Queen Dusts the Cowboy
Level 16
: 40,000/80,000, 80,000 ante
Aleksejs Ponakovs raised to 160,000 from under the gun. Dan Smith three-bet to 475,000 from the button. Ponakovs went into the tank and asked Smith how much he had behind, which was 1,800,000. He announced all in and Smith quickly called.
Dan Smith: 
Aleksejs Ponakovs: 
Smith was in a good position to grab a huge double. But the flop was his worst nightmare as it came 
to pair up the lady. The turn was the 
and the river the 
to felt Smith and bring the field to the stone bubble while Ponakov surged up even higher to become a big stack in the span of a few hands.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
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6,210,000
2,550,000
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2,550,000 |
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Busted | |
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