Smith Survives Via Backdoor Wheel
Level 21
: 10,000/20,000, 3,000 ante
Norm Tanner pumped it up to 60,000 in early position and Cory Smith three-bet shoved in middle position. Action folded back to Tanner who requested a count, and Smith's stack was totaled to be 453,000. Tanner quickly called upon receiving the figure, and the two were off to the races.
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Tanner was able to fade the remaining aces and kings in the deck, but a board of ![]()
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gave Smith a backdoor wheel to score him the double nonetheless.