Big Double for King Dan Gives Him the Lead
Just moments after Joe Hachem fell in third place, Dan Smith and Mikhail Smirnov were all in up on the feature table stage after a preflop raising war found all of the money in the middle. Smith tabled the best of it with the 
and was all in for 667,000 against the 
for Smirnov.
The flop was safe for Smith was the 
fell and then the turn added the 
to the board. Smirnov needed a ten and a ten only to end the tournament, but he couldn't find it when the 
hit the river. Smith's jacks held up and he doubled to the chip lead with 1.334 million.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
1,334,000
709,000
|
709,000 |
|
||
|
866,000
-634,000
|
-634,000 |