Smith, Melogno Battle Twice; Smith Left Short

Pablo Melogno raised to 27,000 on the button, and Dan Smith three-bet to 81,000 just before the new level. Melogno decided to see the flop, which came . Smith bet 75,000, and Melogno put him all in for 280,000 more. Smith didn't take too long to think things over before he opted to call with , second pair and a straight draw. Melogno had , and his hand held through the turn. A gave Smith a straight on the river, though.

Just a few hands later, Melogno got it all back. With the board reading on fourth street, Melogno shoved all in for 528,000 over a Smith barrel of 180,000. Smith called with , but Melogno had outdrawn him on the turn with . The river that helped Smith before was a brick now, and he sent nearly all of his stack to Melogno.