Dan Smith Eliminated in 11th Place ($30,412)

With the chip lead firmly in his grasp, Vasile Buboi added more to his stack, and Dan Smith was his latest victim.
The action began when Buboi opened for 35,000 from the cutoff. Smith called out of the small blind, and Ryan D'Angelo went for the squeeze play, raising to 112,000 from the big blind.
Buboi flatted this bet as well, but Smith shoved all in for around 625,000, folding D'Angelo. Buboi moved a stack forward and called, turning over the , which was actually just a slim underdog to the
tabled by Smith.
When the flop fell , Smith's sixes were still in the lead, but Buboi had found a flush draw, and with two overcards still in his bag Buboi had plenty of outs. The
on the turn was a blank, but the
on the river completed Buboi's flush, sending Smith home with an 11th place finish.
Player | Chips | Progress |
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2,250,000
640,000
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640,000 |
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Busted | |
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