Hand #34: Dwan Turns Two

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Michael Smith has the button in Seat 2.

Austin McCormick limps in under the gun, and Smith calls as well. Marvin Rettenmaier folds his small blind, and Tom Dwan knocks the table for a free flop from the big.

It comes {Q-Diamonds} {10-Spades} {A-Clubs} , and Dwan checks. McCormick and Smith follow suit, and the turn comes the {6-Clubs} . Dwan leads out with a bet of 115,000, McCormick calls, and Smith does so as well to put a pretty sizable pot in the middle of the table with one card to come.

The last card off is the {8-Diamonds} , and Dwan takes his pause for a moment. Eventually, he loads the catapult again and lobs out a bet of 270,000. McCormick takes his time debating before releasing his hand, and now it's Smith's turn in the tank. He takes about two minutes to deliberate before splashing in the calling chips.

Dwan turns over {6-Diamonds} {10-Diamonds} for two pair, and Smith can't beat it. He puts his cards in the muck, and Dwan has retaken the chip lead with very close to 3 million.