Hand #126: David Peters made it 65,000 with and Dan Smith defended big blind with
by three-betting to 250,000. Peters let it go.
Hand #127: Smith completed and Peters checked with
.
Smith had all of the board and he bet 60,000 on the river after it checked down. Peters dropped in a call and lost the showdown.
Hand #128: Smith raised to 60,000 with on the button and tank-called the shove — using a time extension — of Koray Aldemir, who had
and 780,000 in the big blind.
The board nailed Aldemir as he now just needed to dodge backdoors. The
did make it a sweat to the river but the
was harmless.