Dan Smith raised from the button and Ilari Sahamies reraised from the small blind. Smith then moved all in and Sahamies made the call. Smith held the , but was dominated by the for Sahamies.
The flop came down and Smith stormed to the lead. The turn was the and river the . Sahamies was eliminated and took home fourth-place money worth �291,900.
Below are the chip counts following Sahamies' bust out and as you can see, Smith has a very big lead on the other two with Mike Watson the short stack.
In the very next hand after doubling JC Alvarado, Mike "Timex" McDonald raised from the cutoff only to have Dan Smith three-bet to 295,000 from the small blind. After the big got out of the way, McDonald moved all in and Smith made a quick call.
Showdown
McDonald:
Smith:
McDonald was left shaking his head as Smith held the better kicker with his ace. The flop was more bad news for McDonald as Smith picked up a flush draw, but the turn did give him some hope to a Broadway straight. Unfortunately for him, the river would not complete it. With that, McDonald exited in fifth place for �215,100 while Smith raked in the pot and now sits on nearly half the chips in play.
After JC Alvarado limped in from the cutoff seat, Mike McDonald raised from the button. Action folded back to Alvarado and he put in a reraise. McDonald moved all in and Alvarado quickly called.
Alvarado held the and McDonald the . The flop, turn and river ran out and Alvarado doubled up.
A short-stacked Erik Seidel was all in preflop with and at risk against the of Ilari "Ilari FIN" Sahamies. It was a bad spot for the Poker Hall of Famer, and the flop didn't help his cause.
The turn gave him some chop options to a wheel, but it also gave Sahamies a flush draw, meaning the and would be useless. The dealer burned one last time and put out the . Seidel, always gracious in defeat, had a big smile on his face as he shook hands with the table and exited in sixth place.
Despite the big blinds and antes, action has been relatively slow as of late. One large pot did develop, but wouldn't you know it, the players chopped. It's also worth noting that JC Alvarado has been limping a lot when entering pots, the only player to do so.
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Mike Watson raised to 110,000 from the hijack and received a call from Ilari Sahamies on the button. The flop saw Sahamies called a bet of 135,000, and then both players checked the turn. When the peeled off on the turn, Watson thought long and hard before betting 335,000, which Sahamies called.
Watson rolled over for a rivered set, which was good as the Fin simply mucked.
, but was dominated by the 
for Sahamies.
and Smith stormed to the lead. The turn was the 
and river the 
. Sahamies was eliminated and took home fourth-place money worth �291,900.
flop was more bad news for McDonald as Smith picked up a flush draw, but the 
turn did give him some hope to a Broadway straight. Unfortunately for him, the 
river would not complete it. With that, McDonald exited in fifth place for �215,100 while Smith raked in the pot and now sits on nearly half the chips in play.
and McDonald the 
. The flop, turn and river ran out 
and Alvarado doubled up.
flop didn't help his cause.
and 
. Seidel, always gracious in defeat, had a big smile on his face as he shook hands with the table and exited in sixth place.
turn. When the 
for a rivered set, which was good as the Fin simply mucked.