Pegasus's Wings Clipped, Still Flying High
Mark "Pegasus" Smith has been on a roll today. Recently, an under the gun player raised and Smith reraised to 3,500 from middle position. Everyone folded and Smith took down the small pot, which brought him up to 92,000.
However, a short time later variance caught up with Smith. In the hand, three players had seen a flop of 
and the big blind checked to Smith, who quickly bet 3,000. The player on the button called while the big blind got out of the way. The turn was the 
and Smith bet 10,000, which covered his opponent. The button snap called for about 8,000 and revealed 
, which was ahead of Smith's 
. However, Smith could catch a ace, ten or heart on the river to take down the pot. Unfortunately for him, the river was the 
and his opponent doubled.