Aces Good For Blom
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Level 1
: 500/1,000, 100 ante
Viktor Blom has won an early pot with pocket aces.
He bet on a 
board and called when Mikhail Smirov check-raised to 35,600 from the small blind. The river came as the 
and both players checked.
Smirov, who famously folded quads in the One Drop Million Dollar buy-in last summer, opened 
and lost out to Blom's 
.
| Player | Chips | Progress |
|---|---|---|
|
300,000
200,000
|
200,000 |
|
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|
200,000
100,000
|
100,000 |