Trips No Good

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Seven-Card Stud:

They call seven-card a "race to two pair" but that's not much comfort for Justin Smith after a pot against Dario Alioto. We caught up with the two at sixth street, with the players showing these boards:

Alioto: x-x / {j-Spades} {10-Diamonds} {9-Clubs} {5-Diamonds}
Smith: x-x / {a-Spades} {5-Clubs} {7-Spades} {k-Spades}

Smith led with a bet that Alioto called. The same thing happened on the river. At the reveal, Alioto showed {a-Diamonds} {a-Hearts} {8-Spades} in the hole for three aces. But in this particular "race to two pair", that wasn't enough. Alioto had {k-Clubs} {q-} as two of his hole cards for a king-high straight.