Aron Busts Smith To Grab The Chip Lead

Mickey Doft

Michael Aron just took over the chip lead after busting two opponents. Dan Smith had opened the action with a raise to 9,000 in early position and the next player to act shoved for 48,000. Aron was in late position and re-raised all in with the biggest stack of the bunch. The button and blinds folded, Smith called, and the cards were on their backs.

Smith: {K-Clubs} {K-Diamonds}
Aron: {A-Clubs} {Q-Diamonds}
Third Player: {7-Spades} {7-Clubs}

The flop came down {10-Hearts} {10-Spades} {10-Clubs} , keeping Smith in the lead.

"If you are going to bust me, might as well be with quads," said Smith.

The {9-Hearts} turn kept Smith ahead, but the {A-Spades} hit the river to give Aron tens full of aces to win the pot and up his stack to about 570,000-ish in the process.