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Tony Cousineau: / /
Matthew Ashton: / Fold
Gavin Smith: / /
Hand #16: Gavin Smith won't be winning his second World Series of Poker bracelet here today as he was just eliminated by Tony Cousineau.
It happened when Matthew Ashton brought it in with the and both Cousineau and Smith limped. Ashton and Cousineau checked fourth, and then only the latter called a bet from Smith. Fifth street saw Smith check, Cousineau bet and Smith check-raise. Cousineau came along and then called when Smith bet his last 27,000 on sixth.
Smith tabled a pair of threes with a seven-five low, but Cousineau's low was better with a six-four. Cousineau ended up pairing his eight on seventh to make a better high, while the eight Smith received provided him no help.
Smith shook hands with the entire table before exiting the stage in seventh place.
Mike Leah completed and Tony Cousineau made the call. Leah paired his five on fourth and ended up check-calling a bet, which he also did on fifth. When Leah tripped up on sixth, he led out and it was Cousineau's turn to call. The same action occurred on seventh and the cards were tabled.
Leah:
Cousineau:
Leah had a boat for the high while Cousineau took half the pot with a low.
Hand #7: Matthew Ashton, who finished fifth in Event #5 for more than $86,000 earlier this week, comepleted with the and then called when Yuval Bronshtein raised. Ashton then check-called a bet on fourth before taking the lead and betting on fifth. Bronshtein called that bet and then fired out one of his own when he paired his king on sixth. Ashton called that bet and then did the same on seventh.
Ashton showed aces and sixes, which bested the kings and sixes of Bronshtein.
Vladimir Shchemelev: / /
Tony Cousineau: / Fold
Mike Leah: / /
Hand #4: Vladimir Shchemelev's stay at the final table was short but sweet. The Russian, who lives in St. Petersburg, has more than $1.4 million in WSOP winnings, and this marked his seventh WSOP final table*.
*In 2010, Shchemelev became the first-ever WSOP player to make three final tables in the $10,000 or higher buy-in level.
In Shchemelev's final hand, he completed with the and both Tony Cousineau and Mike Leah made the call. Leah then led out on fifth, Shchemelev raised for his last 28,000 and Cousineau got out of the way. Leah made the call and the cards were tabled.
Leah ended up making a pair of sevens on sixth, and that's what he ended with on seventh. Unfortunately for Shchemelev, he didn't draw much better. He ended up needing some help on seventh, but the he received wasn't enough. Shchemelev missed his low and a winning high, and Leah was pushed the pot.
Hand #2: It's just the second hand of the final table and already we've had an all-in situation.
It happened when Matthew Ashton completed and Vladimir Shchemelev raised to get his stack of 31,000 all in. Ashton made the call and went on to make a straight and seven-six-five-four-three low on sixth. That meant Shchemelev needed either a three, four or seven on seventh, and that's what he found when he squeezed out the . Shchemelev made a seven-six-five-deuce-ace low to take the low and extend his tournament life.
Tuan Vo completed with the showing only to have Gavin Smith raise with the up. David "Bakes" Baker called, as did Vo, and it was three-way action to fourth street.
Smith checked his paired eights, Baker bet and Vo called. Smith made the call as well and then checked for a second time on fifth. This time Baker checked behind and Vo took the initiative with a bet. Smith called, Baker woke up with a check-raise and Vo reraise all in. Smith got out of the way and Baker made the call.
Vo showed two pair, but it was behind Baker's set of aces. Unfortunately for Vo, both sixth and seventh street missed him and he was eliminated in ninth place for $21,190. An impressive showing for the man from Pleasantville, New Jersey, who finished 16th in this very event last year for $11,637.
Mike Leah: / Fold
Tony Cousineau: / /
Gavin Smith: / /
Mike Leah completed with the up and both Tony Cousineau and Gavin Smith called. Cousineau took the lead on fourth with an ace and bet, which prompted Leah to fold and Smith to call. Smith then called bets on both fifth and sixth before both players checked seventh.
Cousineau tabled for a seven-four low and pair of deuces high, and both were good as Smith sent his cards to the muck unseen.
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for a seven-four low and pair of deuces high, and both were good as Smith sent his cards to the muck unseen.