Smiljkovic Takes a Hit

Cottrell van Wingerden

Level 21 : Blinds 10,000/25,000, 25,000 ante

A player opened to 50,000 from under the gun before a player in early position moved all in for 88,000. Daniel Smiljkovic in the cutoff thought for some time before calling only to see the small blind re-jam for 129,000. The original raiser got out of the way while Smiljkovic quickly called with the covering stack to put both of his opponents at risk.

Early Position Player: A?6?
Small Blind Player: J?7?
Daniel Smiljkovic: 8?8?

Smiljkovic was in a good spot to score the double knockout but was unable to do so despite improving to a set after the board ran out 9?4?10?J?8? to give the small blind a straight, handing them a near triple up while sending the early position player out of the tournament.