his WSOP Europe Main Event title, has also taken at his seat at this table. Joakim Andersson, champion of the turbo event last night, is also here, as is last year's fifth-place finisher Paul Covaciu.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
130,000 | 35,000 |
|
105,000 | 105,000 |
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
80,000 | 80,000 |
|
80,000 | 80,000 |